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

It's Terrify Your Tablet Day! Free and 99 cent horror books! Plus, upcoming signing event!🎃💀👻

Like Stuff Your Kindle is for Romance, Terrify Your Tablet is for horror.  This weekend only, you can get a ton of free and 99 cent horror books! Go HERE to browse! I'm participating with His Final Girl on sale for 99 cents until Monday.

Happy Release Week to Pretend You Don't See Her! Get it today! The anthology made the Amazon bestseller's list, which is awesome!  Also, check out my featured author interview about my story, "The Waitress." If you're a Tori Amos fan, you'll DEFINITELY want to read it!

MEET ME IN SPOKANE NEXT FRIDAY! Here are the details: October 10th, 2025: 5pm to 9pm Meet and Greet with Book Signing and Haunted Hall Attraction! I'm teaming up with Crime Scene Entertainment again to do a meet and greet with signed books and spooky candles at the Haunted Hall attraction on October 10th in Spokane! Check out the event info here: https://www.facebook.com/event... Spokane Night Market & Street Fair 508 E Riverside Ave, Spokane, WA 99202-1611, United States

If you're able to come to this event and want a specific signed book and I have it in stock, let me know and I will reserve it for you!  Life News: I colored my hair! It sounds funny, but I colored the grays at my temples a more uniform silver, then dyed the rest a black with purple that only shows up in the sunlight.  The streaks didn't turn out exactly how I wanted them (the silver dye didn't take at the roots, so they look yellow but luckily my bangs cover them), so I will have to re-bleach and recolor them, but I have to wait a couple weeks and give my hair time to recover.

Today I'm starting decorating for Halloween. Between my smoke machine and the crazy, professional concert lights and lasers that Kent got hold of, my house leveled up big time.  I'm also going to see Nightmare on Elm Street in the theaters in a couple hours. It will be my first time seeing Freddy on the big screen, and because this was the first horror movie I ever saw AND was what started my bonding with my mom over horror films, I'm bouncing between ecstatic excitement and sentimental tears. I'm TOTALLY gonna wear my Freddy sweater! Next Friday, I'll be releasing my short haunted daycare story, "The Boy From Limbo" and, of course be signing books at the Haunted Hall at the Night Market in Spokane.  Bye-bye until next time! -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

Wrenching Fate 99 cents for 2 days, Life updates, and Book recs!

 

My urban fantasy romance, Wrenching Fate is on sale for 99 cents, but it goes back to regular price in two days, so you better grab it quick on  Amazon Apple  Kobo Nook Google Play Smashwords or direct from my store! (proceeds go to my audiobook fund!) Horror book recs! I've had the pleasure of reading two awesome books in a row! The first is a lushly trippy gothic novel called Midnight Rooms. It doesn't release until July 2nd, but the publisher opened it on Netgalley until tomorrow. That means you can just download the ARC and don't have to go through the approval process.  Get it HERE

My other rec is Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle. I was honestly surprised at how good the writing is. The characters were awesome and sympathetic too. It's about an evil conspiracy in a cult's gay conversion camp. And wow, it's a wild ride! Get it here!

Other Book News: I turned in my short horror story to the anthology publisher. Now I gotta hold my breath and see if it's accepted. If it isn't, I'll submit it to some other publishers. I also finished my illustration for the secret project that a limited edition publisher will be announcing next month. Life News: My grandma passed away on Thursday. I'm absolutely devastated. A few years ago, she'd asked me if there was anything I wanted when she passed away. I told her I'd like the burl that I'd always played with when I was at her house. She laughed and said, "Really?" That thing was my favorite "toy" at Grandma's house. From when I was little, all the way to this year, every time I visited, I made a beeline for it and played with it the whole time. I don't know which type of tree my great-grandpa took it from, but it's so cool. It was really surreal taking it home. I'd much rather be able to play with it at her house while visiting her.

I also learned that she wanted me to have her gorgeous star garnet necklace. It has a 6 pointed star. You can only get 6 pointed stars in Idaho. My mom and dad had dug this garnet and had a jeweler cut, polish, and set it for Grandma's 50th B-day. So it's DOUBLE special. Not to mention that star garnets have magical and romantic meaning in my Brides of Prophecy series.

Anyway, that's all for this week. Next newsletter will hopefully have more good news and goodies for you all!  Virtual Hugs! -Brooklyn A. Series by Brooklyn Ann B Mine (Horror Romance) HIS FINAL GIRL HER HAUNTED HEART HIS SCREAM QUEEN HER HALLOWEEN PARTY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brides of Prophecy (Paranormal Romance/ Urban Fantasy) Also don't need to be read in order until book 5...kinda Prequel: Tesemini (Free) Wrenching Fate Ironic Sacrifice Conjuring Destiny Unleashing Desire Pleading Rapture Melding Souls Reclaiming the Magic Leaving the Shadows Bewitching the Vampire ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blood Prophecy (Brides of Prophecy spinoff books) To Tempt a Sorcerer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ----------------------------------------------------------- For excerpts and special content, visit BrooklynAnnAuthor.com