
Darkness, in many forms, must be conquered to emerge into the light and embrace one’s happily-ever-after.
Fitzwilliam Darcy. Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam. Two cousins, closer than brothers. One finds love despite his inner demons; the other resists love because of them.
Elizabeth Bennet. Kitty Bennet. Two sisters, strengthened by adversity. One willingly yields to love; the other pridefully misinterprets it.
An epic saga steeped in intrigue and gift-wrapped in romance, Doubt Not, Cousin chronicles the trials and tribulations of three extraordinary families during England’s Regency era.
… But who is the girl with the violet eyes?
Barry S. Richman combines his background in the armed forces and expertise with a passion for Pride and Prejudice retellings.
After two decades of exploring countless stories from the JAFF universe, his wife challenged him to try writing one. During a trip to Istanbul, Barry wrote four pages that wove his real-world experiences into alternate-universe stories inspired by Jane Austen’s characters. He continued from there.
He published his first novel, Doubt Not, Cousin, in 2023, followed by The Scarred Duchess in 2024. Follow The Drum continues his military-influenced alternate universe populated by characters familiar and new.
Barry and his “Jane Bennet” divide their time between Los Angeles and a seaside town in southwestern
Turkey.
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𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝘂𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.
I spend my life chasing sound. Grit, feedback, the moment a crowd holds its breath.
Fireball is the only thing I’ve built without it turning on me. Everything else stays locked tight.
Then Linus O’Donnell comes back.
My first real love.
The one man who knows exactly how I break.
The one I never stopped wanting.
Avonna doesn’t need an entrance.
She coaxes me past my defenses into truth.
Raw. Unfiltered. Impossible to ignore.
What starts as music turns carnal fast.
Late nights. Sweat-soaked rehearsals. Heat carrying into every chord.
Desire doesn’t divide. It multiplies.
I want them both.
Bodies. Loyalty. A future. The way we fit once the world goes quiet.
The problem?
It never does.
I lie. I stall. I pretend control is possible.
Some harmonies refuse to stay hushed.
𝙃𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚-𝙝𝙤𝙩, 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙮𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙠 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜.

Each character-driven novel is filled with snappy dialogue, pop-culture references and enough steam to make you fan yourself. Kaylene weaves authenticity, emotion and angst into a turbulent rollercoaster ride of love, passion and soul-searing romance always ending with a delicious HEA.
Kaylene lives in Seattle with her amazing Irish husband and her Pomsky, Phalen. She loves creating art of all kinds.


When it comes to love and kink, the lines are blurred, tensions are high, and there is everything to lose.



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The Brazen Head – The St Germain Letters, Book 1
Trahor Fatis
Drawn by Fate, the relegated prince Rakozy finds himself in a spot of bother at the court of his imperial cousin Rudolf – the second one – as psychics and prestidigitators and prognosticators all ply for royal favor at the height of Prague’s glory.
Taken by Fortune, he’s put upon paths that may shift the turning of the very stars above and bear witness to the birth of a new era of tumult and torpor – of the coming of l’Envoyé d’Éternité.
Given to Wonder, Rakozy sets new course when his bright future becomes shattered by mortals meddling in the affairs of the eternal – the venerated Arcanum – throwing the cosmos out of balance.
Travel back before days were Sundered and witness the becoming of the Comte de Saint Germain, as only he can tell it, in The Brazen Head – a tale from the world of Felix Chance.
This is the story of Prince Rakozy the Uncrowned — exile, apostate, explorer of the world. Of the man masquerading as Montferrat, believed to be Bellamarre, and cavorting as Chevalier Schoening in an adventuresome youth. Of Count Weldon, he claimed, when briefly detained in England. Of he whom Francois-Marie Arouet once called the Wonderman. And he who continually bested that profligate philanderer Casanova at his own game. These pages contain the eagerly anticipated account of the Comte de Saint Germain, set by my own hand, and how the mechanical godhead foretold the coming of l’Envoyé d’Éternité.


As an author, J.E. Pittman dabbles in many speculative worlds. He blurs the borders between genre and crafts salient lies to tell a measure of truth. His work has been described as: capriciously chimeric, dreamlike, and a vivid enigma with indelible images stamped on your brain. His published works include the Felix Chance contemporary/urban fantasy series – Felix Chance, Second Chance, and Off Chance; The St Germain Letters – set in the Felixverse and following the exploits of the immortal alchemist the Comte de Saint Germain, due out later this year; his Pandora Squad sci-fi action series; and 98 Rabbits, his nonsensical farce about the writer’s journey and the very first book he published. Additionally, he has been published in the Hidden Villains Arise and Behind the Shadows anthologies and writes several web serials.
He is a lifelong resident of South Carolina, with a brief stayover in Atlanta for college at Georgia Tech, studying the interplay between science, technology, and culture after becoming sick of coding his freshman year – a critical skill he’s found most useful in his literary endeavors.
After college, he fell into a seventeen year career in local broadcasting, becoming a newscast director for his local NBC affiliate – receiving several Emmy nods for his work. An avid photographer, he loves exploring new cities and magnificent vistas – connecting with the world at large – as much as he enjoys discovering the magic in the every day and peeling back the layers of reality to create new wonders and fabulous creatures sprung from the mind.
Learn more about J.E. Pittman at his website, halfacrepond.com

From bestselling author Britney King comes a razor-sharp psychological thriller about a street built on secrets, a neighbor who knows too much, and the woman who learns—too late—that the most dangerous lies are the ones everyone else is willing to believe.
