Happy Release Month to Goldie and the Bear Affair!!
The short and spicy novella was SO much fun to write with my friend and fellow indie author, Liana Valerian! We decided to team up on a fairytale retelling, writing a fluffy and fun story, a bit of a 180 compared to our regular dark romance vibes. It was also the first time for me to write a story in present tense. I love trying new things and taking on new challenges, and ended up enjoying this new-to-me style. Can’t wait for you all to read it!!
This month is also the Kink & Ink event in Dallas, TX. I am SO excited to spend time with authors and readers next weekend. Bring on the chaos!!
My sweet pups, Anya and Bart. Together in Doggy Heaven.
Read on for bookish events, novels, spicy art and more!
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APRIL NEWS
GIVEAWAY April 1st - 10th - 16 authors and so many genres of books!! Enter the giveaway here.
GIVEAWAY April 3rd - 13th - A giveaway to celebrate April book releases! Enter the giveaway here!
KINK & INK April 9TH - 12TH - Join dozens of authors and vendors for a weekend of tattoos, author panels, book signings and more!!
Plan ahead and come see me at a signing event! I absolutely love meeting readers! And I apparently had FOMO and decided accept almost all of the events I was invited to. From west coast to the south, I’ll be signing books all over the U.S. in 2026!
Kink & Ink April 10th - 12th Dallas, TX - 18+ book signing perfectly stuffed with vendors, tattoo artists, and your fave authors. Then wrap the weekend with a Melrose Avenue concert!
Embers & Elegance May 9th St. Louis, MO - Inspired by Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole and The 4th Wing series by Rebecca Yarros, this is a flame and dragon inspired fantasy book ball with bookish vendors and signing authors.
Tempted by Fiction May 23rd Nashville, TN - A ONE DAY book lovers festival where readers, authors, and vendors come together to celebrate all things romance- from sweet to dark and everything in between.
Fae or Bae June 6th Portland, OR - A ONE DAY bookish affair with SO many amazing authors. Support indies and come meet us! I promise we don’t bite…unless you ask nicely.
Villains & Vixens July 24 & 25 Orlando, FL - I had an absolute blast at this event last year, and cannot wait to go back! This event is STACKED with amazing vendors and authors. And it was one of the most organized events I’ve ever been part of.
Dark Flame Society November 6th - 8th Kansas City, MO - DFSCON presents, Song of the 9 Realms, an unforgettable weekend of creativity, connection, and community.
GOLDIE AND THE BEAR AFFAIR
“Are you lost, ma’am?”
The female wrinkles her little nose. “Ew. I am not a ma’am.”
I watch the cute movement, forcing myself not to lean in further. “What shall I call you then, other than ‘woman who broke into my house’?”
HAPPY RELEASE DAY, GOLDIE!
Did you know we also have a spicy hardcover edition?! AND this hardcover has BONUS CHAPTERS?! Grab yours here!
With gold foiling, pretty endpapers and edges!
Haunted Hospitals Series
Welcome to the darkness, readers. Once you enter, there’s a good chance you will never escape. Before you dive deeper into this wicked world, know that there are MANY trigger warnings. This series is a very dark romance, with the novella One Hallowed Night bordering on horror romance. The main characters are morally black and make terrible decisions!
If you’re still intrigued, read on and stick around for what comes next in the series!
ONE HALLOWED NIGHT
Hallowed Hills Sanatorium locked up the worst of the worst, prisoners who committed the most unspeakable crimes. And it happened to house Lacy Breaux’s. What Lacy didn't expect to find was someone new, with a soul as ruinous as the devil, and the face of a god. Her father held the answers to her past, but it was Jasper Barrett who had plans to claim her future, one desperate moan at a time.
A VERY dark horror romance novella
One Hallowed Night is available on KU & Paperback on Amazon! You can also purchase signed copies in my Etsy Shop!
What’s next for this series, you ask??
A short story to be featured in the Devoured by Desires Anthology, Wicked is the Night. This story will feature three new characters, all looking for answers in their own ways, and when they meet at one of the most notorious asylums in America, things go from dark to deadly quick.
This antho is also donating to a mental health org chosen by the authors, and features a plethora of characters struggling with mental health related issues. Stay tuned for more details coming early in the new year!
The World of Daemons & Lumens
Have you finished the Daemons & Lumens Series?! The entire series is available on KU & Paperback, and signed copies are in my Etsy Shop.
FANCY NEW EDITIONS ARE COMING!!
I am SO excited to finally have hardcovers of this series. I am working with two designers, one for the hardbacks in series form, and one for a special edition omnibus. Behold a sneak peak of the new omnibus edition below!!
The omnibus will feature silver and blue foiling on the hardback and the dust jacket!
Signed Copies from my Etsy Shop
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Twisted Desires Series
Dueling Obsessions is the first book in my new Twisted Desires Series. This series will feature interconnected standalones, each with their own main characters. This is an LGBTQIA+ friendly dark romance series. ARE YOU READY FOR BOOK 2?! I am struggling to keep all my secrets hidden….
Book 2 will feature Sienna and Alec, two stubborn lost souls with wicked desires and deadly secrets. If only they could get over their stubborn egos and give in to the temptations of the flesh…before they’re torn apart…permanently.
Catch up on the series with Dueling Obsessions, book one of the series!
🖤 MMF Dark Romance
🖤 Mafia Adjacent
🖤 Kinky Awakenings
🖤 Mistaken Identities
🖤 Multi POV
🖤 BDSM Club Owners
🖤 Touch Her and Die Vibes
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November will feature Seraphina and her princes!! The password for November is GOLDIELOCKS and you can enter here! Enjoy!!
GOLDIE, KIERAN, ADRIAN & MARCUS
This section got a makeover! We are still mainly focused on indie authors, and now I’ll be sharing books I’ve read or plan to read. I’ll definitely be a ghost haunting a library somewhere with my unfinished business being my endless TBR. #readerproblems
This month I am featuring authors who will be attending Kink & Ink with me!
As always, be kind and kick ass when necessary.
And enjoy these authors and their amazing stories!!
LO GOLD
THEIR OBSESSION
(Demons on the Ice)
Lilliana has been running her entire adult life. Running from her past and the demons that haunt her nightmares. She moves to a new city, changes her name and begins a career as a sports psychologist for The Southern Storm, one of the best hockey teams in the league. So focused on hiding her past and being taken seriously in a male dominated world, she doesn’t notice that she’s caught the eye of the team’s rookie defenseman, Noah Kolgrim. But a freak accident brings them together, allowing her to feel safe and happy for the first time in a long time.
That is until a ghost from her past shows up. Dmitri Volkkon is arguably the best player in the league. Known as the Raging Russian, he dominates every single game he plays. So why would he take a pay cut mid-season to join the Storm? And why does Lilliana seem terrified by his mere presence?
As the team fights for their place in the playoffs, past obsessions and stolen secrets threaten to bring everything crashing down. In the end will their obsession bring them together or tear them apart?
MY RATING: TBD
Lo’s table will be next to mine at the event! Come see us at tables 512 and 514!
ORDER LO’S BOOKS HERE!
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MONIQUE SHEPHERD
Nevermore: A Forbidden Age-Gap College Romance
(The Never Never Duet Book 1)
“Sometimes the most forbidden fruit is the sweetest.”
Kieran McKnight: Ten years ago, my world crumbled around me. Losing my wife turned me into a shell of a man, stuck teaching entitled Ivy League brats by day and drowning my pain in meaningless sex by night. The club has saved me countless times, until she walks into my classroom. There’s something behind the pain in her eyes that pulls me in, and even though I know she’s forbidden, I can’t stay away, no matter how hard I try.
Deirdre Ravencroft: For the last year, I’ve been running from my tortured past, hiding amongst the shadows in hopes that he won’t find me. When I end up in a small town in Connecticut, I’m determined to take control of my life—so I fill my time as a cocktail waitress by night, and a student by day. I stick out like a sore thumb among these snooty frat boys and sorority girls, but one thing draws me in: the broody professor teaching my literature class.
I know I shouldn’t cross the lines of temptation. But when an embarrassing incident forces us together, we find ourselves caught in a whirlwind of heated moments, and I start to wonder if I can really stay away… or if I even want to.
MY RATING: TBD
Meet Monique at Kink & Ink, table 419!!
ORDER MONIQUE’S BOOK HERE!
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J. L. QUICK
OWNED
(Men of Club Triskelion Book 1)
When the devil looks this good, it's hard to say 'no.'
Layla
Swiping right, while looking for a one night stand, I met the perfect man. Tristan Evans, a handsome, rich, and charming club owner who also happens to be an absolute god in the bedroom. Intrigued by his lifestyle, and blinded by his charm, I waste no time accepting his proposition. In exchange for a few favors, he'll train me to be the perfect submissive.
Tristan
I am a ruthless man who will stop at nothing to get exactly what I want, and what I want is Layla. With promises to train her to be the perfect submissive--my perfect submissive--she eagerly walks into my world. By the time she learns it's full of death and betrayal, it'll be too late. I'll already own her, and I'm never letting her go.
MY RATING: TBD This book is on my TBR!
J. L. Quick will be at Kink & Ink, table 108!
ORDER J.L.’S BOOK HERE!
FOLLOW J.L. ON Instagram!
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