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Pride Month + Book Announcements! ☾ Nox Author Updates

🌈 Happy Pride Month! I've got some book announcements and plenty of queer books to check out!
Pride Month + Book Announcements! ☾ Nox Author Updates

🌈 Happy Pride Month!

In this newsletter

  1. Writing Updates
  2. FAMILIAR Street Team Recruitment
  3. Space Robin Hood WIP Title Reveal
  4. LGBTQ+ Science Fiction and Fantasy for June
  5. LGBT Urban Fantasy Books
  6. Pride Book Fair
  7. Pride Month Sale

Writing Updates

You may notice that a certain WIP is no longer listed on here... 👀

Its honestly a bit of a relief to finally cross something off my list, so I'm hoping to keep my WIPs capped at 3 for a good long while. I've also promised myself not to start writing another series until I finish the third and final book of THE WILD HUNT series, so I'll be working on stand-alones when I feel I have the bandwidth.

As always, thank you so much for supporting a neurodivergent LGBTQ+ author. ♠️🌈📚 ✦

A TRIAL OF WRATH & RUIN (The Wild Hunt, Book #2)

An Achillean Romantasy/Dark Fantasy
Status: ✅ on track at 54% complete
Read early on Patreon, Ko-fi, and Ghost for $5/month!

SPACE ROBIN HOOD WIP

A sci-fi Robin Hood Retelling
Status: ✅ on track at 26% complete

SPIRITS (The Custodians, Book #2)

Urban Fantasy
Status: ✅ on track at 24% complete
Read early on Patreon, Ko-fi, and Ghost for $3/month!

FAMILIAR

FAMILIAR is COMPLETE! Clocking in around 81k, I'm currently re-reading and cleaning up my draft in preparation for beta reading in mid-June.

A Vampiric Mystery, Familiar, Oct. 28, 2025; Mystery Urban Fantasy - caranox.com/familiar

Want to help beta read? Nab an ARC? Or do you want to get an early look at the cover and share it around? Good news! Applications are open! ✦

FAMILIAR Reading + Announcement Team
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. — This is the first in a series of read-in-any-order mystery urban fantasy books, each featuring a different cast of characters but set in the same universe, called OCCULT MISADVENTURES.

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. ✦

Familiar
Occult Misadventures Universe ✦ Urban Fantasy
FAMILIAR Reading + Announcement Team
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. — This is the first in a series of read-in-any-order mystery urban fantasy books, each featuring a different cast of characters but set in the same universe, called OCCULT MISADVENTURES.
bi li, coffee shop meet-cute turned disaster, mistakes™ were made, hunters with ulterior motives, don't be suspicious, chaotic first person narration, vampires, werewolves, & witches. At the bottom, it reads: Familiar, Mystery Urban Fantasy, caranox.com/familiar

Space Robin Hood WIP is...

NOVA RICHE, a Robin Hood retelling. Science fiction • caranox.com/novariche

Since I've officially passed the 25% mark, I figured a title reveal is in order!

About NOVA RICHE

Roux left his life of luxury as one of New Terra’s wealthiest citizens after his uncle falsely accused his best friend of theft.

Years later, with a crew that most would label as “bad omens” to have on board and several more reasons to show his uncle what real theft looks like, Roux is approached by his cousin, Oz, who reveals that there’s more novas waiting for him. But not just some novas, millions of novas.

And Oz is willing to be the distraction to help him get it.

Even though Oz has ulterior motives, Roux is willing to make a deal for the sake of his crew to have a shot at getting the revenge they’ve always wanted. ✦

Nova Riche
A Robin Hood Retelling ✦ Science Fiction

LGBTQ+ Science Fiction and Fantasy for June!

Just in time for Pride Month, I've got a spread of queer SFF books for you to consider reading this June! Whether your participating in Reading Prideopoly or another reading challenge to participate in Pride Month, consider picking up some of these books!

You can find the representation listed for all of my books on their respective pages on my website. And while not all of these books will be on sale, some of mine will be on sale later this month if you're looking for a deal! ✦

June 2025 - LGBTQ+ Science Fiction & Fantasy - Hosted by Space Wizard Science Fantasy - Background is of a white wall with numbered books along the bottom, set up in order to make a rainbow. Black button with text that says "Support LGBTQ+ Books"
LGBTQ+ Books for June!
Searching for your next favorite story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.

LGBT Urban Fantasy Books

If you're more interested in urban fantasy, specifically, you can find a ton of queer urban fantasy all in one place to add to your TBR! Treat yourself for Pride Month! ✦

June 2025 - LGBT Urban Fantasy - Hosted by Trevann Rogers - Image is of Trick cover with arrow pointing to it, connected to text that reads "check out TRICK ad discover more LGBTQ+ urban fantasy books" overtop of a background of a brick crosswalk painted rainbow.
LGBT Urban Fantasy
Urban Fantasy Stories of things that go bump in the night... and the daylight.

Pride Book Fair

Keep an eye on the Pride Book Fair carrd! Starting June 23rd, you can grab my books, along with over a hundred other LGBTQ+ books, on sale through itch.io bundles and other retailers! There are also some giveaways and other fun activities to participate in on Bluesky and Instagram! ✦

Pride Book Fair - June 2025 - This Pride Month, celebrate the vibrant works and voices of queer authors all over the world. Participate in weekly events, share and wishlist your favorite queer books, and enjoy sales and giveaways! Open to authors, readers, reviewers, and all book lovers! - pridebookfair.carrd.co
PRIDE BOOK FAIR 2025
Event info for Pride Book Fair.

Pride Month Sale

All of my works are 50% off for the month of June—only on itch.io! ✦

June 2025 - Pride Month Sale - All books 50% off for all of June, only on itch.io
Pride Month 2025 by Cara Nox / Stella Charta Press
A bundle by Cara Nox / Stella Charta Press, $10.46 for 6 games

Read My Books!

A Hunt of Blood & Iron - Achillean (MM) Dark Fantasy - caranox.com/ahobai
Seraphine's Chosen - LGBTQ+ Epic Sci-fi Fantasy - caranox.com/t13k
Trick - LGBTQ+ Urban Fantasy - caranox.com/trick

Support Me on Patreon, Ko-fi, or Ghost!

If you like my works and want to help support me, you can subscribe or tip and gain access to extra content like flash fiction, serialized novels & novellas, and even get goodies like stickers and notes mailed to you! ✦

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