Spilling tea & revealing it all in my book world...

Hey, Strawberry fans!

Are you sick of summer yet? I’m ready for the weather to turn and the Halloween season to begin. This summer in Strawberry, KY, has been one of Biblical plagues. First came the torrential downpours and subsequent flooding. We had cicadas, then fruit flies, and then dragonfly swarms. All the while, we toasted in real-feel temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. I’d share pictures of my scorched garden, but it looks like it belongs in one of my dystopian novels. It’s not uncommon for my area of the USA to have temperatures over 90 degrees Fahrenheit until Thanksgiving, but I’ve had enough. Pass me a woolly sweater and a dogsled team, I’m ready to join the Chuchunya in the Arctic.

Thank you to everyone who escaped the heat by boarding Patricia’s Wish one last time with Shiver Me Satyr. Did you cry at the end? I did. My editor did. My critique partner did. Do you know what happened to our favorite characters from all six books? Catch up with me hearties, on KU.

Sail with me hearties here!

Am I done with pirates? Not in the slightest. Are you calling me a liar because I said Shiver Me Satyr ended the Walk the Walk series? Check this out…I have a cover reveal. Did you just say you’ve seen that one before? Look closer… Surprise! The Walk the Walk trilogy is in the hands of translators, with Walk the Plank set to launch this fall in Spanish. Gotcha, didn’t I?

Without my pirates, how will I escape the heat? I’m going big…back in time and outer space with Earth Girls are Easy to Dominate, an erotic anthology. My story, Independence on a Stick, embraces 1980s mall culture, food court drama, and religious freedom. Jenny’s religion has backed her into a corner with her job in the mall food court as her only escape from a “trad wife existence” to a man the prophet matched with her. When a green light in the parking lot threatens to beam her up, she jumps at the chance to live dangerously…but what she brings back to Earth with her will change her life forever… Step into the world of Aquanet, aliens, and BDSM with Earth Girls are Easy to Dominate on 10/10/25. Unedited Chapters are on my Patreon now.

Preorder Earth Girls are Easy to Dominate here!

But wait, there’s more! No, not a ShamWow.

The NEXT DAY is my release day for my K!nktober novella, Leprechaun’s Lucky Hucow. (Not freaking out at all, LOL.) Thirty-five authors drew two k!nks out of a hat to each write a spicy novella. They release every day in October. I drew Leprechaun (you know I love a red-haired, Short King like Chub,) Hucow (something I’ve dabbled in if you read the Milk Me anthology,) and 10/11/25…the day after my alien erotica debut (you can’t win them all.) This enemies-to-business partners-to-lovers romantasy turns the “captive hucow” trope on its head. Bessy is the mastermind who plots to kidnap a Leprechaun and force him to pay her back taxes to the Seelie Fae Court (Magmel’s IRS). Instead, he outsmarts her, but Finley the Leprechaun’s compassion keeps him from taking advantage of her. What do they do instead? Find out in Leprechaun’s Lucky Hucow, available for 99c preorder until 10/11/25.

Preorder for 99c Here!

Oh no! Nothing to read between Shiver Me Satyr and my October books…I got you. Check out the New Release Book Fair with monster romances that were released this past summer.

Enter the Book Fair Here!

Speaking of new releases, happy new release day to my book boyfriend, Dr. Marcus of the Felix Orbus book series. When I read Captured by the Leonid King, I fell for Marcus and begged S.C. Principale to write his story. He’s a widowed doctor on a spaceship, watching couple after couple fall in love. I couldn’t take his heartbreak, and after 6 books, I finally wore her down. He has his HEA. 

Visit Marcus Here!

If you follow BookTok drama, you are drinking the tea of numerous book signing cancellations and postponements. I’m not immune to these. Books and Bourbon Spooky Soiree was moved to 2026. The Cocoa & Blankets signing in Louisville in December is not looking good. (It’s hosted by Unalive Productions…so yeah, you know the drama.) Also, Authors in the Pig City in Cincinnati, Ohio, might go belly-up as well. That’s the bad news. The good news is that I will be returning to the Lexington Book Bash on 9/7/2025. (grab fr33 GA tickets )

The Monster Brides Virtual Convention is moving from the chaotic summer to the blissful winter, so it will be 1/17/2026 and fr33.

Join MB Virtual Fb Con Here!

Annnnnnnnnd ready for this? I’m excited to announce that the Otherworldly Love convention in London, England, is hosting a virtual con pre-party on Discord. I’m on there with some monster romance authors from across the pond, announcing ARCs, doing live interviews, and hanging out with readers until the in-person event in June 2026. If you bought tickets to see me in London, you have fr33 access to the Discord. If not, you can buy virtual tickets.

Join the Virtual Otherworldly Love Con Here!

 Book Recs!

Seal it with a Kiss Here!

Tangle with Tusks Here!

Catch the Scent Here!

Back to my writing cave for the sprint to the holidays! Even though I have my twin releases in October, I’m still submitting a holiday romance to the 2025 Kentuckiana Romance Writers holiday anthology. Space for Samhain combines my love of paranormal romance (& creepy houses) and dedication to my pagan faith. It is spicy but much tamer than my October twins, but you know this if you read the unedited chapters currently on my Patreon. What’s next? I have new releases planned for January, February, March, and May of 2026. You already know Clutching Her Fishman’s Roe (sequel to Clutching Cthulhu’s Pearls) is coming January 10th. If you attended the Monster Brides Virtual Con last summer, you know all about Frank’s Worst Patient, where Dr. Frank Stein is a surgeon with surgical tools for hands. This book will be released in February with a cover by my brother, HevKevArt (pronounced Heavy Kevy because he’s a 6’3” ogre). March is a surprise…that I will try to keep a little bit longer…which might kill me. May 15^th is the release date for White Wedding, Black Widow, which is a sci-fi romance that takes place on a planet of lady spiders.

Blessed Be and Let Magic Find You!

Marilyn Barr