{"id":33,"date":"2025-03-23T21:28:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T21:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marialarson.com\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:36:40","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marialarson.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"33\" class=\"elementor elementor-33\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c269fa9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c269fa9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09d76ef e-con-full e-grid e-con e-child\" data-id=\"09d76ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eb7401 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9eb7401\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/marialarson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MLAvatarLeft-216x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-60\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marialarson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MLAvatarLeft-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/marialarson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MLAvatarLeft.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63036a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63036a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I&#8217;m Maria Larson, author of spicy,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0bite-sized stories that star over-the-top protective heroes who will stop at nothing to claim the smart women they fall in love with. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I&#8217;m not writing, I love spending time at the ocean, hiking in the woods, or reading. 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handsome man in a suit, adjusting his cuffs, in front of a city landscape.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marialarson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CoverSmaller.jpg 600w, https:\/\/marialarson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CoverSmaller-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-671ea56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"671ea56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scorching Mafia Romance with Dominant MMC &amp; Unhinged Situations<br><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.1px\">(Connected stories, but can be read in any order.)<\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96fc0be e-con-full e-grid e-con e-child\" data-id=\"96fc0be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc737ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc737ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4o9NPjb\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/marialarson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CoverSmaller-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-95\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marialarson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CoverSmaller-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/marialarson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CoverSmaller-1-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4da03e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4da03e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/49xhDle\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/marialarson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-Bride-For-the-Bratva-Boss-Kindle-640x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-111\" alt=\"A Bride for the Bratva Cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marialarson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-Bride-For-the-Bratva-Boss-Kindle-640x1024.jpg 640w, 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