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Questions, opportunities, kind words, mysterious packages (within reason)… all are welcome here.

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View fullsize A Gothic Vampire Romance sequel for anyone who’s ever rooted for the monster. CHÂTEAU VALMONT AND AN INHERITANCE OF THIRST is the novel-length sequel to the series-opening novella, BEECHAM’S INFIRMARY FOR THE AFFLUENT AFFLICTED. Now
View fullsize Come, dear reader. My name is Briar Somerset, and I’d love for you to allow me to transport you to the shadowed byways and fogged Channel crossings of 1840s East London and Calais, chugging along an uneasy train ride south into Left Bank Paris,
View fullsize Please ignore that typo lmao. Counting down the days for fall flavours, a rigorous audiobook publishing season, 🎙️awards season, and the first brown leaf in my backyard🧋📖 #bookstagram #books #booklover #book #bookworm bookstagrammer reading booki
View fullsize My books are for readers who know how to read; I do not want to hear in my inbox that you were confused specifically because you started with book 2, and I beg readers to learn what a prequel versus a first book is. A prequel is meant to be read in t
View fullsize A few points that are so important to me. Yes, I write vampires, Gothic fantasy, and spice, but as a POC and predominantly Historical author, my books are inevitable social studies and a window to the past and future—in my opinion, crucial when
View fullsize Sprawling Gothic mystery wrapped in Vampire romance and mad alchemy—CHÂTEAU VALMONT AND AN INHERITANCE OF THIRST is the novel-length sequel to the series-opening novella, BEECHAM’S INFIRMARY FOR THE AFFLUENT AFFLICTED. CHÂTEA
View fullsize While 2027 brings many cool opportunities for me, it’s also the year I’m diving back into the world of A Lay of Ruinous Reign and drafting A BLOODSMITH’S APPRENTICE (#3), to release in late winter of 2028 or early 2029. The My Dar
View fullsize My son: is that your dad? 😂 Back to the literature that inspired Jacques Valmont and the My Darling Malady series. Recently I’ve had a couple readers ask me why I chose to write a series predominantly told through a male POV, noting that they
View fullsize A Gothic Vampire Romance sequel for anyone who’s ever rooted for the monster. CHÂTEAU VALMONT AND AN INHERITANCE OF THIRST is the novel-length sequel to the series-opening novella, BEECHAM’S INFIRMARY FOR THE AFFLUENT AFFLICTED. Ch
View fullsize I started writing to keep my head after losing my daughter in stillbirth and his surviving twin contracted a rare, severe form of Necrotising Enterocolitis in the NICU not seven days afterward. I’ve had a neonatal surgeon take me outside with s
View fullsize Just a reminder, some event info, and housekeeping 🥀🦇 Next year is a significantly lighter publishing year for me with the travelling I’ll be doing and all the cool things my kids want to get into (fencing and golf, to no one’s surprise