Tag: Halloween Romance
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Sneak Peek Reading of Brewing Tricks Before Treats
Brewing Tricks Before Treats is coming soon, to release as a FREE short story on the Funk-N-Fiction blog Oct. 25! One of my favorite parts of writing romance is seeing my heroine through my hero’s eyes: “Gerard tugged at his jacket—he was roasting!—sent a fervent prayer to the Goddess that his fake tats didn’t smear…
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Meet the Hero of Brewing Tricks Before Treats
Meet Gerard Zeith, the hero of Brewing Tricks Before Treats! As the Harbinger for the East Thornton Coven Counsel, Gerard is tasked with investigating Petra’s Pots & Potions. If Petra willingly sells him a poison brewed with death magic, he’ll finally have evidence to clinch his case against the Maine family and bring Petra to…
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Monsterously Romantic Book Recommendations
Who doesn’t love a good monster in their romance novels? Especially this spooky time of year, romance with a side of giant anglerfish, man eating Venus flytraps, and zombie vampire brothers can get you in the Halloween spirit! The more monstrous the villain, the higher the stakes, the harder the hero and heroine must fight…
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Til Death Don’t Us Part: Making the First Kiss Unique and Soul Deep
As a romance writer, I’m always looking for fun and exciting ways to describe the “first kiss.” Whether it’s a metaphor that connects to the character or plot, I love anchoring the hero and heroine’s kiss in the story in some new or fresh way that makes their kiss uniquely theres. One of the stories…
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Fated by Fire: The Misadventures of Wrong First Impressions
Romancing the Holidays, Volume 2, features my Witchy Business short story, Fated by Fire. This romance was so fun to write because it explores the misadventures of wrong first impressions. My heroine is a psychic, but her visions of the hero are all doom and gloom and villainous. When she meets him in person, however,…
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Grave Promises Favorite Quote | The Cute Meet
If you’re looking to dip into one of my books but you’re not quite sure about having vampires or aliens as heroes, try one of my short stories! Grave Promises was the first short story I ever published, and it has one of my favorite cute meets: “Oh, his voice had always been deep, even…
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Throwback Thursday | Head Over Undertow
Happy Throwback Thursday! Last year, I published Head Over Undertow for Funk-N-Fiction’s annual Halloween Flash Fiction Blog Event. After twenty years firmly locked in the friend-zone as his best friend’s little sister, Peyton St. Peters is seducing Walter Reece at this year’s All Hallows’ Eve celebration. She’s wearing the bikini. She’s rocking the heels. She’s…
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Glamour girl meets pumpkin carving perfectionist. What could go wrong?
When Isrid volunteered to carve pumpkins with Garth for their coven’s haunted house-themed Halloween party, she didn’t consider how her intricate jack-o-lantern designs would challenge him. A relentless perfectionist, Garth refuses to quit until the job is finished, and at the rate he’s carving, he’ll be staying the night. A tantalizing proposition, considering his nerdy…
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Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 Nine years ago, Derek Bradley and I carved our first pumpkins together. He didn’t own a ferret, I didn’t have a cat, and we only carved three pumpkins, not 13, but this memory was the seed of inspiration that sprouted my newest Witchy Business Halloween romance, Pumpkin & Spice, now available…
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Throwback Thursday | The Hackover
Happy Throwback Thursday! Back in 2021, I published The Hackover for Funk-N-Fiction’s annual Halloween Flash Fiction Blog Event. In this “The Hangover” parody, Harper Reyes and Dennis Hunt (co-workers at a cyber-security company) wake up in bed together following a post-conference Day of the Dead celebration and attempt to puzzle together the mystery of their…
Author Melody Johnson 