A Bloody Little Valentine
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Coming Valentine’s Day
Romance is alive and well in Devereux this Valentine’s Day.
…Sort of.
“So, when you say you’ll let me do whatever I want, you mean whatever I want, right? The door’s open to anything?”
“That’s what I said. If you’re up for it.”
Spend the most romantic day of the year with Dorian Villeneuve and Cash Leroy. A Bloody Little Valentine: Tales From Southern Gothic features the spicy short story Dance For Me and the bonus short Bite Me.
Available February 14th, just in time for Valentine’s Day and the one-year book birthday of Leather and Lace: Book One of the Southern Gothic Series. You can find it at Amazon, Kobo, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, and more.
Advanced Review Copies
If you’re interested in reading and leaving a little review, I’ve made 50 copies of this little holiday special for download. Advance review copies are available on a first-come, first-served basis, so click the link below to claim your copy:
But What is Southern Gothic?
If you’re new to this newsletter or my writing, you probably don’t know about Southern Gothic. So welcome, welcome, it’s time to talk at length about my very attractive and interesting characters.
Falling in love with a vampire bites—and sometimes loving a human bites back.
Dorian Villeneuve is an unlucky vampire from the slums of Devil's Row. He makes ends meet for himself and his emotional support Chihuahua by working sleazy bars and nightclubs, doing what it takes to get by. Cash Leroy is a monster hunter from East Texas with a golden voice and an unrivaled devotion to Stevie Nicks. Hunting does not leave time for friends, let alone love.
When their paths cross during a bloody run-in with the vampire mob, Cash upends Dorian's life—and takes Dorian under his wing to teach how to hunt monsters.
The unlikely pair become partners, and soon, best friends. However, their deepening bond grows complicated when Dorian falls in love with Cash. Their friendship is too important to throw away over an interspecies attraction, especially in a career that is already nasty, brutish, and short. And things become even more complicated when Cash finds himself returning the vampire's affections.
Urban fantasy, paranormal romance, dark buddy comedy, monster-hunting romp — Southern Gothic is my baby. It’s my flagship series. It’s my sweeping romance about dipshit goth vampires and himbo monster hunters. It’s about karaoke and hijinks and love, and a fair bit of horror here and there for good measure.
So if that sounds good, Leather and Lace: Book One of the Southern Gothic Series is available in ebook and paperback. And there’s so much more where that came from.