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As a fan of rockstar stories I was immediately drawn to this intensely emotional story and am honored to bring it to you. Keep reading to get a glimpse of Before He Was Famous by Ms. Wicks and learn about her process in writing a series.

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This is the first book in the Starstruck series. What is your process for crafting a...

Everyone knows about Salem. Twenty people dead, mass hysteria, Arthur Miller wrote a play about it, and now it's a Halloween tourist trap. But while America was hanging witches in 1692, the Netherlands had already been burning them for over two hundred years.... and almost nobody outside of Dutch history nerds knows about it.

Let's change that shall we?

The Numbers — Between 164 and 300 people were executed for witchcraft in the Netherlands, depending on which borders you use. The overwhelming...

You think shapeshifters started with Twilight? Absolutely not, my friend! Humans have been telling stories about people who turn into animals... or animals who turn into people... since before we had a written language to argue about it. Every corner of Europe has its own version, and some of them are way darker than anything Hollywood ever came up with.

Here are seven shapeshifter traditions from across European folklore that prove this obsession runs deep.

1. Werewolves (Everywhere, honestly)...

The bait episode drops at 6 AM and by noon, the world is on fire. 3.2 million downloads in six hours and it’s topping every major podcast chart in Europe, trending on social media in fourteen countries. I've been watching the numbers climb from Sofie's kitchen table since sunrise, and even I, who helped to plan this whole fucking thing, can feel the dread sluicing through my insides at the scale of it.

She's stopped looking at her phone. I told her to stop at two hundred unread messages. It's...

If there's one trope I will defend until my dying breath, it's friends to lovers. There's something outstandingly sexy about two people who already know each other's worst habits, dodgiest playlists, and deepest secrets — and then realize they've actually been in love the whole time. The slow burn. The pining. The "oh no, when did my best friend get HOT?" moment. I live for it.

Here are ten books that nail this trope so magically you might start eyeing up your best male mate as dating...

It's 11 PM. The tourists have gone back to their hotels. The canal water is black and still. And if you know where to look, Amsterdam's other residents are just waking up.

This isn't your average walking tour. Allow me to reimagine seven real Amsterdam locations through a supernatural lens.... because honestly, some of these places are already halfway there.

Stop 1: Oude Kerk (The Old Church) — Amsterdam's oldest building, surrounded by the Red Light District. By day it's a historic church. By...

Amsterdam looks like a postcard even when it's miserable outside, and I know this because I live here! Gabled canal houses, twinkling lights on the water, cyclists who somehow never crash into each other. It's all stupidly charming...

...until you learn that the blood of executed prisoners used to drain down one of its streets, a former mayor painted his house in satanic symbols using his own blood, and a jealous sister's ghost has been screaming in an alley since the 1700s.

Welcome to haunted...

Look, I'm not going to sugarcoat it (ironic, given I write romance for a living). Writing for Mills & Boon is one of the most rewarding and fun things I've ever done, and I've written over 20 of them... but doing it does come with rules. A lot of rules. Good rules, don't worry.

The rules that come with learning how to write for Harlequin Mills & Boon might actually make you a better writer. I know they did me!

So grab a coffee, settle in, and let me share what I wish someone had told...

Let me guess. When you say the name Noah Lockton, you see him standing with one of a hundred guitars around his neck, glistening with sweat in the glare of the stage lights.

You see him grinning, maybe on a pap shot, maybe snapped on a red carpet, smiling at you from the middle of a magazine. You see him in the spotlight; hot in more ways than one, right?

You see shouting headlines, hear the shrieks of infatuated fans, visualize the vacuous presenters buffing up his ego on all those TV channels...

Forget Dracula. Forget werewolves prowling the moors of England. The Netherlands... yes, the land of tulips, bicycles, and an unfairly calorific collection of mouth-watering cheese... has some of the most nightmare-worthy folklore in all of Europe. And nobody's talking about it... well, nobody except me, because I live here, and I'm obsessed.

Let's get into it.

1. Witte Wieven (White Women) — Ghostly women in filthy white gowns who live inside ancient burial mounds and lurk in the fog across...

Chloe. Chapter 22.

I see the scar on his right shoulder from where he fell off Jack's homemade sled one winter and tumbled roly-poly style right into a rock. It's a thin, shiny white line. I resist the urge to touch it. He's undoing me, again, lying here beside me in a literal bed we made ages ago but have since refused to lie in. How does he do this?

"I guess she knows it, even if you don't," he whispers.

"I do,'"I say, and inside I'm screaming. We're not doing this; we're not. This is...

Look friends, we've all been there. We're scrolling for our next read and craving something spicy... something that makes us absolutely certain that a devastatingly attractive supernatural creature might actually be watching us from the shadows. (Oh come on, I know it's not just me!)

Well, you're in luck. Here are ten dark paranormal romances set in (or inspired by) European cities that'll wreck you in the best possible way.

1. Dark Lover by J.R. Ward — The book that launched a thousand...

Since joining TikTok (I know, it took me way too long!) I've met some fantastic authors from all over the world, so let me introduce you to one of them right now! Sheri-Lynn Marean is the author of some incredible fantasy novels, and check out that gorgeous cover on her latest, Dracone's Awakening! Let's chat...

Hi Sheri! Tell us where you live, and a fun fact about yourself that might surprise people.

I live in British Columbia Canada, and I’ve been an artist since age twelve. I’ve sold many...

What do Westminster dog shows, small-town libraries, and hot vampires in basement apartments have in common? No, this isn’t the beginning of an oddly specific joke—it’s a glimpse into the wild world of Janet Walden West—the brilliant brain behind the Region Two urban fantasy series.

Hi Janet! Tell us where you live, and a fun fact about yourself that might surprise people.

I live in East Tennessee in a rural area. Like, you are driving twenty-five minutes to find a Starbucks. As far as...