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What if your love stories came with secret societies, art forgery rings, and a twist you never saw coming? Author Ava Rani joins us to talk books, balance, and why she refuses to write a boring romance.

Ava Rani is an author who does it all — indie publishing, traditional publishing, and somehow fitting it in between a medical career and motherhood. In this episode, she walks us through her Biotech Billionaires series (think Gossip Girl meets Succession, Scandal, and Crazy Rich Asians), her standalone Out of Her League (a surgeon, a soccer star, and a fake-dating trip to Paris — need we say more?), and her New Adult mystery-romance Poisoned Ivy, which she lovingly describes as Never Have I Ever meets Rory Gilmore's Yale years. If you love sharp heroines, enemies-to-lovers slow burns, and plots that actually keep you guessing, this episode is for you.

📚 Books Mentioned

The Spare by Ava Rani — Buy on Amazon| Contemporary Romance / Billionaire Romance | Biotech Billionaires #1

The Heir by Ava Rani — Buy on Amazon | Contemporary Romance / Billionaire Romance | Biotech Billionaires #2

The Charmer by Ava Rani — Buy on Amazon | Contemporary Romance / Billionaire Romance | Biotech Billionaires #3

Out of Her League by Ava Rani — Buy on Amazon | Contemporary Romance / Sports Romance / Fake Dating | Check KU & Audio availability

Poisoned Ivy by Ava Rani — Buy on Amazon | New Adult Romance / Mystery | The Legacy Series #1 | Audio ✅ (available on Libro.fm/library apps)

Gilded Lilly by Ava Rani — Forthcoming | New Adult Romance / Bodyguard Romance | The Legacy Series #2

⏱️ Timestamps

[00:00] Welcome & introducing Ava Rani

[00:01] Ava's writing life, motherhood & Nancy Meyers goals

[00:02] How she balances it all: schedules, productivity & the sloth era

[00:05] Social media detox & the "Brick" app hack

[00:06] Intro to the Biotech Billionaires series

[00:07] The Heir — Henry, Selena & the PR romance

[00:09] The Spare — Marcus, Sloan & the Darcy-coded runner

[00:11] The Charmer — Xander, Penelope & the rewritten love story

[00:13] The Gossip Girl comparisons (Succession, Scandal, Crazy Rich Asians)

[00:14] Out of Her League — Issa the surgeon meets soccer star Austin Cade

[00:16] The fake-dating setup: a wedding in Paris & one bed

[00:19] Issa's career journey & the child-free storyline

[00:22] Why Ava wrote a heroine grappling with being child-free

[00:25] How career milestones deserve the same celebration as weddings

[00:26] Poisoned Ivy — secret societies, campus chaos & a twist

[00:27] Meet Malena: part Rory Gilmore, part Davy Vishwakumar

[00:29] The masquerade, the catacombs & Conrad Hastings (aka Fixed Logan)

[00:31] The art forgery mystery unravels

[00:33] Gilded Lilly — Sabrina's book, a bodyguard & a suspicious Duke

[00:35] Forbidden romance, yearning & Anastasia vibes

[00:36] Where to find Ava Rani online

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