D. S. JULIEN: In-Progress Work

Square collage of 9 black and white photos with red accents. Top left: A woman wears a gauzy black veil. Her hands look skeletal, reaching down as she looks up. Top middle: A black jeweled crown on a red background. Top right: Two hands grip a sword held behind a woman’s back. We see the sleeves and back of her fancy dress. Middle left: Image tinted red, thin wisps of smoke rise from the palm of a woman’s hand. Center: A woman with long braided hair stands among trees. She wears leather armor. Middle right: Image tinted red, a fiery eye with long lashes and dark eyeliner. Bottom left: Statues of angles stand inside a church with tall stained-glass windows and arched columns. Bottom middle: Image tinted red, a man’s back with a woman’s hands on his shoulders, one from above and one from below. Bottom right: Three women dance in a field with their arms waving above them and heads thrown back.

THE CRUEL GODDESS

"Security has its price and love doesn't wait for anyone."

Warrior priestess turned aspiring king-killer, Agatha will do anything to prevent dark magic and the king from destroying the kingdom. That is, if two sexy men in the castle don’t consume her first.

Stern, magic wielding heroine coming into her power
Pagan spirituality and strong sisterhoods
Mad kings and shady viziers
Bloody battles and dark magic
Two love interests - forced proximity turned polyamory

Inspiration for The Cruel Goddess

HONEYED VENOM

"I lost my voice when I lost my sight."

In the aftermath of The Great Battle, Svala is drowning in inner pain and trauma. Forced to join a ragtag group of bounty hunters led by a sly and magnetic female pirate, Svala is now learning to track and kill the very monsters who changed her life for the worst. But the forest she tramps through is now watching her closely, predator tracking predator. She’ll soon be made to answer: what makes a monster and what makes a man?

Follow up book to THE CRUEL GODDESS
Bounty hunters, evil monsters, and magic
Beauty and the Beast vibes
Love triangle and forbidden love
Journey through the forest while healing inner trauma
Disabled and bisexual heroine

INSPIRATION FOR HONEYED VENOM

Square collage of 9 black and white photos. Top left: A hand holds a bow with an arrow drawn, against the background of a horse’s mane. Top middle: Image tinted gold, old coins spill from a brown bag onto a table. Top right: Two wolves’ heads press against each other with jaws open in attack. Middle left: The face of a beautiful dark-skinned woman, bald, against a white background. Her fingers at her chin hold a white feather in front of one eye. Center: Black text on white background: “Turn the pain into power.” Middle right: A shirtless man pictured from the side, holds a cigarette and blows smoke. His head is shaved, he has an earring, his upper arm is muscular, and his forearm is tattooed. Bottom left: A vivid green and blue snake head, one flat eye surrounded by beads of water. Bottom middle: A woman falls through black water, caught in a gauzy garment. Bottom right: A bright green mossy, tangled tree in a forest.

KRONOS' BRIDE

Square collage of 9 black and white photos. Top left: A person falls through a cave. Top middle: Image tinted pink, two bony, dirty light-skinned hands have gold goo on their fingers. Top right: From the back with face hidden, a dark-skinned woman against a light background, wears a white strappy dress with shoulder blades exposed and a ballerina bun. Middle left: The cracked face of an old clock with twisted arms and distorted Roman numerals. Center: The nose, left eye and ear of a Greek statue of white stone. The eye looks sharply to the side. Middle right: Two metal rings balance upright in a circle of red thread on a wood background. Bottom left: The muscular upper back of a light-skinned, dark-haired man. Bottom middle: A huge bolt of lightning of the edge of a tall white cloud against a black sky. Bottom right: A stand of ruined Greek pillars with a crescent moon in the sky between them.

“Don’t always believe in the myths, as the Gods are rarely honest. Especially about themselves.”

Cassie is cut off for the only crime of chasing a PhD in ancient studies instead of chasing a medical degree or the bar exam. Living in Athens, Greece with no family credit cards and a dwindling savings account thanks to a worthless ex-boyfriend, she’s forced to take serious supernatural measures. But when a ghost raising spell goes wrong and she instead breaks free the one and only King of the Titans, Kronos, God of Time, she knows she’s in deep shit. When he claims that she’s now his eternal wife, Cassie is ready to throw in the towel. Now they are forced to find a way to divorce, all while avoiding the Greek Pantheon and their terrifying horde of mythical monsters. Throw in trying to save all of humanity, and Cassie is sure she’ll never get her dissertation done.

Whip smart heroine with a bougie barbie attitude
Greek Mythology in the flesh
Forced proximity and fake marriage (maybe?)
Brooding immortal hero who falls in love first
Saving the world from annihilation

INSPIRATION FOR KRONOS' BRIDE

THE CRUEL GODDESS

HONEYED VENOM

KRONOS' BRIDE

Passionate Magic. Magical Passion.