Adele Buck

Biography

A New Hampshire native, Adele still has card number 430 from her hometown library even though she has lived in the D.C. area for over 20 years with her fantastic husband and the requisite number of neurotic cats.

Having worked as (among other things): a bookseller, a waitress, a communications manager, an actor, and a stage manager, Adele’s current day job is librarian at a Washington, D.C. law school.

Series

Center Stage
All the world's a stage, right? Or maybe a soundstage. Follow our heroes and heroines behind the scenes as they navigate the drama that love brings to their lives.
Acting Up
Price: $3.99 USD.
Method Acting
Price: $3.99 USD.
Acting Lessons
Price: $3.99 USD.
Fast Acting
Price: $2.99 USD.

Books

Acting Up
Series: Center Stage, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 65,870. Language: English. Originally Published: January 22, 2021 by Quiet Confidence Press. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Romantic Comedy
The stage is set for the play of a lifetime: but it's the romantic drama backstage that has everyone applauding. Paul and Cath are the perfect creative team. He's an up-and-coming theater director and she's his unflappable, rock-steady stage manager. If Cath's had to bury her unrequited affection for Paul for ten long years to keep things professional, it's just the price she pays for a career...
Acting Lessons
Series: Center Stage, Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 64,900. Language: English. Originally Published: February 24, 2023 by Adele Buck. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
Parting may be such sweet sorrow, but second chances are so much sweeter. An intense summer fling with handsome, protective actor James Martin opened up self-effacing Frederica Alves' horizons. Then their potential for love met a swift end when he followed his dreams and left New York for Hollywood. Two years later, James is back, his talent now matched by his rising fame, and that spark is...
Fast Acting
Series: Center Stage, Book 4. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 44,800. Language: English. Originally Published: February 24, 2023 by Adele Buck. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Romantic Comedy
Love isn't just in the air: it's contagious. Kathleen Fitzgerald has never been the leading lady. In her stage roles, she's always the second banana or the sidekick. And in love she's forever the bridesmaid, never the bride. So, showing up to support her best friend at her weekend wedding by the sea is a well-rehearsed role. Until one look from handsome fellow wedding guest Russell King makes...
Method Acting
Series: Center Stage, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 66,180. Language: English. Originally Published: February 24, 2023 by Adele Buck. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
All the world's a stage until your heart is on the line. All Alicia Johnson has ever wanted is to be able to slip into someone else's life, clothing, and makeup to become a murderess, a socialite, a mother, or a nurse for an episode or a season. And she's good at it. Being an actress comes with a healthy dose of financial insecurity and a willingness to live out of two jammed suitcases, ready...
The Wedding Bait
Series: Golden Years, Book 1. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 23,700. Language: English. Originally Published: April 1, 2022 by Adele Buck. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Later in Life
You are cordially invited to…a hot mess. "Ice Queen" Tove Nilsen has it all: a successful career as a political consultant, beauty, a wonderful daughter who's about to be married…and a gaslighting, selfish disaster of an ex-husband who's just RSVP'd "yes" to the wedding. On top of that, he's bringing wife number six with him—a woman who's a mere 5 years older than their daughter. Oh, and she's...
Angling for You
Series: All for You, Book 1. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 93,420. Language: English. Originally Published: April 8, 2022 by Quiet Confidence Press. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Sports
When you've lost nearly everything, can you trust enough to put your heart on the line? As a fly fishing guide, Sam Halvorsen is a woman in a man's world and she's heard enough bad jokes about rods to last a lifetime. When she takes Graham Evans out on the water, her goal is to get her payday and deposit the handsome librarian back on dry land. Yet not only does Graham have an adorable dog, he...
Handy for You
Series: All for You, Book 2. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 90,780. Language: English. Originally Published: October 11, 2022 by Quiet Confidence Press. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Later in Life
Sometimes true love can be right around the corner. Give Kari Halvorsen a spreadsheet and she'll have it mastered by noon. Give her a broken sink in her brand-new home and, well, that's a different story. Turns out her lifelong dream of owning her own house is very different from the reality—and it's terrifying. Enter the guy next door. Rob Fox has serious do-it-yourself skills and he's more...

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