Love Stories for Those Who Refuse to Make Themselves Small
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START WITH EMMA & LIAM...
...and the Hartgrave Tellers Series.
Think slow-burn, wounded rockstars, found family, fame, forbidden love, and two people who can’t stop choosing each other.
Get Ready for an emotionally intense contemporary romance saga with music industry intrigue and prestige-drama energy.
Start with Through the Glory and the Mess
→ Dive into the prequel series if you want more HGT
→ Continue with the Legacy Series
ENTER THE HGT WORLD NOW!
Under the relentless glare of fame, rock stars Emma Hartgrave and Liam Teller lead the iconic band, The Hartgrave Tellers, a cultural phenomenon often compared to the greats before them.
For years, they’ve orbited each other, through breakups, scandals, and the ruthless machinery of the music industry. But when old demons resurface, and the past refuses to stay buried, they must decide whether their love is worth the cost of survival.
The Hartgrave Tellers Series is a gripping story of passion, power, and the price of life in the spotlight.
The HGT Legacy Series
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
Aya Winter doesn’t shy away from the dark stuff, manipulation, media pressure, broken trust but still gives us slow-burn tension and found-family feels we eat up every single time.
~ ARC Review
Reading Through the Glory and the Mess felt like witnessing a masterpiece in motion. Aya Winter captures emotion with breathtaking honesty, creating a world where music, love, and healing collide. Her storytelling is powerful, her voice unforgettable, and her words linger long after the book ends. Truly a brilliant achievement.
~ Goodreads Review
Aya does a great job of luring you into the world of rock and roll mixed with high fashion. It's sexy, seductive, and the chemistry is spot on.
~ ARC Review
Aya Winter crafts a world filled with late-night creativity, viral breakthroughs, and the intoxicating promise of becoming something more. This is not just a music-driven novel; it’s a story about chosen family, ambition, love that steadies rather than saves, and the cost of chasing greatness. A powerful, immersive start to a legacy readers will want to follow.
~ Goodreads Review
Welcome
Hi, I'm Aya Winter.
I write emotionally charged romance about the people who find their way back to each other when life, heartbreak, fame, family, and a hundred bad decisions try to pull them apart.
If you love slow burns, found family, wounded heroes, strong heroines, emotional angst, unforgettable friendships, and happily-ever-afters that feel earned, you're in the right place.
My stories are filled with music, hope, healing, second chances, and characters who fight fiercely for the people they love.
When I'm not writing, you'll usually find me with a coffee in hand, a playlist on repeat, and entirely too many fictional people living rent-free in my head.
Thank you for stopping by. I hope you find a story that feels like it was written just for you.
Welcome! I'm so glad you're here.
Aya
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Exciting New Releases Coming Soon
The Veilfire Accords Series
Calia Blackburn, of House Blackburn, is the youngest mage in centuries to survive the Rite of Binding and summon her destined weapon.
What should have been her greatest triumph becomes a scandal.
The blades are legendary and tied to prophecy.
More than a decade later, Calia is called into action. Girls are dying in warded lands, and something far more sinister appears to be at play. The chain of events sends Calia down a path toward one man, and toward a fate she has spent years trying to ignore.
Coming October 2026
Book Four in the Prequel Series
The Hartgrave Tellers are the music industry’s darlings.
With an eight-album deal from the biggest label in the world, the mission is simple: become the next iconic band.
But for Liam and Emma?
Just staying whole feels impossible.
Their one rule has always been clear, don’t cross the line.
But when Henry Mac walks into the studio, every boundary blurs, and everything they’ve tried to protect begins to unravel.
Coming December 2026
Book Five in the Prequel Series
As the band soars to global fame, Emma and Liam are torn between their feelings and their future, forced to sacrifice one for the other. But when the label brings in Henry Mac, a celebrated producer with a sinister grip on the industry, Emma finds herself trapped in a world that’s more than just smoke and mirrors.
It’s a gilded cage.
Coming February 2027
Raithsworn: A Tale of Ghosts and Gods
There are whispers in the wind, of gods long vanished, of kingdoms lost to ash, and of shadows that still remember.
In a world where magic is outlawed, beasts are bound, and the stars no longer speak, something ancient stirs. The old blood runs deep in forgotten places, and not all who bow are broken.
Coming May 2027
HGT Spin-off
Olivia Rose is Hollywood’s newest obsession, fresh off a messy public breakup with her Crossfade co-star and determined to focus on her rising career. When she hosts Saturday Night Live alongside the Hartgrave Tellers, one night of backstage chaos, and rockstar mayhem with bassist Dan Teller turns into something neither of them expected. Olivia swears it’s just a fun rebound and a way to make her ex jealous, but the more time she spends with Dan, the more she realizes the reckless rockstar reputation hides someone loyal and determined to prove he can be more than just a one-night stand.
Coming July 2027
HGT Spin-off
Temptation
Ashley Sanchez is the sharp and cunning Social Media, Marketing, and PR Manager for the Hartgrave Tellers. But when her career, her passion, her past, all collide, she finds herself caught in a high-stakes race to stop the scandal to end all scandals.
Coming September 2027
Book Three in the Legacy Series
Break Me Open
The Revelations World Tour promises to be the biggest yet for The Hartgrave Tellers, but with buried secrets surfacing, power plays rocking the industry, and dangerous games exposed, the band must fight to hold their ground. Will they stay the course, or collapse under the weight of those determined to see them fall?
Coming November 2027
HGT Spin-off
Heart Beats
Max invites Ali to tag along on the Revelations World Tour, but when she starts a relationship with the tour photographer, Max is more than a little upset.
Determined to make Ali jealous, he starts a fake relationship with Stacy Kato, the up-and-coming tennis star he hooked up with after the Wembley show. Stacy needs a boost to her public profile, and he desperately needs a distraction.
It should be simple.
Except Max has spent years believing Ali was the love of his life.
Can he truly let go of the woman he thought he'd always love? And will he ever let someone else into the place in his heart that Ali has always held? Or will he fight for Ali even when it feels impossible?
Coming February 2028