Izzy Matthews https://izzymatthews.com Contemporary Romance Author Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:44:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Improbable Odds https://izzymatthews.com/improbable-odds/ Mon, 14 Jul 2025 22:07:26 +0000 https://izzymatthews.com/?p=40

By Izzy Matthews

Can a brilliant English professor and a dyslexic auto mechanic find a path to love?

Divorced Zoe Gifford hopes her move to Riverbend will heal her shattered heart. She’s not looking for love, and never with a younger man. But when she meets the compelling auto mechanic in a yoga class, it’s impossible to fight her fascination for him.

Zander Greybek spots Zoe unrolling her yoga mat and his immediate attraction is staggering. Blinded to their differences, he’s in hot pursuit and intends to catch her at all costs. But when her insecurities surface, the shame he carries from his past is a punch in the gut.

Can she conquer her fears and reach for love and will he play the odds to win?

Improbable Odds is a standalone, steamy, contemporary romance with a passionate and resilient hero and heroine who must each decide to risk it all for a chance at a forever love.

Available in: Kindle – Published: January 18, 2021

Series: Riverbend Romances . Tagged with: Contemporary Romance

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Deep Currents https://izzymatthews.com/deep-currents/ Mon, 14 Jul 2025 22:06:48 +0000 https://izzymatthews.com/?p=38 By Izzy Matthews

Can a young widow and a man who’s afraid to love forge a loving future together?

Widowed Cassandra Bennett moves back home to Riverbend after fifteen years. Not looking for love, she longs to reconnect with family, find peace and chart a new path for herself–instead she’s forced to face childhood betrayal and tragedy. But when she meets the irresistible but unattainable Marcus Mackenzie it’s impossible to fight her burning desire for him.

Marcus Mackenzie’s legendary endless string of one-night stands hides the traumas of his past and his inability to trust and love. But when he sees a photo of the bewitching Cassandra, her move back to town drives his need to claim her into pure addiction. Now she’s under his skin and he wants more. Will his demons tear them apart or somehow can he heal his wounded soul?

Can they learn to trust each other for a life together, or will their troubled pasts tear them apart?

Deep Currents is a standalone, sensuous, heart wrenching contemporary romance whose hero and heroine push and pull at each other both unaware that they’re hoping to find their one true love.

Available in: Paperback, Kindle – ISBN: 978-1-7350526-1-8 – Published: June 22, 2020

Series: Riverbend Romances . Tagged with: Contemporary Romance

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