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About Maya Hughes
Maya Hughes, that's me!, can often be found sneaking in another chapter while hiding in the bathroom from her kids! :-) I’m a romance writer who loves taking inspiration from everyday life, namely my husband and biggest fan. Inspiration also strikes when I hear a song, meet someone new or daydream while at soccer practice.
I’m the mom of three little ones, the wife to an amazing husband and also work full time. Some of my favorite things are cupcakes, cinnamon rolls, white wine, laughing until I can’t breathe, traveling with my family and Jeff Goldblum.
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Blog postTheir story continues and Dare and Bay are a story that stretches over more time than either of them know…
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Blog postTo celebrate the one week left until The Sin of Kissing You, I wanted to share the playlist for the first book in the trilogy. Many hours were spent listening to this while I wrote and edited the series! Which is your favorite song?
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Blog postTheir story continues with a second chance… The Sin of Kissing You cover reveal day is finally here! Meet Bay and I hope you’re ready for a wild ride with these two!
I don’t deserve her forgiveness, but I can’t stop fighting for it.
Bay
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Blog postThe Girl Next Door meets the Football All-Star! The Art of Falling for You is a story I’ve been waiting to tell since 2019 and it’s finally here. My first ever trilogy and it’s everything I hoped it would be and more!
“Are you stalking
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Blog postThe audiobook for The Fourth Time Charm is finally live on Audible! Narrated by Jason Clarke and Emma Wilder! This brings all the awesome feels you’ve come to love from the whole Fulton U Crew!
Listen on Audible! "Are you
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Blog postWould you like a delicious paperback of The Fourth Time Charm? I mean how gorgeous is he?!
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Blog postThe Fourth Time Charm is live! Can you believe it? I know you’ve been waiting for LJ and Marisa’s story and I can’t tell you how happy I am to finally share it with you. It’s got all the gooey sweetness of two friends along with banter for days and the heat that’ll require a cold shower or two!
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Blog postIt’s HERE!!! The Proposal is finally live! Yes, I’m freaking out and shoving cupcakes in my face to celebrate. I hope you’ll join me!
When I envisioned Zara Logan dropping to her knees in front of me, this wasn’t what I had in mind...
I
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Blog postHere’s your chance to read it first! I’m doing an ARC giveaway for The Proposal for you and a friend! Who doesn’t love a buddy read?!
All you need to do is follow my super special teaser account www.instagram.com/mayahughesxoxo and drop a comment down below with your Instagram handle and tag them in the ARC giveaway post for another chance for you to both win! The winner will be announced here on July 10th!
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Blog postSometimes you hear a song and the story unfolds in front of you with each lyric. I love to listen to music while I write. A song might fit a scene perfectly or convey an emotion that makes it easier to me to write it. For each of my books, one of the first things I do is start a playlist. From
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Blog postThe day is finally here! The cover reveal for The Proposal! I can’t tell you how much I love this thing. It was probably the hardest cover to capture all the feelings from this story, but this cover does it and more.
Leo and Zara! Don’t miss the blurb down below.
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Blog postThe Proposal is a fun new phase for me as a writer. I've been deep in the college sports realm for my past two series. When I wrapped up the Kings series, I knew I wanted to keep going with the more contemporary stories sprinkled in amongst the college, new adult stories I love telling.
Figurin
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Blog postMy stories all start with a character. It's usually a voice booming in my head throwing out a piece of dialogue or doing something I can't look away from.
The Proposal was no different.
Leo Wilder had a cocky smile, swagger and eyes that would cause women to walk straight into a pole if he winked at them. Under that, he's so much more, but it all started with a glance and a wink.
Zara Logan was the perfect one to go up against him to battle it out. Whenever there2 years ago Read more -
Blog postStory inspiration comes to me in many ways. It might be a conversation I overhear, a song I listen to or a picture I find. And the picture usually means I send the image to my Pinterest board for the story that sparked the character/location/event inspiration.
If you're looking for way not to procrastinate, this is not the place!
That's when the rabbit hole of Pinterest clamps onto my ankle and I'm unable to escape until I've pinned at least 100 things and scrolled for h2 years ago Read more -
Blog postI can't believe the day is finally here! I've been working on this story since the beginning of the year and I'm freaking out that I can finally tell you more about it!
Leo Wilder is everything you want in a yummy hero with all the dir
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Blog postIn case you missed it, Heartless King is live! There is so much happening this month and I hope you’re ready for some rays of sunshine wrapped up in a man candy wrapper.
He’s the hot, angry, hockey player on the mend.
I’m the physioth
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Blog postWho loves Teddy Hamilton?! The Reckless King audiobook is headed to Audible on April 30th! I told you I had one more surprise up my sleeve! Lucy Rivers and Teddy Hamilton are the narrators for Heath and Kara’s story and I couldn’t love it more!
And Heath has an all new look! Check him out. Drools!
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Blog postIt’s finally here! Heartless King is LIVE! I can’t tell you hard it was to keep this under wraps. I loved this image and felt it had all the brooding hawtness I think about when I think of Colm.
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Two blue lines. That means not pre
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Blog postHoly hotness, batman! Can you believe it?! The cover and blurb reveal for Heartless King is tomorrow! You’ll also get the release date, so you can mark your calendar to get ready it!
Here’s another teaser for you and an unedited snippet below!
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Blog postWe’re in the middle of Awesome April! I know things are crazy pants right now, but I wanted to bring a little Kings romance to your life this month. Colm’s story will be here soon with the official release date out next week!
Here’s a teaser for you and an unedited snippet below!
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Titles By Maya Hughes
“How long do you last in bed?” Those were her first words to me, swiftly followed up with, “And how big would you say you are?”
Cue the record scratching, what?!
Persephone Alexander. Math genius. Lover of blazers. The only girl I know who can make Heidi braids look sexy as hell. And she’s on a mission. Lose her virginity by the end of the semester.
I walked in on her interview session for potential candidates (who even does that?) and saw straight through her brave front. She’s got a list of Firsts to accomplish like she’s only got months to live. I’ve decided to be her guide for all her firsts except one. Someone’s got to keep her out of trouble. I have one rule, no sex. We even shook on it.
I’ll help her find the right guy for the job. Someone like her doesn’t need someone like me and my massive...baggage for her first time.
Drinking at a bar. Check.
Partying all night. Double check.
Skinny dipping. Triple check.
She’s unlike anyone I’ve ever met. The walls I’d put up around my heart are slowly crumbling with each touch that sets fire to my soul.
I’m the first to bend the rules. One electrifying kiss changes everything and suddenly I don’t want to be her first, I want to be her only. But her plan was written before I came onto the scene and now I’m determined to get her to re-write her future with me.
Dear Jerk Across the Street, sorry for accidentally walking in on you and catching an eyeful of your—equipment. And hard pass on the open invitation to join you in the shower “anytime”, A-hole.
That’s the note I should’ve written. Instead I sent a pleasant and apologetic version.
Had I known Phoenix “Nix” Russo would’ve been the neighbor from hell, I’d have told him right where he could shove my words.
Nix is the big man on campus with everyone lined up at his games to make sure he knows it. Sure, he’s got piercing blue eyes, abs that don’t quit and a smile that could set fire to a set of panties from a hundred yards away, but he’s also the biggest pain in my ass.
Dear Pink-Haired Menace, learn how to take a joke and stop being such a kill-joy...
Elle Masterson called the cops on one of my parties—again. My sweet talking usually gets me out of trouble, but this time it got me into a nice pair of silver handcuffs. Now I’m on a reputation rehab tour with a stop at a spring break community service project.
Guess who’s my new boss?
Now we’re shoulder to shoulder, sweaty, tired and…she’s not anything like I expected. There might just be a heart under that hardass exterior. She’s invading my dreams and I can’t shake the feeling she’s the key to unlocking a piece of me that I’ve hidden away.
It’s only a matter of time until she finds out why I’m really here.
Maybe I can break through her walls and into her heart before that happens...one screw at a time.
***The Second We Met is a standalone new adult romance***
Not a question I want to hear from my coach. The man holding my pro future in the palm of his hand.
The answer: No, sir.
The real answer: I’d sure as hell like to be.
Marisa’s been my best friend since third grade. And now she needs my help—and a place to stay. Senior year was supposed to be the year to keep some distance until the season finished and my draft prospects were safe. But resisting her is becoming impossible.
Movie Thursdays under the blankets. Study sessions on my bed. Wild party nights where I kept any guy interested at bay with a single glare. Her dad can bench me for the entire season, so she’s off limits—for now.
She’s the only woman I’ve ever loved. And one heated night, I can’t stop fighting every cell in my body and can’t stop myself from sampling her sexy smile, her sweet smell, and her sultry curves.
We’re walking a tightrope with my future on the line. Let’s just make sure Coach doesn’t find out...
Walking away would be the smartest decision, but no one’s ever accused me of being smart. Cold, determined, brutal, but never smart.
Willa’s mine from the moment I rescue her. I protect her from a brawling crowd and she stares up at me like I’m her prince charming. No one’s ever looked at me like that. No one has ever dared to come that close.
I didn’t know she was the little sister of one of my biggest rivals. Her brother and I have both drawn blood on the field, dislocated joints, broken bones, but I’ll never want to show her that side of me.
I long to be the man she believes I am, but there’s only one way I know how to win—how to survive—and that’s ensuring my enemies lose.
Once he finds out who his sister has been dating it’ll be all-out war, and I might lose the only woman who’s ever looked at me like I’m not built only for destruction.
Changing my ways won’t be easy, but I’m willing to risk it all for her.
Dear Letter Girl, I need to see you. When can we meet?
Her response never came. My secret pen pal with a dirty mind has ghosted me. I've roped Jules, my sweet as pie next door neighbor, to help me track her down.
There's only one problem--I'm falling for her. The tortoise shell glasses, out of this world curves and delicious treats are making the search for The Letter Girl even harder.
My notes were supposed to be a one time thing.
A little too much wine and naughty thoughts on a winter's night. I never thought Berk would write back. I wanted to tell him it was me, but the fear of rejection kept my lips sealed.
Now he’s enlisted my help to track down The Letter Girl and our search has him hot on my, ahem, her trail.
She's the girl next door.
He's my secret pen pal.
Truth is on a collision course with their hearts and it’s only a matter of time before one of them gets wrecked...
“We live right next door to each other, New Girl.”
Bay Bishop aka The New Girl is my new neighbor. Glasses, stage crew black clothes and a knack for fading into the background.
She’s probably the only one who rolls her eyes when I walk past instead of cheering on my last touchdown play. But before I can shove her into the recesses of my mind filed under “Not my problem” she lands herself smack dab in the middle of my dreams.
I catch her singing with a voice unlike any I’ve heard before that taps into feelings I shouldn’t have for the girl who avoids me at all costs. I need to know why she hates me.
With three months until graduation, the final play is on. Only it’s not for more points. It’s for Bay.
Unlike my success on the field, this win is anything but assured. But I can’t stop myself from taking the risk.
There’s no flashing scoreboard.
There’s no cheering crowd.
There’s only her and me.
The countdown clock is ticking. The only thing scarier than finding my first love will be losing her.
The Art of Falling for You is the first book in the new Fulton U universe sports romance, Falling trilogy.
Bay ran from me four years ago and I can’t blame her. I broke her heart and my own with one split second mistake.
Now we’re thrown together for four weeks. Training camp after the draft is the final step to cement my pro football careers, but after seeing her again, she’s the only future I want.
If I were a better guy, I’d walk away and let her live her life. Maybe I haven’t learned my lesson yet because I can’t stop thinking about her. And I won’t stop until she knows how much I still love her.
The sins of my past are hard to run from, but I’ll battle every single one, if it means one more chance with her.
The Sin of Kissing You is the second book in the new Fulton U universe sports romance, Falling trilogy.
After a blow out in our past, Makenna Halstead and I were happy to never have to cross paths again. Except life has a way of knocking you in the teeth with a puck when you least expect it.
She hasn’t just returned to my life, she crashed into it like a wrecking ball...into my college kingdom, into my class, and smack dab into the seat next to mine. My new lab partner to be exact.
For years we hated each other... I may be King on the ice, but she is the Ice Queen. She has no problem calling me out, doesn’t back down, and her piercing blue eyes have me picturing more than than just my arms wrapped around her. Now we’re stuck with each other and there’s no getting around that fact that we have to work together.
My hockey career hangs in the balance. Problem? Oh, yeah. but I can’t deny it. I want her. More than I ever thought I could want a woman.
I’ve got one semester–only four months–to convince her everything she thought about me was wrong. Will my queen let me prove to her I’m the King she can’t live without? Only one way to find out...
Shameless King is a steamy, enemies to lovers college sports romance.
I would’ve followed her anywhere and she left.
I thought I’d moved on and left all she meant to me behind. But a first love is never easy to forget. Even harder when I once felt our love is inevitable--inescapable. And I’ve been proven right once again.
One night brings us back together and derails our lives. We’re sent on a collision course with a future apart and even scarier--a future together. I’m back basking in the warm glow of her gaze and burning with the unquenchable fire of her touch.
We’ve walked this path before and our shattered hearts have been pieced back together. As easy as it would be to run again, I can’t stop wanting her.
This is our final chance to have what we’ve always wanted--each other. Or it’ll be our ruin.
The final book in the Falling Trilogy, a Fulton U Universe novel.
“Wouldn’t most guys love a little no strings attached hook up?
“Maybe, but most guys don’t deserve you. I want to be one who does. And I want to be all tangled up in your strings.”
Newly arrived on campus, I knew two things. 1) No one could know my dad was the president of the university and 2) football players were bad news.
My run in, the literal kind with my neighbor cranked up the heat and sparks flew.
A new college campus. A secret bound to explode in my face. And a football player neighbor who is bad news in the best of ways.
Reid Riddick was hotness personified, so of course I literally ran into with him--well, more like he plowed into me.
I didn’t know he was a football player when I started falling and now I can’t stop. A stolen kiss later and my heart races whenever he looks at me from across the quad.
But my secret would spell disaster for him.
I’m the daughter of the college president. The college president who’s been feuding with his football coach for years. Their bitter campus war leaves us teetering on the edges of a divide we can’t see a way across.
Resisting him is more than I can handle. He’s risking it all for me. His team standing. His football season. His pro future.
Throw in a campus gossip site. My out of control new friends. His way too hot roommates. College traditions. A secret campus bar and the only guy who’s ever made me feel like he can’t live without me. And I have one last secret.
Our star-crossed love is my first and I want him to be mine.
A Fulton U rivals standalone romance including a paper mache dragon, house of football hotties, secret speakeasy and a host of campus traditions that unfold as the backdrop for my first taste of love with a sordid secret chaser.It’s not that we don’t like each other, more like hate with the fury of a thousand suns. But it wasn’t always that way.
I still remember how her lips tasted. How they felt pressed against mine. How I wanted more.
How I still crave her. Our disastrous night together ended with her storming out, me wondering if I’d ever be able to show my face on campus again and us as bitter enemies.
When a campus competition is announced to find the most in love couple, she’s the last person I thought I’d turn to for help. But the prize could change both our lives. An internship for her and a chance to finally connect with my father. It’s too hard to resist. Just like her heated glares and tempting curves.
To win, we’ve got to prove to everyone we’re a couple. Head over heels, can’t keep our hands off each other in love. Fake the hell out of it for our chance at glory.
Maybe we’re a little too good at selling it to the whole campus because the lines haven’t just been blurred, they've gone up in flames.
Can I convince her I want us to be together for real and keep the prize? Or will I lose them both?
A Fulton U Rivals standalone set on a brand new campus, St. Francis U.
My d*ck never got me in half as much trouble as my heart...
We were high school sweethearts. I was head over heels for her and no one could tell me we weren’t going to last forever. College? Going pro? My family’s money? None of it mattered. She was all I needed.
Then she ripped my heart out. But I’m not going to let that happen again.
She’s back. Invading my life and acting like she was the wronged one. The pain is still there, but I can’t keep my eyes off her. I can’t stop thinking about her and how much was left unsaid between us. Being this close is making me question everything I thought I knew about her.
This time everything will be on my terms. Everything…
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