The cover reveal for the new Gothic Fantasy Romance “Awakened Ash and Alchemy” that took this author 20 years to…
Most overnight successes are just someone who’s worked 20 years to get there.
Which may mean the stars have aligned in my favor, as I’ve been sitting on this story for 20 years — a romance that’s practically a geopolitical crisis!
So, pulling this romance out from that one-day-maybe pile, was a wrestling match with the inner critic, my need for chocolate, and to wage war on something that might bite me back. Like wasps. The meanest little mothers in the universe that were a great excuse to avoid unearthing an old story!
So why did it take me so long to call an exterminator, and make like an archeologist to dig up this story?
Well…
Honestly, I didn’t think I had the world building skills for this fantasy romance.
But after publishing 19 books in the same story world, I had to see if it was worth rewriting.
Turns out it was.
So now I finally get to share it with you…
Angela Duboise didn’t believe in monsters. Until one cornered her in a dark alley, and something even more dangerous saved her.
The warrior told her she would forget. Instead, her nightmares are thick with shadows that move like smoke learning to walk. And him.
Captain Zarek has spent centuries perfecting his power that’s deadly to everyone. Yet, for the first time, his magic failed to erase her memory of that night.
Worse, the creature that cornered her wasn’t hunting alone…
Touching her is lethal. Loving her is illegal. But Zarek will do anything to protect her, even if it means tearing her from the world she’s always known.
In this richly atmospheric gothic fantasy romance, this two-book series flips the fated mates trope and makes it the enemy, where laws and politics collide with an ancient magic that fuels a forbidden love powerful enough to ruin the hidden realm of Paradox.
Welcome to the Paradox Accords: Where love is the most dangerous magic of all.
ARRIVING 23RD SEPTEMBER 2026
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Also on Story Graph Here
Forget Forever’s Tropes
For readers who love their tropes, mini-tropes, and story hints:
- Protective/ Possessive Hero
- Witty Banter
- Touch-starved
- Forbidden Love
- Fated Mates Flipped
- Touch Her & D!e Romantasy
- Emotional/ Vulnerability Intimacy
- Slow Burn with Late Spice
- Modern World/ His World
- Multi-pov
Awakened Ash and Alchemy is a richly atmospheric gothic fantasy romance, that flips the fated mates trope and makes it the enemy, fueling a forbidden love powerful enough to ruin the hidden realm of Paradox.
Ready to try something new?
The first readers loved Awakened Ash and Alchemy, and are demanding book 2 yesterday! Which has never happened before.
And the Proofreader—who calls me a heathen and is a wonderful cat-rescuing 👑queen 👑—hasn’t said a word. Except for: ‘I’m too busy reading to bother talking to anyone right now.”
Making that a good sign for you to:
Skip the scroll and book your next romantic escape today
Ebooks: AMAZON AU | AMAZON US | AMAZON UK
Can’t wait for you to meet Captain Zarek.
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