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 boardrooms, Manhattan courtrooms, New Orleans coffee culture, and Connecticut's political landscape. Readers who crave age-gap romance, workplace forbidden love, and emotionally intelligent storytelling with real-world stakes will find themselves binge-reading from Book 1 straight through to Book 6.
Celeste's own love story—meeting her spouse at her 50th high school reunion and marrying in 2024—proves she believes in second chances, late-blooming romance, and the transformative power of connection at any age.
When she's not writing steamy contemporary romance, you'll find her sipping exceptional coffee (a passion dating back to her coffee shop ownership days), analyzing The Bachelor with the same intensity she once applied to legal briefs, and plotting her next forbidden romance from her home in Denver, Colorado.