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Artwork I did for Demon for Breakfast for @jmorgynwrites 💞… I can’t explain how much I loved working on this. The scene is full of tiny magical details, with Sorrel in the altar surrounded by books and herbs, carefully making love intention oil, while Ranth quietly reads in the chair ✨ #fantasyart #illustration #bookart #magicart #digitalart

“𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵.” “𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴,” 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳. “𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘪𝘴.” Y’all I cannot believe we are DAYS away from the release of 𝑼𝑵𝑻𝑰𝑳 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑴𝑬𝑳𝑶𝑫𝒀 𝑬𝑵𝑫𝑺! To celebrate, I thought this would be a great time to share this art of our babies by the wonderful @zai_elia who did such a fantastic job bringing this scene to life. Just a reminder that the audiobook for UTME will be available on August 11th and you can pre0rder it now wherever you get your audiobooks! There’s still a little time left as well to snag your signed pre0rders with the indie bookstores I’m working with. Can’t wait for Friday! 🔗 in my b!o for all that good stuff. Love y’all! #vampirebooks #vampireromance #paranormalromance

“To the end and ever after.” CURSED BY THE DAWN is coming so soon!! Pre-order wherever you get books. Coming August 4th. ⚔️✨🦋 LOOK HOW GORGEOUS THIS ART IS?! This stunning art by @zai_elia shows Esmer and Erebus, once enemies, now working together to save themselves, their cursed kingdom, and humanity’s dreams before it’s too late. They both look like winged angels of dreams and darkness, and I’m so in love. ✨ ABOUT THE SERIES:✨ The Shadow Weaver Duology is a fantasy series perfect for fans of Beauty and the Beast, Inception, dreams and lucid dreaming, dark fairytales, enemies to lovers romance, deep emotional themes, and just a touch of horror set in a dark fantasy dream world. Dream by the Shadows, book one, is available now! And pre-order the e-book, duet audiobook, or deluxe hardcover of Cursed by the Dawn, book two (the finale!), today! #dreambytheshadows #fantasybooks #books #bookrecommendations #romantasybooks

Emperor Soldar Ylir Mdana welcomes you to his latest wedding games… Do NOT simp for this man, he is genuinely the worst. You have been warned. Journey to the imperial court in Steel Empress, the conclusion of the Love and War Duology, and see if our heroes have what it takes to survive the cruel machinations of this wicked man! And my thanks to @zai_elia once again for bringing one of my characters to life in such stunning digital illustration — we actually had to make him less hot because he was aura farming too hard 😂 #steelempress #nikhilprabala #characterart #bookstagram #epicfantasy

The cover reveal for Book 2: Steel Empress! Huge thanks to @zai_elia for all their incredible work. The sheer amount of revisions alone… 😂 — can’t wait to share more with everyone. Keep an eye out for ARC signups, release date, and more yet to come! And be sure to ask yourselves, as our cast must in this volume: “In an age of machines, what is the worth of a person’s life?” #nikhilprabala #bookstagram #steelempress #epicfantasy #coverreveal

Over 230 ARC copies of Godbound have been sent out and downloaded… and honestly, I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. This is absolutely bananas in the best possible way. Watching this story leave my hands and find its way into yours is surreal, and I cannot wait for the reviews to start trickling in. What’s already happening, though, has completely melted my heart. Messages are coming in from early readers saying they can’t put it down and there is nothing, nothing, more rewarding than hearing that a story you poured yourself into is keeping someone up way too late at night. For those just discovering it: Godbound is a dark, epic, romantic fantasy. It’s full of intensity, danger, and characters who will absolutely wreck you (in the best way). If that sounds like your kind of read, it’s now available for pre-order for just 99 cents. And to celebrate this milestone, I’m so excited to share this stunning artwork of Raylene and Kaelzar. Seeing them brought to life like this is beyond anything I imagined. A huge thank you to the incredible artist who captured them so perfectly! @zai_elia given them a whole new dimension, and I’m endlessly grateful. ❤️‍🔥 . . #romantasy #fantasy #characterart #indieauthorsofinstagram #arcreview

✨🗡️🔥Aelina Valerian 🔥🗡️✨ I’m so happy to present Aelina Valerian! And I’m beyond grateful for @zai_elia bringing her to life! She absolutely didn’t miss the mark on the details of Aelina’s Pyro Essence! I hope you love her as much the three love interests do! I will introduce them very soon 🫶🏻☺️. ✨Currently Querying ✨ 🗡️ 🪨 🔥 💧 💨 🗡️ 🪨 🔥 💧 💨 🗡️ 🗡 The Silent Gale is a New Adult Fantasy Romance following Aelina Valerian, a nineteen-year-old Pyrobearer, who is haunted by the night she watched her parents 💀 by the Silent Gale. When an opportunity arises to finally seek the Silent Gale, Aelina takes it—only to find herself entangled with three men whose secrets may either lead her to the truth or destroy everything she’s fighting for. The Silversmith (@ljclaren ) meets Daughter of No Worlds (@carissabroadbentbooks ) The tropes 💨🔥💧🪨 ⚔️ Essence (Elemental Power System) ⚔️ Good VS Evil ⚔️ Three Love Interests ⚔️ REAL Fated Mates ⚔️ He trains her ⚔️ LOTS OF FIGHTING! ⚔️ Final Fantasy World-building ⚔️ SLOW BURN 🔥 ⚔️ One Horse ⚔️ Beast Bondings ⚔️ Trials with Powerful Relics ⚔️ Hidden Secrets ⚔️ No to low spice ❌ Artwork Credit: @zai_elia #fantasy #booktokfyp #query #romantasy #books

Meet Raylene, a badass hero who wasn’t born special. She doesn’t know how to fight (though she’s feisty and sometimes her words cut sharper than blades). She has no legendary weapon, no prophecy behind her name. Her only power? An unbreakable belief that someone has to stand up. For centuries, women in the kingdom of Calcatra have suffered under the weight of a corrupt church- one that twisted faith into a weapon, purity into power, and devotion into manipulation. Generations of cursed women have endured shame, pain and oppression. Raylene realizes something terrifying… and liberating. No one else is coming to save them. So she will. Godbound is The Scarlet Letter reimagined as dark epic fantasy, forged through brutal divine trials and a kingdom rotting from the inside out. This is not a story about love. This is a story about growth. About perseverance through suffering and pain. About standing for your principles when the entire system is built to break you. It’s about the corruption of power and the powerful truth that one person with unshakable faith can crack the system wide open. If you love heavy, dark, epic stories, GODBOUND is for you. P.S. Raylene’s character art is absolutely incredible, and I cannot thank @zai_elia enough for bringing her to life. Add Godbound on Goodreads today. It’s currently available for pre-order for just $0.99 (for a limited time!).

Fun fact about my writing process for GODBOUND: Kaelzar wasn’t originally part of the story. Not at all. I had a full outline, characters and everything without him. And then one day, a line came to me. The very first sentence he would say to my FMC. It was so hard-hitting, so symbolic, that I stopped and thought whoever this man is, wherever he came from, these words mean something epic. And just like that, he forced his way into existence. He stepped out of the shadows, growled a few words… and I was sold. 😂 And once you meet him, you’ll understand. Kaelzar is cruel, bitter, and deeply cynical. But once you learn his past, you’ll begin to understand him. And when he sees the truth of my FMC’s heart he will, very unwillingly, begin to open his own. And ladies- as they say- hold onto your panties. This is going to be a wild ride. GODBOUND is a dark, epic romantasy that begins in the shadows and honestly ends in even deeper darkness. But trust me, it’s going to be worth it. ❤️‍🔥 GODBOUND ❤️‍🔥 is now available for preorder for just $0.99! You can also add it to your Goodreads TBR and check out early reviews. I can’t wait to welcome you into the dangerous world of GODBOUND. And huge applause to @zai_elia for this masterpiece, because come on… look at that man!! 😈😈😈😈 Bravo! . . #romantasy #fantasy #indieauthor #characterart #romantasybooks

🌙 MORE CHARACTER ART!! 🌙 Christian Son, 31, genius scientist with a sizeable chip on his shoulder (or is it in? 👀). Quiet and relatively introverted, he is quite protective of his alone time & prefers almost anything over social interaction. The Moon card in tarot often represents the subconscious, intuition, illusion and fear and, in reverse, hint at things that may not be as they seem. Once again, that may or may not be a hint regarding his character in Son of Hyperion 🤭 ༶•┈┈୨☽୧┈┈•༶ Once again, thank you to @zai_elia for drawing Christian in such a stunning piece. Please appreciate the details, especially the little bots that are definitely significant to him. ༶•┈┈୨☽୧┈┈•༶ Son of Hyperion is my upcoming space fantasy webnovel that’s like if Treasure Planet & Honkai Star Rail had a really g a y baby🤭 Posting will start this spring, so stay tuned!🪐 #sonofhyperion #oc #bl #webnovel #characterart

✨ HE’S HERE! ✨ Ezekiel Surah, 32, not-actually-a golden boy (quite the opposite actually). He is, however, the warmth to a certain someone’s cooler personality & the life of the party. Even when he shouldn’t be. The Sun card in tarot represents success, abundance and radiance in its upright position while also representing difficulties in finding positives & setbacks that could damage optimism and enthusiasm when it is reversed (cr: labyrinthos). I’ll let you guys infer why I picked this card for Ezekiel though 🤭 ༶•┈┈୨☽୧┈┈•༶ Thank you to @zai_elia for drawing this absolutely gorgeous rendition of Ezekiel and his Sun card (please admire those eyes and that SMIRK)! I’m sorry I waited so long to finally reveal it but we got here ♡ ༶•┈┈୨☽୧┈┈•༶ Son of Hyperion is my upcoming space fantasy webnovel that’s like if Treasure Planet & Honkai Star Rail had a really g a y baby🤭 Posting will start this spring, so stay tuned!🪐 #bookstagram #writersofinstagram #ocs #blnovel #characterart

❤️ HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!! ❤️ ~“I will walk with you through storm and sun, until the Fates call for us. And even then, I will find you.” I am SO EXCITED to finally share this artwork with you all! Please be aware it contains spoilers for When Sisters Collide so if you haven’t read it yet, scroll at your own risk! I am BLOWN AWAY by @zai_elia ‘s gorgeous rendition of this scene in WSC! 😍😍 Alena and Leukos are EVERYTHING and if you look closer you’ll notice lots of little details added as well. And the fox! 🦊🥹🤩 I love it so much and hope you will too! Tell me: which scene from WSC would you like to see next? 👀 (please avoid posting spoilers if possible! 🫣🫣) #fantasybookseries #characterart #thegiftsofthegods