Behind the Scenes
Meet Séraphine Toussaint, the Woman at the Heart of Bellefond
You have not met Séraphine Toussaint yet. A St. Lucian journalist who came home to bury her sister and stayed to find out who really put her in the ground.
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From Slow-Burn Romance to Island Noir: Why I Wrote a Crime Novel
I wrote a crime novel. Bellefond is an island noir set in Saint Lucia, and here is why a romance writer walked toward the dark, and what carries over.
Behind the Scenes
Timeline & Map Reference: Twenty-Two Years of Fallen Hearts
The reference readers have been asking me for since book three. Twenty-two years of in-world chronology, the Stormborn dynastic chart across three generations, and the regional map walked through location by location — print this if you reread.
Behind the Scenes
Writer's Commentary: Why I Wrote Fallen Hearts
I started Fallen Hearts in a bad winter. The honest answer to what the series is actually about — the question I have been afraid of in my own life, why the kingdom ends in democracy, and why the slow burn was a discipline rather than a choice.
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Introducing Bellefond: A Caribbean Dark Thriller Arrives October 6
Meet Séraphine Toussaint and Bellefond, my new Caribbean dark thriller. Book one, Saltwater, lands October 6, 2026. Here is how to follow the launch.
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Iron and Flame: Why My Queen Wins the War by Not Fighting
The epic fantasy romance where my warrior queen wins the war by refusing to fight it — the behind-the-book story of Iron and Flame, book three of Fallen Hearts.
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How I Outline a Romance Novel in One Afternoon (And Why It Never Survives First Contact)
I outline a whole romance novel in one afternoon, with a spreadsheet and a label maker. Then my characters spend four months gloriously ignoring the plan.
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Deleted Scene: The Letter Aria Never Sent
There is a letter that exists in two of my drafting folders and nowhere else in the world. Cut from the close of Iron and Flame. Aria, age forty-one, writing to her cousin in the monastery on the twelfth night after treaty — asking, in writing, for permission to be tired.
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Character Dossier: Darius Blackwood, Called The Raven
I get more letters about Darius than any other character. Where does the mask come from. Did he and Aria really love each other. The dossier I keep at the back of my drafting folder — the one with his birth name, the West Wing, and the manuscript he wrote his children.
Every book I've written is on Kindle Unlimited now. Here's the honest story.
Every series I've published is now on Kindle Unlimited. Six series, no gaps. Here's why I made the call, and what it means for you.
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The World of Fallen Hearts: Stormborn, Korrathi, and the Magic Beneath It All
Behind the seven-book Fallen Hearts saga sits a world I drew long before Aria walked into the Council Chamber. The Stormborn dynasty, the Korrathi war-mages, and the magic system I locked down before book one — opened up for paid readers.
Behind the Scenes
How I Write Love Scenes Without Dying of Embarrassment
Someone asked me at a book event how I write love scenes. My face went the color of a fire truck. The honest answer is: the same way I write fight scenes. With choreography, stakes, and sheer willpower.