The Blog
Essays & Obsessions
Notes from the writing desk, fantasy romance recommendations, fanfic deep-dives, and the books and tropes I can't stop thinking about.
24 June 2026
Why I Write Dark Romance (and Why I Used to Be Embarrassed About It)
I told someone at a pub once that I write dark romance and she looked genuinely disturbed. I didn't used to have a good answer for that. I have one now.
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23 June 2026
So You Want Dark Spicy Fantasy Romance Books (a love letter and a warning)
I get asked for dark spicy fantasy romance recs constantly, always with that little pause before "spicy" like we're in a confession booth. Here's my actual answer, the long one, the one I give my best friend at 1am.
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20 September 2023
11 Fantasy Romance Books for When You Need a Bit of Magic
Sometimes you need to leave reality, and the cheapest way to do it is between the covers of an enemies to lovers fantasy book about a girl who falls in love with a man who is either six hundred years…
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18 September 2023
My 7 Favorite Enemies to Lovers Fantasy Books
The enemies-to-lovers trope has me in a chokehold and I refuse to be normal about it. I am a sucker for the version where one of them is actively trying to ruin the other's life and they're forced…
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24 August 2023
Why Hauting Adeline Stole My Heart
(and no, it's not because of Daddy Zade, at least, it's not only because of him) This whole blog entry could be summed up in four words: The author had balls. It’s hard, as an author, to write what’s…
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17 August 2023
What’s with our Dramione obsession?
Every year, Dramione makes the rounds. This year its Secrets and Masks , last year it was The Auction. In fact, it’s hard to find a fantasy romance girly who isn’t also a Dramione girl—but why? What…
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9 August 2023
Answering some questions
Okay, wow. Here goes. Marketing. For a book. That I wrote. As in, wrote and finished. End to end. And then spend literally forever editing. So long, in fact, that I’m not sure I exist anymore. The…
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