Yesterday’s Demon is a sweet paranormal romance featuring a former vampire, a talking dog, and a witchy mystery. It’s book 3 in The Sharpest Kiss series, but, while it takes place after Back to Bite You (and many of the characters from the first two books appear in it), it can be enjoyed as a stand-alone story; you don’t have to read books 1 and 2 in order to follow its plot.
The main characters in this novel are younger than those in the first two books (late teens/early twenties), and in my opinion, the storyline has more of a YA feel to it than the first two. I think it’s a fun read :).
You can read the full blurb on my website here and enjoy a free preview of the book here.
And please do check out the Smashwords sale! This is a chance to get my book, along with books from many other great authors (120,000+ titles in all!), at a steep promotional discount.
She’s the 20-year-old hometown sweetheart of tiny Hillingham Hollow, Texas. He’s a 28-year-old Gothic rock singer rumored to be part vampire. Their upcoming wedding has entranced the Hillingham Hollow locals, but how did they meet, and what happened to make them fall desperately in love? Find out in this sweet and humorous paranormal holiday romance.
The latest ebook in my Halloween Hearts romance series, All My Halloweens is now available for only 99 cents at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, Kobo, and Google Play Books! (I’m still working on getting it added to the Apple Books store. When that link is ready, you’ll be able to find it on my website). In the meantime, click the links above or the buttons below to download your copy from one of these other fine retailers :).
All My Halloweens is the fifth and longest installment in the Halloween Hearts series. Corvin and Joy’s story clocks in at around 340 pages and, yeah, stretches the limits of what can be considered a “novella,” but…I think it’s better for the additional page count. Hope you’ll agree. If you have been on this journey with me from the beginning, I want to give you an extra big thank you. I know there are innumerable wonderful books out there, and it means so much to me that you chose to read mine. I never take any reader’s time and attention for granted; I truly appreciate every moment you spend with my characters and stories.
Thanks so much for downloading my books and spreading the word!
As a teen, Clea starred on reality television with pop star London Lange. She’d thought they were in love, but when the show ended, he left town and never returned. Years later, Clea still thinks about London. A lot. But she hopes someday she’ll learn how to let him go because chances are, she’ll never see him again. Or will she? Could a magical Halloween reunion spell their second chance?
I’m also running a Goodreads giveaway for the Amazon Kindle version of this title through September 23rd, 2022. The contest is open to readers in the United States. Click here to enter to win one of 100 copies–and good luck!
The next title in this series, All My Halloweens, will be released in only a few short weeks. To receive an email alert as soon as it’s available, please sign up for my mailing list here. The mailing list is the best way to stay up to date on my new releases, sales, giveaways, and upcoming exclusive offers.
As always, thank you so much for downloading my books and spreading the word!
The first book in my new Halloween Hearts series, A Kiss at Halloween, is now available to download for FREE from every major e-book retailer. Well, almost every retailer. I’m still working on Apple iBooks and Google Play Books :). I’ll add those links to my website as soon as they’re available. In the meantime, download A Kiss at Halloween from
You can also already pre-order the next novella in the series, All I Want for Halloween Is You, at most of the same stores for only 99 cents. This book will be released on June 28th, 2022. Click the buttons below to reserve your copy today!
There’s also a Goodreads giveaway currently running for this title through June 25th, if you’d like to enter :). The contest is for the Kindle format and is open to readers in the United States.
Have a great rest of the week, and as always, thank you so much for reading!
It’s only May. Isn’t that a little early to be talking about Halloween?
Maybe, but there are five books in my upcoming romance series, and by the time they’re all released (one per month, only 99 cents each), it will be nearly time for the big holiday.
Besides, those of you who know me at all will know that it is kinda always Halloween in my heart ;).
I am someone who is just as likely to enjoy a scary movie as a Hallmark film, or to appreciate a ghost or vampire story as much as a heartwarming romance novel.
These past couple of years (while, like most people, I was home even more often than usual), I became fixated on the idea of writing a series combining my preferences: the sweet and the eerie, the light and the dark. I wanted to create something “cute with a spooky edge.” What I ended up with was a five-book novella series called Halloween Hearts, which I am happy to share with you over the next few months.
Halloween Hearts takes place in Hillingham Hollow, a fictional suburb of Houston, Texas.
Hillingham Hollow sits right next door to Vintage Meadow Lake, the setting for my paranormal series, The Sharpest Kiss. This means that vampires, sorcery, and other bits of supernatural fun exist in the Halloween Hearts universe—but not everyone who lives there knows it. Some books in this series contain paranormal elements; others do not. Each story takes place over the same weekend, and the characters overlap. However, each book can be read as a stand-alone story.
Is this a weird idea? Maybe. Probably. But one of the awesome things about being an indie author is having the liberty to write whatever captures my imagination, even if it is odd :). This series kept me in a happy place during COVID, and I hope it brings a smile to your face, as well.
Many of the characters in Halloween Hearts deal with heartache and loss in one form or another, but, ultimately, positivity and optimism win the day. The overarching themes of the series are love and trust, friendship and family, healing and hope.
If this series sounds like something that interests you, I invite you to download book one, A Kiss at Halloween, for FREE, as soon as it’s available, and please join my email list to be alerted when I release each new title in the series. And y’all, I know inflation is high and budgets are tight. Each additional book will cost only 99 cents.
As always, thank you so much for your support. It means the world to me. And Happy Halloween, a little early!
The Sharpest Kiss Collection is now available from Amazon!
This special digital collection contains all three full-length novels from my paranormal romantic comedy series, The Sharpest Kiss: The Sharpest Kiss, Back to Bite You, and Yesterday’s Demon—plus over 200 pages of all-new bonus content, including an all-new, never-before-published BONUS NOVELLA, A Thing Like Death, a bonus “meta excerpt” from A Prince at Midnight by R.Q. Vander Gries*, fun recipes, and more. Click the button below to read the full description and download your copy today!
*R.Q. Vander Gries is not a real person, just me having fun ;).
In other news… My very first foray into indie publishing, Fear and Laundry is now available, for the first time ever, to read for free in Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited program. Let this sweet teen romance take you back to 1994, when VHS tapes, cassettes, and zines ruled the day…
You can also now download BOTH Fear and Laundry ebooks together in one handy set. This special ten-year commemorative collection includes both full-length novels and bonus artwork, including cute band flyers and t-shirt mock-ups.
The weather is finally beginning to feel appropriately crisp and cool for this time of year around here, and I’m loving it.
I want to share a quick announcement with you. I’ll be publishing a new boxed set soon. This collection includes all three full-length Sharpest Kiss novels, as well as a brand-new novella and other bonus content. If you’d like to be alerted as soon it’s available, please sign up for my new mailing list!
I have spent most of this year writing, writing, and doing even more writing. I have a LOT planned for next year, and I’m super excited about it. Since I’m lax about posting on social media, email really is the best way to stay updated on my projects. By signing up, you’ll also be the first to know about new releases, sales, and giveaways!
I promise never to sell your information, and I’ll only contact you if I have an announcement (likely only a handful of times per year). No spam, I promise :).
So…now that things are happening out in the world again, I hope many of you have been able to get out and enjoy yourselves. I’ve gone to a few concerts and other events here and there.
That’s not a real giraffe with us, unfortunately, just a cute sculpture of one. With the sun down, it was hard to get a clear picture of the real deal!
These pix were taken last month at the Houston Zoo, where Steve and I attended their 21-and-up Brew at the Zoo event. We were allowed to wander around parts of the zoo after hours, visit with some animals, and enjoy great craft beers, all while helping to support local wildlife.
Despite living in Houston for many years, I had never been to the zoo before. It was nice to finally have a chance to check it out, particularly on a (mostly) cool and breezy night, with the paths lit by creative light displays and live music playing.
My favorite part of the night was seeing the giraffes up close, because they are my favorite animals. I didn’t stand in line to feed them, though, as time was short and I was hungry—I chose to stand in line to get food for myself, instead! Ha. I hope to go back to the zoo sometime and try the feeding, though. I’m sure it’d be an awesome experience.
I have to give Steve props for finding out about this event and getting us the tickets. He always comes up with the best things for us to do together. Honestly, if it weren’t for him, we’d probably never go anywhere, because I am NOT the date planning type. Luckily, he doesn’t seem to mind ;).
February 22nd, 2021 marked ten years since I first published my YA novel, Fear and Laundry.
It’s strange for me to think about that.
Back then, I was reading a lot of YA, and while the books were brilliant and I enjoyed them, I kept wishing they’d feature characters who reminded me more of me and my friends as teens. There were, it seemed, no books to be found anywhere about girls growing up in West Texas who were into horror movies and rock music and hung out at a laundromat that doubled as a punk rock venue.
Go figure 😊.
I did read one novel featuring secondary characters who sorta started to come close, but then…it turned out they were supposed to be the losers in the story. I remember being amused by that and thinking, “Maybe I oughtta write a story from the POV of the ‘losers,’ then.”
Around that same time, I read a biography of Kurt Cobain (Heavier than Heaven by Charles R. Cross), and for a while after I finished it, I couldn’t stop thinking about Cobain and how I wished his fans had had the opportunity to tell him in person just how much he and his music had truly meant to them.
Years prior to that, I was at a club show in my hometown, where a member of the headlining band (who were not local, and who shall remain nameless) stepped up to the mic and said he and the rest of the band had spent much of the day driving around, checking out our fair city. The audience cheered at this…but then this guy sneered and went on, “What a [bleep]-hole! Take my advice and get out of here as soon as you possibly can.” Pretty funny, yeah, but also horribly rude. Whether he meant it or not (I got the feeling he really did), the comment always stuck in my memory.
My only point in relating all of these seemingly random anecdotes is to say that the inspiration for Fear and Laundry came, as it does for all stories, from all over the place and over the course of many years. The book is peppered with tributes to cultural influences that, for better or worse, helped to shape (warp?) my young mind. It is a love letter to the nineties as I remember them, and to many of my teen self’s favorite things.
A grainy photo of me as a teen, sitting in front of a sculpture of my high school’s mascot. My plaid shirt proves it’s the 90s :). Pretty sure I’m wearing my Nightmare Before Christmas wristwatch from Burger King (which I still have), too. I wish it still worked!
As the ten-year anniversary of the book approached, Steve and I started talking about celebrating it in some way, maybe with a special re-release. Because what says punk rock and DIY better than a 24-karat gold-plated edition, amiright?!
Okay, so maybe that was just an April Fool’s Day joke.
(The digital two-book set is a real thing, though, and includes all-new inner artwork created by Steve. These are his interpretations of some of the fliers, t-shirts, and other ephemera described in the text. Speaking of which, I resisted the temptation to revise the text of Fear and Laundry again [I’d already done that once, in 2013], so, yes, both the book and its follow-up contain rough edges. But they are stories about punk and DIY, y’all—the form fits the content 😉!)
What is no joke to me is how humbled and grateful I am to still be here ten years later, still writing, and knowing that — unlikely as it might seem to me—people continue to read about Veronica Montez and her pals.
If you are one of the kind readers who has ever offered your time and attention to these books…Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Fear and Laundry 1 & 2 may not be autobiographical, but they’ve allowed me to share bits and pieces of my own story. Believe me, I don’t take that for granted.
Teen moi again, looking rather pleased.
Now I can rest easy knowing that, now and forever, there will be at least one book out there about an odd little teenage girl growing up in West Texas who likes horror movies and rock music and hangs out at a laundromat with her friends. Whew. Just what the world always needed, I’m sure 😉!
Mrs. Myles 