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Welcome to the official author website of Lauren M. Hayes, writer of dark romance about obsession, betrayal, family secrets, and the consequences that echo long after love turns dangerous.

Lauren’s debut novel, Our Secret Intentions, is a steamy dark romance about forbidden desire, devastating choices, and the secrets that can unravel a marriage, a family, and everything left in the aftermath.

Formerly known to early readers as The Secrets We Keep, Our Secret Intentions is the first book in the Bloodlines That Burn world — a connected dark romance series where love is never simple, loyalty is never clean, and some consequences are inherited.

Our Secret Intentions releases June 30, 2026.

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