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Cara Bastone


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Hi, I’m Cara!
I’m a full time writer living and writing in Brooklyn with my husband, son, and an almost-goldendoodle. My goal with my work is to find the swoon in ordinary love stories.

I’ve been a fan of the romance genre since I found a grocery bag filled with my grandmother’s old Harlequin Romances when I was in high school. I’m a fangirl for pretzel sticks, long walks through Prospect Park, and love stories featuring men who aren’t crippled by their own masculinity.

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Flirting With Forever is here!!

Flirting with Forever is on the shelves today! This book has such a special place in my heart because, honestly, I don’t know if I’ve ever had a story flow so easily. Maybe because parts of it reflect my own love story?

Long before we fell in love, my husband and I ran into one another walking around New York City. We were casual acquaintances at the time and it was a warm, fall day so we thought,

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Published on January 26, 2021 10:56
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Quotes by Cara Bastone  (?)
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“Grief is a relationship...It's the way we figure out how to keep loving them even though they're gone. And in order to do that we have to keep on going. And going and going.' His hold is tighter and tighter and mine is tighter and tighter and I've slid off the desk and into his lap. 'You are not betraying her by healing,' he whispers directly into my ear. 'You are honoring her. You are learning to love her exactly as she is. As someone who isn't here anymore...That's who she is now. And this journey through grief...It's what we do for the great loves of our lives.”
Cara Bastone, Promise Me Sunshine

“Just remember. Something good for you, something bad for you, and a change of scenery. That’s the winning formula.”
Cara Bastone, Promise Me Sunshine

“Having feelings for someone isn’t about expecting them to be . . . anything, really. It’s about knowing somebody. And liking them for who they are.”
Cara Bastone, Sweet Talk

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July 2025 Group Reads
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King, Enemy, Husband A Royal Enemies to Lovers Romance—Dive into this Summer Beach Read by Jackie Ashenden King, Enemy, Husband by Jackie Ashenden
 
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