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Night Life: a Folk Horror Poetry Collection
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Blurb: Do you hear the Old Ones calling?
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****If you would like a FREE copy of my book, check out my itch.io page! I almost always have my books for free/donate what you can there! https://albavsarria.itch.io **** Tucked away in the Appalachian mountains lays a small town where old gods and creatures with long forgotten names live frighteningly entangled with the humans who call it home. Quick. Take the clawed hand of your guide, slip into the skins of the town’s inhabitants, and let this eerie collection of folk horror poetry ensnare you in the tales— and awaken you to the coming rapture of the world. Containing new and previously published poetry, multi-award winning poet Alba V Sarria debuts a plot-driven folk horror collection spoken through the unusual eyes of 2nd and 1st person. This is a read for a lone dark night. FOLK HORROR, SUPERNATURAL, HORROR MONSTER/HUMAN ROMANCE, EERIE, APPALACHIAN
Find Me in the Shadows
Series: The Apex Duology
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: Some people are born to be heroes. But I was born a survivor.
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When an otherworldly attack forces Olivia Blake to accept a harrowing new reality, her greatest weapon against those that haunt and hunt her is also her greatest curse. Her blood. Deadly yet intoxicating to the vampires who pursue her, day and night. After a decade of hiding in the shadows, Olivia’s reclusive life starts to unravel when she’s taken captive by one who shouldn’t survive in her presence. But blood drinker Callahan Tilbrook has no need for Olivia — his mission has a far deadlier price. When the bargain goes awry, Callahan and Olivia find themselves on two sides of the same terrible coin. With thousands of lives at stake, Olivia realises this is no longer just her secret to keep. And maybe it never was.
The Devil Inside
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Blurb: The mortal clock is ticking quickly. Will Matthew and Lucy ever be reunited in the place they both belong?
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Matthew’s life is turned upside down the day his daughter, Lucy, is born. His wife has died, and Gabriel, the all-powerful leader of his world, has taken Lucy to the mortals. Eight years later, Matthew returns from his self-imposed exile looking for answers. He decides to go to his brother, Lucifer, for help. It becomes Lucifer’s mission to bring Lucy back home. Lucy’s family has no idea she is not their biological daughter, nor do they know she is spending time with her real father and uncle. Gabriel is unhappy to find out Matthew and Lucifer have been visiting the mortal world, as their actions have been causing collateral damage. He strips Lucifer of his powers to access Lucy. The mortal clock is ticking quickly. Will Matthew and Lucy ever be reunited in the place they both belong?
The Wonder of You
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Blurb: Is the circus really home? Is Phoenix her long-lost love?
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After inheriting her grandparents’ house, twenty-nine-year-old Renée Stipe feels more alone than ever before. Still living in the past and struggling with flashbacks of her abusive uncle who stole her childhood, Renée doesn’t see much of a future for herself. Everything changes when the circus comes to town. Why does this place feel so much like home? Why does the ringmaster, Phoenix, look so familiar? Her mind whirls with confusion when they kiss and he tells her about their past life. Renée has a lot to learn about who she is now, but more importantly, who she used to be. Is the circus really home? Is Phoenix her long-lost love?
The Blood Web Book 1: Vampires
Series: The Blood Web
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: The sensational debut in The Blood Web series. A darkly funny, spicy, gripping page-turner for lovers of Vampire Diaries meets Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Saskia de la Cruz is a Verity Witch - her only magic being that she can tell the truth from a lie. As an investigative reporter for The Blood Web Chronicle, the biggest news outlet on the paranormal dark Blood Web, Saskia spends her days cracking twisted para cases hoping that someday, some case, will bring her closer to finding her missing sister. In snowy Moscow drained corpses of illegal workers have begun to turn up, with hundreds more reported missing. When Saskia is sent on assignment to investigate an oligarch Vampire crime ring that might be behind the deaths, she plans to get in out of the city’s frozen grasp quickly...preferably with her neck intact. But beautiful ballet dancer Konstantin Volkov and his wildcard brother Lukka complicate things. The vampire brothers have their own reasons for solving the string of murders, reasons that conflict with Saskia’s mission. Soon, Saskia finds herself enmeshed in the city’s glittering web of crime, passion, and violence, where truths and lies are one and the same. With vibrant characters, page-turning suspense and steamy romance, this new series has been dubbed by early readers as “a fun crime-solving sexual adventure across Europe.” Co-authored by two established fantasy authors Jacqueline Silvester and N.J Simmonds, and set across a Christmas, Vampires is the first book in the Blood Web series. Perfect for fans of Crescent City, True Blood, Buffy, Sexy Rich Vampires, Interview with a Vampire, and the "They walk among us" trope.
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The Blood Web Book 2: Witches
Series: The Blood Web
Series Number: 2
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Blurb: With vibrant characters, page-turning suspense and steamy romance, this second book in the Blood Web Chronicles series has been dubbed by early readers as 'devilishly addictive' and 'a dark, magical world of power and passion.’
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Saskia de la Cruz is a Verity Witch and investigative reporter for The Blood Web Chronicle, the biggest news outlet on the paranormal Blood Web. After escaping murderous Vampires in snowy Moscow, Saskia can't imagine a more difficult or more dangerous mission. That is until her editor sends her to Barcelona to investigate a high profile disappearance at the Mage Association, which just happens to be run by her evil mother Solina. Saskia's plan is to spend as little time in Barcelona as possible, until she meets three junior members of the MA who know more than they let on - including information on Saskia’s missing sister, Mikayla. Among her new leads is Catalan bruixa Luisa, who has a hold over Saskia stronger than any magic. It doesn't take long until Saskia finds herself under the glittering spell of MA high society, where morals are few and magic is law. Can Saskia escape the clutches of a world that's always been dangerous for her, before it turns deadly?
Sirens of Los Angeles : A Dark, Funny & Sexy Urban Paranormal Romance Series (Blood Web Chronicles)
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Blurb: A prequel to the Blood Web series.
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Find out how Saskia de la Cruz became a reporter for paranormal newspaper The Blood Web Chronicle in this delicious prequel novella. Saskia is a Verity Witch - her only magic being that she can tell the truth from a lie. When she sets off for the glitzy shores of Malibu to spend spring break with her sister Mikayla, her one goal is to forget her university worries and issues with outdated witch hierarchies, and drown them in surfer six-packs and tequila cocktails. But when local influencers and male models start washing up ashore, drained of their youth, Saskia knows something wicked dwells in the deep. Which is perfectly fine because she plans on staying the hell away from the water! That is until her powerful, siren-obsessed sister disappears, and the search leads Saskia deeper than she ever thought possible. Accompanied by beautiful but suspicious surfers Eden and Zee, Saskia will have to travel for her answers to the home of Hollywood’s vainest residents - the ocean floor. With vibrant characters, page-turning suspense and steamy romance, this new series has been described by internationally renown author, Anna Day, as “Addictive, sexy and wickedly funny.” Co-authored by established fantasy authors Jacqueline Silvester and N.J Simmonds, Blood Web Chronicles prequel novella Sirens of Los Angeles is perfect for fans of Crescent City, True Blood and Veronica Mars.
Goblins of Lapland: The Blood Web Christmas Special
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Blurb: A Christmas addition to the Blood Web Chronicles
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Saskia de la Cruz, Verity Witch and undercover reporter for the Paranormal Blood Web, has been sent on her first international mission...to Lapland! Convinced she's set for a magical Christmas adventure in the snow, she's dismayed to find the Christmas village she's investigating is a complete disaster. She also takes an instant dislike to the rugged Finnish inn owner, Elias, who's so miserable he makes the Grinch look like Santa. How can she trust a man whose only friend is a reindeer? But Elias has bigger things to worry about than a nosy journalist. Locked in a bitter feud with a Texan tycoon, Elias has already lost too much to hand over his family business to his rival. As more mysterious disasters befall the village, Saskia soon discovers that one local Christmas myth is still very much alive. Will Saskia manage to save the village in time for Christmas? Or will they all end up Feliz Navidead? Co-authored by established fantasy authors, Jacqueline Silvester and N.J Simmonds, Goblins of Lapland is the seasonal standalone novel accompanying the Blood Web Chronicles series. Perfect for fans of Crescent City, True Blood and Labyrinth.
Whispers In The Dark
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Blurb: 1950s asylum nightmares and modern-day terror collide across decades in a tale where past and present unite.
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In the ominous corridors of 1950, Eleanor Mayfield flees from her tormented past into the chilling embrace of an eerie mental institution. Each night, reality blurs as whispers and ghostly visions relentlessly stalk her. Accompanied only by a devoted security guard and a cryptic caretaker, Eleanor plunges into the institution's sinister depths, unveiling terrifying secrets that should have stayed hidden. Decades later, Alina MacLeod grapples with her own demons within those same crumbling walls. Hunted by a vindictive ex-lover, her discovery of ties to Eleanor's past draws her into a chilling moment of fear that defies time. Together, these women from different times untangle a haunting legacy of dread, confronting the horrors that link their destinies.
Gift of Snow
Series: Elemental Bloodlines
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: Nelke and Tobias clash with fate as they unite against powerful leaders seeking to suppress witches.
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Can a snow witch preserve her star-crossed romance with an earthen priest in a city seething with corruption? This small town witch moved to the city to get an education. Not to grow hopelessly enamored with the antlered priest next door. Or to find out my presence here is a threat to the established order. What do you mean, young witches have to sign their lives away and have babies because our people are going extinct? That has to be an exaggeration. Right?! My daring neighbor and I are determined to find out exactly what’s happening to the witches lured into a savage breeding program. But when the priest in charge of the city realizes what we’re up to, I fear I’ll be the next to fall into his trap. Even though my antlered lover laid his claim upon me. Until fate throws a cruel shackle around my heart…. - - Gift of Snow is the first urban fantasy romance novel in the complete Elemental Bloodlines series, although all books in this series can be read as standalones. Perfect for fans of Discovery of Witches and Mortal Instruments, join snow witch Nelke as she grapples with stifling expectations, secret societies, and romantic advances from the HOT mage next door.
Sails and Sirens
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Blurb: A Siren Princess on a mission. A Sea Hunter trying to prove himself. A love story for the ages.
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Love grows with the tide–and can destroy like a wrathful wave. The Seven Kingdoms are under threat. Sea Hunters, descendants of Pirates, are slaughtering sirens and sea creatures alike. Siren Princess Eliana Leilani of Cerulia is tasked with going to the surface with her little sister, Elara, in an attempt to infiltrate the college campus, where the suspected Hunters dwell. Little does Eliana know that uncovering the Sea Hunters responsible for the attacks on her people would change everything she’s ever known, both about her world and herself. Will Sawyer is a ruthless Sea Hunter, fighting alongside his father and younger brother, Aidan, to protect unsuspecting humans from the wrath of supernatural entities. He holds a dark grudge against sirens–they killed his grandfather in cold blood. Hunting and sailing are his only sources of solace–until he meets Eliana. He is instantly beguiled by her, tumbling head over heels, with disastrous consequences. Tensions rise when the Siren Kingdoms and Hunter’s Association encounter an even larger threat than they can handle. Family bonds will be tested, beliefs will be challenged, and love will prove to be an unbreakable force–or used as a weapon for revenge.
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Grave Intentions
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Blurb: She meets him in a graveyard for a blind date—what could possibly go wrong?
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After swearing off men for good, Sara gets talked into a Halloween night rendezvous with Devin, her best friend’s mysterious cousin. When Devin insists on meeting at the town's old cemetery, Sara’s curiosity gets the better of her—what starts as an odd but intriguing date quickly turns into something much more dangerous and otherworldly. Beneath his haunting grey eyes and charm lies a man harboring secrets too dark to imagine, and once Sara steps into the misty graveyard, there may be no way out—except through him.
The Isa Project
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Blurb: The Isa Project is a New Adult Mystery examining the complexity of friendship and how art-making can heal even the deepest of wounds.
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What happens when your second chance at happiness forces repressed memories to the surface? K Statham was a bookish introvert determined to shake her anonymous “new girl” status when she joined the drama club. In the theatre, she discovered not only her buried artistic side, but her ride-or-die best friends. A trio of misfits was born: K, the ethereal flower child Isa DeLuca, and her brother, Lincoln. But after four years of both the best and most painful kind of chaos, the friends find themselves scattered. It’s not until an unexpected phone call in her freshman year of college that K is reacquainted with the DeLucas—and shipwrecked by grief. Isa is dead. Resolved to compartmentalize her trauma and make it to the other side of graduation, K stores her shame in a filing cabinet in the back of her mind. Until… Enter Lincoln DeLuca. Isa’s brother transferring to K’s university only means one thing: It’s time to dig up the past. This could be the second chance K has longed for, but only if she’s ready to figure out what really happened to Isa. The mental health rep of Perks of Being a Wallflower meets the sweet romance Eleanor & Park in this coming-of-age mystery. The Isa Project examines the complexity of friendship and how art-making can heal even the deepest of wounds.
Indecent: A Dark F/F/F Romantasy
Series: Eisha's Hidden Codices
Series Number: 0
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Blurb: Lesbian angst meets FFF why choose at a reform academy for Vampires on an isolated island
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In the United Kinvarrea Realm, women who love other women are the only ones born as mages or Vampires. Most try to hide what they are. When Evie is sent to Spurnwater Island to attend the infamous paranormal reform academy, it's certainly not by choice. Unfortunately, as a Vampire and a ruined woman, it's her last option. The last thing she expects is to fall for her fellow classmate—the sweet and pretty Rion. Even more surprising? The Fixer who shattered Evie's heart a year and a half ago reappears as her instructor. Her chemistry with the beguiling Gymma is just as volatile, awakening the demon on Evie's shoulder and toying with her emotions all over again. (Tropes: FFF why choose, new adult, instalust, 2nd chance hate-to-love, forced proximity, body betrayal, spice, "good girl", sp@nking, menage in the epilogue.) Author's Note: this story features a messy, slightly unhinged FMC who grows from her experiences. It takes place in a patriarchal world inspired by the 1930s, where women are punished for being different. This is a prequel; the series will explore themes of feminine rage and women taking back their lost power as it unfolds.
Well Hexed - A Dixie Tricks Short
Series: Dixie Tricks
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Blurb: Never read a page from a demon’s book—because when you do, Dixie’s the one coming to collect. And you really don’t want to get on her bad side.
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If you play with grimoires you're asking for trouble... MY WHAT A BIG GRIMOIRE YOU'VE GOT! Never read a page from a demon’s book! Trust me, you can’t stop once you start down that road. Hellbrarians won’t stop you, it’ll be someone like me who comes to collect. Meet Dixie. Make sure you're on her good side. A STANDALONE SHORT ★★★★★ "That was a fun read." ★★★★★ "[Well Hexed] was great! I love the humour in it. I was giggling all the way." ★★★★★ "A quick, rollicking good urban fantasy ride!"
Between Tricks
Series: Dixie Tricks
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: She's half-demon, not half bad—until trouble comes knocking. A kidnapped prince, rogue zombies, and the city’s hottest vampire… What could possibly go wrong?
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Meet Dixie. She's Half Demon but not Half Bad! In my world, demons ride the electrics and vampires are the number one wet dream in everyone's fantasy until they forget the safe word. Then it all ends in tears and a sharp stake. Or a beheading... because better safe than sorry. It's one of those weeks where things escalate quickly. Your favourite client gets himself prince-napped. Then there's the unexpected house visit from his very great aunt, the Empress; who knew she did those? Who knew she'd demand answers from me? But that's not the worst part of the week. The truly horrendous thorn in my side is working with the biggest, baddest, hottest vampire of them all because someone is making zombies and that's treason. So now I'm riding shotgun with the city's favourite poster boy vampire, and because he's BFFs with the Empress, I can't stake him either. Not unless I find him in a very compromising situation...
Lustre
Series: Witchlight
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Blurb: Never witch for angels. When Nilla breaks her rule, she’s forced to chase a dream thief with a nasty sting in his tail—and a deadline with a penalty she can’t afford to pay.
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Witch in haste... Witching for a living is hard. Witching after your werewolf girlfriend opts for ex is harder. Witching as an escape, now that's impossible. Just ask Nilla Hayes. It takes a special kind of very bad day to break the one rule that every witch has. Never—and I mean never, never—work for angels. If breaking up is hard to do, try it while hunting down a dream thief with a mean streak. Add in a very tight deadline courtesy of your unfriendly, neighbourhood supernatural, and even if the job is all expenses paid, it still amounts to a very, very bad day. You can't cash anything from the other side. When you witch in haste...your regrets might make the obituaries.
Bump
Series: Witchlight
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: Nilla sees the watcher in an empty room, knows what hides in the dark but when she's face to face with a wicked witch, she's up against a real monster...
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Be Careful Who You Witch For... Ever had that feeling—when you’re completely alone—that you’re being watched? I envy you. I see the watcher in an empty room, and I firmly believe ignorance would be bliss. Nilla Hayes has a problem. It isn’t the pretty werewolf she shouldn’t be attracted to. It isn’t that her best friend is trying to set her up, either. There are things going bump in the night and they all start with a wicked witch. Things would be a lot easier if Nilla could just turn a blind eye, but not all witches are bad. Now it’s war—and no one is safe when witches duel with magic.
Flicker
Series: Witchlight
Series Number: 2
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Blurb: Witchcraft bites, and Nilla Hayes is on the menu. A relentless stalker, sinister shadow keys, and a near-fatal warning—trouble is back in town, and this time, it has teeth.
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No sleep for the witch... Witchcraft comes with its share of thorns, and Asbelia—an almost goddess—is the sharpest of them all. Now, she’s bringing the darkest twists back to town. For Nilla, being a witch isn’t all fun and games. Not with a relentless stalker from the veiled world, where witches are just the appetiser and darker creatures lurk in the shadows. When Asbelia warns her to watch for something shaped like danger, Nilla doesn’t expect to find creepy shadow keys—or for her best friend to come terrifyingly close to a fatal encounter. Nilla Hayes is back! (As are her werewolf girlfriend Sofia, her not cat familiar F.C., her bestie Livia, the queer wolf pack that has her back and holds all her IOUs, and of course her fairy stalker...)
Gloam - A Witchlight Short
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Blurb: Nilla Hayes knows someone’s going to die, but when she witches for a stranger, she’s not prepared for the deadly consequences...
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Tell a witch a lie... Nothing starts right after a glimpse of the corpse light. Nilla Hayes is having a bad day. She knows that someone is going to die, she's just not sure yet who that might be. She already knows it's going to be a tough Friday, but she's not prepared for what happens when she witches for a stranger. "Strong MC background, moves right along from the first sentence, and great supporting characters throughout."
Higanbana
Series: Angelverse
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: Nate didn’t need a savior, a guardian angel.
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Nathaniel has never known happiness or a life free from struggle. Stuck in an abusive relationship and damned to work minimum-wage jobs, he has no energy or motivation to make himself better. That is until he meets a mysterious stranger. Raziel, Archangel of Heaven, was wrongfully stripped of his grace and banished to life on Earth. Lost on his own and haunted by loneliness and the injustices inflicted on him, he meets Nathaniel. Struggling to navigate free will, he starts exploring the human world and falls in love—not just with the world but with the human guiding him through it as well. Will they save each other from their demons? Or will they drag each other deeper into Hell?
The Book Boyfriend
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Blurb: If your 16th century fictional boyfriend came to life, insisting you're the witch he needs to break his curse and return him to his time, could you write your own Happily Ever After?
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✨ CROWNED HEART WINNER AND RONA NOMINATED ✨ Emmeline always dreamed of being an author, finding comfort in words and between the pages of her beloved romance novels, but a mental health diagnosis leaves her blocked and unable to write. Then she inherits a crumbling, second-hand bookshop from a mysterious old friend and Emmy discovers that magic is real. Maybe her fantasies about the heroes in her favourite historical romances aren’t so far-fetched after all? Lord Jonathan Dalgliesh is the handsome stranger — wielding a sword as dangerous as his Tudor past — who appears in Emmy’s bookshop asking for help. Together they must race against time itself to lift the curse imprisoning him inside an ancient book. But when growing threats to Emmy’s safety are proved real and not another symptom of her illness, she must learn to trust her own voice again. Can she find the words to save Jonathan and her shop before tragedy strikes on the fateful final page? Romance-addict Emmy may be, but this damsel is about to kick distress into the Ever After. Featuring a fearless, body-positive, fat and tall bookish heroine; a swoon-worthy Tudor hero; A+ mental health rep; Romancelandia references galore; a dusty Devon bookshop setting; history, mystery, magic; sonnets, secrets, spells; and the world's grumpiest, chonkiest but most lovable bookshop cat, The Book Boyfriend is a cozy and witchy, slow burning, plus-size romance, perfect for fans of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and Rewitched. ✨ Open Door Low Spice ✨ Please check my author note for content and trigger warnings
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The Heartbreak Hex
Series: Holiday Village Romances
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: A witch and a vampire who is secretly in love with her get magically tied together when a drunken spell goes awry.
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Gertrude Nightshade never thought that she’d be heartbroken right before Halloween. A busy potion witch in the middle of Holiday Village with a thriving shop, Gertrude thought that she’d be with her werewolf boyfriend forever. That is, until he unceremoniously dumps her at the busiest time in her career. While drowning her sorrows in pumpkin ale (and a mug of ill-advised peppermint schnapps), Gertrude drunkenly decides to put together the ultimate heartbreak healing potion, drinks it and goes to bed. But when she wakes up, she’s not alone. Vlad Everdark is the charming vampire mayor of the Halloween Neighborhood of Holiday Village. The last thing he expects is to wake up in bed with the beautiful, hungover witch who sells him his morning brew. The one he’s been secretly dreaming about for years. Not only that, but they are tethered together at the wrist with an unbreakable magic red string that doesn’t allow them to go more than six feet away from each other. Halloween is only days away, the biggest night of the year for both of them. Can they break the hex that is keeping them together? And, as they spend more time with each other, will they find that they want to?
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The Cupid Conspiracy
Series: Holiday Village Romances
Series Number: 3
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Blurb: Strictly business is about to get very personal in this rivals-to-lovers marriage of convenience
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Beatrix Nightshade is used to being weighed down by responsibility. First with raising her two younger twin sisters after their parents died, then with her job championing the underdog Forgotten Holidays at City Hall, a life of hard work and fighting for what she wants is all she’s ever known. Just once she’s like things to be easy. Curtis Heartson is a cupid who’s charms and good looks have gotten him far in life. A lobbyist for Valentine’s Day, Curtis loves to win and make it look easy. He especially loves rubbing it in the face of his adorably angry rival, Beatrix. But romantic love is highly prized in the Valentine’s Neighborhood and Curtis can’t seem to take his career to the next level without being in a serious relationship. He can’t just fake it: cupids can sense bonds of strong emotion. But hate is easy to confuse with love and even if no one loves him, Curtis does know someone who hates him. Curtis comes to Beatrix with a proposition: a marriage of convenience. A way to pull the wool over his superiors’ eyes. One where he helps her with her goals and she helps him with his. A business arrangement. What could go wrong? But even the best plans have a way of going awry. When real feelings start sneaking into their strictly-business relationship, Curtis will have to choose: his career? Or his heart?