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🖤 #1 Sunday Times Bestseller A FEATHER SO BLACK
🖤 A CROWN SO SILVER (Jan 2025)
🖤 AMBER & DUSK YA duology
🖤 Magic, mayhem, and procrastination

Thrilled to share the stunning cover of the third Thrilled to share the stunning cover of the third and final book in the FAIR FOLK trilogy, A HEART SO GREEN! Cover designed by the ever-talented @von_brooklyn. Book releases in January from @orbitbooks_us—preörder links are in my bio!

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Although I touch on it frequently in my books, I f Although I touch on it frequently in my books, I find my feelings about motherhood difficult to condense into words. It is so huge and complicated and unwieldy, yet so inconceivably simple. It is as fraught as it is effortless. It is as hard as it is easy. 

The truth is, today I do not feel she owes me any gratitude or gifts, although I know she will  proudly proffer to me something hand-painted and glitter-strewn. She has already given me more than I deserve. She is the teacher, and I the very poor student. She is the lodestar, and if I shine as a mother it is only because of her bright light.

I asked her once whether she remembered what it was like inside my tummy. She smiled and said, simply: “Love.” 

Happy Mother’s Day to all, be it complicated or simple. Sending you all that love today 💗
If you’ve read AFSB and ACSS you know how import If you’ve read AFSB and ACSS you know how important the Celtic high holy days are to narrative, and how they affect the magic separating the human world from Tír na nÓg. Bealtaine, or May Day, is one of the days when the veil is thinnest, and it’s not TOO much of a spoiler to say it’s also when the climax of Fia’s story takes place in Book 3!

Have a blessed Bealtaine, nothing to be concerned about over here! 🫶🏼🫣😘😘😘

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✨ Hi, I’m Lyra Selene — lover of myths, moon ✨ Hi, I’m Lyra Selene — lover of myths, moonlight, and all things magic. I’ve seen a lot of new faces around here lately so figured it was high time for another intro post!

✨ I write dreamy fantasy adventures where ambition tangles with destiny while tortured romance blooms. If you love morally gray characters, lyrical prose, and worlds that shimmer darkly…you’re in the right place!

✨ When I’m not weaving stories, you’ll find me wandering the woods, perusing used bookstores, or drinking my third cup of coffee on an empty stomach ☕️ 

✨ I spent my 11th year of life living in rural Ireland—wandering windswept moors, chasing feral ponies, braving drizzle, and reading every book about Irish myths and legends the tiny local library carried. The stories and landscapes imprinted on me like a green handprint, inspiring the FAIR FOLK series ☘️ 

✨ I’m an Aquarius 🌞, Leo 🌕, and Capricorn ⬆️…so basically I fancy myself a rebellious visionary who wants applause for being chill while secretly plotting world domination from the comfort of her couch

✨ In the past few years I’ve begun gravitating toward “dopamine dressing,” ie. wearing outfits that honor my inner child and romantic sensibilities. While I do own one or two pairs of jeans, I collect all things cottage-core and whimsi-goth and I will wear a corset to the function…even if the function is working on my laptop at the local coffee shop 👗 

✨ I’m an enormous Miyazaki fan…My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service and Howl’s Moving Castle are my evergreen comfort films 

✨ I can still recite the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales in Middle English (thanks Mrs. Moretta, you were a real one for making us memorize that in 10th grade)

I’m so glad you’re here! I would love to hear a fun fact about you too 😘

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A FEATHER SO BLACK and A CROWN SO SILVER are both A FEATHER SO BLACK and A CROWN SO SILVER are both available now, with Book 3 coming early 2026! For romantasy readers who love mythology, retellings, otherworlds, stabby heroines, and brooding love interests! 🪶 👑 

(This reel was entirely inspired by this Take On Me cover and I WILL be using this audio again 🤩)

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Holding my first ever foreign edition is an author Holding my first ever foreign edition is an author dream come true 🖤

The Italian edition of A FEATHER SO BLACK hits shelves today from @ilcastoro_off, and to say I’m obsessed would be a massive understatement! Between the gold foiling, the sprayed edges, and the hardback detailing, it’s impossible to choose a favorite element! What’s yours???

Thinking of doing a giveaway for one of these puppies in a few weeks, what do you think? 👀 

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Today’s #SundaySnippet comes from Fair Folk Book Today’s #SundaySnippet comes from Fair Folk Book 3. I just received second pass edit notes and I’m so pleased with how this book is coming together! 

What are you most excited about in the conclusion to the Fair Folk series????

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Oh hey it’s St Patrick’s Day! If you’re in t Oh hey it’s St Patrick’s Day! If you’re in the mood for a romantic fantasy rooted in Irish mythology, have I got the book for you! A FEATHER SO BLACK is out now and available wherever books are sold ☘️ 

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A little spoiler-free ✨moment✨ from Book 3 for A little spoiler-free ✨moment✨ from Book 3 for today’s #SundaySnippet ❤️‍🩹 Any guesses about who says these lines? 👀

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Happy first birthday to my adult debut, A FEATHER Happy first birthday to my adult debut, A FEATHER SO BLACK! It’s been such thrill to watch the book of my heart take wing straight into so many of your hearts. Thank you to all my readers who have read, listened, shouted about, bought multiple copies of, or otherwise supported this book I love so much! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!

Picture credits:
1) @ericabingesbooks 
2) @kitpill_reads 
3) @the.moon.also.reads 

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I turned in developmental edits for Fair Folk Book I turned in developmental edits for Fair Folk Book 3 today! I decided to make a reel to celebrate but but quickly figured out it’s really hard to make an aesthetic reel for a Book 3 in a trilogy without totally spoiling the prior two books or giving away the ending, LOL! If anyone has advice on how I’m supposed to promote this book, LMK 🤣

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In retrospect I never had a chance #hopelessromant In retrospect I never had a chance #hopelessromantic #mylore #trend
Today’s #SundaySnippet comes from Book 3 and isn Today’s #SundaySnippet comes from Book 3 and isn’t at all morbid, not one tiny bit! 🥀 

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A huge thanks to @shelf.awareness for featuring A A huge thanks to @shelf.awareness for featuring A CROWN SO SILVER in this thoughtful and very complimentary review!!! Fia and I are honored 👑🩶 Full review linked in stories!

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And just like that, I’m the author of four publi And just like that, I’m the author of four published novels! 

I almost stayed home today because it is bitterly cold in New Hampshire and I had other things to do. But if I don’t make the time to celebrate the wins and mark the milestones, then what is the point? Of any of it? I’m proud of all my books, but this one in particular put me through hell. The fact that she’s proudly facing outward at my local Barnes & Nobles means so much to me. 

I don’t think everyone will like or understand this book. That’s okay. If A FEATHER SO BLACK was about learning to love your truest self, A CROWN SO SILVER is about learning to love change and the challenges it inevitably brings. That is not a straightforward journey for anyone; not least Fia and friends. But I trust that the story I’m telling will find the readers who need it. 👑🩶

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A little preview of the incredible audio edition o A little preview of the incredible audio edition of A CROWN SO SILVER, narrated by the exceptionally talented @avena_mansergh_wallace and produced by @hachetteaudio. Available Tuesday 1/21 on @audible or wherever you listen to your audiobooks! 

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Just one week until A CROWN SO SILVER, the sequel Just one week until A CROWN SO SILVER, the sequel to A FEATHER SO BLACK, hits shelves! Don’t forget to preorder from your favorite bookstore so you can dive right in on release day 👑❄️✨

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So pleased to share our latest trade review for A So pleased to share our latest trade review for A CROWN SO SILVER! Huge thanks to @ala_booklist for all the lovely things they had to say about the sequel to A FEATHER SO BLACK. I’ll pop a link to the full review in my stories, but beware: there are light spoilers for AFSB! @orbitbooks_us 

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Convincing you to read A FEATHER SO BLACK, my Celt Convincing you to read A FEATHER SO BLACK, my Celtic-inspired Swan Lake reimagining, based solely on the most popular highlights on Kindle! Which of these quotes is your favorite?

Speaking of Kindle, the e-book is discounted to just $2.99 for the entire month of January! Just in time for the sequel, A CROWN SO SILVER, to release on the 21st. Grab your copy now for less than the cost of a latte. @orbitbooks_us @orbitbooks_uk 

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2024 forced me to confront one crucial but sometim 2024 forced me to confront one crucial but sometimes bitter fact: more than one thing can be true at the same time.

I can be grateful to grow older, and furious that I have to age. I can be proud of my own success, while fending off disappointment that I didn’t achieve as much as I hoped. I can be angry and upset when my health betrays me, while being intensely appreciative of my earthly embodiment. I can be so honored to watch my daughter grow into a little girl, even as I mourn her babyhood I’ll never get back. I can feel so burnt out I never want to write another book again, and secretly scribble new story ideas on the backs of envelopes. I can grieve a world that seems intent on tearing itself apart, while harboring hope that our children will inherit more than bones and ashes of a civilization our parents squandered.

I can scream “Fũck you, 2024! Don’t let the door hit you on the way out,” while whispering “I’ll never forget what you taught me.”

Maybe lessons aren’t made to be easy. Maybe life is meant to be hard. Maybe we get to tell the stories we earn, inked in blood and tears on the parchment of our pain. Maybe it all matters exactly as much as we let it.

Happy New Year, my friends 🥂
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