Fantasy Books


I had an idea for how an aura reader might see people's "souls." It involved colors. Or Colors as Nova would call them.  Nova is the perspective character in Nightshade Academy. That story is hers. Nova perceives the world very differently from most people. You could argue she sees it in […]

The Pink-Haired Vampire – Nightshade Academy Extras


Romance. It's in everything. No, seriously. It's in everything.  Truthfully, I used to kind of begrudge that fact. In some ways, I still do.  What the hell, Kestra. Aren't you a fantasy/romance writer or whatever? I mean, yes. Totally. Let me explain. I never got it. It was never something I could […]

Different Flavors of Romance – Nightshade Academy Extras


One of the best things about writing, for me, is world-building. I could probably get stuck inside of world-building for days, weeks, months. Years... It's always a bit of a challenge to strike a balance between that and writing a story within that. Since writing stories is my thing, I probably go about […]

Ilenima: Writing in the Same World – Nightshade Academy Extras



Hello! Nova wants to share her story. In her words: ——————————— Vampirism. An academy made for monsters. A guy I want to eat because of a targeted and insatiable bloodlust. That’s what my life has become. I’m used to being the weird girl. When I look at people, I see […]

Nightshade Academy Episode 1: Awakened Vampire – Preorder


I've been busy, busy, busy as usual. I've said before that I'm slowly moving my books out of Kindle Unlimited, but that new series would start in Kindle Unlimited. I had some problems with that. I mean, I'm still DOING that, but what about people who get their books from […]

Patreon and moving books out of Kindle Unlimited.


Hello, beautiful. I've got a new series coming out. Have you heard? It's called Nightshade Academy, and the first episode releases Nov 1. (It's only 99c!) But guess what. If you sign up for my newsletter, you can get the first three chapters before anyone else. Right. Now. Hell friggin […]

Nightshade Academy Episode 1 SNEAK PEEK




It’s been a long time coming. Writing Queen of Werewolves was a big undertaking for me. It definitely took me longer to write than any other book I’ve published. It taught me the meaning of patience. I had to be patient because there was no rushing this. This is the end of a series I’ve poured my heart and soul into. It had to be good.

Queen of Werewolves Cover Reveal


In the past, I was doing star ratings for books. I don’t want to do that anymore because I don’t know how to use them properly, so I’m going to use this space to simply talk about my thoughts and feelings. I’m also going to try to be better about […]

BOOK REVIEW: Smoke and Summons by Charlie N. Holmberg