Collection: Collaborations

Opal frequently collaborates with like-minded authors in series. Current collaborations:

Harvested By The Mountain Man

A single mom who’s stopped believing in fairytales.
A rugged mountain man who makes her dream again.
This fall, happily-ever-after is waiting in the pumpkin patch.

Link To Harvested By The Mountain Man by Opal Nicks

Grab your favorite spiced autumn drink and devour all of these incredible stories

Link to Fall For A Mountain Man Series

 

 

Broken Hearted Cowboy

Not Looking For Love Series

He bet everything on a longshot.
Love won’t be another risk he’s willing to take.

Harrison learned the hard way that trust is expensive. After a brutal betrayal cost him more than money, he swore off love, commitment, and anything that could leave him exposed again. These days, he puts his faith in horses -- not people -- and even that’s a gamble.

When his longshot horse needs a miracle, the answer comes with a price tag he can barely afford. Nicole is a sought-after trainer with a reputation for turning written-off horses into winners ... and she knows exactly what her time is worth. Harrison cusses every check he writes … right up until he starts seeing results.

As the horse improves, so does the tension between them.

Nicole is all confidence, curves, and quiet authority. She is immune to Harrison’s charm and uninterested in his money. Harrison can’t decide what unsettles him more: how easily she takes control in the barn, or how impossible it is to stop wanting her out of it. The attraction is instant, undeniable, and completely off-limits.

Neither of them is looking for love. They want release. Control. A distraction that ends when the race is over.

But longshots don’t win by playing it safe ... and some risks demand more than money.

Link to Broken Hearted Cowboy on Amazon

 

Operation: Wingman

A Cupid City Security Romance

Gavin “Hawk” Hayes was born to fly. Now he’s sworn to protect.

Katerina “Kat” Morozov lives behind diamonds, gowns, and lies -- her past is hunting her down.

Hawk doesn’t trust a word she says, yet every instinct pulls him closer.

Kat won't obey his rules, but Hawk's protection may be her only chance at survival.
The real danger? Their passion is as explosive as the threats closing in.

When Cupid City’s glittering nightlife collides with deadly secrets, Hawk becomes the only shield between Kat and the enemies closing in. He’s disciplined, precise, and utterly unshakable ... until her fire tests every boundary he swore he wouldn’t cross.

For Kat, trusting anyone has never been an option. Yet in Hawk’s arms, safety feels dangerously like surrender. With assassins on her trail and her lies unraveling fast, every step closer to him risks not just her cover, but her heart.

In a city where love is as perilous as betrayal, survival means choosing the one thing neither of them ever expected ...each other.

In Cupid City, Valentine’s means glittering galas and dangerous secrets. Heartline Security keeps the city breathing between fireworks and threats. That is, until each protector meets the one person worth breaking protocol for.

Fall in love this February where these standalones serve high heat, high stakes, and heart-melting HEAs. Guards up. Hearts open. Operation: Valentine gives love the last word.

Operation: Wingman on Amazon

Cupid City Security Romance Series on Amazon

 

 

Dug Deep With The Mountain Man

Spring In The Mountain Series

Rainey Logan didn’t mean to rebuild her life in the Colorado mountains. Fresh off a bitter divorce and fueled by equal parts fury and freedom, she pours every cent of her settlement into a fixer-upper she’s only seen in internet photos. The listing said it needed “a little TLC.”

It needs everything. The soil is stubborn. The cabin is worse.

The last thing she needs is a slow-talking, broad-shouldered mountain man watching her wrestle a shovel like she’s declared war on the earth itself.

Troy Bennett doesn’t start what he doesn’t intend to finish. He’s learned the hard way that the harvest is absent when there are no roots beneath it. So when the fiery redhead he meets at the lumber yard shows up in town determined to conquer mountain soil — and possibly her own past — he offers guidance. Not rescue. Because up here, you don’t plant shallow.

Working side by side in the spring mountain air and sun, tension simmers. Rainey is all impulse and spark, ready to fall headfirst into something that feels easy and good. Troy is steady ground, guarding a heart that’s done investing in women who don’t stay.

But as the garden begins to take root, so does something neither of them planned. When Rainey is handed an easy way out, she’ll have to decide …

Is this just another fresh start … or the first place she’s ever willing to grow?

Dug Deep With The Mountain Man is a steamy small-town spring romance featuring a fiery heroine, a guarded alpha mountain man, opposites attract with slow-burn tension, and a love worth cultivating. Guaranteed happily ever after. It features a curvy woman and a cinnamon roll mountain man. It’s meant to be devoured in a couple of hours! Check out the entire Spring in the Mountains Series where each selection may be read as a stand-alone.

Dug Deep With The Mountain Man on Amazon

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My Wedding Mafia Style

Wedding Series

A Fake Engagement Mafia Wedding Romance

I only needed a fake fiancé for ten minutes ...

Just long enough to convince my terrible ex that I’d moved on…
and stop him from ruining my cousin’s wedding.

So I did what any desperate woman would do.

I grabbed the nearest dangerously handsome stranger and kissed him.

Big mistake.

Because the man I just claimed as my fiancé?

He’s Luca Moretti — heir to one of the most powerful mafia families in the city.

Now his grandmother is planning our wedding.

His cousins are calling me the future Mrs. Boss.

And the charming, infuriating man whose lap I practically fell into is enjoying this situation far too much.

The plan was simple.

Pretend to be engaged until the wedding weekend ends.
Smile for the photos. Survive his over-the-top family.
Then walk away like none of it ever happened.

But somewhere between the champagne, the family chaos, and Luca’s wicked smile…

Our fake engagement starts to feel dangerously real.

And if the Moretti family gets their way?

This wedding might not be fake after all.

My Wedding Mafia Style on Amazon

 

Daring With The Mountain Man

Mountain Man Summer Series

A burned-out vacationer. A protective mountain guide. One summer dare that changes everything.

Layla came to the Colorado mountains for a summer escape. She wanted quiet mornings, cool lake water, and enough distance from her real life to remember how to breathe again. She didn’t expect to meet the rugged local guide who teaches people how to leap before fear keeps them stuck.

Hudson knows every hidden cove, every safe cliff, and every dangerous mistake tourists make around the lake. For him, daring isn’t reckless. It’s measured, intentional, and safe.

But Layla tempts him in ways he never planned for.

Hudson spends his summers at his family’s mountain cabin and the rest of the year chasing warmer water along the Florida coast, living a life split between seasons. Women have always seen him as temporary. Passing through. Too untethered to keep.

Until her.

Each dare pulls them closer, from the edge of the cliff to the edge of something neither of them expected. And soon, the biggest leap won’t be into the water.

It will be choosing a love brave enough to live in motion.

Daring With The Mountain Man on Amazon

Heated Bodyguard Summer

Sunbreak Harbor Security Series

She came to Sunbreak Harbor to feel safe again.
She didn’t expect to fall for the man hired to protect her.

Celebrity chef Kara Stone is used to running a kitchen with precision and control. But after a frightening break-in at her Orlando home, control is the one thing she no longer has.

While her house undergoes repairs and security upgrades, Kara escapes to the quiet coastal town of Sunbreak Harbor for two weeks of rest.

Instead, she finds herself looking over her shoulder.

Maybe it’s nothing more than lingering fear.
Maybe the break-in wasn’t random after all.

The local sheriff can’t confirm a threat—but he can’t rule one out either. His advice is simple.

Hire protection.

Cole Navarro is a former military bodyguard with sharp instincts and an unbreakable promise to keep his clients safe. Staying close to Kara is part of the job. Getting distracted by her isn’t.

But the longer they’re forced into each other’s orbit, the harder it becomes to ignore the heat building between them.

Because if Kara truly has someone watching her, the danger is real.

And Cole will do whatever it takes to protect her.

Because if someone truly is watching Kara, one thing is certain.

They picked the wrong woman to threaten ... and the wrong bodyguard to stand in their way.

Welcome to Sunbreak Harbor—sea breeze, boardwalk fries, and trouble with a tan. Sunbreak Security keeps the island safe between fireworks and rip currents. Until each protector meets the one person worth breaking protocol for. Expect lighthouse stakeouts, regatta chases, tiki-bar alibis, and a Code 808 text right as the kiss finally lands. Flip-flops at noon, black tie at seven, battle-ready by nine. These standalone, high-heat beach-read romances deliver big suspense, bigger sunsets, and guaranteed HEAs.

Heated Bodyguard Summer on Amazon

 

Working For Her Sweet Treats

Hard Hat Hotties Series

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Oops I Fell For The Electrician Next Door

A Steamy Small Town Curvy Girl Romance

Kelsey Matlock has no time for sparks.

Not the romantic kind, anyway.

She’s too busy running Eight Pines Cabins, her little lakeside rental business in Cady Springs, Colorado. The cabins are charming, cozy, and mostly functional… as long as no one asks too many questions about the aging electrical system she’s been meaning to upgrade.

Then Marc Decker rents the cabin next door.

He’s muscular, grumpy, protective, and in town as the lead electrician for the Cady Springs Lakefront Revitalization Project. He also has the deeply annoying habit of noticing everything Kelsey would rather keep ignoring.

Her flickering porch light.

Her overloaded panels.

Her stubborn refusal to ask for help.

Marc sees fire hazards. Kelsey sees dollar signs. And neither one of them is prepared for the kind of heat that sparks every time they’re within touching distance.

She tells herself he’s temporary.

He tells himself she’s not his problem.

But when trouble hits Eight Pines Cabins, Marc Decker doesn’t hesitate. He steps in, takes charge, and proves that some men are dangerous not because they burn everything down…

…but because they make a woman believe she doesn’t have to stand in the dark alone.

Oops… I Fell for the Electrician Next Door is a steamy small-town romance with a curvy heroine, a grumpy protective electrician, forced proximity, alpha male energy, lakeside cabins, bossy-man tension, and a guaranteed HEA.

Perfect for readers who love: curvy girl romance, hot blue-collar heroes, work boots and tool belts, temporary neighbors, small-town Colorado romance, protective alpha men, independent heroines, and sparks that turn into forever.

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Sleighed By The Mountain Man

Santa Claus wrecked my car. Not the real Santa, obviously. Just a broad-shouldered, ridiculously handsome mountain man in a red suit, driving an ornate electric sleigh down Main Street like Cady Springs had lost its collective mind.

I came to this snowy Colorado town for one reason: interview for an imaging technician position at the local hospital, get my life back on track, and prove I could start over somewhere new.

Then Brody Walker’s brakes failed. One hard turn, one horrible crunch, and my newly paid-off car became the casualty of his Christmas cheer. The worst part? I’d just dropped full coverage.

Brody is apologetic. Too apologetic. He also happens to own Walker Automotive, the only repair shop in town, which means the man who wrecked my car is now the man promising to fix it for free. Great.

He’s charming, capable, annoyingly calm, and far too attractive for someone I’m trying very hard to stay mad at. I’m curvy, clumsy when I’m flustered, and not exactly filled with holiday sparkle. Brody, meanwhile, seems determined to play Santa, mechanic, rescuer, and temptation all at once.

When my ruined car leaves me stranded in Cady Springs, Brody steps in with coffee, rides, repairs, and a grin that should come with a warning label.

I only wanted a job. I definitely didn’t plan to get sleighed by the mountain man who crashed into my life.

Sleighed By The Mountain Man is a steamy Christmas mountain man romance featuring a curvy heroine, a cinnamon-roll mechanic in a Santa suit, small-town holiday chaos, forced proximity, he-fixes-her-car, opposites attract, snowed-in sparks, and a happily ever after.

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Sleighed by the Mountain Man is part of the Log Cabin Christmas Multi-Author Series. Read them all this holiday season!