After Dark Content

Comforting the Grump (Chapter 5)

⏮ Comforting the Grump (Chapter 4) Trigger warnings: Please note this story will have mentions of alcoholism, though not from either of the MCs but from a parent. It’s only described in some detail in the prologue, but it is mentioned occasionally. There’s also...

Two New Audios

You will be getting Protecting the Nerd audiobook and Dragon's Surprise audiobook. Please remember these emails come from Bookfunnel. If you have not received Perfect Daddy at 51 in audio, please be sure to check your emails, and contact me if you have not so that...

Comforting the Grump (Chapter 4)

⏮Comforting the Grump (Chapter 3) Trigger Warnings: Please note this story will have mentions of alcoholism, though not from either of the MCs but from a parent. It’s only described in some detail in the prologue, but it is mentioned occasionally. There’s also some...

Comforting the Grump (Chapter 3)

⏮ Comforting the Grump (Chapter 2) Trigger Warnings: Please note this story will have mentions of alcoholism, though not from either of the MCs but from a parent. It’s only described in some detail in the prologue, but it is mentioned occasionally. There’s also...

Comforting the Grump (Chapter 2)

⏮ Comforting the Grump (Chapter 1) Ennio I pushed open the door to Giovanni's, the jingle of the small brass bell announcing my arrival like a fanfare suited for someone far more important. The scent of garlic and oregano wrapped around me like a warm embrace from...

Protecting the Nerd: Signed Paperbacks

Hey! Vicki (Nora's PA) here. Just a quick note that the signed paperbacks will be sent out when Nora returns from her trip abroad. The books did not arrive until after she had left. Very sorry about this, but unfortunately Amazon printing doesn't always run as...

Comforting the Grump (Chapter 1)

⏮ Comforting the Grump (Prologue) Trigger Warnings: Please note this story will have mentions of alcoholism, though not from either of the MCs but from a parent. It’s only described in some detail in the prologue, but it is mentioned occasionally. There’s also...

Comforting the Grump (Prologue)

This prologue is available to all Nora After Dark tiers. To continue reading early chapters, you will need to be a member of the Contemporary or Paperback Tiers. Trigger Warnings: Please note this story will have mentions of alcoholism, though not from either...

Comforting the Grump: Developing the Core Story

⏮ Comforting the Grump: Creating Ennio’s Character We’re at the fifth and last post about developing the characters and story for Marnin’s book. Make sure to read the previous posts first! And as before, a heads up for spoilers in this post. Among authors, there’s...

Comforting the Grump: Creating Ennio’s Character

⏮Picking a Partner for Marnin Make sure to read the previous posts first, where I explain what we’re doing in these posts and where we’ve explored Marnin’s character and background. Warning: if you hate spoilers, skip these posts. I can’t prevent spoiling some...

Dragon’s Revenge (Chapter 9)

⏮Chapter 8 Delton took a steadying breath. “Take off your clothes.” His voice had only wavered a little. He needed to work on his confidence, his dominance. Otherwise, this wouldn’t work. And this time, he didn’t have Isam to back him up, as he was needed at home....

Comforting the Grump: Picking a Partner for Marnin

⏮Comforting The Grump: Creating Marnin’s Character When I started developing the Forestville Silver Foxes series, I had the core plot for five books: Tiago, Auden, Tomás, York, and Marnin. And I had their partners picked out already too. When you develop a...