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My birthday bookish haul is finally here! 🥹 I’m so unbelievably grateful and thankful and appreciative of the amazing and incredible people in my life who got me some magical birthday gifts. I will never not be thankful or not understand what a privilege this truly is. Thank you so much to my parents, my brother and sister-in-law and my magical friends for making my birthday amazing. ♥️

Not pictured here is the preorder for a deluxe edition of On the Knotty List by Emily Antoinette from my amazing husband. 😍
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From my magical parents. ♥️ The plush in the back is a campfire shaped reading pillow and I’ve named him S’more. 🙂‍↕️

Meet my new reading pillow from my parents, S’more. 🔥

From my beautiful best friend & Parabatai, @kaylamourato! ♥️ I don’t know what I’d do without you!

From my beautiful friend, @marisabudell! ♥️ I’m so glad we met on TT and I appreciate you so much!

From my beautiful friend, who I’m so happy to have met through Bookstagram and specifically K. M. Gordon’s street team. 🥹♥️

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You asked. We answered 🐺

Moonlit Forge Press has a shop! Get your shelf trophies for your favorite EV Cross and ES Brandon books! Every book purchased comes with a signed book plate and bookmark. And of course every purchase directly supports an indie author.

Check out my 🔗 to get yours today!
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🏷️ horror books, gothic books, werewolf books, werewolf romance, mons-tober, signed books, bookstore, bookshop

#bookstagram #halloween #spookyseason #falltbr #newrelease

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3. VINTAGE ✍🏽 by @esbrandonauthor

#letteringstylechallenge2026

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I can’t believe it’s almost here!!! My gothic werewolf tragedy releases September 29th! Check out the blurb below and then reserve your copy today!

Blurb:

1766. The winter the Beast came down from the mountains.

In a starving French village, a thing hunts in the dark. It takes the shepherds first, then any man who walks home too late, until the snow runs red and the doors stay barred.

Agnès has spent her life folding herself smaller. Promised to a man she cannot love, watched by a priest who weighs the sins of every woman, she has learned to swallow what she feels and say thank you. Only her best friend Margot makes the grey days bearable.

Then a hunter rides in with the King’s word and a showman’s smile. He swears he will kill the Beast and looks at Agnès as no one ever has.

The killing doesn’t stop. The village turns on its own, and the woman who wanted nothing begins to want everything. And the wanting, once it wakes, does not care what it costs.

A gothic horror for readers who like desire with teeth and love stories that end in blood. No one walks out of this winter whole.

Art by @kelci2d
Cover design by me
Post by @notallwitches
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Keywords: Halloween, October, September, fall TBR, book recommendations, new books, new release, bookish

#bookstagram #booklover #spookyseason #halloween #falltbr

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I had such a great time talking all things Voidwalker with this lovely group of people last night!

Thank you to everyone who came out for book club! And thank you to Ash from @losttheplotbooks for bringing us together! 🩵

We will be keeping book club going, even though it won’t be a part of Lost the Plot anymore. Keep an eye out for more info soon!

#bookstagram #booktok #voidwalker #books

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SCREAMING FROM THE ROOFTOPS AHHHHHHH I love them so much 😱

Everyone please look at the BEAUTIFUL artwork from @kelci2d 🖤 Agnès, Margot, and Gaspard are the leads in my gothic werewolf tragedy that releases next week called She, Wolf, Him. (Also yes there’s a werewolf! Haven’t forgotten about it haha)

This book is a gothic horror love story so nobody makes it out this winter whole. It’s based on a real life event in the 1700’s in France called the Beast of Gévaudan. There’s still time to preorder and I would be eternally grateful for your support 🫶🏻

Thank you so much Kelci for the amazing work you did. Everyone please go follow and support Kelci’s work 🙏🏻

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Keywords: Halloween, October, September, fall TBR, book recommendations, new books, new release, bookish

#bookstagram #gothicbooks #spookyseason #horrorbooks #falltbr

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I realize that this post is complete chaos but I’ve seen the googly eyes, the animals, and more being photoshopped onto book covers and well, here we are.

Glad my self-taught photoshop skills are being put to good use. 🤭

Which cover is your favorite? I can’t decide. But also, you should all absolutely check out all of these books because all of them are 5 star reads. 🙂‍↕️

Books Featured:
🐈‍⬛ The Hunter by @authortiffanyroberts
🐈‍⬛ Your Masked Haunting by @pruschuylerauthor
🐈‍⬛ Prickly Pair by @clioevansauthor
🐈‍⬛ A Soul to Keep by @opalreyne
🐈‍⬛ Loving a Vampire is Total Chaos by @aurahayesauthor & @the_other_half_of_aurahayes
🐈‍⬛ Elizabeth, Destroyer of Worlds by @esbrandonauthor
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Interested in learning more? On Friday join Juliette Cross, author of Firebird, in conversation with Stephen from E.S. Brandon, author of Salt & Surrender and more.
Each ticket includes:
* Admission to the live author conversation
* Access to the post-event meet-and-greet with both authors
* You may also order additional Juliette Cross books through our website for pick up at the event: Firebird (paperback), A Rebel Without Claws, The Beast Lord

Tix at the link in bio

#romancebooks #seattlebookstore #bookstagram #thingstodoseatte #seattleevents

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Calling all ARC readers! 🙏🏻

Apps are officially open for my next book! Check out the blurb below then sign up!

Blurb:

1766. The winter the Beast came down from the mountains.

In a starving French village, a thing hunts in the dark. It takes the shepherds first, then any man who walks home too late, until the snow runs red and the doors stay barred.

Agnès has spent her life folding herself smaller. Promised to a man she cannot love, watched by a priest who weighs the sins of every woman, she has learned to swallow what she feels and say thank you. Only her best friend Margot makes the grey days bearable.

Then a hunter rides in with the King’s word and a showman’s smile. He swears he will kill the Beast and looks at Agnès as no one ever has.

The killing doesn’t stop. The village turns on its own, and the woman who wanted nothing begins to want everything. And the wanting, once it wakes, does not care what it costs.

A gothic horror for readers who like desire with teeth and love stories that end in blood. No one walks out of this winter whole.

Cover design by me
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Keywords: Halloween, October, September, fall TBR, book recommendations, new books, new release, bookish

#bookstagram #booklover #spookyseason #halloween #falltbr

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September at Swoon City is jam packed! Hope you can join us for one (or more) of these events!

9/9 - Dress for Success Seattle Happy Hour
9/10 - Upcycle your tote with embroidery
9/11 - Juliette Cross in conversation with E.S. Brandon
9/14 - Emotional Damage Book Club
9/20 - Reading the Rainbow Book Club
9/20 - PNW Mixed Media Painting Class
9/20 - Jasmine Mas: The Emperor’s Enemy After Party
9/21 - Historical Hellions Book Club
9/22 - Knitting 101: Knitted Bookmarks
9/23 - Sportsball Book Club
9/25 - Polymer Clay Mini Pizzas
9/26 - Stained Glass Class: Balloon Dog
9/28 - Wrecked Romantasy Book Club

#bookstagram #romancebookstore #craftclass #seattleevents #seattlethingstodo

9/9 - Join us for a fundraiser for Dress For Success Seattle @dfs.seattle

9/10 - up cycle your tote with @mcreativej

9/11 - FREE event join Juliette Cross & Stephen from ES Brandon in conversation @juliettecrossauthor @esbrandonauthor

9/14 - we are meeting to chat about We Could Be So Good by @catswrites

9/20 we are hosting a book club at @mightyodonuts to chat about Moss’d in Space by @rebeccathornewrites

9/20 - @brookewestlund teaches mixed media painting PNW style

9/20 we are hosting a party for @jasminemasbooks - signed books for those that get tickets and lots of giveaways

Lots of opportunities to win!

9/21 - we are chatting about The Luckiest Lady in London by @writersherrythomas

9/22 - learn to knit with @julfarley

9/24 - let’s chat about Plays well with others by @laurenblakelybooks

9/25 - @mochikorabbit is back, this time making mini pizzas.

9/26 - make a stained glass balloon dog with @hypglass

9/28 - join us to discuss Firebird by @juliettecrossauthor

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Author Chat: how do I write the things?

My PA, Ashley, asked me to talk about how I write books and what’s the process for getting the idea from my head to paper. I sometimes ramble but I hope this helps give you an idea of what it looks like on my end of things.

If you are into gothic horror love story’s, I am currently accepting ARC readers for my upcoming release She, Wolf, Him. Check out the 🔗 on my page to sign up!
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Keywords: Halloween, October, September, fall TBR, book recommendations, new books, new release, bookish

#bookstagram #booklover #spookyseason #halloween #falltbr

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