BENEATH CALM WATERS is my third book, but Becka and Grayson are my very first bi MCs! If you like bi characters, spicy romances, and the fun of figuring out who did it in a twisty murder mystery then you should check out their story! 😍 #booksky #queerromance #romancebooks

Love a spicy romance + a good murder mystery? There's still time to pick up a copy of BENEATH CALM WATERS before June 1st and get a gorgeous art print + 2 stickers! Just fill out this form saying you bought it and I'll send you the goodies: docs.google.com/forms/d/1k_Y... #booksky #romancelandia

What happens when a pastor's daughter falls in love with her prison pen pal? Is there hope when she looses her heart to one of the dangerous ones? Find out in Deliver Me by Ashley Hawthorne, available now in ebook and paperback! #booksky #smutsky #spicybooksky

Did you know you can sign up now to get an ARC of my next spicy romance before the release date in May? You can! 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/17tW... A runaway grandson returns home and falls in love with the woman who might have killed his grandfather... #booksky #smutsky #spicybooksky

ARC readers wanted for my next spicy romance + murder mystery book! Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/17tW... (No, seriously, please sign up! I only have three so far, and I need a bunch more!) #romancelandia #romanticsuspense #booksky #smutsky #reader #arc

Please take a moment to be excited about this cover reveal with me! ARC sign ups for Beneath Calm Waters will also be available starting Thursday! Like love stories and murder mysteries? You'll love this upcoming romantic suspense novel #Booksky #Romancelandia #Smutsky

February's blog is all about why I write stories where characters experience all the bad stuff we'd love to escape from and why it's extra important in these troubled times! www.ashleyhawthorne.net/post/why-i-d... #booksky #romancelandia

Why I Don't Focus on Escapism in My Romance (and What I Write Instead)

Escapism in fiction is a popular concept right now. Writers and readers alike, probably seeking refuge from a real world that seems both frightening and overwhelming, are turning to fiction for storie...

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A pastor's daughter. A guilty man. A love story you can read today! #booksky #spicybookrecs #smutsky

I guess I should have posted this over here, too, huh? I promise to try to be more active on Bluesky!

Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸@resistrebelrevolt.net · 2y ago

Ashley Hawthorne: says: "After a day or two of spiraling into angst and anxiety, I've decided the best way to get through the next four years is to stay busy doing the work of fighting them." Here's her list of things she did:

Have you read Deliver Me yet? If not, let me introduce you to Mia and Gabriel! Their powerful love story is available now! books2read.com/u/3LNor1 #booksky #smutsky #spicybooks

Tuesday the Trump fascist WH starts mass immigrant deportations in Chicago. I'm an immigrant & human rights lawyer. Here I cover: •7 Calls to action to protect our immigrant neighbors •Debunking 6 common anti-immigrant claims •Answering 4 FAQs on dealing with ICE www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...

Trump's Mass Anti-Immigrant Raids to Begin

Here are action items to protect your immigrant neighbors, answers to common FAQs, and insights to debunk anti-immigrant propaganda

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I'd love to connect with other bookish people especially those who like ❤️ Romance 🔪 Murder mysteries 💀 Horror 🌞 Grumpy/sunshine trope ⚔️ Enemies to lovers 💋 Unlikable FMCs 💛 MMCs with hearts of gold 💔 Angst Readers, writers, and book enthusiasts of all kinds! #booksky #spicyreads #smutsky

Have you seen this incredible art of Ethan and Eloise? Do you like opposites attract love stories with murder mysteries? Death Sentence is available now! #booksky #smutsky #spicybooks #spicyreads #romancelandia

I'm having a great time drafting the second book in my upcoming romantic suspense duology! I haven't made it to the spicy parts yet, so have some random snippets with no context whatsoever 😌 #booksky #smutsky #spicybooks #spicyreads #romancelandia

The first in my upcoming Widow's Point Duology, Beneath Calm Waters is the story of a man who's spent twelve years running from his past & a woman who tends to throw punches first and ask questions later 💀 Romantic suspense 🏘️ Small town 👩‍❤️‍👨 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Opposites attract #smutsky #spicyreads

The Witch x The Lighthouse x The Ring ⛵ A sailor looking for refuge 🙏 A wife trapped in a nightmare 👻 A haunted lighthouse ❤️ A forbidden love that may doom them both #bluepit

I love the chance to show off character art! Left- Mia and Gabriel from Deliver Me Right- Ethan and Eloise from Death Sentence #BluePit #BluePitHype

#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event@bluepit.bsky.social · 2y ago

Welcome to Day 2 of #BluePitHype! Only 4 days to go! Today is Art Share day! Share your character art, sketches, moodboards, and wahtever images you want that relate to your story or characters! Be sure to add Alt Text to your images! Today is a great day to practice! Here's a helpful graphic.

Romance? ✅ HEA? ✅ Angst ✅ Spice? ✅ Epistolary? ✅ Grumpy/sunshine? ✅ Pastor's daughter + her prison pen pal? ✅ books2read.com/u/3LNor1 #smutsky #spicybooks #booksky #spicyreads

New blog post is up! www.ashleyhawthorne.net/post/why-i-w... #romancelandia

Why I Won’t Stop Calling My Open Door Romances Smut (and I Don't Think You Should Either)

Smut is not a dirty word. Well, not unless you want it to be (wink). What I mean is it isn’t a bad word. It’s not shameful to say it. As smut authors, we write open door romance. We titillate. We entertain. We arouse. We (sometimes) scandalize. And so we find ourselves, not for the first time, on the front lines of the book banning debate, our creative endeavors once again being used as a weapon to call us pedophiles, groomers, porn addicts etc. We are blamed for an anti-intellectualism epidemic

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Hi everyone! I'm Ashley and I write romance! Currently focused on romantic suspense and horror romance. I started out writing in fandom spaces now do original stuff with an amazing small press. I have two books out already and two more coming in '25 and '26 #BluePitHype #BluePit

#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event@bluepit.bsky.social · 2y ago

#BluePitHype It's the start of our Q&A! Let's start by getting to know each other better! It's Introduction day! Only 5 more days to go until #BluePit!

I'm here and ready to make this place as usable for me as possible! You'll be seeing lots of posts about writing, books, having grown and nearly grown kids, funny stories about my much loved husband, and living with more rescue pets than anyone with good sense would have. Welcome to my chaos 😅

In case you needed more evidence that billionaires are always awful. What a piece of shit

HuffPost@huffpost.com · 2y ago

Now leading HuffPost: www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-z...

The stress of being alive gives me a headache 💀

If I'm going to be here instead of one of those places owned by billionaire bootlickers, I have to figure out how to successfully reach readers! What hashtags are we using for book stuff, especially promo for romance novels? 👀

Libraries? Even the libraries are jumping in line to comply with purity culture nonsense? Removing themselves from larger networks to keep you from going elsewhere? Taking out the computers? What the hell is happening in this country and why are we all letting them get away with it 🤢

The Smut Report@smutreport.com · 2y ago

Unfortunately, this story doesn't have a happy ending. While my aunt was pricing the book on Amazon, I told her that it was mainstream enough that she could get it from the library. "Not my library," she said.

Looks like Zuck is taking Meta in the same direction Elon took Twitter so I may be having to rehome myself again. I'm going to try to refocus some of my energy here. Fingers crossed I can learn to like this place 🤞

2025 is my first year writing a plus size FMC and she's a relatable queen 👑 #romancelandia #booksky

Back to the marketing grind, so just as a fun reminder, you can get some spicy romances from me that have a lot of angst and some murder 💀🔪 in them...if you're into that 👀 (I know you are, you weird little freak 😌) #booksky #romancelandia

I had a dream once where some unseen entity told me if I wanted to sell books, I needed to get naked... 🤔

Joe Glass - Books available at links!@joeglass.bsky.social · 2y ago

So apparently posing nude with your spicy sweet mm romance book gets it noticed on here! So here we go again (I labelled, so hopefully anyone not wanting to see my body rolls won’t see it lol) A Con Affair is a perfect read for #mmromance fans, so please check it out! amzn.to/3TmJWcl