Maren Jenner, Romance Author 💕

ALT a dark-toned room with an archway containing a dark figure with a lantern. Four light gold decorative corner accents overlaying the image. Silver text that reads: THESE DARK TEARS. HEATHER CARTER. A WIP. 94K WORDS. ADULT GOTHIC ROMANTASY.

ALT a dark-toned room with an archway containing a dark figure with a lantern. Four light gold decorative corner accents overlaying the image. Text reads: PITCH. Andra and her brother inherit Caridale, their childhood estate, only to find it in the grip of a dark curse. The walls cry black tears, vengeful ghosts haunt the halls, and the servants meet grisly ends. When a shadowy phantom takes interest in Andra and wants to strike a sordid bargain, she must break the curse before Caridale is lost forever.

ALT a dark-toned room with an archway containing a dark figure with a lantern. Four light gold decorative corner accents overlaying the image. Four book cover/movie images: At the Bottom of the Garden by Camilla Bruce, One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig, Anatheme by Keri Lake, and the movie poster for The Phantom of the Opera (2004). Text reads: THEMES. Family Secrets, Hypoglycemic FMC, Haunted Mansion, Creepy Caves, Curses, Love Triangle (with a twist!)

ALT a dark-toned room with an archway containing a dark figure with a lantern. Four light gold decorative corner accents overlaying the image. Text reads: OPENING LINES. My mother’s screams rattled my bones as I curled tighter into the shell of the old quilt. Slamming my hands over my ears, I tried in vain to block the awful, bloodcurdling sound, but it pierced through every layer of skin and sinew, singing in my veins.