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Charish Reid

@charishreidauthor.bsky.social

Romance author 💋 American in Sweden 🇸🇪 She/her Rep'd by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social My books: https://charishreid.com/links/

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Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 4w ago

Fun fact: This book was apparently circulating around the last US university I taught at... because faculty members wanted to know which characters were based on them 🤣🤣

Danielle (TBQ)@thebookqueen.bsky.social · last mo.

$2.99 ✦ (Trust) Falling For You by Charish Reid Opposites attract. They're both professors (English for her, history for him). During a team-building retreat, a lodging mix-up = only one cabin. Contemporary Romance (MF) amzn.to/4oSGkhu

This is the cover for (Trust) Falling For You by Charish Reid.

kay taylor rea @kaytaylorrea.bsky.social · last mo.

(Trust) Falling For You is one of my FAVORITE @charishreidauthor.bsky.social books, and that's saying something, because Charish has a very stacked body of work!

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Danielle (TBQ)@thebookqueen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today's romance deals are up, treat yourself to one of these lovely reads! 5 romances, all under $3 👀📚 Friday Romance Deals (05/29): Grumpy firefighter, a bookstore owner who loves to bake, a widowed Duke & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2026/05/frid...

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Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you've ever wanted a peek inside the mind of a neurodivergent writer, here's one version. It's tedious as fuck and full of guilt, lol charishreidauthor.substack.com/p/writing-wi...

Writing with ADHD

“Just open the document.” I open the document, at a time that feels productive—around 11am? “Okay, now write.”

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Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've done it. I've got a Substack for my newsletter 😅 Stop by and check it out when you've got time. Subscribe, like, and all that if you enjoyed what you read! charishreidauthor.substack.com/p/still-work...

Still Working On It...

An introduction to Charish Reid musings

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Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm so pumped to hear this! 🎉🎉

Rosemary Rey@rosemaryrey.bsky.social · 3mo ago

After a wonderful chat with @charishreidauthor.bsky.social I uploaded an updated manuscript of my first book ever. It's part of a three-book serial. I'm not offering this on KDP. If you're interested, I have it listed at $.99. Thanks so much if you read or share the link amzn.to/49DvdTi

Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Date canceled: Instead, we're accidentally summoning demons and signing contracts! 🖤✒️

Image of golden skinned man with black tattoos, against dark background
Text: "Ba'al- Mercenary of Beats, Scribe of Heretics, Duke of Defilers...
... And Lucifer's Left-hand"

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Text:
-One night of passion
-Ending at the "devil's hour"
-No payment required

Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Mr. R after a few drinks in him: "So, the thing about Geostorm is that it's not just a disaster film, it's a political thriller. There's layers, babe."

Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Finally settling down to watch The Comeback, which is hilarious and PAINFUL, lol! It's also strange to hear my name on television for the first time. Every time I hear "Ms. Cherish" I chuckle a little

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Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I'm beta-reading a manuscript that's so damn good, it's now 2:40am. I should be asleep. I should have been asleep 2 hours ago. Fuck it. I'm turning my alarm off and we'll just let the chips fall where they may 😭😭 Damn you, @rosemaryrey.bsky.social!!

Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 6mo ago

There's only been 1 book where I've given my characters pets. Normally, I'll lose track of a dog by Chapter 5 and then delete them altogether 😭 In I'LL CONJURE FOR YOU, the rabbit is a familiar for my witch and the dog is the companion of her love interest. They have their roles and I love them 🥹💞

Helen Beck stats:
Yellow and green aura
B&b chef
Late diagnosed ADHD
Witch
Quickly says yes to things without thinking them through... like getting rid of a demon for her crush

Her rabbit familiar is Henry, an expert demon detector and good at reviving passed out men

Everett Myer Stats:
Blue and white aura
Works at dad's hardware store
Former oil rig roughneck and logger
Aspiring baker
Demisexual virgin who has nursed a crush on Helen Beck for the past year

His dog is a foxhound named Lola. She's surprisingly cool around rabbits and loves walking in the woods...

A cover of I'LL CONJURE FOR YOU by Charish Reid
Genre: paranormal romance
Pg count: 253
Tropes: insta-lust, opposites attract, close proximity
CWs: anxiety regarding ADHD and demisexuality, death of a parent (in the past), overbearing parent, the occult, scary demon scenes

Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 6mo ago

I am in the middle of @charishreidauthor.bsky.social's MICKEY CHAMBERS SHAKES IT UP and it is so thoroughly charming and delightful. It's always a great feeling to read a great romance novel, but it's particularly lovely in this shitty moment to have this refuge. charishreid.com/mickey-chamb...

Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up

Total opposites. Totally irresistible. Mickey Chambers is an expert at analyzing modern literature. But when it comes to figuring out her own story, she’s feeling a little lost. At thirty-thr…

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Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The perfect time to curl up with a spooky love story that features a B&B owner and the cameraman sent to document her haunted business. I'll Come Back For You: shorturl.at/y0pCa

"Winter Paranormal Romance"
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"I'll Come Back For You, Setting: Small upstate-NY town, January"

Synopsis of novel:
"When a hurricane destroys Whitney Beck’s Miami career, an inherited bed-and-breakfast offers a fresh start for her and her sister... until strange noises and missing objects reveal the place is haunted.

Calling in a ghost-hunting TV crew only makes things worse. The cameraman is Deon Grant, Whitney’s high school crush and the man she’s never quite gotten over.

Deon built his career staging fake scares, but the ghost at the Bordeaux B&B is real—and so are the feelings resurfacing between him and Whitney.

To move forward, Whitney must confront the past she’s been avoiding. Deon must face a truth he can no longer deny: some ghosts are real, and some loves never die."

Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It's time to get to work! Here are some Charish Reid romances that balance work and play: Mickey Chambers Shakes it Up: shorturl.at/ow39l Hearts on Hold: shorturl.at/F4SWi Jewel Me Twice: shorturl.at/EI5D6 Trust Falling For You: shorturl.at/AI4q1 Read Me Slow: shorturl.at/LZNsf

"Charish Reid Workplace Romances"
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Mickey Chambers Shakes it Up- The workplace:
A local bar in Columbus, GA

The workers:
Mickey, adjunct instructor desperately needs a summer job
Diego, widower needs help running his late-wife’s bar.

Hearts on Hold- The workplace:
A local library, in Illinois

The workers:
Victoria, English professor plans a new work-study program for her students
John, Children’s librarian struggles to balance work and care for his 12yo niece.

Jewel Me Twice- The workplace:
A Swedish art museum

The workers:
Celeste, Antique dealer, who secretly steals fine art
Magnus, Geology professor, who secretly steals fine art (and secretly loves his ex-girlfriend, Celeste)...

Trust Falling for You- The workplace:
A work retreat in the woods

The workers:
Yolanda, English professor who is stuck in the same cabin with her academic rival
Samuel, History professor who HATES team-building exercises

Read Me Slow- The workplace:
Sound booth and a closet...

The workers:
Maya, Romance author who needs a narrator or her latest audiobook... NOW
Theo, Horror podcaster who’s been in love with his best friend’s older sister

Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 7mo ago

SPEAK OF THE DEVIL is a spicy paranormal novella about reckless words, tempting bargains, and an intervention that feels like seduction. 😈 a “good girl” divorcée 😈 a demon sent to warn her 😈 one very specific deal 😈 and the danger of joking about the Devil out loud shorturl.at/kfAeD

"If you like tail-play..."
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"Sexy contract negotiations..."
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"One-night stands with demons..."
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"You might like:"
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Danielle (TBQ)@thebookqueen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

$2.99 ✦ Read Me Slow by Charish Reid She's 45, he's 30. Brother's best friend. She's a romance author who suddenly needs new narrators for her upcoming book. He's a horror podcaster and offers to help. Contemporary Romance (MF) amzn.to/4jJeKRt

This is the cover for Read Me Slow by Charish Reid.

Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Omg, thank you for the sales, y'all! 🥹❤️ Just in case you missed yesterday's news: my novel, READ ME SLOW, is on sale $2.99, all January (wherever ebooks are sold).

Charish Reid@charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Maya Brooks needs a narrator for her steamy audiobook—now. Her assistant finds the perfect voice. Deep. Gravelly. Dangerous. Online, he’s "Scare Daddy." In real life? Her little brother’s best friend. Theo wants the job. Desperately. He just has to keep his hands, and voice, under control.

Text: READ ME SLOW (novel), Two voices. One recording booth.
A romance author and the last man she should want are trapped in close quarters, trading lines that start to sound a little too real.
Some stories aren’t meant to be read fast. Some are meant to be felt.

Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Text: READ ME SLOW, arrows pointing to book cover: "She's a romance author" "He's a horror podcaster" "Close proximity" "Voice kink energy" "Brother's best friend" "You're too young for me"

Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This week's Monday snippet comes from Wooing the Witch Queen, which is out now in ebook, paper, and audiobook: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen ...And if you're in the UK, you can snap up the ebook on sale for just 99p: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/step... #romancelandia

In the background of this image is a lush, poisonous-looking garden of deep green leaves and red and black berries. Near the top of the image is this text: Really, if she’d known how much protocol was involved in being a famously wicked queen, she might never have overthrown her uncle in the first place.
Beneath that text is the beautiful blue British cover of Wooing the Witch Queen, by Stephanie Burgis. The illustration shows a man in a cloak riding headlong through the night towards an ominous castle with an illuminated, crowned female figure in its doorway and bats flying overhead in the moonlight. A potion vial surrounds that central image and is further framed by leaves and branches. Crows sit on the branches, and a tagline reads: Love can be a witch. A blurb from Sangu Mandanna reads: ‘Warm and lovely’.

Desirée M. Niccoli @authordmniccoli.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Happy Perchtentag!!! It’s the celebration of Frau Perchta, a winter goddess and figure in German folklore, who’s sometimes considered a female counterpart to Krampus.

Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 7mo ago

READ ME SLOW is in B's "horniest book" category!! 🥹❤️ My MMC would like to accept this award on my behalf, lol:

"Ben" from Parks and Recs seriously explaining that "it's about the yearning"

b.andherbooks@bandherbooks.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I’m not great at ranking my reads, but I can confidently tell you which ones were my favs, new to me, and/or horny! Here’s a short list of some of my superlative favorites I read during 2025. Want to join? Use my templates! #romancelandia #booksky

2025 Romance Superlatives!

✨New-To-Me Author
No Ordinary Love
His By Opening Day
Stranded by Her Siren
The Trouble with Anna

🌠Favorites of 2025
Scotch on the Rocks
August Lane

✨Most Romantic
In a Rush
Left of Forever

⭐Baby Got Backlist
Bliss
Being Hospitable
My Season of Scandal

🔥Horniest
Read Me Slow
Match Faker
Lights Out

🥖On my 2026 TBR
The Paris Match
Struck Speechless
The Very Definition of Love
There’s Something Fishy About My Boyfriend

Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I got this book for Mr R. for Christmas and he devoured it in two days. Then he gave it to me—an equally Cold War-obsessed reader—and told me "to get into it NOW." I'm half way into it and can tell you that this is straight up horror. I've never read non-fiction that was so horrifying.

Paperback copy of the book NUCLEAR WAR: A SENARIO by Annie Jacobsen.
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Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I'm going to try making oxtail stew tomorrow (never done it before), and all I've got is the oxtails, lol! I don't have a Ninja or a pressure cooker, but I've got moxie! WE'RE WINGING IT, BABY!

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Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Authors chatting on Saturday! open.substack.com/pub/brownbey...

The Art of the HEA with Romance Author Charish Reid!

Golden Creatives Talk Livestreams this Saturday, November 1

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Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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Thank you!
To the ARC readers who look the time to read and review READ ME SLOW

To readers, new and old, who preordered/purchased READ ME SLOW

To everyone who like/shared social media posts.

All of you have helped me close out 2025 in a beautiful way...

Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 9mo ago

READ ME SLOW is officially out in the world! 🥹🖤💜 This story is flirty, filthy, funny, and full of heart. It’s about an author who writes steamy books… and the horror podcaster who’s secretly obsessed with her voice. Of course he's going to help narrate her new book, lol! shorturl.at/XoNpy

Image announcing the release of Read Me Slow by Charish Reid. “TODAY!” appears in bold at the top. Below it, a tablet displays the book cover: neon-lit recording studio setup with a microphone, soundboard, and headphones on a stand. The tagline reads: “One sound booth. Two voices. No boundaries.”

Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Annotated READ ME SLOW sample: Theo convinces Maya to go on a spooky date: a haunted walking tour of Chicago history and a screening of Halloween (1978) 😍 What's the point of scary movie dates? Snuggling up close, lol! Preorder-October 28 www.amazon.com/Read-Me-Slow...

Sample text from the romance novel READ ME SLOW: The house lights dimmed. The organ music cut. A single reel of vintage trailers rolled, bad grain, cheesy taglines, jump cuts galore.
And then the screen went black.
The first synth note of Halloween hit like a pulse.
Theo whispered, “This was John Carpenter’s third film. He scored it himself in like three days.”
Maya glanced at him, unimpressed. “You’re not gonna do this the whole time, are you?”
“I’ll ration it.”
Ten minutes later: “This was Jamie Lee Curtis’s first film. Her mom played the shower victim in Psycho.”
She groaned, but she was smiling. “Okay, that’s actually a good one.”
Twenty minutes in: “I don’t know if you noticed, but this was filmed in California, not Illinois. Also, they shot this in spring, so those leaves are fake.”
“You are incorrigible,” she whispered.

Sample text from the romance novel READ ME SLOW: But when he went quiet, she leaned a little closer. “You stop talking?”
“I thought I’d give you a break.”
“I didn’t say stop.”
Theo’s heart knocked once, hard. He turned his head toward her, but she was already watching the screen again, her expression unreadable except for the slight curve of her mouth.
Halfway through, during a jump scare, she grabbed his arm. Not dramatic, just a sudden, automatic squeeze.
“Now, why is this bitch running upstairs?” she muttered under her breath.
She didn’t let go.
And Theo didn’t move.

Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Wait, are we heisting? I've got a book for that! www.amazon.com/Jewel-Me-Twi...

Book cover image: a white man wearing a suit leans against one side holding a diamond. A Black woman wearing a green gown leans against the other side holding a necklace. Between them, the title JEWEL ME TWICE by Charish Reid

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 10mo ago

Louvre closed after robbery, French culture minister says

Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I enjoy looking at the Popular Highlights for my own books. You guys remind me that I'm a clever girl, lol!

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Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Would you like a first-chapter sample before you pre-order READ ME SLOW? It's available on my website right now! charishreid.com/read-me-slow/ -May/December romance -Brother's best friend -Romance author/Horror podcaster -Recording booth tension -So much voice-kink Release date: October 28

Read Me Slow

Preorder for: October 28, 2025 AMAZON B&N KOBO She writes fantasies. He turns fear into sound. Neither expected desire to be this loud. Maya Brooks writes romance for a living but she keeps her…

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