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Official Blurb for A  Viper's Kiss: When the Night Remembers Us: Alina Vibora has everything—on paper. A steady career, a beautiful daughter, and a loyal husband who provides without fail. But after years of living in the safety of predictability, she’s starving for something deeper: a pulse that matches her own. When her husband Adrian becomes increasingly distant—buried in late-night coding and logic-driven calm—Alina finds herself pulled toward Xavier Silverstein, the magnetic media magnate who sees past her practiced smile. What begins as a secret affair in shadowed corners becomes something far more dangerous: the awakening of a woman who has forgotten how to be wanted. Xavier calls her Viper , a name that both seduces and warns. He’s willing to wait for her, but his presence burns away every illusion she’s built. Meanwhile, Adrian’s quiet intuition sharpens; he knows something is wrong, even if logic refuses to confirm it. Their ten-year-old daughter, Solstice, watches the te...

 It’s that magical time of year again—the air is crisp, the cocoa’s hot, and your next favorite story might just be waiting for you. To celebrate the season (and to say thank you for your support), I’m launching the Flaming Winter Freebies ebook sale! 📅 Event Dates: November 11th – December 31st, 2025 For the rest of the year, all books written under my Seraphine Vale pen name will be completely free on Smashwords! This includes emotionally charged tales that blend realism, introspection, and quiet magic. ✨ Explore Seraphine Vale’s works here: 👉 https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/SeraphineVale But that’s not all—if you’re craving something darker and more mythic, the entire Dragon’s Breath, Human Heart short story series by Rin Nocturne is also free for the duration of the sale. Expect dragonfire, human longing, and the kind of bittersweet wonder that lingers. 🔥 Discover Rin Nocturne’s Dragon’s Breath, Human Heart series here: 👉 https://www.smashwords.com/bo...

As I've mentioned before, I'm no stranger to being a published and active author on the Internet.  A concise summary of my publishing experiences is here.   I've had to stop publishing in probably...um...2015 and while the writing itch did not go away, ideas and snippets of dreamy creative thoughts organized and hid themselves away in my mind as reality hit me in tons of ways.  I didn't attempt to publish anything or write until February 2025, a few weeks after my birthday, which is the first of the month. I didn't think anything of it--just remembering that  Draft2Digital  and  Smashwords  were merging in some articles I'd read in the past--and republished my first short story about a  magical Black girl and her friends  that I wrote when I was 13 years old. I spent over 10 years editing it and re-educating myself on writing and my creative process over time. (I'll write an in depth post on it in the future. I'm derailing myself).  I th...

Life has been life-ing. That's all I have to say--but I won't let it get me down. I've been writing one of my strongest stories yet--a romance that has exposed some sides of me that I never thought I would imagine. (Who says marriage corrupts imagination, am I right?) I think taking my time with it is one of the best things I ever done.  My mental and emotional health are thanking me for this. I feel like a demon has been exorcised from me...Funny that, considering the paranormal side of my other name. Check out Rin Nocturne's work  on Amazon.   If I keep talking about it here, it'll guarantee spoilers. I'm still working on ebook cover design for it as well as a release date. I'll give you a hint with a prompt: Think about the worst thing you could do to your spouse. Would you do it? What would the circumstances look like?  I've been catching up on video games like Genshin Impact, Wuthering Waves, Honkai Star Rail, Honkai Impact 3rd, and most recently: D...

 I finished Basilisk in a day and a half — the kind of watch that burns slow and leaves ash in your chest. It’s part tragedy, part fever dream. Imagine Romeo and Juliet reborn as ninja heirs in the Sengoku era, where loyalty cuts deeper than any blade. The Art — Ink and Blood: There’s something nostalgic in the way Basilisk looks — textured, painterly, and reminiscent of Rurouni Kenshin . The linework feels hand-carved, like every frame could have been pulled from an old scroll. It’s violent, but never senseless. The beauty hides in the ruin. The Voices — Echoes of Familiar Souls: I switched between Japanese and English and honestly couldn’t pick a favorite. Both casts breathe life into a doomed world. The English side especially shines — Justin Cook, John Burgmeier, Christopher Sabat, Troy Baker, Brice Armstrong, Laura Bailey — names that shaped early 2000s anime. You can hear shades of Fullmetal Alchemist , Dragon Ball Z , Fruits Basket in their tones, but here they sound...

October marks the beginning of Domestic Violence Awareness Month . For me, this time always stirs up complicated emotions. In 2019, I lived through an intimate relationship that left me hollowed out in ways I couldn’t fully name at the time. It wasn’t bruises or broken bones—it was silence. It was the way I ignored family calls for months just to keep the peace with someone who thrived on control. Psychological violence doesn’t leave marks on skin, but it carves deep scars into identity and memory. Nothing is more terrifying than slowly losing your own voice in the shadow of someone else’s demands. Writing His Voice, My Silence was my way of reclaiming that voice. It’s an alternate ending to that relationship—a version where I got to decide how the silence would break. Amazon Synopsis: Sawyer thought she knew love—until the silence spoke louder than words. In a story of fear, resilience, and the quiet power of finding one's voice,  His Voice, My Silence  follows Sawyer Livin...