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Blog Tour: Our Little Monster – Lashell Rain

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We’re celebrating the newly released vampire romance, Our Little Monster by Lashell Rain!

Our Little Monster: A Why Choose Vampire Romance (Deviant Desires Series)
Publication Date: May 28, 2024
Genre: Vampire Romance/ Why Choose
Inspired by The Vampire Diaries & Supernatural
Monster Hunter FMC
Touch Her & Di3
She Saves Them
Why Choose MFM
Vampires
She doesn’t know whether to kill them or keep them…
In a world where monsters lurk in the shadows, Serina Velika is a hunter, born and raised to keep the balance between humans and everything that goes bump in the night.
But no one is safe in the dark.
When vampires viciously attack her and her father, she is left shattered and bleeding on the forest floor, forced to bear witness to the horrifying scene as they mercilessly take her father’s life. The one person who anchored her is gone and now she has nothing left to lose.
She embarks on a mission for vengeance, keeping her heart guarded and her loved ones at arm’s length. But fate has other plans.
After eight months of little to no answers, Serina crosses paths with three captivating vampires—Bastian, Nox, and Thorne, who propose an intriguing deal. With no other options, she reluctantly allows them into her life and is thrust into a world of deception, unaware that with every shared moment her resolve weakens and her emotions ignite like wildfire.
Will their love conquer all, or will her need for vengeance tear them apart? Dive into this thrilling adventure where passion ignites, bonds are tested, and a new dawn of hope awaits.
18+ Adult content and explicit scenes
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Blog Tour: The Light Between Us – Elaine Chiew

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The Light Between Us is a Southeast Asian historical romance that defies time and
space as an archivist explores Singapore’s tumultuous past through a supernatural
connection.

At work one night, photography archivist Charlie Sze-Toh receives a misdirected
letter from Wang Tian Wei, a 1920s colonial era Chinese photographer.

Through a mysterious digital folder and photographic plates, a conversation is sparked, leading to a romance that spans lifetimes.

In his time, Tian Wei scours a turbulent Singapore for his missing friend, Aiko,
leading him to the perfumed chambers of a Japanese brothel. Meanwhile, in the
modern day, Charlie struggles against a family dynamic dominated by her
stepmother, a manipulative matriarch who uses family secrets as bargaining chips.

Communication starts to become difficult and Tian Wei’s letters are tinged by the
increasing threat of Japanese Occupation. Will one last fate-defying letter from
Charlie allow Tian Wei to keep their love alive?

Inspired by her research into Singaporean historical archives, Elaine Chiew weaves
Chinese mythology and early 20th century colonial Singapore into this speculative
epic.

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Elaine Chiew is a writer, editor, creative writing teacher/mentor, and visual arts
researcher. Her debut novel The Light Between Us (Neem Tree Press), long listed
for the inaugural Cheshire Novel Prize, will be out May 16, 2024.

Her short story collection The Heartsick Diaspora (Penguin SEA 2019 & Myriad
Editions UK 2020) explores the Malaysian and Singaporean Chinese diaspora living
primarily in London, New York, and Singapore; it has been mentioned as a
recommended read in The Guardian, The Straits Times Singapore, BookRiot and
Esquire SG, been featured in literary festivals in Singapore, Malaysia and Kerala, received a Special Mention in the UK Saboteur Awards, and reviewed favourably in Malaysia, Singapore, UK and US.

She is also the compiler/editor of Cooked Up: Food Fiction From Around the World
(New Internationalist, 2015).

Twice winner of the Bridport Short Story Competition in the UK, she has had
numerous stories published in Singapore, US and UK anthologies, most recently
with BBC Radio Four.

Originally from Ipoh, Malaysia, she has a J.D. from Stanford Law School and was a corporate securities lawyer working in New York, Hong Kong and London. In 2017, she received an MA in Asian Art History from Goldsmiths, University of London. She is based in London. You can find her on X @ChiewElaine
and IG @epchiew.

My thoughts: In the archives of a Singapore gallery, Charlie catalogues photographs, finding on her screen one day a strange letter, she can’t work out what it’s doing there, but intrigued she saves it for later. After another appears, she decides, despite the fact it seems to come from another age, to write back. And so begins a rather unusual love story.

Charlie and her new pen pal, a 1920s photographer called Tian Wei, share the details of their lives – Tian Wei is searching for a young Japanese woman he considers his sister, she’s vanished and no one seems bothered. In modern Singapore Charlie is struggling with her family relationships, her stepmother is something of a nightmare, her half brothers not kind and she’s closest to her adopted brother Sebastian.

Sebastian’s business and romantic relationship are on the outs, and he vanishes for a time. But Charlie and Tian Wei sustain each other through their crises via their letters.

It’s a beautiful quantum entanglement, their letters, and later photos, reaching back and forth in time. But when Charlie crosses a line, things change in her time, and political changes in Tian Wei’s put him in danger.

It’s hard to define this book, part romance, part science fiction, part mystery, and it took me a while to like Charlie – she keeps all of her emotions very tightly bound, letting no one in. Tian Wei is much more open, there’s a joy and lightness to him for much of the book, despite his worries about Aiko, despite the political turmoil.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: Vengeful Dreams – Alexa Michaels

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Hades and Persephone but make it a dark mafia romance please! Done!

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Vengeful Dreams: A Dark Mafia, Forced Proximity Romance (The Vlasov Bratva)

Publication Date: April 17, 2024

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

  • Obsessive hero
  • Slow burn until it’s not
  • Mistrust to lust
  • Bratva & civilian
  • Forced proximity
  • Grump & sunshine
  • Mafia Romance
  • He will burn the world for her, and does
  • A bit of groveling
  • “Who did this to you?”
  • Touch her & 💀

Daniella

Revenge,
I crave it,
But can’t get it on my own.
I ventured into the underworld and broke into the house of a monster.
And now, I have to pay the price for his help.

Work for the cold, ruthless Bratva prince,
The one whose name is whispered throughout the underworld,
And earn his trust.

But before I collect my part of the bargain,
I accidentally start an underworld war.

Kazimir

The Bratva hardened me, forged me into the perfect soldier.
Nothing surprises me.
Until I discover a little thief in my home.

The audacity of this woman,
A clever girl, aware of our world, but always keeping away,
Until now. Until she needs help when the more legal channels fail her.

I’m captivated by her graceful presence.
I can’t stay away. She calls to a part of me I thought was long burned away.
She came to the underworld looking for a dark knight,
Now I’m not letting her go. I want her—all of her.
And I will do anything to keep her in my dark kingdom.
Forever mine.
Even if it means breaking the rules and starting a war on her behalf.

Vengeful Dreams is the first book of the Vlasov Bratva series, set in the larger Midwest Underworld series. It’s a stand-alone darker mafia romance, with no cheating, a guaranteed HEA, and no cliffhangers. A morally grey romance, this book may not be suitable for everyone.

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A heartbroken sibling
Reference to sex trafficking
Violence
Reference to drug abusing relative
Light stalking, more like haunting her
On page romance
Adult language
Impact play
Talk of starting a family, but there is NO pregnancy trope in this book
A corporal punishment in the criminal world
Destruction of those who hurt the FMC
Maiming of those who hurt the FMC
A Blood Oath

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About the Author

When Alexa isn’t writing, she can be found with a book in her lap and a mug of coffee or glass of red wine within reach.

A native of the North Woods, Alexa is an avid lake-jumper, beach lounger, and sunshine lover. Alexa is living a happily ever after with her own steamy hero.

Summer 2023, Alexa and her husband moved to the Southern Coast, changing from the court of winter and ice and pledging their allegiance to the court of sun and sea.

Alexa loves any type of love story. So you can find her writing both contemporary romance and fantasy novels. Instead of making a separate pen name, Alexa just adds her middle initial to her fantasy genre books!

Alexa H. Michaels

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Blog Tour: Illusion of Stars – Sarah Marie Page

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Welcome to the tour for Illusion of Stars by Sarah Marie Page! You’re going to want to pre-order this one for sure!

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Illusion of Stars: A Banter Filled Romantasy

Expected Publication Date: July 16, 2024

Genre: Romantic Fantasy

  • ACOMAF style romance
  • Feral love interest
  • You drew scars around my scars
  • Fade to black spice
  • He teaches her to be stábby
  • FMC is a terrible spy
  • Bridge Kingdom vibes
  • She’s stealing more than secrets.

As the royal physician of a tiny, windswept island, Isabel spends her days trying to keep the queen from dying and the mad king from streaking naked down the halls. But when her best friend is found murdered on the beaches, her world is ripped apart. Desperate for answers, she discovers a stash of letters that reveal a terrifying truth: the neighboring kingdom of Volgaard possesses a kingdom-shattering weapon and is poised to conquer everything in its path.

Seeking vengeance, Isabel infiltrates the enemy. Her mission? Woo Erik Lothgarson, the general’s steamy, illusion-magic wielding son, and steal the dangerous weapon. She can bring Volgaard to its knees—if she isn’t caught.

But as Isabel dances along the knife edge of deception, the lines between truth and fiction blur, and she must wrestle her quest for vengeance against her undeniable attraction to the enemy.

The heart-pounding tension of Danielle Jensen’s BRIDGE KINGDOM meets the snarky banter of Emily Thiede’s THIS VICIOUS GRACE in this swoon-worthy fantasy romance.

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Blog Tour: The Hollywood Governess – Alexandra Weston

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A governess bound by her own strict rules, a movie-star tormented by grief, a forbidden love story you won’t forget.

Hollywood, 1937
Hester Carlye has no wish to look after the pampered offspring of the rich anymore, in spite of being a highly sought-after governess. But with her elderly father frail, and the roof of their rundown cottage falling in, she has no choice but to accept a dazzling new placement.
Movie star Aidan Neil is box office gold, but after the tragic death of his wife Dinah Doyle, he needs Hester’s help to raise their young daughter Erin. Aidan and Dinah were once the perfect Hollywood couple, but stars don’t shine forever…

At Aidan’s glittering Hollywood mansion, Hester finds a family struggling with their grief. Hester knows she can help little Erin, but Aidan’s torment is palpable. Brooding and reclusive, he is far from the picture-perfect hero Hester’s seen in films. There’s an edge to him that makes Hester wonder if he’s hiding a dark secret of his own….

Was the marriage between Aidan and Dinah as perfect as it appeared to be? Was Dinah’s death really a tragic accident?
When it finally comes, the truth is more shocking than Hester could ever have imagined. And she knows that if revealed, it will destroy the family she has grown to love and ruin Aidan’s Hollywood dream forever…

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Alex Weston is a debut historical fiction writer whose novels are inspired by forbidden love in 1930s Hollywood. She lives in East Yorkshire and her first book for Boldwood, The Hollywood Governess,
will be published in June 2024.

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My thoughts: Hester Carlyle is a professional governess, hired by wealthy families to care for and educate their children, but she’s had enough, after a terrible accident and a broken engagement, she’s retreated to her family home in Yorkshire to rest and recuperate.

However the roof is falling in, her father’s sick and her youngest sister’s school fees need paying. So she agrees to take another job, for a Hollywood star, a recent widower with a seven year old daughter. Going to work in a bereaved family isn’t easy, but she’s resourceful and good at her job, she’s also kind and compassionate, and it isn’t only Erin who needs her.

As she gets to know her employer, she discovers there are secrets in the past that need to be let into the light in order for everyone to heal and be able to move on with their lives. Hester may play a bigger role in things than she could ever imagine.

This is a lovely, tender read with beautifully written characters and heart.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.

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Book Blitz: The Shadows of the Kingdom – Jen Bliton

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Happy release day to author Jen Bliton! Make sure you get a copy of the next Light in the Shadows book, The Shadows of the Kingdom!

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The Shadows of the Kingdom

Publication Date: June 25, 2024

Genre: YA Fantasy Romance

💀Ancient evil
💀 Relationship struggles
💀 new monsters
💀 Undertaking quests
💀 Kingdom politics
💀 History revelations

After defeating the evil behind the attacks on the southern lands of Caldumn, Wren and Tyran begin to settle into their new life that begs to be calm… or so they thought.

With so many questions left unanswered about the Red Kingdom’s threat, and what they’ll now do after they withstood Rhonin’s advance, they receive a letter from a mysterious magic kind that kept themselves in the shadows with a warning of the Red Kingdom’s motives.

Now the threat won’t just be to the towns, but their world as they know it. Wren and Tyran begin the journey to stop the Red Kingdom at all costs. Faced with conflicting beliefs as to what they should do, their relationship is tested in more ways than they can imagine:

Embrace the shadows or choose a path of light.

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Cover Reveal: Oceansong – C.W. Rose

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We’re thrilled to present the cover for Oceansong by C.W. Rose! Make sure to add it to Goodreads and get a copy on August 27th!

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Oceansong

Release Date: August 27, 2024

Genre: Adult Contemporary Romantasy

🧜🏼‍♂️Merfolk Mythology
🌊Ocean-based magic
⚔️Enemies-to-lovers
💘Forbidden & Slow Burn Romance
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Asian family dynamics
😒🌞Grumpy (female) x sunshine (male)
💞HEAs
🥧Cinnamon roll male
🤨Prickly, snarky female MC who’s a softie inside
🏘️Small-town settings (Alaska)

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

OCEANSONG is an Adult Contemporary Romantasy that is an Asian Romeo & Juliet meets The Little Mermaid, set in the grittiness of the real world.

Fish are mysteriously disappearing, starving the people in Angie Song’s Alaskan hometown. Angie, an aspiring marine biologist and dock worker, enthusiastically joins the hunt to find out where the fish are gathering. When her family and the villagers discover that merfolk are responsible, they vow to destroy every last one. In the midst of the conflict, Angie faces off with a merman and fails to pull the trigger.

Inquisitive Mer-Prince Kaden is just as snarky as Angie, but he’s willing to talk and stop the brutal massacring of his people. The two form a cautious alliance to broker peace between the humans and mer before any more of them die.

As tensions clash between the two races fighting to control the sea’s resources, Angie and Kaden’s forbidden relationship ignites. And as she learns about the mer’s mysterious world and the reason why the fish are gone, Angie starts to question who the true monster is, and where her loyalties lie. Taking the wrong side means choosing between family and her job, or the man she’s fallen for and the merfolk she’s come to respect—or losing it all.

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Blog Tour: Tangled Power – Jillian Witt

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We’re celebrating the release of Tangled Power by Jillian Witt! Make sure to get your copy on June 18th!

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Tangled Power: Compass Points #2

Publication Date: June 18, 2024

Genre: Romantic Fantasy/ New Adult/Adult

🧭His power scares everyone but her
✨Dual POV
🧭Hot Forging 😏
✨Opinionated Magic
🧭”Get in losers. Let’s go find a rogue god.”

“Technically, the continent is doomed if you can’t figure out how to work together…the good news is there’s no way for the Compass Points to trust each other less than they currently do.”
— Arie

Before the Compass Points can confront a god, Rose will unite them the only way she knows how: through their magic.

To forge her weapons is to know the heart of the wielder. Uncovering the secrets that have plagued the fae courts longer than the mist will not be an easy task. But it may be simpler than predicting how her magic entwines with the Suden Point’s unprecedented power—and the growing bond between them.

Tangled Power is the second book in the Compass Points series

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About the Author

Jillian Witt reads more romantic fantasy than is strictly necessary and writes books she would love to read. Her stories unleash powerful women into fantasy worlds, usually turn enemies into lovers, and always offer an escape from reality.
When not reading or writing, she’s enjoying all four seasons in Michigan with her partner and their dog, Loki.

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Blog Tour: The Love of my Afterlife – Kirsty Greenwood

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What if the end of her life was just beginning…

If she wasn’t dead already, Delphie Bookham would be dying of embarrassment.
She’s woken up in the afterlife after choking on a microwave burger, wearing the kind of pyjamas you’d be mortified if anyone saw you in, and has crashed headlong into the most handsome man she’s ever met. Who is also dead and smiling at her.

As they talk, Delphie starts to can feel that elusive spark between them – something she’s waited her whole life to feel. Perhaps the afterlife won’t be so bad if she’s potentially found her soulmate to spend it with… That is until someone comes running in, yelling something about a huge mistake, and sends the dreamy stranger back down to earth and leaving Delphie behind.

 Now the powers that be are offering Delphie a deal: go back down to Earth, find her mysterious maybe soulmate, and get him to fall in love with her. Or stay dead. The challenge? She only has ten days to find him, and he has no recollection of them ever having met…

Kirsty Greenwood is an internationally bestselling author of funny, fearless romantic comedies about extraordinary love. When she’s not writing books she composes musicals and explores London where she lives with her husband.

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My thoughts: this was a clever premise and a fun rom com read, when Delphie chokes to death on one of those grim microwave burgers in her ugliest nightie, and finds herself in a heavenly launderette, her life finally starts.

Sent back to life to find her soul mate and get him to kiss her, with only ten days to do so, this normally isolated introvert has to get out of her shell and hunt down the mysterious Jonah. But of course there’s lots of plot twists and along the way she makes new friends, finds herself in all sorts of scrapes, and just possibly finally understands love at the last possible moment.

This was such a fun book, I wolfed it down, enjoying every second, funny, intelligent and filled with wonderful characters.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.

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Cover Reveal: Within the Embers – T.A. Reilly

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Happy cover reveal day to author T.A. Reilly! Within the Embers comes out early fall, but you can pre-order it early!

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Within the Embers (Scattered Destinies #2)

Expected Publication Date: September 21, 2024

Genre: Fantasy Romance

Cover Designed by: @moonpressdesign

Steam/Heat Level
● 2-3 🌶
● A few explicit, open door scenes

Tropes:

● One Bed w/ a Twist
● Found Family
● Who Did This To You
● Time Travel
● Magic Training
● Sibling Banter
● Bonded Mates

Sought after answers are never as they seem.

When Kateya awakens with no memories, in an unfamiliar land, she knows two things for certain: she’s in danger, and she’s traveled back in time . . . again. Only this time, icy darkness lurks in the sky, revealing how different things truly are.

All magic demands balance.

Kateya’s memories begin to surface, haunting her with a past—tainted by dark magic—carved into her skin. As raging embers of magic begin to burn within her, the King of Avyon realizes she’s not only incredibly powerful, but a danger to everyone . . . including herself.

Alliances become weapons of war.

Past and present collide and bonds are forged through passion and hatred, forcing Kateya to question everything she believed she knew about those she loved. She must learn to harness the power rising within her, while determining who she can truly trust.

A fate written in the stars.

Harrowing truths are revealed that hold the power to not only alter the destiny of those prophesied, but change the future of the Vanaiyer Realm. As Kateya fights for freedom, she realizes not all knowledge is power and magic can’t always change the inevitable—including the tides of war.

The darkness is creeping closer . . . will they be able to hold it off?

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Mentions of abuse, harm, profanity, violence, blood, capture, and death

About the Author

T. A. Reilly is an author of NA fantasy romance with equal levels adventure, time travel, and romance mixed in.
Reading came naturally to her at a young age, and the words began flowing shortly after that. She has traveled all over the world from a young age and is constantly counting down the days until her next trip! After graduating with a master’s in Professional Communications, she decided to pursue her lifelong dream… bringing time-travel to life on paper.
Currently, she and her husband call Florida home. In her free time, she loves rewatching Friends, going to the beach, and staying up too late lost in a good book.

T.A. REILLY

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Happy cover reveal day to author T.A. Reilly! Within the Embers comes out early fall, but you can pre-order it early!

Within the Embers Cover

Within the Embers (Scattered Destinies #2)

Expected Publication Date: September 21, 2024

Genre: Fantasy Romance

Cover Designed by: @moonpressdesign

Steam/Heat Level
● 2-3 🌶
● A few explicit, open door scenes

Tropes:

● One Bed w/ a Twist
● Found Family
● Who Did This To You
● Time Travel
● Magic Training
● Sibling Banter
● Bonded Mates

Sought after answers are never as they seem.

When Kateya awakens with no memories, in an unfamiliar land, she knows two things for certain: she’s in danger, and she’s traveled back in time . . . again. Only this time, icy darkness lurks in the sky, revealing how different things truly are.

All magic demands balance.

Kateya’s memories begin to surface, haunting her with a past—tainted by dark magic—carved into her skin. As raging embers of magic begin to burn within her, the King of Avyon realizes she’s not only incredibly powerful, but a danger to everyone . . . including herself.

Alliances become weapons of war.

Past and present collide and bonds are forged through passion and hatred, forcing Kateya to question everything she believed she knew about those she loved. She must learn to harness the power rising within her, while determining who she can truly trust.

A fate written in the stars.

Harrowing truths are revealed that hold the power to not only alter the destiny of those prophesied, but change the future of the Vanaiyer Realm. As Kateya fights for freedom, she realizes not all knowledge is power and magic can’t always change the inevitable—including the tides of war.

The darkness is creeping closer . . . will they be able to hold it off?

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Mentions of abuse, harm, profanity, violence, blood, capture, and death

About the Author

T. A. Reilly is an author of NA fantasy romance with equal levels adventure, time travel, and romance mixed in.
Reading came naturally to her at a young age, and the words began flowing shortly after that. She has traveled all over the world from a young age and is constantly counting down the days until her next trip! After graduating with a master’s in Professional Communications, she decided to pursue her lifelong dream… bringing time-travel to life on paper.
Currently, she and her husband call Florida home. In her free time, she loves rewatching Friends, going to the beach, and staying up too late lost in a good book.

T.A. REILLY

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