☾ FAMILIAR Release Month + More Title Reveals!
🖤🩸 FAMILIAR releases this month! I also have some draft news and more titles to share!
In this newsletter
- Writing Updates + Title Reveals
- FAMILIAR Preorder Details
- Kobo Plus Fantasy & Sci-fi
- Ace Pride Week
Writing Updates + Title Reveals
Guess what? A TRIAL OF WRATH & RUIN is complete! 🎉
I'm thrilled to have powered through the first draft earlier than expected since I was looking at having it wrapped up in November. So I'm going to let it rest for a bit while I start on the third and final book in the trilogy with the ending still fresh in my mind. I'll still be releasing this early on Patreon, Ko-fi, and Ghost for $5/month for the time being.
I guess I'll go ahead and drop the final book's title to celebrate!
A TITHE OF SOULS & DREAMS is the final installment of THE WILD HUNT, which dives deeper into the darker parts of being "othered" and feeling alienated with strong parallels to living with autism, including references to changelings. While it is a romantic dark fantasy, the underlying narrative I've stuck to has been one of finding self-worth and acceptance—two things I've greatly struggled with my entire life. Even though I feel satisfied with the impending conclusion to this tale, I hope readers will feel the same. 🖤
But wait! There's MORE!
Introducing my insomnia-induced concept that I've been racing through the past couple of weeks:
I'll be honest, writing a horror was not on my 2025 bingo card, but here we are. DEVOUR YOUR HEART is a dual-POV LGBTQ+ world-bending horror novel (currently in-progress), featuring a cis pan MC and a gender-nonconforming transmasc demi MC.
It's quickly turned into a way to cope with the messed up news dropping every other day in my country, so while I ask those interested in this book to mind the content warnings, I feel that there are some who will appreciate the rather cathartic narrative I've been crafting.
Everything else has been more or less on track after some WIP re-balancing, so I hope to drop at least a couple of books next year. 🖤
As always, thank you so much for supporting a neurodivergent LGBTQ+ author. ♠️🌈📚 ✦
NOVA RICHE
A sci-fi Robin Hood Retelling
Status: ✅ on track at 54% complete
SPIRITS (The Custodians, Book #2)
Urban Fantasy
Status: ✅ on track at 42% complete
Read early on Patreon, Ko-fi, and Ghost for $3/month!
FAMILIAR
You can preorder the ebook now! Physical editions will be available closer or on release (October 28, 2025).
About FAMILIAR
After years of helping his father fight the monsters that killed his mother, Jules is ready to step out of his role of being a glorified errand boy for his dad and his vampire-hunting crew.
But when the idea is quickly shot down for the second time, Jules lets one drink to blow off steam domino into accidentally becoming a vampire’s familiar overnight.
And the biggest problem is that he can’t remember what happened.
With tensions high after his father discovers the possibility of a vampire spy in their midst, Jules scrambles to keep his mark a secret and prove himself to the entire crew by hunting down his vampire, following every clue that feels familiar. ✦
Kobo Plus Fantasy & Sci-fi
If you have Kobo Plus or need a reason to join Kobo Plus, then let me start by saying that all of my books are included in a Kobo Plus subscription!
Why Kobo Plus?
- Truly Unlimited Reading. Unlike Kindle Unlimited, Kobo Plus doesn't have a limit to the number of books you can put on your digital shelf before forcing you to return some to check out more. Not to mention Kobo Plus's Read and Listen package lets you borrow any number of ebooks and audiobooks included in your subscription versus Amazon's paid add-on of Whispersync for each book.
- Cheaper than Kindle Unlimited. Kobo Plus is cheaper than Kindle Unlimited! Subscriptions for Kindle Unlimited in the US costs $11.99/month and Audible costs $14.95/month. Meanwhile, Kobo Plus Read (ebook only) and Kobo Plus Listen (audio only) plans only costs $7.99/month each, but if you're interested in both ebooks and audiobooks, you can signup for Kobo Plus Read and Listen, which is only $9.99/month! KU + Audible can't beat that!
- Better for Authors. It doesn't require authors to be exclusive, unlike Kindle Unlimited which demands authors who want their books in the program should be exclusive to Amazon. Kobo also pays out competitive royalty rates and pays authors for any book you re-read, unlike Kindle Unlimited, which only counts the first read.
- Everyone Wins. Every read actually supports authors, you get a discount, and your switch helps encourage more authors to make the switch so they can escape Amazon's hold on the market.
With that in mind, consider making the switch or grabbing a subscription if you read or listen to a lot of books! Go ahead and check out some of the amazing fantasy and sci-fi books you can start reading with your Kobo Plus subscription today! ✦
Ace Pride Week
For those of you who don't know, Ace Pride Week is near the end of October!
I'll be participating in a book bundle on Itch.io with a bunch of other ace books that you should check out! While I don't have the links yet, now's a good time to nudge you toward my social media for more frequent updates and some pretty pictures. I also do my best to keep caranox.com/links up to date with current promos, so check back October 19-25! 🖤 ✦
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