Books

What to expect from my books

Dark but not grimdark: All the moody, supernatural atmosphere without the soul-crushing depression.

Banter and tension: High-heat chemistry mixed with sharp, witty dialogue.

Bingeable lengths: Spicy paranormal and fantasy romance that isn’t a 700-page commitment. No boring bits. Most titles sit between 50-65k words.

Deserving monsters: Mythical villains and literal monsters who get the epic love stories they deserve.

These are comfort reads wrapped in darkness—fast-paced, high-spice, and full of the kind of found family chaos that makes me and my fellow beautiful weirdos feel less alone.

Reading order: All of my series lean heavily on found family, so reading in order means you’ll catch all the Easter eggs and cameos from other characters—but each series can be enjoyed on its own.

Want a handy reading list? I’ve created you one!

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Check under each universe to see what I’m going to be working on next within the series!

My 2026 schedule is as follows: ( If it’s not here I’m not ready to write it yet x)

Claimed by the Beast King – Available here on Amazon and KU (FYI- Audio currently in production)

Hardest Fall (Mercenaries and Magic, Book 5) – Available here on Amazon and KU

Fastest Kill (Mercenaries and Magic, Book 6) – Available on Ream.

Wild Magic (A Fae X Gods Universe Cross Over Short Story) – Read it for free here or buy a pretty epub here.

Fae Universe:

The Fanged One – Currently drafting – release date TBA (Hopefully by August?).

The Sly One

The Silent One

The Gods Universe

The old gods never died. They just got better at adapting.

In a near-future world, ancient pantheons have stepped out of the shadows to build empires, wage wars, and—inevitably—fall devastatingly in love with mortals who refuse to worship them. This interconnected universe spans Greek, Egyptian, and Roman mythology, following gods and monsters who’ve been called villains for millennia and the people who see them clearly.

You’ll love this if you like: mythology retellings with modern settings, morally grey god heroes, enemies-to-lovers tension, “he would burn cities for her” energy, heroines aged 25+ who match their immortal partners in stubbornness

Tropes: fated mates, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden romance, found family, forced proximity, kidnapping romance, possessive hero, he falls first, touch her and die, immortal/mortal age gap

Heat level: Explicit (spicy scenes in every book)

Content: Violence, strong language, dark themes, possessive behavior

For fans of: Scarlett St. Clair’s Hades & Persephone series, Katee Robert’s Dark Olympus, mythology romance with bite.

Court of the Underworld (Greek Mythology)

Hades has risen from the Underworld, and with a court of gods, monsters, and demigods, rules the dangerous city of Styx, where power is currency, and loyalty is everything—and where even the most feared creatures can find someone who loves them for exactly what they are.

The lineup: Asterion (yes, the Minotaur, and yes, he runs a fight club), Medusa (she’s no victim, blind thief MC), Hades & Persephone (she kidnaps back and brings him to his knees), Hermes (chaos god even more chaotic romantic), Thanatos (death himself, soft for one woman), Charon (the ferryman has feelings and a book addiction), Erebus (primordial darkness, and devoted to one scary AF witch)

📖 Start here: Book 1 ASTERION

Gods of the Duat (Egyptian Mythology)

The Egyptian gods of war, magic, and death have carved out their own territory—and their own complicated love lives. Set, Thoth, and Anubis each find love while navigating ancient rivalries and the mortals stubborn enough to stand beside them.

Start here if you want: Egyptian mythology romance, god of death heroes, magic and mayhem, desert settings.

The Lost Goddesses (Greek and Roman Myth)

Forgotten goddesses reclaiming their stories—and finding love wasn’t part of the plan. Persephone gets up to mischief, Bellona (goddess of war) takes no prisoners, Laverna (goddess of thieves) steals more than she intended, and Eris (goddess of chaos) does exactly what you’d expect.

Start here if you want: Powerful goddess heroines, Roman mythology, women who could destroy you but choose love instead.

Coming to this universe eventually: Dionysus, Melinoë, Zagreus, and more!

The Fae Universe

Fifteen hundred years is a long time to nurse a grudge. The fae remember every slight.

The fae have returned to England after centuries in exile, burning for revenge against the humans who imprisoned them—and bringing a world of magic, monsters, and inconvenient fated mates with them. This sprawling universe follows cursed princes, fierce bounty hunters, ancient kings, and the people who were never supposed to matter to them.

Reader favorites for comfort rereads, reading slumps, and when you need a book that feels like coming home. Every book has explicit heat, found family bonds, and heroines old enough to know better who fall anyway.

You’ll love this if you like: fae romance with teeth, cursed heroes who fall first, competent heroines aged 25+, Celtic and Norse mythology woven in, found family that just keeps growing.

Tropes: fated mates, enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine, captor/captive, cursed hero, touch her and die, he falls first, only soft for her, fae bargains, found family

Content: Violence, strong language, possessive heroes, dark themes

For fans of: Sarah J. Maas (Crescent City), Laura Thalassa (Four Horseman and Bargainer), Thea Harrison (The Elder Races), and Karen Marie Moning (Fever Series).

Wrath of the Fae (The Original Trilogy)

Three cursed fae princes. Three human women who might save them—or make everything worse. When the fae return to modern England, these brothers must break their curses before time runs out, and the women who stumble into their lives aren’t interested in being damsels.

Kiss of the Blood Prince: Beauty and the Beast vibes, captor/captive, blood magic, enemies-to-lovers, a heroine with more spine than sense

Heart of the Winter Prince: Grumpy/sunshine, Norse mythology, Viking-descended heroine with a temper, ice prince who melts for one woman

Wings of the Night Prince: Bounty hunter heroine, Celtic mythology, the Morrigan causing problems, a mating bond neither of them wanted

Reading order: Read in order for the full brothers’ arc and maximum emotional devastation.

📖 Start here: 1. Kiss of the Blood Prince

Ironwood Series

The Ironwood sisters are legendary monster killers—and absolutely terrible at staying out of fae business. This spin-off follows the fierce family introduced in Wrath of the Fae as they navigate elves, wolf shifters, berserkers, and the inconvenient men who won’t leave them alone.

Start here if you want: Bounty hunter heroines, found family of sisters, elves and shifters, women who fight first and take no crap.

📖 Start here: 1. Trash and Treasure

The Lost Fae Kings

Powerful fae kings who’ve finally been able to reunite with their nephews (from Wrath of the Fae) and heal the magic between Faerie and the human world. The Forest King, Sea King, and Storm King find mates who see past the crown to the disaster underneath and still sign up for it.

Start here if you want: Fae royalty, possessive alpha heroes, kings who kneel for the right woman.

📖 Start here: 1. Dance of the Forest King

Greatdrakes (Dragon Shifter Romance)

Ancient dragons are waking inside this family of magicians, and they’re finding mates among the fae and humans who were never supposed to matter to them. Possessive, protective, and absolutely unhinged about the people they claim.

Start here if you want: Magician family, Dragon shifter heroes, “mine” energy, protector romance, fated mates who fight it (and lose).

Note: Fenris’s story continues in an upcoming Ragnarök series after Greatdrakes. (2026).

📖 Start here: 1. Fire Struck

Mercenaries and Magic

Steal the impossible. Kill the untouchable. Love like it’s a death sentence.

The Edgeworths are a found family of mercenaries and treasure hunters with blood on their hands and skeletons in every closet. When a powerful cult decides to eliminate them, these morally grey disasters have to choose between the walls they’ve built and the people worth dying for.

This series blends dark romance mafia vibes with occult magic, so it’s not a traditional paranormal romance series. It’s edgier, more based in reality, with an absurd amount of shenanigans and flame throwers.

You’ll love this if you like: found family of criminals, morally grey everyone, heist/treasure hunting vibes, and characters with trauma who choose each other anyway.

Tropes: found family, enemies-to-lovers, morally grey characters, dark romance, slow burn tension, he would burn the world for her, assassins, treasure hunting, forced proximity, “who did this to you”

Heat level: Very explicit

Content: Graphic violence, dark themes, morally complex characters, past trauma

For fans of: Dark contemporary fantasy, anti-hero romance, found family crime crews

Reading order: Read in order—the cult storyline builds across all six books

Coming in 2026: Hardest Fall and Fastest Kill.

📖 Start here: 1. Darkest Night

Feather and Stone Universe

Stone protects. Feathers remember. Some bonds are older than memory.

A romantic fantasy series steeped in Slavic mythology and folklore. Gargoyles were created to protect swan priestesses—but when a gargoyle discovers his fated mate doesn’t know what she is or the power sleeping in her veins, he’ll burn down everything keeping her caged.

Ironheart: Zori believes she’s dying, trapped by her guardian—until a stranger’s fangs at her throat shatter everything she thought she knew. Vladik is a gargoyle who was never supposed to find his mate in a woman who has no idea she’s a swan priestess. “The Swan Princess” meets monster romance with a protector hero who would level cities for her.

Tropes: gargoyle hero, swan maiden heroine, Slavic mythology, fated mates, protector romance, captivity/rescue, hidden identity, “mine” energy

Heat level: Explicit

Note: Ironheart can be read as a complete standalone with no cliffhanger. Kaspian’s story is next, which will tie up the world’s bigger conflicts.

📖 Start here: 1. Iron Heart

Inferno Universe

Welcome to Inferno. The monsters run this city, and they’re always hungry.

A city in Northern Greece where supernatural creatures have carved out their own territory. Each district belongs to a different species—vampires, shifters, and things with no names. The humans who wander in rarely leave the same. The ones who stay? They learn to dance with devils.

Features: Vampire blood lords, supernatural politics, urban fantasy setting, multiple monster types, necromancer goth boys.

Tropes: vampire romance, monster heroes, dangerous city, forbidden love, dark atmosphere, dark magic.