Ab. Cynthe
Ab. Cynthe is an International Best Selling author who decided to create this specific pen name to showcase her darker, spicier, more horrific works. She is known for her retellings and monsters and has close to a dozen published works in total, with many more set to release within the next year.
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Rainelyn
Rainelyn is an independent author whose books explore themes of darkness and gothic, as well as troubled characters and their unusual love stories. With her writing style and twisted stories, she is well known for making her readers' hearts swell with all the emotions and imagery she evokes in her books.
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She loves to write anything that involves steam, danger, depraved darkness, and morally ambiguous characters that ride the line between good and evil.
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Melissa McSherry
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Tylor Paige
Growing up with a teenage mom who insisted she be raised knowing all about 80’s and 90’s pop culture, Chicana author, Tylor Paige, should have known she’d inevitably write books inspired by that. The fun (rockstars), the hot (Goblin Kings), and the scary (Slashers).
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When she’s not writing about girls railing the villains, she enjoys watching horror films, sewing, comic books, and spending time with her writer tribe, Michigan Romance Writers. At the time of this update Tylor has now written and published Ten full length novels, and is currently pursuing a career in horror romance, where, honestly, she should have been in the first place.
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Audrey Rush
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D.J. Krimmer
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Crowned the Queen of Banter, DJ Krimmer is known through the community for her witty, smart mouthed characters.
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Dana LeeAnn
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C. Hebert
Commonly known as Cyn, C. Hebert is a multi-genre author who loves to paint a pretty, yet horrific, picture woven together with absolute chaos. True gravevard reads.
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While most authors like to write happily ever afters, C. Hebert prefers to take her stories in the opposite direction, delivering darker tales with a hint of madness, tugging at your heartstrings.
She is a self proclaimed manic write who loves to constantly push herself to do more.
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Rhea Ryan
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Rhea Ryan is a spicy writer of romance on the edge of dark and twisty. Each of her stories delves deep into matters of the heart and explores the darker side of human nature. After getting her MBA, she realized she had a desire and compulsion to write creatively. She lives in Western Canada with her husband, two young children and a fur baby. -
K.T. Maddan
Katie has always possessed a talent for crafting captivating stories. She loves crafting characters with profound depth and is passionate about narrating their stories. When she's not busy creating your next literary delight, she enjoys indulging in PC gaming sessions with her partner or showering affection on her beloved fur babies.
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Leann Belle
Leann Belle was born and raised in Los Angeles as an eternal dreamer, a hardcore gamer, and obsessive anime, manga, and JRPG nerd. Having fallen in love with countless villains, she immediately fell in love with the dark side of romance, and her lifelong love affair with Japanese horror and fantasy has heavily influenced her writing style as she crafts vicious and magical worlds.
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When she’s not typing away behind her laptop, she’s living out of a tent off the back of her motorcycle on her quest to ride around the world. The wilderness is the best place to catch up on reading, after all! -
Tatum Dire
Tatum Dire writes dark romance—stories that dive into the messy, intense emotions people often keep hidden. She enjoys weaving raw, emotional journeys that push boundaries in the most twisted ways, though she may dabble in a little bit of everything as her career progresses.
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What she’s most proud of is her ability to create characters and worlds that feel real and flawed, where readers can see pieces of themselves in the struggles, heartbreaks, and hopes, all while still creating a fictional world that takes you away from this one.
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Lexie Syrah
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She found her black knight in shining armor in her dominant and possessive husband in Austin, TX. Taking strolls through the greenbelt with her fur babies or driving across the country to see the world’s largest ball of twine, she is always looking for a new adventure.
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Rhea Ryan
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Rhea Ryan is a spicy writer of romance on the edge of dark and twisty. Each of her stories delves deep into matters of the heart and explores the darker side of human nature. After getting her MBA, she realized she had a desire and compulsion to write creatively. She lives in Western Canada with her husband, two young children and a fur baby. -
C. Hebert
Commonly known as Cyn, C. Hebert is a multi-genre author who loves to paint a pretty, yet horrific, picture woven together with absolute chaos. True gravevard reads.
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While most authors like to write happily ever afters, C. Hebert prefers to take her stories in the opposite direction, delivering darker tales with a hint of madness, tugging at your heartstrings.
She is a self proclaimed manic write who loves to constantly push herself to do more.
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And I am a writer and also booklover from Holland.
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A. Em
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Audrey Rush
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Victoria Clapton
Southern-born Victoria Clapton is no stranger to writing. She completed her first book of poetry at age eight and her first novel at age thirteen. Multilingual, friend to all creatures, (and in particular, especially a friend to cats in need of rescue), Victoria is a forever curious world traveler with a mysterious knowledge of things and places that encompass many lives ago, an avid collector of saga books, a practicing vegetarian and yogini with her feet well balanced in earth’s splendor. She and her cat companions enjoy all things Viking, faery, vampire, new writing instruments, herbology and anime.
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Santana Knox
Santana Knox is a Brazilian author, a South American immigrant, a mother, wife and witch.
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Santana got tired of letting the voices in her head drive her crazy, and decided to write down the stories they were begging to tell instead. A lover of the unusual, and a hopeless romantic when it comes to toxic villains, Santana's books should always be taken with a grain of salt, specifically the kind that keeps demons away. -
Jodie King
Welcome to my pages—where your comfort dies first and darkness always wins.
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Here, nightmares fxck fairy tales, and we call it a twisted love story.
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B.B. Heron
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K.M. Rogness
KM Rogness is an indie author known for writing dark, twisted, and smutty why choose romance novels. She doesn't shy away from addressing real issues and draws from personal experiences, with a focus on intense and emotional storytelling. Residing in North Carolina with her husband and three sons, she is expecting a daughter. Rogness is inspired by nighttime and rainy, stormy days. Her books are packed with intense themes and captivating male main characters, promising an enthralling reading experience.
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A.K. Draven
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A.K. Draven loves to write about strong female characters and anti-heroes. Her books are a mix of dark themes, possessive MMC and a touch of humour.
When she’s not writing, A.K. loves to read with a glass of wine (preferably white) or a cuppa.
Her life is shared between France and Scotland, where she enjoys spending time with her family and plotting her next books with her sisters and her friends. -
K.T. Maddan
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Naomi Loud
Writer, occasional poet, and full-time witch, Naomi Loud is known for her angsty and heartfelt stories. Whether it be dark romance or contemporary, she loves to explore the complexities of the human condition and find the common thread that connects us all. Naomi lives in Montreal, Canada, with her husband and three cats, but secretly wishes she could live underwater.
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Darma Day
Darma Day is an American indie author who loves reading steamy romance novels as much as she does writing them.
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Writing relatable characters in multiple genres (including paranormal, mafia, and more to come) she continues to write the stories that live rent-free in her head.
When she isn’t reading or writing, she is busy with her full-time job in industrial sales, being a wife, dog mom, and coffee connoisseur.
If you’ve happened upon this, know that I truly appreciate that you are here reading my works.
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Saige Parker
Saige Parker lives in the rainy Pacific Northwest with her ever-supportive husband. A lifelong bookworm, she took the plunge into indie publishing after sharing her dark romance stories with a passionate reader group—and realized it was time to go bigger.
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Drawn to the sinister side of storytelling, Saige creates pitch-black love stories featuring villainous characters you can’t help but fall for…mostly. With a passion for diving deep into the messy, complicated emotions that make us human, she loves exploring what makes people who they are by crafting characters that are often seen as irredeemable, unlovable, and purely chaotic.
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N.J. Rodman
My name is N.J. and I am a
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stay at home mom to a three year old pterodactyl ... I mean daughter. Don’t let
my bookish exterior fool you. I do in fact have a dark side. Though I enjoy
writing about love, I also have a slight obsession with serial killers.
My pen name Amara Rose came to be when I began writing my first dark
romance novel, Babydoll. Due to the extreme nature of the content I decided to
separate it from my other works under N.J. Rodman. Amara gives me the space
to explore my inner crazy and to really let it all out. Though I love all of my titles,
I think I will always have a soft spot for the dark little demon living inside me.
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Chiara Forestieri
Originally, I'm from just outside New Orleans. I had my first son at 16. He's my best friend and we cry laugh together pretty much every day. I also have a 3.5 year old son who is far more refined than either of us, and he keeps us both in line. My two tiny angels are the heart and soul of me.
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I've been writing since I can remember- was a bit of (a lot of) an outcast when I was a kid so books were my only friends, and the MMCs within them my true loves. Still are, honestly. I'm a single mother and prefer to keep it that way until I meet someone as worthy as the morally grey MMCs in my books. Until then, I dedicate my spare time to constantly getting my ass handed to me by practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai almost every night, medi -
Cori Zahara
Just a weirdo, who has imaginary people talking to her...who she then writes books on, starting with the end of their story. Yes, I told you...weird.
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E.R. Hendricks
Also writes under K.C. Gray.
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E.R. Hendricks Is originally from Connecticut but now lives in Missouri with her husband and kids. She is a hot mess mom, to five kids and two fur babies. If she isn't reading books, she’s writing them. Her hobbies include reading, writing, and COFFEE. She is new-ish to writing but truly loves it. She writes spicy romance and is even venturing into Horror. The tropes vary depending on her mood. She writes anything from fantasy/paranormal to contemporary, dark romance, and even horror. The only limit is her twisted imagination. With a soft spot for psychotic men and strong, badass MFCs, you won't find any meek, frail women in her books. She hopes you enjoy her books as much as she enjoys writing them. -
Tylor Paige
Growing up with a teenage mom who insisted she be raised knowing all about 80’s and 90’s pop culture, Chicana author, Tylor Paige, should have known she’d inevitably write books inspired by that. The fun (rockstars), the hot (Goblin Kings), and the scary (Slashers).
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When she’s not writing about girls railing the villains, she enjoys watching horror films, sewing, comic books, and spending time with her writer tribe, Michigan Romance Writers. At the time of this update Tylor has now written and published Ten full length novels, and is currently pursuing a career in horror romance, where, honestly, she should have been in the first place.
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Loralai Blake
Loralai Blake lives in a small town in the midwest. She spends her free time reading dark romances, but her favorite genre is horror eroitca. Loralai has been an avid reader since she was little and a writer since she was in high school. Loralai started out writing poetry to cope with her depression and it slowly turned into something so much more. She has many more dark and depraved works coming that will make you question your own sanity and morals while reading them.
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Dana LeeAnn
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E.L. Emkey
E. L. Emkey is a mama, wife, and gypsy soul. Her love of reading started when she was only three years old. As she got older, she started sneaking her mom's Harlequin romance novels about Scottish Highlanders and sexy cowboys. Her joy of being a writer is creating characters her readers can relate to and worlds they can disappear in, even for a short while. She loves raising her children and feeding her chickens; her family is her life.
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Lauren Marcie
Lauren Marcie is a dark romance author who’s fallen utterly in love with all things morally grey. She’s obsessed with villains, plot twists, badass heroines, and the anti-heroes who can’t resist them. When she isn’t writing, you can usually find her planning her Halloween costume way too early or staging impromptu photoshoots of her cat.
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Kitty King
Corruptio mentis. Devotio carnis.
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Author of cinematic dark romance. Hitchcock tension. Tarantino action. Blazing spice.
Kitty King is a best-selling romance author and retired physician entertaining readers with her dark and twisted stories. She is the author of over thirteen books and counting.
Kitty enjoys reading all kinds of books, listening to ASMR, and building houses with her mind (or in Sims).
Prior to writing, she was a psychiatrist that trained medical students, residents, and worked in various institutions, as well as performed psychotherapy. Her expertise in trauma and personality disorders seeps through her works in a way that provides a unique perspective on dark romance.
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Sonia Palermo
Sonia Palermo writes spicy contemporary, paranormal, and erotic romance. When she’s not immersed in writing, she enjoys cosying up on the sofa with a cup of tea and indulging in a good horror or romance movie. A true beach lover, Sonia finds inspiration along the beautiful south coast of England, where she lives. The serene seaside surroundings bring a touch of real-life magic to her stories. Sonia's work reflects her passions—spooky atmospheres, intense romance, and the charm of everyday moments, inviting readers to discover where the ordinary meets the extraordinary, with a happily ever after guaranteed.
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Ashley Michele
Ashley Michele is your friendly neighborhood queer little witch. She likes snark, stuffies and dark, fantastical things. She also enjoys writing about mixed latina plus sized babies such as herself getting to live out their best lives with queer and kinky loving.
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She has a BA from Florida State University that she still hasn’t opened. When she’s not doing library things or sending hour long voice notes to someone she loves she can usually be found in her hammock between the trees of her swamp or laying out, listening to an audio while she paints and catches some sun. -
EM Dark
EM Dark is an indie BIPOC author who loves to write dark and spicy literary smut. She loves to write about weird, feral, unhinged morally grey monsters who make you laugh. She lives in Tennessee with her family and she is married to the love of her life, who is a supportive husband.
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When she isn't writing, you can find her watching her kid play hockey, binge watching anime, drawing chibi characters, or cuddled up with her furbabies reading a dark romance book.
EM Dark is excited to have the opportunity to share her erotic stories that feature BIPOC characters with you.
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Dolores Lane
Dolores Lane is a dark romance author who writes stories of revenge, murder, and filthy sex. Her books usually contain foulmouthed heroines that don’t take shit from anyone and men who will burn down the world for the woman they love. Most of her characters are giant red flags, but red happens to be her favorite color.
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She lives in the Netherlands and she likes reading, listening to music, watching TV shows and movies (particularly ones about hot psychopaths) and taking long nature walks with her dog. -
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N.J. Weeks
A born and raised New Yorker, N.J. is a Latina romance author who loves to utilize her bachelor's degree in creative writing to write gritty romances that contain strong leading men, and even stronger leading women. Banter, thrills, and twists are key elements in her stories to keep her readers on their toes while making them swoon.
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Tilly Ridge
Tilly Ridge is a romance author who resides in the middle of nowhere, Kentucky, with her husband, two kiddos, and two dogs. She loves to dabble in a variety of romance topics, themes, and subgenres, but you’ll typically find her writing in the dark and polyamory sections of the shelves. Tilly can be easily identified by the pink slush clutched in one hand while her laptop is in the other, ready to write whenever the mood—or the character—strikes! In her free time, she enjoys playing sand volleyball in her local rec league. But what she finds most exciting is her podcast, Releasing Romance, where she shares her knowledge and experience about indie publishing, often bringing on guests to discuss the ins and outs of indie publishing from diffe
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Kell Frillman
Kell Frillman resides in Seattle. She works in animal rescue and enjoys spending time with her rescue pets, her horses, and her friends. She has been writing fiction since she was ten years old. The Surface Girl is her first published novel. She loves worldbuilding and her focus is on dystopian fiction.
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Dragos Gaszpar
Dragos Gaszpar writes dark, character-driven fantasy about loss, memory, and the quiet weight of long consequences. He believes magic should cost something, characters should show who they are, and that real depth often lies in what’s left unsaid. His stories blend lyrical prose with emotional and philosophical intensity, offering worlds where silence can wound and history never stays buried.
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When not writing, he can usually be found studying myth, trying to understand the contradictions of human behavior, or rewriting the same sentence for the tenth time. -
J.S. Cannon
J. S. Cannon is a self-published Indie Author with a passion for writing dark romance with strong female characters and obsessive male leads. Her writing journey began with sweet and spicy novellas but evolved into a love of creating stories with morally gray characters and witty banter. Whether you’re looking for a book with darker elements, or a tale with gore and torture, she offers something for every spicy reader.
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J. S. Cannon lives with her husband, a Great Pyrenees, a Boxador, and a Snowshoe Siamese cat, all adding warmth, chaos, and laughter to her everyday life. She enjoys reading all genres of romance, her favorites being dark, fantasy, and horror. Reading and writing are her two favorite hobbies, as well as gaming and spending tim -
Shai Lenore
Shai is a Canadian author from Ontario. She grew up getting lost in books and the worlds within them. Eventually, her passion for reading turned into a love of creating stories of her own, although they mostly lived in her head until 2023 when she was encouraged to write them.
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These days, when she’s not spending time with her husband and their three children, you can find her writing dark spicy romance, among other things. Her debut novel, A Twist of Fate, came out in May 2024 and she’s been writing as much as she can ever since! -
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Luna Knight
Luna Knight is the author of the debut novel, Keeping Her Close. She enjoys writing all things dark and paranormal with plenty of spice. While dreaming of releasing her stories to the world for most of her life, only recently did she take the plunge to make those dreams come true.
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She is a Colorado girl at heart but currently transplanted in smalltown South Dakota. Looking forward to the day when she will return home. When not glued to her computer creating twisted stories for you all to fall in love with, she can be found nose deep in her kindle reading, binge watching her favorite shows or spending time with her husband and four kids. -
Rosie Sloane
Rosie Sloane writes twisted romantic fiction for readers who crave obsession, betrayal, and love stories that never leave you.
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Holly Dunwall
I'm Holly! I'm a Kiwi author living in the US! I write fantasy romance and anything to do with dragons and vampires.
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When I'm not writing stories with neurodivergent, LGBTQ+ and plus-size characters finding their happy ever afters or concocting some bizarre horrors, I'm probably napping. -
Layla Nox
Layla Nox is an author of urban fantasy and dark romance from Ohio. She loves to explore worlds filled with magic and morally gray characters, drawing inspiration from her love for all things dark and spooky. When she's not writing, she can be found reading, playing video games, or working on a new craft project. Her debut novel, Marginally Yours, is set to release this year.
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Jules Campbell
If you like your spicy books with a pinch of sweetness and a dash of sadness - I'm the author for you.
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M.N. Lash
M.N. Lash, despite having a bachelors degree in biology and minors in chemistry/psychology, is a stay-at-home mom from Alabama. When she isn’t reading or writing you can find her crocheting or attending to her many pets. Royally Divine is her first book. You can find her on Instagram for updates on future works @m.n._lash
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Dawn Web
Dawn Web is a queer and neurodivergent individual, born and raised in a small town in Ottawa, Ontario, and comes from a conservative mixed-race family of six. Dawn has been creating and exploring multiple mediums as coping strategies for as long as they can remember. Dawn is a multi-media artist, first place award-winning dancer, feature author for Fathom: Creative Writing Journal, feature multi-instrumentalist in the band Wool Sweater, and is the Creative Director for Vivid Illusion Creative Studios Inc. They moved to Halifax, NS, where they completed a Bachelor of Science with a Specialization in Neuroscience and Psychology at Dalhousie University and took a class in creative writing. This led them to pursue a career as a First Responder,
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Ariella Isabella
“Living with my partner and an array of animals in New Hampshire, I enjoy traveling the world and writing stories that make your heart hurt and question your morals. I was influenced by the rise of Anne Rice, dark southern gothics, and epic fantasies by Carissa Broadbent. I spend far too much of my time reading Dramione fan fiction and thinking of new ways to break hearts.”
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Georgia Adler
I live in South Louisiana with my husband and three dogs. I am an introvert and often prefer the company of dogs to people. Reading and writing bring me solace when the world around me becomes too much.
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My relationship with my husband is the inspiration for many of the stories I have written. His willingness to allow me to explore and share my desires is just one of the reasons he continues to be the love of my life.
Female sexuality and desires are complex subjects that are often overlooked as our age advances. Once we reach certain age milestones......we become the forgotten ones.
When I turned fifty, I realized that stories about sexuality and women my age were a scarcity, and I set out to change that by delving deeper into what I pers -
Rose Chase
Rose Chase, a dedicated nurse and loving mother to two boys, discovered her passion for storytelling in middle school on online forums and Wattpad. Despite her busy life, she delves into the captivating realm of contemporary romance, with a particular fascination for dark romance and morally gray characters. Through her skillful storytelling, Rose navigates the intricate dance between love, desire, and the shadows of human nature. When not saving lives or caring for her family, she immerses herself in the world of fiction, inviting readers to explore the depths of love and passion while confronting the complexities of the human heart.
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Nikkita Bell
From the mystical land of Los Angeles, California, Nikkita Bell is an author-illustrator who has carved out a distinctive niche where literature meets visual storytelling. Specializing in adult dark paranormal and urban fantasy with horror and romantic elements and a gothic neo-noir flair, each of Bell’s novels become an immersive experience where readers encounter dangerous, high-stakes, and fast-paced narratives through captivating illustrations and music-inspired themes.
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Through her groundbreaking hybrid graphic novel format, Bell welcomes you to the gothic side of storytelling filled with morally complex anti-heroines who embrace their darker natures and never apologize for it. She has built her brand on a simple but powerful premise: vi -
Visha Graves
Visha Graves writes blood-soaked love stories where desire turns deadly and every emotion demands a price. A dark romance and horror author, her books straddle the line between passion and perdition—infusing haunted carnivals, twisted obsession, and theatrical vengeance into every page. Off the stage, Visha is a devoted wife, proud boy mom, and dog mama who finds magic in the mundane. Whether she’s baking in a storm-lit kitchen or sketching nightmares beneath the stars, her life is a balancing act of beauty and brutality.
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Every book is a ritual.
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Cassie Fairbanks
Cassie Fairbanks is an East Coast girl, whose propensity for reading pushed her into creating her own characters and fantastic worlds. When she’s not creating depraved stories or conversing with her fictional characters, you can find her out in the wild, scheming up her next big adventure. If there is time to spare, she loves to play video games, bake gourmet gluten free cheesecakes, and binge read books written by her favorite indie authors and friends.
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Ginger Moonwitch
Ginger comes from the forgotten Canadian province Newfoundland. Not only is Ginger a single mother to a beautiful little girl, she is also a cat mom. She is an avid reader. Ranging from dark romance, sci-fi, fantasy and horror. Basically, as long as there is smut, Ginger will read it.
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T.A. Cruz
Raised in a small California farming town, T.A. Cruz spent his childhood honing an imagination as vast as the wheat fields stretching around him for miles. With 6 years of military service, and passport stamps from around the world, part of him will always be in that little town with a single stoplight and a population of 1500. A lifelong lover of horror, and things that go bump in the night, T.A. Cruz decided it was time to take that passion to the page to shock and terrify others for a change. He is an active member of the International Thriller Writers and is on the hunt for more groups to expand and connect with other authors that share his passion. When not diving face-first into another project, this Bestselling Mystery Author enjoys
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Moony Luve
Moony Luve is a tattooed, foul-mouthed, emo gamer girl writing filthy dark horror romance from the neon belly of Las Vegas. She’s been married for 15 years to her real-life possessive masked book boyfriend, @OperatorGoober a Marine-built mix of Simmons and Axel who lives by the “touch her and die” motto.
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She’s got two chaotic mermaid kids, a camera full of alt couples doing unspeakable things in the desert, and an Xbox kill count high enough to make fragile men cry. When she’s not photographing love or writing about obsession, she’s baked on the couch yelling at COD lobbies with her crew Roza, Goober, and Luke.
Her body’s a shrine of tattoos to Marvel, her brain’s a Star Wars databank, and her favorite men are fictional, morally black, and us -
Dahlia T. Drake
I write about emotionally repressed, occasionally unhinged heroines who might accidentally burn the world down while trying to figure out their feelings. If they’re making questionable life choices for sexy, morally grey, supernatural reasons? Even better.
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An American expat living in the UK with a mild addiction to plotting and worldbuilding new stories I don't have the time to write, I’ve spent most of my life as a high-functioning chaos creature (poorly) disguised as a responsible adult. My natural habitat is somewhere between “deep philosophical rabbit hole” and “feral gremlin hoarding obscure trivia and cursed story ideas.”
I'm into demons, darkness, and depravity—which probably says more about me than I should admit. But hey, I've never -
Kimberly M. Ringer
Kimberly M. Ringer lives in Santa Cruz, California with her husband, little human, and two furballs, Wall-E (a Jack Russell mix) and Pippin (a Pomeranian terrier mix). When she isn’t writing she is reading, playing with the dogs, playing video games or down at the beach. She’s a bit geeky and nerdy, so sci-fi references and other things going on in the science world will often end up in her stories.
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Jumping into others' lives via books is the best kind of escapism. Fall into your favorite genre and block out reality.
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Rowan Merrick
Born and raised in the Pacific northwest, Rowan spends her days dreaming of less cloudy realities where people find love with all manner of monsters. When not writing, she's chasing around her three partners, the tiny demon they created, and her pet hellhound.
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Cooper S. Beckett
As a queer non-monogamous writer, Cooper S. Beckett endeavors to create characters that reflect the diverse lifestyles of his friends, his partners, and himself. From that mandate, he writes scary, silly, and sexy books and essays. Beginning his writing career as a podcaster and speaker in the sexuality education community, he wrote My Life on the Swingset, a memoir of his first five years in non-monogamy, then followed that up with two novels that take a brutally honest look at swinging and polyamory, A Life Less Monogamous, and Approaching the Swingularity. Returning to his first love, the horror genre, has been like a homecoming. From a young age, his obsession with horror movies and books seriously concerned his mother. It probably stil
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Ava Milns
Hi! I'm Ava Milns.
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Welcome to my world of Dark Romance, where complex emotions intertwine with taboo themes and raw intensity.
How did I get here? I’m an introvert and a recluse, often seen as weak and lacking courage. But I am also dark and complex, with a mind that has been conjuring up worlds and stories since an early age. These realms, populated by real people and places from my life, became my sanctuary, offering comfort, protection, and a sense of belonging.
In these imaginative worlds, I found my true home. They helped me function in reality. As I grew up, I began to create these worlds intentionally, seeking refuge in the elaborate and vivid stories that consumed me. Now, I channel my passion into stories that explore the boundaries o -
Brittany Johnston
Brittany Johnston is a college professor by day and a writer by night, crafting dark fantasy romances filled with plot, spice, and everything morally gray. Her stories take readers on a journey through flawed, captivating characters, weaving in magic and unexpected, darker elements. Through her writing, she explores the complexity of human nature, believing that the morally gray areas of life reveal the most fascinating aspects of humanity, herself included. Currently pursuing a doctorate in English Literature, Brittany advocates for the power readers find in exploring lived experiences through darker themes and the acceptance of a broader, more nuanced understanding of love in literature.
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Piper Leigh Ion
Piper lives in East Tennessee with her husband, two children, and their dog, Denver. She enjoys reading, horror movies, and occasionally binging television procedural dramas. Her weakness is NFL Redzone on a cold Sunday with a bowl of chili. One day, she hopes to own a few acres of land in the countryside and travel to New Zealand for vacation. For the latest on new releases, please visit www.piperleighion.com.
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Libby James
Just your average plant based gothic pagan who enjoys reading and writing and always has her trusty pups by her side as well has her crazy but loveable daughter. I currently turn my dreams or some people might say nightmares into novels and have released my first novel in October 2024.
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My work follows the paranormal fantasy genre full of witches, demons, norse gods and all things gothic. -
Ashley Dark
Ashley Dark is an Australian based dark romance author.
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Dark romance is where you'll find her head hidden when she is reading, flicking between the pages of taboo, bully and why choose the most.
When she is not reading or thinking about the next morally grey book boyfriend to write for you she is spending time with her supportive husband, two kids and two rascal dogs. -
Amaya Jax
Amaya Jax is a dark romance and fantasy author who weaves tales of passion, danger, and intrigue.
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When she's not immersed in her writing, Amaya is often found curled up with a good book or indulging in her love of historical and sci-fi movies. A proud cat mom to three furry companions, she finds inspiration in the quiet moments spent with her pets and the worlds she explores both on the page and on the screen.