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Sarah L Richhelm | Fantasy Romance Author

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SHATTER MY NIGHT (OUT NOV - PREORDER NOW)
CONTROL MY NIGHT ⬇️ Read on KU
Urban romantasy with mafia vibes, morally grey everyone & forehead kisses

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Coming 4 November 2026 🩶 SHATTER MY NIGHT by Sarah L Richhelm is a bodyguard rivals to lovers dark paranormal/urban fantasy romance in a series of interconnected standalones.

THE SITUATION:
🥾 a neutralising, indestructible FMC who is literally bulletproof 👀
🔥 (she’s also a fugitive and a Harley Quinn-type who will stress you out but also turn you on)
🏍️ a motorbike-riding MMC with zero patience (but guaranteed to make you swoon)
👥 they’re coworkers, rival bodyguards, and competing for top spot (they’re not happy about it)
⚠️ and they’re protecting a client who is being hunted down by maf!a baddies (keeping the client alive keeps our FMC alive, which is super motivating)

IT INCLUDES (and is not limited to):
❤️‍🔥 emotional damage
😅 suspense (there’s a murder mystery too, like they’re not busy enough)
🌶️ a steamy sloooooooow burn (and open door spice)
🔪 morally grey EVERYONE
⚡️ an electricity daddy
💥 bonkers action; see: bar brawls, s3x clubs, Gatsby-style extravaganzas, mage parkour (no, really)
📚 mages, banshees, and witches, oh my
🧀 a scene that will change the way you think about cheese graters
🧗 questionable uses of climbing chalk
🙌 and 2000s/2010s CW TV show vibes

➡️ Swipe for the full blurb!

Cover by the talented: @jaquelinekropmanns.coverdesign

PR3ORD3R NOW on eBook (or signed paperbacks for Australian addresses in my store) 🩶 by @sarahlrichhelm

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I’m unapologetically nostalgic and never left my obsession with 00s/10s YA novels and CW TV shows behind…
… so I decided to write a new adult paranormal fantasy romance series that feels just like it 🤎

Control My Night is the first in an interconnected standalone Supernatural Mafia series that mixes forehead kisses, high stakes, deep emotional themes, hot people blowing things up, and women taking their power back.

If you love the idea of:
⛓️‍💥 supernaturals in a cr!minal underworld setting (banshees, mages, oh my—think XMen with maf!a vibes)
❤️‍🔥 a sloooooooow burn swoon-worthy forbidden love between prisoners
🫶🏻 found family (you’ll become obsessed with)
💃🏻 ballgowns + car chases
⚡️ so. much. YEARNING
🤝 Mr-Darcy-style hand grazes
🙌 2000s/2010s CW TV show vibes
🔪 female characters
💥 and ex-military men (who are grumpy but also hot)
With a 🌶️ 🌶️ spice level

Then you’ll find Control My Night online and in select retailers now 🤎

🏷️ Including tags for my amazing commissioned artwork featured:
@kotikomori
@hatchatwork
@pandacapuccino
@lulii_999
and @jacqueillustrates .
Big thanks to @lemcquinn for her assistance in creative direction and design for this post. by @sarahlrichhelm

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10 months ago

ARTWORK REVEAL 🪴 my darling Garden Buddies by the extremely talented @kotikomori is here and oh my goodness how amazing do Keanna and Silas look?? 🤗

(Minor spoilers in the excerpt if you swipe ➡️)
Did you know this was the last scene I ever wrote for Control My Night? And definitely one of the toughest to write 😮‍💨 For those of you who have read it, you may notice this artistic portrayal is not entirely accurate (had to keep things PG around here—IYKYK)… but I hope you’ll love it anyway 😉❤️

✨ BLURB:
Banshee Keanna is naive and untrained when her deádly powers are discovered and she’s forced into Prague’s crim!nal underworld. Her captor, Arwood Sayer, is on the hunt for his missing daughter, and will stop at nothing—including weapon!sing Keanna—to find her. Keanna’s only ally is fellow prisoner Silas, a mage who is just as secretive as he is charismatic.

To survive, Keanna must navigate a new world of morally grey characters, harsh truths, and forbidden romance. To escape, she must find a way to control her power—but succeeding may cost her everything, including her heart.

➡️ Control My Night is a new adult urban / paranormal fantasy romance that mixes màfia and the supernatural in a modern-day, reimagined Prague. You can read it now anywhere online and on KindleUnlimited ✨

It contains:
📚 paranormal fantasy with máfia vibes
❤️ a slow burn forbidden love
🫶🏻 found family
💃🏻 ballgowns + car chases
🔥 morally grey hotties
✨ “I can’t stay away from you”
🤝 Mr-Darcy-style hand grazes
👭 women supporting women
🔪 🔪 female characters
💥 and ex-military men (who are grumpy but also hot)

Urban fantasy • Paranormal fantasy • Fantasy romance • Australian author • Slow burn • Forbidden romance • Bookish • Artwork commission • Character artwork by @sarahlrichhelm

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ATTN INTERNATIONAL READERS! I’ve teamed up with some incredible bookstores to provide physical pre-orders (including incentives!) for readers located internationally 🩶 swipe ➡️ to find one that suits you and find all 🔗 in the usual place.

All of these bookstores have been so wonderful in supporting me and my books since I first published, so if you can, please shop and support a small business! by @sarahlrichhelm

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yeah so ARC applications are still open if two bodyguards trying to resist the urge to makeout is your thing

STREET TEAM: check your inbox! 📥 by @sarahlrichhelm

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3 days ago

That moment when the rivals start to become a little… less so 😉 Read Shatter My Night early and find the sign-up 🔗 in my b!Ó 👆🏻

📕 Anika is a rare, indestructible mage who sells her services as a bodyguard in exchange for staying under the radar from those trying to k!ll her. While safe from being hunted on the outside, this sanctuary immediately shows its downsides: her new home is gripped with something slowly possessing the staff, and her rival coworker Absolutely Does Not Want Her There—and has even more secrets than Anika.

📆 Shatter My Night releases 27 November 2026. ARCs will go out late October.

It contains:

👥 rival bodyguards
❤️‍🔥 an excruciatingly steamy slooooow burn
💥 grumpy x chaos
👀 Harley Quinn-style FMC
🥾 John Wick meets XMen and The Vampire Diaries
🔥 morally grey EVERYONE
⚡️ electricity daddy
🦘 Aussie sidekick (yeah, nah)
❤️‍🩹 hurt/comfort
📕 standalone in an interconnected series by @sarahlrichhelm

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a month ago

i promise it all works 🩶

ARC signups are open for my standalone urban romantasy releasing on 27 November called Shatter My Night. This book is perfect for fans of XMen or the Mortal Instruments, as well as books by Laura Thalassa, Karen Marie Moning or Ilona Andrews.

➡️ all 🔗 in my b!0 👆🏻

➡️ Anika has been on the run since escaping the facility that nearly destroyed her. To keep herself safely under the radar, she sells her services as a bulletproof mage protecting others. When Anika’s client d!ès from a hit that’s meant for her, her options narrow even further. She has no choice but to take a job with the last standing member of a crim!nal dynasty. Her new employer is hiding behind the spelled walls of his historic manor for the same reason as Anika: to protect himself from those trying to k!ll him.

It’s exactly what she needs—until she learns he’s already got a bodyguard, a rival coworker called Reo who needs his job as badly as she does and wants nothing more than to get rid of her. Making things worse? Something paranormal is gripping the manor, and picking the staff off one by one. Anika isn’t safe outside, and she definitely isn’t safe inside. She must find a way to work with Reo to keep their client alive and solve the mystery before one of them is next—or their dark pasts catch up to them both.

It has:
👥 rival bodyguards
❤️‍🔥 he falls first (but does a really good job of trying not to)
💥 grumpy x chaos
😠 “the hating game”-style tit for tat
👀 Harley Quinn-style FMC
🥾 XMen meets the Mortal Instruments and John Wick
🔥 morally grey EVERYONE
❤️‍🩹 hurt/comfort
😩 he carries her to safety
🏍️ only one motorbike
😱 a spin on an urban legend by @sarahlrichhelm

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9 days ago

SOME TICKETS REMAINING 💙🩶 what’s better than one fantasy author with a brooding, emotionally avoidant babe as their MC in an interconnected standalone?

HOW ABOUT TWO?

Come and celebrate the newest releases from @nicolerowles_writing (Underground Uprising, releasing 20 November) and @sarahlrichhelm (Shatter My Night, releasing 27 November). They’ll be joined in conversation by the incredible @sarahchaosreads, owner of @wngspn.official at @sweetchapterbooks.

And yes—there will be a WNGSPN pop up on the day!

📆 Saturday 5 December
⏰ 10-12pm
📍 Sweet Chapter Books, Indooroopilly

Ticket links are in the b!O and registration is free, but space is limited. We can’t wait to see you there!

➡️ like the sound of these and want to read them first? ARC applications are still open for both. Swipe for details! by @sarahlrichhelm

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10 days ago

🚨 UPDATE: NOW SOLD OUT 🩶 my book launch at @tellmehowitends_books is nearly sold out! If you were thinking of attending, make sure you register now. All tickets are free but spots are limited (find the 🔗 in my b!0).

For those already coming, I’m so excited to see you and I can’t wait to chat all things Shatter My Night with the lovely @hmhodgson!

All purchased books on the night will come with bonus swag as a thank you, including art 🩶

📆 27 November
⏰ 6-7.30pm
📍 Tell Me How It Ends bookstore, California Lane, Fortitude Valley taken in California Lane on Brunswick by @sarahlrichhelm

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11 days ago

Indie Bookstore Preorder Campaign for SHATTER MY NIGHT by @sarahlrichhelm an urban fantasy romance with Heroes meets X-Men vibes (pals, its so good!)

Includes:
• Signed paperback
• Art prints
• Bookmark

Available to preorder online now at www.talesandtomes.com.au taken in Tales & Tomes by @sarahlrichhelm

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They both have to keep their client alive at all costs… if they don’t ☠️ each other first 🤭

ART REVEAL 🔥 @lulii_999 has done the best job of showcasing the dynamic between my sloooooow burn rivals to lovers. They’re both bodyguards, they’re both competing for the same role, and they both can’t stand each other.
… Supposedly.

Want to read it first? ➡️ ARC applications are open (see 🔗 in b!O) with acceptances and release at the end of October.

If you’re new here, Shatter My Night is an urban romantasy with mäf!a vibes coming 27 November 2026 and suitable for fans of Laura Thalassa, Karen Marie Moning and Ilona Andrews.

It also has:
👥 rival bodyguards
❤️‍🔥 he falls first (but does a really good job of trying not to)
💥 grumpy x chaos
😠 “the hating game”-style tit for tat
👀 Harley Quinn-style FMC
🥾 XMen meets the Vampire Diaries
🔥 morally grey EVERYONE
❤️‍🩹 hurt/comfort
😩 he carries her to safety
🏍️ only one motorbike
😱 a spin on an urban legend by @sarahlrichhelm

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12 days ago

SHATTER MY NIGHT LAUNCH EVENTS ARE LIVE! 🩶

Shatter My Night is my standalone urban romantasy releasing 27 November and I can’t wait to celebrate with you all in Brisbane! I have TWO events planned (swipe to see). Tickets are FREE but registration is essential as spots are limited.

1️⃣ FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER - Tell Me How It Ends bookstore at California Lane, Fortitude Valley 6-7.30pm in conversation with @hmhodgson - 🚨 NOW SOLD OUT

2️⃣ SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER - Sweet Chapter Books at Indooroopilly 10am-12pm. Dual signing with @nicolerowles_writing celebrating BOTH of our new releases, and in conversation with @sarahchaosreads (founder of @wngspn.official ) FEW TICKETS REMAINING

➡️ All tickets can be found in my b!O. All books purchased during the event come with free gifts including swag/art 🩶

Know anyone who might be interested? Please share! taken in Brisbane, Australia by @sarahlrichhelm

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