Hi, I’m Elle

I’m a paranormal fantasy romance author, writing dark-but-hopeful stories about damaged people falling in love amidst the extraordinary. You’ll find witches, spirits, and mediums; vampires, psychics, and shifters in my books. You’ll also find angst, tortured heroes (who’re dealing with their shit), women who love women, women who love men, lots of fucking swear words, and graphic depictions of steamy situations. Sound like something you’d dig? Let’s be friends!

Bloodline Saga

vampires, cults, second chance romance, lost love found, imbalanced power dynamics, phoenix rising, burn it down vibes, short depictions of domestic abuse, slow burn + high heat

The Cloaked Series

psychic, talking to spirits, demons, witches, not looking for love, friends-to-lovers, magical compatibility, love after loss, FF, MF, found family, high heat

Dispelled Lineage

found family, MF, FF, BDSM light, sci-fi romance, ceo-assistant, light alien romance vibes, bi rep like wow, highest heat in my catalog (so far), co-authored with Lin Lustig

The Shift Series

shifters, human shifters, Mature YA/New Adult, coming of age, phoenix rising, rural small town, fated mates, medium-low heat, my biggest bestseller

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  • Occupy RECAST

    This post originally appeared on my Tumblr in 2011, near the height of the Occupy  Wallstreet movement.  I’m reposting it here to make it more easily searchable and because I still get questions every once in a while around whether the political statements in RECAST were intentional or accidental. (See below for more on that.)…

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  • Goodbye Grooveshark

    As some of you may know, Grooveshark was taken off the interwebs earlier this year.  Unfortunately, I used Grooveshark to power all the playlists that appear on this site.  So for now, all the playlist links are broken until I can find another service to replace them.  Luckily, the songs and artists are listed on…

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  • Happy Birthday Leah!

    In celebration of Leah Brayton’s birthday (June 3rd) I’ve decided to post an alternate epilogue that was originally planned as part of STAND.  It will forevermore live on the site here under the STAND heading, above!  As usual, there are little tidbits of information to glean from this bonus content, so keep your eyes open. Hope…

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