2025 Releases

A Fate of Wings
Island Wolf
The Sheikh's Forced Bride: A Billionaires and Sheikhs novel
A Spell of Longing and Death
Bowen River
Dead and Gone: Ein Violet-Blackwood-Krimi (Thornwood Academy)
Vampire's in the Details
To Wed A Queen: An Epic Romantic Fantasy
Key Change

2025 covers

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We are writers mainly from Australia and New Zealand who write speculative fiction with romantic elements. Be it fantasy, paranormal, dark urban fantasy, futuristic and everything in between.

Monday, 22 September 2025

DarkSider News: September 2025 - General News!

    




"Prologue

Paris, France

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Balls deep in the woman of his dreams, Gabriel paused. 

Beep. Beep. Beep.

The woman beneath him blurred, and then disappeared altogether as his eyes fluttered open to find himself exactly as he'd gone to bed. Alone. Gabriel groaned and rolled over, seeking the red numberals of his alarm clock-2.45am. He flopped onto his back, his unsatisfied cock tenting the blanket. Putain. He'd dream of her again. His mate. The woman he'd left in Paris three Christmases ago."  

-The Wolf and the Witch (Book 1, The Descendants) by K.E. Turner





Romance Writers of Australia (RWAus) Awards


Ruby – Speculative Fiction

K.E. Turner

Wolf Prize came first in the Speculative Fiction category at the RWAus Ruby Awards!

 



Angelica Grymm

The Reckoning came 2nd in the Speculative Fiction category. 




Leisl Leighton

Alpha Bound came 3rd in the Speculative Fiction category.





Ruby – Contemporary Short

Rachel Armstrong

Bali Escape with a Single Dad came first in the Contemporary Short category at the RWAus Ruby Awards!

 






Ruby – Romantic Suspense


Annie Seaton

From Across the Sea came 3rd in the Romantic Suspense category. 






Anthologies

Kristin Silk  

The Fairy Ring came in 1st in the Diversions Anthology



Kristin was also selected to be included in the Sexy Bites anthology









Romance Writers of New Zealand (RWNZ) Awards



Angelica Grymm

The Reckoning came 3rd in the Short Romance category at the RWNZ’s Koru awards!





Danni Line

Danni came 1st (Agent choice) and 2nd (Editor's choice) in the Great Beginnings Contest by RWNZ!







LJ Swallow

Kickstarter campaign will be opening soon for The Deluxe Collector's Set of the 'Nightworld' series. 







Cathleen Ross

The Billionaires and Sheihks series is now available in German.

Book 1: Amazon Au and Amazon.de



Book 2: Amazon Au  and  Amazon de



Book 3: Amazon Au and  Amazon de






Mel Teshco

The rest of the Gangsters at War series is now available in German. 


 

 





The Desert Kings Alliance series is now available in German. 



 

 

 

 




The two books in the Sons of the Sheikh series is now available in German.


 






Mila Young

Mila now has 'Mila Young' street sign merch.






Mila has opened up an online romance store called Wickedly Romance Books!





From the website:
"Wicked Romance Books is proudly run by husband-and-wife duo Mila Young and Norm Walsh—two book lovers on a mission. With a shared passion for storytelling and supporting indie talent, we created this Aussie-based bookstore to give romance readers local access to swoon-worthy books (without the pain of brutal international shipping).

We’ve spent years in the indie publishing world and saw firsthand how hard it was for Australian readers to get their hands on exclusive covers, signed copies, and special editions. That’s why Wicked Romance Books exists—to make these treasures more accessible right here at home."






Christina Phillips

Christina was interviewed by her publisher, Dragonblade Publishing as 
Deceived by the Highlander was released.  

 






JL Peridot

JL has a poem in the COOP magazine edition 11







TJ Nichols

The Kickstarter campaign for the Studies of Demonology series in special edition hardcovers is live now and the project is already fully funded. 
The hardback will now have a foiled cover, printed endpapers and sprayed edges.




Melody Beckett

I put the wrong banner up last General News post for Melody. Here is the updated one.







HM Hodgson

HM has collaborated with Aura & Alchemy Perfumery - Australia's first bookish perfumery, who have crafted two scents based on Vella and Matthias (from Wrath). Pre-orders are selling fast.






Anna Hackett

Mission: Her Protection
 (Book 1, Team 52) is now in German.



Leisl Leighton

The Witch Cursed cover was used as an online jigsaw




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Congratulations to our DarkSiders! 

Happy Reading everyone. Be safe & well. 


Next on the DarkSider News: Pre-Orders & Covers!


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