Finally hitting publish

Hello everyone and happy new year if you are reading this. I just wanted to stop by and say that I have finally taken the leap and published my first story on Amazon! It's been an interesting final month of 2025 and quite frankly, I am glad 2025 is over. I stayed home and brought in the new year by publishing my book lol.

This first book is my shortest and called Rainy Day in. It's a sweet but steamy read about two best friends who finally admit to themselves that they like each other and take the next step in their relationship. This story is probably my least spicy story that I've written but I still like it. It's short and sweet and for the spice rating, on a scale of 1 to 5, this story would probably be a 3. However, the spice/steam rating scales confuse me as there are many out there and none quite align enough to make the ratings consistent. I just know that while there is an explicit scene in my story, many people would probably find it very vanilla, and I'm okay with that.

My blog probably looks very different now because I took some time to change some things up to keep this space simple and easy to navigate. I've added a new page in the menu bar for my book and that is where I will be posting info for every book after I publish them.

I don't have much else to say. I'm just really happy that I finally did it. I have no idea if I will even get readers and the thought of marketing and promoting simultaneously makes me cringe and overwhelms me. But I'll just have to see. 2026 is going to be the year of publishing for me. I will for sure be releasing 7 stories this year while writing more to publish for next year.

Until next time ~

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