Hi! Hope you all are well! Buckle up because this is going to be a long one!

It’s been a while, I know. The main reason for that was I have been working on Still Butterflies like a mad woman because I had a hard deadline of July 31 for the book to be done (that’s when I have to get it to my audiobook narrators).

If you have been following my Instagram stories, you’ve probably seen some exciting updates over the last month or so. The most important one I posted last night, which is that Still Butterflies is available for pre-order and will be out 8/14/25! (My social media gurus are going to be making a post soon.)

If you’d like to pre-order the ebook, you can do it on Amazon, or several other platforms here (there will be more added to this link but it takes time for the distributor to get to all the different companies). I plan to have the pre-order up on my website within the next few days.

ARC sign ups will open soon.

For those wondering, the Butterflies Series is a duology, so Still Butterflies will complete Jax & Tess’s journey. I will try to get a preview of the first few chapters up ahead of time, but for those that want a little info sooner than later, the bottom of this will have some sneak peeks & nuggets of information. If you want to be totally surprised, you can skip the bottom (it’s beneath the label “SNEAK PEEK/PREVIEW”).

Before we get there, I have more exciting news! I have been searching high & low for vendor/author events to sign up for, and I’ve found some that I’ve been accepted to. Everything is within driving distance from me, but hopefully I’ll be able to travel to farther away events soon! Here is everything I am confirmed for as of this now:

• September 13, 2025 (rain date 9/27/25) – Country Fair, Veterans Community Park, 100 Calais Road, Randolph, NJ 07869 | 11 am – 5 pm
• September 20, 2025 – The Great Book Swap, Liquid Church, 299 Webro Rd, Parsippany, NJ 07054 | 11 am – 4 pm
• October 4, 2025 – Collingswood Book Festival, Haddon Ave, Collingswood, NJ | 10 am – 4 pm
• October 25 – 26, 2025 – Fall In Love New England, 181 Boston Post Road, Marlborough, MA 01752 | 10 am – 5 pm
• November 23, 2025 – Wayne PAL Holiday Flea Market & Gift Fair, 1 PAL Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470 | 9 am – 4 pm (this is the only link I could find for it)
• March 14, 2025 – Books In Bloom, Randolph Community Center, 30 Calais Road, Randolph, NJ 07869 | 10 am – 4 pm

I’ve applied to a couple of others, but I’m waitlisted, so we’ll see.

I will have event exclusive merchandise, like stickers, bookmarks and other story related stuff. Also, I am creating an art book with all the art done by @akumabrushes for this series. Since it will have NSFW art in it, I will only be selling it at events for now (P.S. It was actually pretty difficult to find a printer who would print NSFW art books; I found only 1 that I could figure out). If you are dying to get the art book but cannot come to one of the events, we can discuss after it’s ready, but no promises. Akuma is working on 1 art piece now and has 1 more later this month, so the book won’t be ready until probably September.

Speaking of events, I will be attending (as an attendee) Villains & Vixens in Dallas, TX. It’s September 5 & 6, 2025. If you will be there, I would love to meet you, so let me know! The Butterflies Series audiobook narrators, Laura Horowitz & Gregory Salanis, will both be there as vendors! (I’m so excited to meet them! They will actually be recording Still Butterflies right before the event!!!!!)

Now that Jax & Tess’s story is basically done, what’s next?

I have been working on Dead Roses, the first book of the Dead Roses trilogy and have about 3/4 of the first draft done. I will need to write at least the first draft of Last Rose, the second book, before I publish the first. The third book, Final Thorn, is a separate story but connected to the first two books. It takes place several years later, so it’s kind of it’s own story. I won’t need to have that one done before I publish books 1 & 2.

Don’t know about Dead Roses? Let me give you the elevator pitch: In the mists of a secret steamy affair with her smokin’ hot new colleague, FBI Agent Katherine Slater is stalked by a serial killer with an unhealthy obsession…her.

This is a romantic thriller series. The pitch might have the word “affair” in it, but I promise there is no cheating in this one. They are both single.

Some of the tropes & micro-tropes: secret office romance, fuck-buddies to lovers, stalker, he falls first, law enforcement, insta-attraction, spicy, forced proximity, some fucked-up shit goes down

• Katherine Rose Slater (aka Kate) – 30, widow, workaholic, fiery redhead, has a master’s degree in psychology
• Matteo Enzo Rossi (aka Matt or Teo) – 32, transferred to Kate’s office after working undercover for several years, tattooed & pierced, tall & yummy, bilingual and speaks to Kate in Italian, has a law degree but has never practiced law (have you notice I like sexy nerds?)

There are a lot of triggers for this series. It’s not a dark romance but it has dark themes. Some of the triggers in the series (not all are in all books) include: death of females of all ages & in many different ways (guys die too, but a lot more females), stalker (who is a complete sicko), mental health & suicide, fertility issues, kidnapping, school shootings… yeah, it gets dark

It’s a story I have been working on for YEARS. It’s a complex story to write, but I love it so much.

I’ve also been working on (yes, I’m still talking/typing – I’m a writer, I can’t help it) a paranormal romance that involves werewolves/shifters. It’s a stand alone, but I may make it a series where all the books are stand alones. I work on it when I need a break from the darkness of Tess & Jax’s and Matt & Kate’s stories. It meant to be fun and with as few triggers as possible.

My guess is that the paranormal romance will be out before Dead Roses because I have about 2/3 of it left to write and ~1.05 books of Dead Roses/Last Rose to write (I have part of both written).

Okay, finally we get to the end.

SNEAK PEEK/PREVIEW

A LITTLE BIT SPOILER COMING

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LOOK AWAY NOW IF YOU WANT TO BE COMPLETELY SURPRISED!!!!!!

LOOK AWAY NOW IF YOU WANT TO BE COMPLETELY SURPRISED!!!!!!

LOOK AWAY NOW IF YOU WANT TO BE COMPLETELY SURPRISED!!!!!!

LOOK AWAY NOW IF YOU WANT TO BE COMPLETELY SURPRISED!!!!!!

LOOK AWAY NOW IF YOU WANT TO BE COMPLETELY SURPRISED!!!!!!

YOU’VE BEEN WARNED

YOU’VE BEEN WARNED

YOU’VE BEEN WARNED

YOU’VE BEEN WARNED

You’re like me and want sneak peeks/little nuggets, so here ya go!

• My Butterflies ended on Thursday morning. Still Butterflies picks up Friday morning (so no time jump).
• Based on the art above, you probably figured out Tess finally gets to meet Mr. Toasty Toes
• There are spicy scenes from both POVs (at least 2 each). The first spicy chapter is 8.
• This book is DARK and some readers may need to skip chapter 26 (there’s a warning in the beginning of the book about that)
• Things to look forward to: Jax & Tess get back together! (This should be obvious.) More Ferris wheel (did the cover give that away?)! More charms. Jax singing & playing for Tess. Jax reveals a couple of big secrets. Tess’s parents being awesome.
• There is a HEA (it’s romance, so it’s unforgivable for there not to be. I’ve already broken code w/ the cheating), however, Jax & Tess have to work for it.
• There are 2 big time jumps.
• Jax struggles with his demons.
• I’ve cried several times while writing & editing this book.

Alright, I better wrap up now. Thank you if you’ve actually read all this.