Hello! I’m waving from my (metaphorical) writing desk,* where – now that I’ve finished all of my book-promo travel for the time being (and having met so many great readers and writers along the way!) – I’ve turned in the first-pass pages for Enchanting the Fae Queen. Now, I’m head-down in drafting mode on two different projects:

Melting the Ice Queen (book 3 in the Queens of Villainy romantasy trilogy, due to my editor in January 2026 and due to be published in either late 2026 or early 2027)

and

A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence (the second cozy-spooky romantasy novella in The Unexpected Adventures of Lady and Lord Riven series, following A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience and due to be published sometime this autumn).

Obviously, you can preorder both Enchanting the Fae Queen and A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence now…

But you don’t have to wait to read my latest short story, a frothy sapphic fantasy rom-com called “Five Reasons Why I Am Absolutely Not in Love with My Nemesis,” which has now been published in the June 2025 issue of Worlds of Possibility. I had a lot of fun playing with this particular fairy tale setup for the first time! I hope you’ll enjoy it, too.

And now, back to my writing!

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* I actually do most of my writing either lying propped up on pillows in bed or sitting at our family’s dining table. But that sounds far less professional, right? Oh, well. ;)

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