Celeste Rivers

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Celeste Rivers writes contemporary romance featuring intelligent, strong female characters navigating second chances, forbidden attraction, and the complicated intersections of power, ambition, and love.

A Georgetown University Law Center graduate, Celeste spent three decades teaching bar exam preparation and authoring over 50 legal education books before turning her storytelling talents to romance. Her unique background as a former small-town mayor and Gulf Coast coffee shop owner infuses her fiction with authentic legal and political intrigue, workplace tension, and the kind of nuanced relationship dynamics that keep readers up past midnight.

The Strictly Series follows interconnected characters whose lives intersect across Seattle boardroo
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Strictly New Orleans

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Strictly Politics

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Strictly Forbidden

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Strictly Legal

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Strictly Justice

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Returning to the Ice King: Why I Gave Strictly Forbidden a Makeover

If you know me, you know I have a weakness for a specific type of hero: the ruthless, emotionally unavailable CEO who would burn the world down for the one woman he claims he can’t stand.

Grayson Sterling—the "Ice King" of Seattle tech—is exactly that hero.

I originally released Strictly Forbidden to tell the story of Lila Harper and her billionaire boss. But as I watched readers fall in love with t Read more of this blog post »
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“You saved me. You made me remember why I wanted
to serve in the first place.”
Celeste Rivers, Strictly Politics

“The fake engagement that had started as political
theater had become the most real thing in our lives.”
Celeste Rivers, Strictly Politics

“I love you because you're brilliant and fierce and
completely unwilling to back down from a fight.”
Celeste Rivers, Strictly Politics

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“I need you to trust me. And I need you to be ready
to fight like hell.”
Celeste Rivers, Strictly Politics

“You saved me. You made me remember why I wanted
to serve in the first place.”
Celeste Rivers, Strictly Politics

“I love you because you're brilliant and fierce and
completely unwilling to back down from a fight.”
Celeste Rivers, Strictly Politics

“The fake engagement that had started as political
theater had become the most real thing in our lives.”
Celeste Rivers, Strictly Politics

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