December 2025 Updates

What I've Been Up To:

Hello, hello, book besties, and happy holidays!

I'm married!! My wedding last month was absolutely amazing! We had a wonderful day and everything was so perfect--we couldn't have asked for more. Before I left for my honeymoon (a very, very relaxing two-week tropical cruise), I finished developmental edits for Whisper and sent the manuscript back off to my editor for copy/line edits.

What's Coming Next:

Now that developmental edits are done, Whisper is currently my editors for the copy/line round, and I'll get it back later this month. After copy/line edits, all that's left is a proofread (more like a hundred of them, actually) and formatting for eBook and print.

That means a cover reveal and print pre-orders are coming very soon! I'm hoping to have those for you next month.

Now, get ready for that surprise I mentioned last month... 🤭

Free Holiday Novelette!

SURPRISE! Narrator Sara Brodt and I have teamed up to bring you A Rivalry So Sweet, a short, spicy, and sweet cozy holiday romantasy novelette just in time for the holidays! The eBook and audio versions of A Rivalry So Sweet are both FREE until 12/31.

This novelette is for you if you love:

🍬Rivals-to-lovers

🧚‍♀️He bakes

🍬Warring candy shops

🧚‍♀️Banter

🍬Caretaking with food

🧚‍♀️Joy magic

🍬Under 80 pages

🧚‍♀️Spicy

Blurb:

A feisty confectioner devoted to crafting delicious treats. A smooth-talking newcomer hellbent on making a name for himself. With the Winter Solstice around the corner, the battle for sugary prestige has only just begun…

Owning and operating the best candy shop in Winterhaven, magic and coin used to come easily for sugarplum fairy Lumielle “Lumie” Tarlee, whose magic feeds on the joy of others. That is, until Zephyr Mistfoot moved in across the street and stole all of Lumie’s once-loyal customers. Now with only a sprinkle of magic and old family recipes to her name, Lumie’s scraping by just enough to keep her doors open.

Only, Zephyr’s smile is even sweeter than his confections. Despite the not-so-friendly competition between them, Lumie can't stop thinking about her infuriatingly charming rival.

With her magic and her family’s shop on the line, losing isn't an option. The coming Winter Solstice and the joy it brings is her last chance to take Zephyr down for good…if she doesn't fall in love with him first.

A Rivalry So Sweet is a 10,000 word cozy fantasy romance novelette featuring rivals to lovers romance set in a world with a whimsical and wintry holiday setting. Readers who love short and spicy reads with banter and fierce heroines will devour this sweet treat of a story.

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That's all I have for now!

Until next time,

Renna :)