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Faery Town Tales #1
Arrowstruck
A closeted Burmese Muslim law student. A big-hearted Hoosier gym coach. One faery-touched river town that refuses to look away.
Win Thu has spent years trying to be the good dutiful oldest child of refugee parents, straight-passing criminal justice major, careful Muslim boy who doesn’t give the aunties anything to gossip about. One place he lets himself breathe is the campus gym—until a new trainer with a crooked smile and far too many feelings starts noticing him.
Caleb Harker is a Fort Wayne lifer with boulder shoulders, a soft heart, and a talent for helping other people feel strong. He’s not looking for “complicated.” Then a quiet guy in an oversized hoodie nearly drops a barbell on his own chest, and Caleb’s carefully boring life is suddenly full of sharp eyes, anxious jokes, and a smile that hits like sunshine after a Midwest gray-out.
When a faery-side cupid’s arrow nudges them together at the wrong moment in the right city, Win and Caleb crash into something bigger than gym late-night talks, firsts that matter, and a love that doesn’t fit neatly into anyone’s rulebook.
But Fort Wayne is a haunted kind of place—by old wars, hungry magic, and the stories families bring from home. Win’s parents crossed borders and survived soldiers to keep their sons safe. To them, queerness isn’t just a sin; it’s a threat to everything they sacrificed.
Caught between mosque and nightclub, aunties and allies, Win has to lie his way back into the box, or risk losing home in order to build a life where all of him is allowed. Caleb can’t fix Win’s faith or his family, but he can stand next to him—at the bus stop, at the dinner table, in the small apartment they slowly turn into a refuge.
Two years later, they’ve both graduated, co-own a scrappy, body-positive neighborhood gym called GluteCamp, and are days away from saying I do—with both their mothers texting too much about the reception menu. The arrow that started as a shove has settled into something a life.
Arrowstruck is a high-heat, big-heart M/M romance set in the Fort Wayne / Faery Town universe.
– gym himbo × anxious overachiever
– queer Muslim main character and complicated, trying parents
– body-positive sweat, domestic kisses, and explicit spice
– soft urban fantasy framing (cupid POV, faery-city double) with a human–human love story front and center
– messy families, found strength, and an HEA that sticks
Perfect for readers who love small-city queer romance, slow-build emotional stakes, and the feeling of finally being allowed to want what you want.
Win Thu has spent years trying to be the good dutiful oldest child of refugee parents, straight-passing criminal justice major, careful Muslim boy who doesn’t give the aunties anything to gossip about. One place he lets himself breathe is the campus gym—until a new trainer with a crooked smile and far too many feelings starts noticing him.
Caleb Harker is a Fort Wayne lifer with boulder shoulders, a soft heart, and a talent for helping other people feel strong. He’s not looking for “complicated.” Then a quiet guy in an oversized hoodie nearly drops a barbell on his own chest, and Caleb’s carefully boring life is suddenly full of sharp eyes, anxious jokes, and a smile that hits like sunshine after a Midwest gray-out.
When a faery-side cupid’s arrow nudges them together at the wrong moment in the right city, Win and Caleb crash into something bigger than gym late-night talks, firsts that matter, and a love that doesn’t fit neatly into anyone’s rulebook.
But Fort Wayne is a haunted kind of place—by old wars, hungry magic, and the stories families bring from home. Win’s parents crossed borders and survived soldiers to keep their sons safe. To them, queerness isn’t just a sin; it’s a threat to everything they sacrificed.
Caught between mosque and nightclub, aunties and allies, Win has to lie his way back into the box, or risk losing home in order to build a life where all of him is allowed. Caleb can’t fix Win’s faith or his family, but he can stand next to him—at the bus stop, at the dinner table, in the small apartment they slowly turn into a refuge.
Two years later, they’ve both graduated, co-own a scrappy, body-positive neighborhood gym called GluteCamp, and are days away from saying I do—with both their mothers texting too much about the reception menu. The arrow that started as a shove has settled into something a life.
Arrowstruck is a high-heat, big-heart M/M romance set in the Fort Wayne / Faery Town universe.
– gym himbo × anxious overachiever
– queer Muslim main character and complicated, trying parents
– body-positive sweat, domestic kisses, and explicit spice
– soft urban fantasy framing (cupid POV, faery-city double) with a human–human love story front and center
– messy families, found strength, and an HEA that sticks
Perfect for readers who love small-city queer romance, slow-build emotional stakes, and the feeling of finally being allowed to want what you want.
392 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 23, 2025
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