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Jan Falk 🏳️‍⚧️
Bestselling Book Cover Art and character design for M/M, Bl or Achillean novels
Based in 🇧🇪 Antwerpen

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This book was already the most happiest (and h0rniest and angstiest!!!!) surprise of my year, but then @thistle_arts only went and made the cover something completely beyond my wildest dreams. It's SO GOOD!

This is SO Fred and Ronan, and there are also the 90s vibes, the sl*tty slither of stomach, Ronan's ohana turtle pendant🐢, and Fred's Johnny Bravo physique💪. When I saw it I fell in love with them all over again.

I know many of you are VERY excited about this book, and I am so chuffed to have some of those excited friends helping me share this cover reveal. Thank you @queerbooksunbound, @myheadburiedinbooks, @anniewithapennie, @nerolireads @edenspaans_author and @elodies_library_ (look out for her post!) for being part of this reveal, and the HUGEST thanks to @thistle_arts for being a dream to work with.

Stand By Your Man releases NEXT MONTH but I will have a very special sneak peek for all pr30rder purchasers THIS COMING WEEK!! (You are not ready for this, but I'm doing it anyway!).

You can ONLY pre3order from my w3bsh0p because the Z0n h a t e s indie authors, and ALL pr30rders will get this upcoming surprise AND digital or printed art.

I can't wait for you to read this book. Thank you for all the love already!

📖STAND BY YOUR MAN by Frances M. Thompson. Pr30rder ONLY at fmthompson d.t c.m ❤️

🤵MM Bodyguard Romance
🎬Set in the 1990s
🤵Age-Gap & Size Difference
🎬Grumpy x Sunshine
🤵Smaller T o p x Bigger Bttm
🎬Speech Disorder and Adoptee Rep
🤵40+ yo Virginia
🎬Tear-jaculations & Agony W4nks

#MMBooks #MMRomanceBooks #MMBookstagram #MMRomance #QueerBookstagram

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I WROTE A MM RETELLING OF THE SNOW QUEEN!!!! ❄️

I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining @thenerdfam and some AMAZING authors for a Kickstarter anthology, Tales from the Winter Wood.

The amazing @thistle_arts painted this amazing art for my two characters! If you want to meet them, go support the Kick starter which is linked in my bio!❄️💋

It’s a collection of reimagined fairytales, and yours truly will be doing a twist on Robin Hood with a little enemies to lovers, a little forced proximity, and a hot sheriff who isn’t what he
seems...

The campaign runs until the end of the month, and you can get your hands on this gorgeous book when you pledge. You can find the link in the Nerd Fam’s bio or comment RISE and I’ll send it to you!
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You thought you knew what to expect from the winter woods but we are just getting started. The deeper you get the more stories you’ll uncover.

Retellings:
🏹Robin Hood with @nishajtwrites
❄️The Snow Queen with @benaldersonauthor
🐺Little Red Riding Hood with @authornellenikole
💤Sleeping Beauty with @katedramis
🌱Jack and the Beanstalk with @brigidkemmerer
🧚Tumbelina x Duendes with @mikayla.hornedo.author
🪾The Holly King and The Oak King with hillaryraymer
💋Beauty and the Beast with @nia.davenport
🦢The Bonny Swans with @frankiediane

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Silly me, I didn't show you the full cover spread, did I? Well you simply must see it! Sans text, so you can witness Jan's stunning artwork in all its glory 🤩

Cover by the incomparable @thistle_arts !!

SHATTERED CITY is the sequel to SILVER BLOOD and it comes out Oct 6!
Pre-0rder now wherever you like to get books, and don't forget to check out the bundles available on my k0-fi if you want swag with your book 👀

🔗 up top!

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Chattered City by T.L. Morgan
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Omg I am just in love with this gorgeous cover! I absolutely can’t wait to read this one. I devoured book one so I am very excited to read the rest of their story! This one releases on the 6th of October so you have time to pick up the first book right now.
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Q: What do you love to see in covers?

#bookstagrammer #romancelover #coverreveals

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📖 Cover Reveal: Shattered City, City of Silver, book 2📖

I am super excited for this one. I'm a little over halfway through with the book & it's fantastic! (Review to come once finished & closer to release day).

🦇Release Date: October 6th, 2026🦇

Cover art by @thistle_arts

@tallimorgan.books

SHATTERED CITY is the sequel to SILVER BLOOD. Follow Cyrus and Lucien through another high-stakes mystery while they search for somewhere to settle, navigate
growing pains in their relationship, and cut the root of the Wild vampire problem once and for all.

Please consider pre-ordering and/or adding on goodreads! (Links in author bio!)

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📖 COVER REVEAL 📖

SHATTERED CITY (City of Silver book 2) by @tallimorgan.books

Artist: @thistle_arts

❗️Releases October 6, 2026❗️

➡️ PRE-ORDER NOW:
https://books2read.com/cos-shattered-city

➡️ Add on Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241064903-shattered-city

I can't even express how excited I am for this book!! I've been thinking about Silver Blood since I finished it a few weeks ago, and I can't wait to get my hands on the next book. I'm so glad I got the chance to be a part of the cover reveal for Shattered City 🩷

➡️ Synopsis:
Who are you, Cyrus Beldon?

Having fled the chaos he left in his hometown by exposing his family’s crimes, Cyrus Beldon finally has a chance to live as he pleases—miraculously with the man he loves.

Yet Cyrus and Lucien’s work is not done. As they travel across the province in search of a place to call home, they discover that the monstrous Wild vampires they faced in Chestervale are more widespread than they thought. When they arrive in the vampire-friendly city of Byronia, at first they think they’ve found a perfect new home, but within days it becomes clear that trouble lies beneath the idyllic surface. A strange cult, a vengeful alchemist, and suspicious disappearances all weave around one common thread: an alarming frequency of Wild vampires.

Cyrus and Lucien need a solution if they hope to settle safely in Byronia, and an elusive alchemist could have all the answers they need, but he too hides a sinister secret. The pair find themselves snared in a greater danger than before—one that will test their bond, threaten their future together, and beg the question: is it worth the risk of losing everything they’ve fought for?

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✨ COVER REVEAL ✨

Happy Monday, readers!

It's a pleasure to share with y'all the cover for @tallimorgan.books 's upcoming book: Shattered City, sequel to Silver Blood. And made by amazing artist Jan Falk😍

Follow Cyrus and Lucien through another high-stakes mystery while they search for somewhere to settle, navigate growing pains in their relationship, and cut the root of the Wild vampire problem once and for all😱

It's already up for preorder and will be out October 6th!! It can also be added on Goodreads ;)

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Who doesn’t want this kinda MM Fantasy romance?
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PRE-ORDER my new book GODBUTCHER today. Link in bio!
🗡️ MM romance
🗡️ Greek mythology inspired
🗡️ heroes, gods and monsters
🗡️ enemies to lovers
🗡️ fated mates
🗡️ morally grey MC
🗡️ spicyyy
🗡️ colosseum fighter & sponsor romance pairing

☀️This dark epic, Greek mythology-inspired fantasy, enemies-to-lovers romance, and slow-burn MM romantasy, GODBUTCHER is the first book in an action-packed fantasy romance saga filled with deadly tournaments, gods, false-heroes and monsters, political intrigue, fated mates, and morally grey heroes.
Ideal for readers of The Serpent and the Wings of Night and Blood of Hercules. ☀️

#mmbook #mmromancebooks #mmromance #fantasyromance #romantasy

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Surprise, the book of mine getting a re-cover is Cleric of Desire! My Patreon already saw this earlier this month. Want to be the first to see new art like this? Be sure to subscribe: https://www.patreon.com/cw/amandameuwissenbooks

And while you're at it, be sure to preorder this second edition of Cleric of Desire, releasing August 18th http://mybook.to/newclericofdesire

For a limited time, only until the new edition releases, you can still get the original version that was part of the multi-author collaboration Tales from the Tarot, but after that, it will be retired: https://mybook.to/clericofdesire

Many of the original Tales from the Tarot books have moved on to be the start of new series, offshoots to existing series, or simply had their own re-covers like this, including series artist @fae.loves.art's book, King of Hollywood, which you should also check out: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D4NH1T97/

💄And don't worry, of course I'm still including Fae's gorgeous original art as a black and white print inside. In fact, you get both the original art and the alt art with Jeffrey in full Mattie attire.

🎉New cover illustration and design by the equally incredible @thistle_arts with typography and internal formatting by me. (Also, pssst, it's my birthday, so preordering would be a great gift, lol, or reading any of my books and leaving a rating and/or review.)😘

#queerromance #mmromance #asyouwish #coverreveal #tarot

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Throughout all of history, gender has existed far beyond the binary. Third gender, two-spirit, and other gender non-conforming people have encapsulated the spirit of ‘nonbinary’ for millennia before the term existed!

🏳️‍🌈 Check out our zine for more art like this, available now on Kickstarter (with less than two weeks left to back)!

Art by: @aediondraws , @icanbelouder , @tapiocawizard , @thistle_arts , @itssteffnow

#Nonbinary #Enby #EnbyPride #NonbinaryArt #TwoSpirit An asymmetrical grid of 5 cropped previews showcasing art from the zine. Top-left, a character in fancy gender-ambiguous clothing walks up an outdoor staircase, the color palette mostly purples and pinks. Top-right, two characters sit together at a Venetian masquerade ball, one wearing a Gnaga mask and a corset. Bottom-left, a two-spirit person is kissed by a lover leaning over them from behind. Bottom-center, a masculine person in a powdered wig and corset sits on a lover's lap, about to kiss. Bottom-right, a nonbinary person and a man share a cigarette, their faces intimately close together.

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📖: THE DARKNESS BITES BACK is a MM, paranormal romance stand alone, based off a ROMEO AND JULIET retelling. Releasing 29th September 2026. Available to preorder anywhere books are sold (link in bio has all the details) ❤️

WHY SHOULD WE PRE-ORDER THIS RIGHT NOW?
Oh, let me tell you! You can expect:
- Star crossed romance
- Enemies to Lovers
- Vampires!
- MLM
- Professor & Librarian Pairing
- HEA
- High angst
- Saltburn vibes
And that’s just the surface!

Art by @thistle_arts !!

#paranormalromance #romeoandjuliet #booksbooksbooks #authorcommunity #vampire

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