It’s back… and it’s BIGGER. 🖤 Her Haunted Heart (Expanded Edition) is here! 👻

If you thought you knew the secrets hiding within the Sazerac House, think again. The expanded, upgraded version of Her Haunted Heart is officially live and available everywhere you love to read! What’s New in This Edition? I was never fully satisfied with how the first edition turned out, so when I got the rights back, I revised and expanded the story to give this book the deluxe treatment it deserves. Here's what's waiting for you inside the new pages: Brand-New Scenes: Fresh chapters that dive deeper into the mystery. More Heat & Tension: Amplified romance and closer character connections. Stunning New Look: A gorgeous new cover design by the awesome, Justin T. Coons for your digital or literal shelf. 🛒 Where to Buy Your Copy: 🌟 BUY DIRECT & SAVE $1.00! Get your copy instantly directly from me. Buying direct ensures 100% of the support goes to the author, and you get an automatic $1 discount compared to major retailers! Download the EPUB file to read on any device: 👉 Save $1.00 on Kofi 👉 Save $1.00 on Curios 👉 Save $1.00 on Itch.io  All of these include instructions on how to load them onto your e-reader.  📱 CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE EBOOK RETAILER Prefer to keep your digital library inside your favorite reading app? The Expanded Edition is available wide right now: 👉 Get it on Google Play 👉 Get it on Apple Books  👉 Get it on Kobo 👉 Get it on Barnes & Noble 👉 Get it on Amazon  There's also: Smashwords Bookshop.org Everand 📚 READ FREE VIA YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY Prefer to borrow? You can help bring this book to your local community! Her Haunted Heart as well as many of my other books are on Overdrive through your Libby App! Tap "Recommend to Library" or "Notify Me" to request that your local library system purchase a digital copy! It will soon be on Borrowbox, Hoopla, and Gardener's too. In Vampire Romance news: My narrator is 3/4 done with the Bite at First Sight audiobook! In fact, I'll be listening to the third quarter chapters she sent me while eating huckleberry cheesecake ice cream because I have been working until sunrise for the past week and a half and I am TIRED. We're probably looking at a July release. If you support me on either Kofi or Patreon, you'll get the book a week before anyone else AND, at certain tiers, FREE! I will also be sending out a teaser chapter next week to those supporters.

I might be able to put it up for preorder too. And for a definitely cheaper price than Audible. (We don't get to set prices there.) I'll also be able to make a bundle of the first 3 books! Then maybe I can get a Chirp deal!! In other news, I heard back from my agent on my epic coming of age horror novel, The Graveyard Girls, and she gave me the first round of revision notes. I'm so relieved she didn't hate it! And I'm going to be releasing my killer waitress short story from the Pretend You Don't See Her: The Invisible Woman anthology sometime this summer too. I'm also going to be reading it on Story Hour in late June. ...Which will be scary for me.

Not doing much life news, except to say my favorite and only local music store that has been here for over fifty years is closing because their landlord is selling the building and they can't find a new home because even though they always have good business, rent and housing costs are stupidly overinflated. I am heartbroken to be losing them. They were out of T-shirts but gave me a magnet in case their next batch isn't big enough. I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!  Bye-bye until then and big virtual hugs! -Brooklyn A. Series by Brooklyn Ann Brides of Prophecy (Paranormal Romance/ Urban Fantasy/Romantasy) Also don't need to be read in order until book 5...kinda Tesemini (short prequel, Newsletter Exclusive!  Wrenching Fate Ironic Sacrifice Conjuring Destiny Unleashing Desire Pleading Rapture Melding Souls Reclaiming the Magic Leaving the Shadows Bewitching the Vampire Redeeming the Angel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brides of Prophecy standalone spinoffs  To Tempt a Sorcerer To Wed a Warrior ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hearts of Metal (Contemporary Romance) Standalones that intertwine Kissing Vicious With Vengeance Rock God Metal and Mistletoe Forbidden Song Tempting Beat Heart Throb Scandals With Bite (Regency paranormal romance) Books do not need to be read in order Bite Me, Your Grace One Bite Per Night Bite at First Sight His Ruthless Bite Wynter's Bite The Highwayman's Bite  The Final Couples (formerly B Mine) (Horror Romance) HIS FINAL GIRL HER HAUNTED HEART ----------------------------------------------------------- For excerpts and special content, visit BrooklynAnnAuthor.com I love hearing from readers! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to send me an email!

Memorial recap and sadness, but some good book news in both romance and horror

Scroll down if you wanna skip the sad stuff. I'm sorry for not updating in two months. Kent's family came up to help clear out the back patio and garage of our destroyed home, and then we organized his celebration of life. His band buddies played two songs from Kent's old band and I sang solo for one, "Spine," and in a duet with a friend. "Different Reason." I'm a writer, not a singer, so I didn't do the best job, but my heart told me I needed to join in honoring his music. You can check out the livestream we did HERE, or rewind it for the eulogies and stuff. Since the slideshow didn't show up in the livestream, I uploaded it to Youtube and played some of Kent's band's album, which has much better vocals than my bad singing.  You can also check out my Eulogy HERE

We spread his ashes on the Fernan Lake Natural Area, a big hillside across the lake near our home. The city of Fernan wanted to turn it into condos and Kent fought hard to save it and succeeded. If not for him, we wouldn't have had this beautiful ecosystem and the bald eagles, who'd only recently recovered from near extinction by then, would have lost their nests.

Said city officials held a grudge and messed with Kent whenever they could. I included some of their shenanigans in my rockstar romance, Tempting Beat. ...And I may have killed one or two of them. All in all, I really hope Kent's family and I honored him the best we could. And I will put in my will a request to scatter my ashes on the hillside with him. The grieving process is the hardest thing I've dealt with. I try to stay busy so that I don't disassociate or have flashbacks of the tree crashing through our house and coming down on top of us. And then I received some terrible news that I'd suspected and dreaded:  My wonderful dream home will be going up for sale as soon as it's rebuilt, and right now, I'm not in the position to buy it. Right when I'm in the middle of searching for a third job. And right in the beginning of tourist season, when prices are sky high. And, of course, right when I am still struggling with my mental health in light of the awfulness that happened. I want to again thank those of you who donated to the GoFundMe  That has helped us survive these past 5 months. But part of me is still praying for a miracle that I can get my home back. Maybe one of my books will go viral on Booktok like Colleen Hoover. I dunno. Anyway, enough of the sad stuff.  Now onto the good news! My agent has read my epic coming of age horror, The Graveyard Girls, and her notes and phone call weren't as dire as I'd feared, in that I'm not going to have to do extensive rewrites. Just some very practical trimming and tweaks that will indeed make this stronger and reinforce my whole purpose for The Graveyard Girls.  And once I finish that, she'll do the deep-edits and then starts shopping it. I had two dreams of getting a seven-figure deal on this book. So maybe that will come true!  Either way, I am glad we got a step further in finding a home for what I feel is the most important thing I've ever written. In the meantime, I'm doing everything I can to boost my horror pen name.  I just turned in my short story for the upcoming Highway of Haunts anthology from Parlor Ghost Press (Coming in October!) And I was interviewed by the Delight in Fright podcast! Check it out HERE!

I'm getting prepared for the Massacre on the Mountain event in September. It will be my first horror convention and it will also be my first convention and road trip without Kent. I need all your well-wishes that our drive across the Washington and Oregon deserts will be safe and that I sell enough books and art to make up for the cost. Oh! And Lividian released the trade edition of Carrie Revisited, which includes an essay and art piece from me, released recently!  The color version is out of stock, but Lividian told me they will be getting more!

In horror/romance news: I'm revising the new, unabridged edition of my 80s haunted house romance, Her Haunted Heart. The characters are so cute and this book was my least scary, even has some cozy moments. But I am going to up the chill factor on this one. Many of the ghostly happenings are based on the real haunted house I grew up in, so you'll definitely want to read this one!

And for my romantasy readers! (Or Game of Thrones fans) To Wed a Warrior is featured in two ARC bundles over on Book Sirens! To go straight to the book's download page, click HERE Or you can check out this Sword and Sorcery bundle HERE! I am still in DIRE need of reviews for this book, so if Booksirens doesn't work for you for some reason, and you're interested in reviewing it, let me know!

In Romance news: My narrator is halfway done with the Bite at First Sight audiobook! So it will probably release in either July or August. If you support me on either Kofi or Patreon, you'll get the book a week before anyone else AND, at certain tiers, FREE!  I will also be sending out a teaser chapter next week to those supporters.

I might be able to put it up for preorder too. And for a definitely cheaper price than Audible. (We don't get to set prices there.) I'll also be able to make a bundle of the first 3 books! Then maybe I can get a Chirp deal!  Sorry this was so long.  I will try to get back into the habit of weekly updates.  Next week, as I'd said, I will be putting out a supporters-only chapter of Bite At First Sight, and maybe have a giveaway or a freebie for you all! In the meantime, if any Booktokers or Bookstagrammers want to boost my books, that will help a ton in avoiding homelessness for my son and me. As always, thank you so much for being one of my readers. I am still very much not okay after losing the love of my life and my home, but with your help, I can keep going.

Bye-bye until then and big virtual hugs! -Brooklyn A. Series by Brooklyn Ann Brides of Prophecy (Paranormal Romance/ Urban Fantasy/Romantasy) Also don't need to be read in order until book 5...kinda Tesemini (short prequel, Newsletter Exclusive!  Wrenching Fate Ironic Sacrifice Conjuring Destiny Unleashing Desire Pleading Rapture Melding Souls Reclaiming the Magic Leaving the Shadows Bewitching the Vampire Redeeming the Angel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brides of Prophecy standalone spinoffs  To Tempt a Sorcerer To Wed a Warrior ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hearts of Metal (Contemporary Romance) Standalones that intertwine Kissing Vicious With Vengeance Rock God Metal and Mistletoe Forbidden Song Tempting Beat Heart Throb Scandals With Bite (Regency paranormal romance) Books do not need to be read in order Bite Me, Your Grace One Bite Per Night Bite at First Sight His Ruthless Bite Wynter's Bite The Highwayman's Bite  The Final Couples (formerly B Mine) (Horror Romance) HIS FINAL GIRL HER HAUNTED HEART ----------------------------------------------------------- For excerpts and special content, visit BrooklynAnnAuthor.com

Her Haunted Heart is up for preorder, review To Wed a Warrior for free, and update on stock of signed books!

I meant to get this post out sooner, but the life of the newly widowed hasn't given me much time to sit down. I'm still working over the new back cover copy, but decided to get it up for preorder already and give it a release date. Coming in MAY 15th 2026! A haunted house story full of spooky ghosts, chilling historical legends, 80s nostalgia, and a summer romance! Formerly of the B Mine series, this new edition of Her Haunted Heart is expanded and unabridged to deliver more chills and thrills. Preorder on: Amazon  Curios  Google Play Kobo  Apple Nook  Now, for my romantasy readers! (Or Game of Thrones fans) I put To Wed a Warrior up on Book Sirens!

Go HERE to claim a review copy! Signed books inventory: I used to have a couple copies of every paperback in my online shop, but lost a ton due to water damage in the disaster. But I got a couple more copies of my summer camp slasher romance, His Final Girl, and my Game of Thrones homage, To Wed a Warrior. Get them, or any other paperbacks I have left HERE. (For those who hadn't kept up with the newsletter or my socials, a tree fell on my home a week before Christmas, destroying half the house and killing the love of my life.)

Post Disaster Update: Things are still chaotic with getting things organized in our temp housing. I'd rescued more things from the house before the loss inventory people banned us from going on the property. I just got word that they're done, so now I have to go back there and decide what gets thrown away, what I'll take with me now, and what goes into storage until April, when Kent's family comes up for his celebration of life. It's all been very hard. Speaking of, I designed a graphic for the invites to pass on to his friends and family.

Even though I like making graphics, this one was hard because I kept thinking that I'd supposed to have been making something like this for our wedding, not his funeral.  But as heartbroken and miserable I am over this, as well as scared of the future. So, so scared... I don't want to close on a depressing note. That's never been me. So, I'll talk about what's next for me for new writing. First up will be my short ghost story for Highway of Haunts. It's gonna take place in the 70s.

There are also my upcoming audio books. I should be hearing back about the release date of the audiobook version of His Final Girl any day, and my narrator is going to get started on Bite at First Sight in a couple weeks. Next time, I'm hoping to have some promo or freebies for you all. Bye-bye until then and big virtual hugs! -Brooklyn A. Series by Brooklyn Ann Brides of Prophecy (Paranormal Romance/ Urban Fantasy/Romantasy) Also don't need to be read in order until book 5...kinda Tesemini (short prequel, Newsletter Exclusive!  Wrenching Fate Ironic Sacrifice Conjuring Destiny Unleashing Desire Pleading Rapture Melding Souls Reclaiming the Magic Leaving the Shadows Bewitching the Vampire Redeeming the Angel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brides of Prophecy standalone spinoffs  To Tempt a Sorcerer To Wed a Warrior ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hearts of Metal (Contemporary Romance) Standalones that intertwine Kissing Vicious With Vengeance Rock God Metal and Mistletoe Forbidden Song Tempting Beat Heart Throb Scandals With Bite (Regency paranormal romance) Books do not need to be read in order Bite Me, Your Grace One Bite Per Night Bite at First Sight His Ruthless Bite Wynter's Bite The Highwayman's Bite  The Final Couples (formerly B Mine) (Horror Romance) HIS FINAL GIRL HER HAUNTED HEART HIS SCREAM QUEEN HER HALLOWEEN PARTY ----------------------------------------------------------- For excerpts and special content, visit BrooklynAnnAuthor.com

Cover reveal for Her Haunted Heart Unabridged and Post Disaster Update

Justin T Coons knocked it out of the park again with that painting! I did the VHS cover effects.  It will go up for preorder probably next weekend. We're looking at a May release. This one will probably be the most altered from the first edition because there were some complaints that it wasn't scary enough. Although ghosts don't deliver the gore like my other demons and big bads, I can definitely up the creep factor!  In other exciting news for this series, I just got word from Fright Night Audio that the audiobook edition of His Final Girl is going into post production, so I'll have a release date soon.  AAAAAND, my former publisher of that series gave me the rights back to His Scream Queen and Her Halloween Party earl, so BOTH books can re-release in 2027!  In other audio news, Claire Glover is going to start narrating Bite At First Sight in late February, so we're probably looking at a summer release for that one as well.  POST DISASTER UPDATE:

It's been a little over a month since it happened. I am still having flashbacks to the tree falling on us. And I am missing Kent so much that it's a stabbing pain in my chest. We're planning his memorial service for April to give his out of state friends and family time to make travel arrangements, though there will be a live stream. I will design the invites and the little pamphlet thingies that people get at funerals. I will also be writing the eulogy and my son, Micah, is going to write a poem. This is the bedroom Kent and I shared for 12 years (I lived with him for half the week even before my son and I moved in fully back in 2019). That black pillow with skeletons on it was STILL in the exact spot where I'd been sleeping when the tree came down. Seeing it next to the crater that had fallen down into my son's bedroom before really made me understand why everyone from the emergency crew that came that night to the insurance assessor declared that Micah and I shouldn't have survived. I am so lucky to have my son. Kent would be so proud of all the little ways he's taking after him and helping me the way Kent would in getting through all of this.  We're in our temporary housing, but I found out that the insurance only covers a set amount of money, so we could be looking for another place in 6 months. We still don't know if the house will be rebuildable, and whether or not we'll get to move back in. I'm going to be looking for another job so we can afford it. I'm also hoping my book sales pick up. The rubble crew finally got to get started on recovering my things. I got most of my wall o'horror, a lot of my clothes, my baby blanket, and FINALLY my wallet and ID. The cats are doing better and I'll have more pics of the place when we're done unpacking. Someone got me this adorable coffin cat bed with a scratching post from my post disaster wishlist on Amazon.   Mayhem loves it. She's doing much better after the vet gave her steroid and antibiotic shots. But if her inflammation comes back, I gotta shell out another 2 grand to get the rest of her teeth pulled.

Next weekend I'll have the new edition of Her Haunted Heart available for preorder and hopefully other fun stuff. Bye-bye until then and big virtual hugs! -Brooklyn A. Series by Brooklyn Ann Brides of Prophecy (Paranormal Romance/ Urban Fantasy/Romantasy) Also don't need to be read in order until book 5...kinda Tesemini (short prequel, Newsletter Exclusive!  Wrenching Fate Ironic Sacrifice Conjuring Destiny Unleashing Desire Pleading Rapture Melding Souls Reclaiming the Magic Leaving the Shadows Bewitching the Vampire Redeeming the Angel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brides of Prophecy standalone spinoffs  To Tempt a Sorcerer To Wed a Warrior ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hearts of Metal (Contemporary Romance) Standalones that intertwine Kissing Vicious With Vengeance Rock God Metal and Mistletoe Forbidden Song Tempting Beat Heart Throb Scandals With Bite (Regency paranormal romance) Books do not need to be read in order Bite Me, Your Grace One Bite Per Night Bite at First Sight His Ruthless Bite Wynter's Bite The Highwayman's Bite  The Final Couples (formerly B Mine) (Horror Romance) HIS FINAL GIRL HER HAUNTED HEART HIS SCREAM QUEEN (May 2027) HER HALLOWEEN PARTY (September 2027) As Brooklyn Ann Butler My Fairlady (originally Published in House of Haunts anthology) The Boy From Limbo (originally published in the Hospital of Haunts anthology) The Waitress (originally published in the "Pretend You Don't See Her: The Invisible Woman" anthology ----------------------------------------------------------- For excerpts and special content, visit BrooklynAnnAuthor.com