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🖤 #1 Sunday Times Bestseller A FEATHER SO BLACK
🖤 A CROWN SO SILVER (2025), A HEART SO GREEN (2026)
🖤 AMBER & DUSK YA duology

Disclaimer: I don’t have a marketing team and I am Disclaimer: I don’t have a marketing team and I am an elder millennial 😶‍🌫️

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Blessed Bealtaine! In A HEART SO GREEN by Lyra Sel Blessed Bealtaine! In A HEART SO GREEN by Lyra Selene, the final battle isn’t just fought with magic and steel—it’s paid for in power, in sacrifice…and in love.

To win, they’ll have to give something up. Not just what they have—but who they are. Because in the world of the Fair Folk, the cost of survival might be each other.

Step into the fire knowing you might not get to choose what burns🔥🌿

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A FEATHER SO BLACK is the first book in the now-co A FEATHER SO BLACK is the first book in the now-complete Fair Folk trilogy, a romantic fantasy Swan Lake reimagining rooted in Celtic mythology. Available where books are sold! 

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The Fair Folk trilogy, beginning with A FEATHER SO The Fair Folk trilogy, beginning with A FEATHER SO BLACK and ending with A HEART SO GREEN, is complete. Binge read all three books now, and get ready to break your heart…and heal it again. 

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Just four years ago, I truly believed my writing c Just four years ago, I truly believed my writing career was over. My YA duology had released to mediocre reviews and even worse sales, I’d just had a book die on submission, and I’d parted ways with my first agent. All I had was a rewrite of a rewrite of a trunked book from 2016 that I couldn’t stop thinking about. A book about a changeling princess and her cursed sister and the broody fae lord holding her captive. So I kept writing, even though I genuinely thought I would be the only person to ever read it. That book became A FEATHER SO BLACK.

Today, the third book in the Fair Folk trilogy, A HEART SO GREEN, ends the journey that began so long ago. I am so grateful that I kept working despite all the failures. I’m so grateful for my wonderful agent @jlwatterson who signed me based on rough sample pages. I’m so grateful to my critique partners and author friends who’ve cheered me on even when I wanted to give up. I’m so grateful to @orbitbooks_us and @orbitbooks_uk for bringing these books to life. And I’m so SO endlessly grateful to my readers, for buying, sharing, reviewing, and supporting this trilogy. 

Trust the journey. Every ending is its own beginning 💚

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Some endings don’t need words. The final chapter Some endings don’t need words. 

The final chapter of the Fair Folk trilogy arrives Tuesday with A HEART SO GREEN 💚 When you finish, come back to this—I promise it’ll hit different!

Digital painting by the extremely talented @vivaxor who captured these two so, so well 🙌🏼

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Welcoming 2026 with open arms! #newyears #2025rec Welcoming 2026 with open arms!

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Less than one month until A HEART SO GREEN, the fi Less than one month until A HEART SO GREEN, the final installment of the Fair Folk trilogy, hits shelves everywhere! A romantasy finale with everything: morally gray sisters at war, far and human realms in peril, and a love story tangled with fate itself.

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A CROWN SO SILVER, Book 2 of the Fair Folk Trilogy A CROWN SO SILVER, Book 2 of the Fair Folk Trilogy, is out in paperback today in the UK/ANZ! This book is set around the winter solstice and rooted in Celtic Mythology, featuring dangerous trials and opulent balls and sexy rituals, which makes it just about the perfect holiday read in my humble opinion ❄️ Grab your copy today from @orbitbooks_uk! 👑🩶

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So pleased by this generous review from @ala_bookl So pleased by this generous review from @ala_booklist on A HEART SO GREEN!

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Where did you come from? The shine of your eyes m Where did you come from?

The shine of your eyes makes me think I made a net of my want and captured you from the stars. 

The soft fluff of your hair makes me think you blew here like a dandelion, snagging and rooting in the soil of my love. 

The way you breathe in your sleep makes me think I opened a door into the darkness of dreaming—a twilight with every street lamp snuffed—and you alone heard me shouting:
Come inside
Come inside
Come inside, and stay ✨ 

Happy 5th birthday Sweetie-Goose. Mommy loves you!
Three books. Two sisters. One epic romantasy. Swan Three books. Two sisters. One epic romantasy. Swan princesses, faerie courts, star-crossed love—and in just THREE MONTHS, the story is finally complete. A HEART SO GREEN hits shelves January 20th, 2026! 

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Lucky girl, lucky life ✨ 13 years Lucky girl, lucky life ✨ 13 years
My first fantasy ball was smashing good fun! Thank My first fantasy ball was smashing good fun! Thank you to all the readers who came to get books signed, gave me special gifts, and sold AFSB out of the pop up bookstore! I loved meeting you all 🤍

And a huge thanks OF COURSE to @booksgownsandcrowns for inviting me! 

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Let’s hold some space to admire these exquisite @f Let’s hold some space to admire these exquisite @fairyloot editions of Books 1 and 2 of the Fair Folk Trilogy, A FEATHER SO BLACK and A CROWN SO SILVER. Interior art by the incredible @afterblossom_art and hardcover designs by @blanca.design.

What’s your favorite detail or feature???

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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 💗
✨ Hi, I’m Lyra Selene — lover of myths, moonlight, ✨ 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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Oh hey it’s St Patrick’s Day! If you’re in the moo 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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