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Welcome to the official site of Ava Vail, romance author of emotionally intense, slow-burn stories with soft spice and unforgettable tension.

Dare You to Find Me

A Ravensworth Harbor University Romance Book 4

A secret identity romance about two brilliant minds circling the truth and discovering that sometimes the person you have been chasing has been right in front of you all along.

Lilith "Lili" Herrington has spent years sharpening her skills against one name: Declan "Dec" Hawthorne. The prodigy. The legend. The mind everyone at Ravensworth Harbor University studies. Proving she can slip into his code becomes her challenge and her thrill.

What she does not plan on is becoming his newest hire.

Dec has no idea the quiet woman on his team is the same hacker teasing his defenses at night. All he knows is that Lili’s work pulls him in. Sharp. Elegant. Impossible to ignore. The connection building between them is undeniable. The truth is not.

She is the ghost in his system.
He is the man she cannot stay away from.
And when their worlds collide, nothing is safe from the fallout.

A slow burn between intellectual equals filled with tension, longing, and the kind of chemistry that rewrites every rule.

For readers who love secret identities, boss and employee tension, digital cat and mouse, and the electric spark of two people who were always meant to find each other.

Ravenswoth Harbor University Series

Alex & Izzy

Book 1
Close-up of a handsome young man with sandy blond hair, green eyes, and light stubble. He wears a dark navy shirt and gazes confidently into the camera. Behind him, the blurred background features a classic university building with gothic architecture and green trees. The text over the image reads “Dare You To Want Me” and “Ava Vail,” with a small seal indicating “Ravensworth Harbor University, Book 1.”

Eli & Lottie

Book 2
Book cover for Dare You to Choose Me by Ava Vail, featuring a close-up of a handsome young man with piercing blue eyes, dark hair, and a neatly trimmed beard, wearing a black shirt. In the background is a blurred image of a gothic-style university building with spires, representing Ravensworth Harbor University. The title is written in bold, stylish fonts across the lower half of the image, and the university crest with "Book 2" is visible in the top right corner.

Bash & Vivi

Book 3
Book cover for Dare You to See Me by Ava Vail, Book 3 in the Ravensworth Harbor University series. Features a handsome man with golden brown curls, green eyes, and a serious expression, wearing a light blue linen shirt, with a blurred academic building in the background.

Dec & Lili

Book 4
dare you to find me book cover with man on cover

Hello!

I’m Ava Vail,  romance author of emotionally charged, slow-burn romance with sharp tension, messy desire, and characters who fall for each other when they shouldn’t. I write contemporary romance with a soft-spice edge, layered emotion, and the kind of intimacy that lingers long after the last page.

All of my stories are written as novellas — perfect for busy readers who want to devour a full love story in one sitting.

My debut novella, Dare You to Want Me, launches the Ravensworth Harbor University series — a world of elite expectations, forbidden attraction, and a poor girl/rich boy romance that dares to cross the lines of class, power, and pride.

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My Story

Ava Vail is a debut indie romance author and avid reader who writes emotionally charged love stories with slow-burn tension, sharp dialogue, and characters who unravel each other in all the best (and worst) ways. Her books explore class divides, forbidden attraction, and the kind of chemistry that simmers beneath the surface until it ignites.

When she’s not writing, she’s curled up with a book, falling for fictional couples, or dreaming up stories about guarded men, bold women, and the irresistible pull of a love that was never part of the plan.

Dare You to Want Me is the first book in the Ravensworth Harbor University series.