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The award-winning Lost in Austin series is a sexy, funny, heartfelt romp through life, love, and adulthood. Buy the completed series bundle to get tons of free stuff including jewelry, a bookmark, and a keychain (all lovingly made by ME!) plus some spicy art. Meow!

Up for Air

Am I happy? How would I know? What is the measure of happiness?

Deep thoughts to indulge on my birthday, while at a funeral. As I stare down into my grandfather-in-law’s grave, it’s all I can think about. When was the last time I felt truly happy with my life?

Those questions linger long after the funeral, eating away at my tranquility like a necrotic wound, until one night I finally ask my husband if we can open our marriage to “live a little.” Surprisingly, he says yes.

I throw myself headlong into an adventure through the bars and bedrooms of Austin, Texas. For the first time in my life I’m living in the moment – sex and kink, karaoke and drink – new friends, new lovers, new boundaries to cross. It’s all just innocent, no-strings fun…until I meet Alex. Alex changes everything.

During hedonistic self-discovery, have I stumbled across love?

Book one of the award-winning Lost in Austin series, Up for Air, is an unconventional romance that can be read as a standalone. It won several awards including the 2021 Good Sex Awards for “Sexiest Consent” and the 2021 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal for Romance – Sizzle.

Winner – 2021 Good Sex Award for Sexiest Consent
Winner – 2021 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal for Romance – Sizzle
Winner – 2021 Independent Press Award for Romance

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Inspire your desire with this Good Sex Award Sexiest Consent Winner and Feminist Sex Finalist! Some of the most erotic, sensual and authentic exploration of BDSM ever!” The Good Bits

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Up For Air is witty, clever, and sexy with depth dipped in the philosophy of the human condition. I look forward to more from this author.” – Readers’ Favorite

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Every turn of the page is like sipping a smart and sexy cocktail I wish was bottomless.” Allison Dickson, author of The Other Mrs. Miller

The Road Home

Sex and rock & roll are my top priorities. I mean, let’s face it, they’re my only priorities.

As frontman of Austin’s most popular metal band, I have it all. But when a car accident nearly kills my best friend, I’m rocketed back to memories of that horrible night, all those years ago when I lost my family at the hands of a drunk driver.

That’s trauma I’d rather leave buried, so when Nicole, aka Arson Nic, the roller derby dynamo, skates into my bed, I’m more than happy to bury myself in her sweet solace. What I don’t expect is to wake up with feelings.

When a once-in-a-lifetime tour opportunity lands in my lap, it’ll bring me back to the Cherokee reservation where I grew up. If I’m going to take the road home to a future with Nicole, it’s time to face the past I buried long ago.

Winner – 2022 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal for Romance – Sizzle
Finalist – 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist for Multicultural Fiction

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Christina Berry’s The Road Home is a book that had so many dramatic twists I couldn’t put it down. Jake’s journey through a gamut of emotions and life progress was captivating.” Readers’ Favorite

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Driven by a pair of nuanced protagonists teeming with authenticity, THE ROAD HOME is a romance novel with true cross-over potential that easily side-steps any hint of ‘guilty-pleasure’ status.” IndieReader

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “The Road Home is nostalgic, hella sexy, and packs emotional depth as well as plenty of narrative surprises. It rocked my world!” Sarah Zachrich Jeng, author of The Other Me

After the Storm

When I agreed to my wife’s request for an open marriage, I didn’t anticipate she’d fall in love with another man and leave me.

Alone now and drowning in self-destruction, I cling to memories of a trip to New Orleans nine months ago—the night I wandered into a movie theater called Paradise and spent an evening talking with the beautiful owner, Violet Devollier. Our connection was brief but intense.

It was a connection so intense that when Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, I’ll stop at nothing to return to Paradise and find Violet.

But what good is a broken man in a broken city? To have any chance of a future with Violet, I’ll have to find the courage to piece myself back together as we rebuild Paradise after the storm.

Book three of the award-winning Lost in Austin series, After the Storm, is a slow burn interracial romance which can be read as a standalone. It was the 2023 winner of the Readers’ Favorite Honorable Mention for Romance – Sizzle.

Honorable Mention – 2023 Readers’ Favorite Award for Romance – Sizzle
Second Place – 2023 DWRI Romance Book Literary Awards

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Christina Berry’s After the Storm is a sizzling romance… Greg Hendricks is a vulnerable character and readers will be compelled to cheer him on as he picks up the broken pieces of his life… This is a great read for fans of contemporary romance!” Readers’ Favorite

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I absolutely loved the characters and the way this story played itself out. The backdrop of Hurricane Katrina and it’s aftermath felt raw and real, and didn’t feel like it was sensationalized for the sake of the story.” Sandi, BookDragonHeart

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “The story isn’t all romance, and all the parts of damage caused by Katrina really transported me back to 2005. Hearing those stories from those who lived it had me in tears at points of this book. Author Christina Berry absolutely did justice to things that happened in that city.” Melissa, Goodreads Reviewer

All the Rest

It’s been five years since I found my family. Not my bio-family—my found family of friends. I love them to pieces, but lately they aren’t enough.

I want a baby.

All my friends have family units with cuddly babies, and I want that too. But I turn thirty-five in less than a month. Clock’s ticking, so I’ve got to hustle. I need some baby batter to bake a bun in my oven as soon as possible.

One problem: baby batter comes from men, and I’m really tired of men and their heartbreaker BS.

Manic, though, is different from the other men. A retired sideshow circus performer with piercings all over the place, he’s different from everyone. I really like him, and I think he really likes me, too, but he flat out refuses to get me pregnant.

Is Manic worth giving up my dream of being a kickass mom? Maybe.

The fourth and final book of the award winning Lost In Austin series, All the Rest is a grumpy/sunshine romance with tons of laughs and heart and dirty, dirty smut. It’s the last book in the series, but it can be read as a standalone.

Finalist – 2024 Readers’ Favorite Award for Romance – Sizzle

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “With highly engaging dialogue, there was never a dull moment, and I was hooked from the first chapter to the last.” Readers’ Favorite

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I did not expect to like these characters as much as I did or enjoy their journey together to this extent.” Wesleann, Amazon Reviewer

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “A spicy, age-gap, grumpy/sunshine romance that will have you needing a cold drink and maybe a cold shower.” Kelchickbooklover, Goodreads Reviewer