Urban Fantasy


Nightshade Academy is back! This time, you can grab the entire series. The complete edition is cheaper than buying the episodes separately, and it has a new fabulous cover. Win-win! The paperback will be published on Amazon soon, but it's available right now on Barnes & Noble if you want […]

Nightshade Academy: The Complete Series


Nightshade Academy is finished! The last episode just came out. I'm a little late announcing it because I'm sick as sick. Hooray! Gonna collapse into my bed after this, but I had to share the news. I hope you're all healthy and have a good time reading.

Nightshade Academy Episode 5: Deadly Contract (Release Day!)


Nightshade Academy 4 is on the horizon (coming out tomorrow), and Nightshade Academy 1 is currently free to celebrate. If you haven't grabbed the first episode, now is the time. It'll go back to its regular price in two days. Enjoy!

Nightshade Academy Episode 1 is FREE



Can you believe it? Nightshade Academy is officially over halfway done with the release of Auras and Colors today. Just like with the other episodes, this one is currently Amazon exclusive. I just enrolled it in KU. I hope you enjoy it. Also, you can read a free preview below. […]

Nightshade Academy Episode 3 is HERE


What makes a monster? It's a pretty age-old question, but one that never ceases to be fascinating to explore. It's also rooted in the world of Ilenima.  Nightshade Academy is located inside a hidden town called Nightshade located in northern Alaska. The town sits in the eye of a constant storm […]

The Hidden Monster Town – Nightshade Academy Extras


Who doesn't love dogs? Okay, some people don't. But they're wrong. Kidding. Or am I? Anyway. Kian is Nova's love interest in Nightshade Academy. He's also an aswang who turns into a big black dog that he likes to think of as a hellhound. Because it sounds cool. While Kian is […]

The Goodest Boy – Nightshade Academy Extras



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


eBook available on Amazon and enrolled in Kindle Unlimited. Paperback available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. It's here! It's here! 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 […]

Nightshade Academy Episode 1 is HERE


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