Cara Stout

Romance Author

Book cover with blue background and a blue castle. A white woman with red hair in a pink dress in a gold chair. A white man with brown hair in a gold chair.

Enchanted To Meet You

After setting fire to her last summer job – literally – Imogen Rogers needs a change.

So, when her best friend Divya, hooks her up with a gig at Fairytale Gardens to expose their dodgy dealings, she grabs the opportunity with both hands!

Too bad it means working with Tristian Walton – the owner’s son – who is as grumpy as he is handsome. 

Imogen is cast as the Princess to Tristan's Prince Charming and unsurprisingly, as they kiss in character, sparks begin to fly.

As she gets closer to uncovering the truth about the park, she’s faced with a difficult choice: 
expose the scandal or protect the one place – and person – she’s ever wanted to fight for?

Penguin Random House UK

February 6 2025

a knight before Christmas

Just like Romeo, he’s falling for Juliet.

Juliet Ripley doesn’t believe in love. She’s witnessed more than her fair share of tragic endings and has sworn off the cursed thing for good. But when Beeloved, the dating app her overbearing mum runs, needs a PR boost, she agrees to help create a reality dating show.

Garrick Walton keeps love at arm’s length but when asked to take part in the dating series as the shows Knight in Shining Armour he can’t say no. Flirting is his forte and the park could use some good press after the charity fraud fiasco.

Except it’s not the contestants that have caught his eyes, it’s the brutally honest producer, Juliet, he’s really drawn to.

The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to deny their feelings.

Will they risk it all for their own happily-ever-after??

A Knight Before Christmas is a fluffy, cosy, happily-ever-after YA rom-com novel set at Fairytale Gardens a small-town theme park.

Penguin Random House UK

November 6 2025

About

Cara Stout has been a storyteller since a young age when she would spend hours coming up with intricate lives for her dolls. When she is not lost in her world of stories, she can be found drawing digital art, cooking, and binge watching her favorite TV shows for the hundredth time. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, but has never been skiing.

Cara is represented by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at Andrea Brown Literary Agency