Hi everyone! It feels so surreal popping on here after a casual 13 years since finishing this fanfic, but I wanted to say hello and let you all know that my love for paranormal fantasy never waned and I ended up writing my own stories… and one launched worldwide today!
My debut new adult urban/paranormal fantasy is called Control My Night through my penname Sarah L Richhelm, and it mixes mafia with fantasy romance in modern-day Prague. The story follows a young woman who is abducted by a mafia boss to be exploited as a supernatural weapon in the underground crime circuit… and along the way she falls for a fellow prisoner (even though she probably shouldn't).
This Mortal Instruments and X-Men meets The Godfather-style fantasy contains:
-A steamy slow-burn forbidden love
-Close proximity and Mr-Darcy-style hand grazes
-Found family
-Morally grey characters (you'll absolutely adore)
-Ballgowns & car chases
-Ex-military men (who are grumpy but also hot)
-The night-luxe mafia aesthetic mixing with leather-wearing CW-style supernaturals
It's available now on most online retail platforms, Amazon, Kindle & KindleUnlimited, and a full list is available on my website Author Sarah L Richhelm
Thank you so much!
Sarah x
Full blurb:
The strongest cage is made of lies…
Cosseted heiress Keanna Backus is business-smart and street-naive. Something she's kept off her resume? That she's an untrained banshee armed with a unique—and deadly—wail. After an accident leaves Keanna with blood on her hands, she is snatched from the streets by criminals determined to weaponize the "beast" lurking within her.
If Prague is a chessboard, Arwood Sayer rules one side—and he needs Keanna, his new pawn, to find his missing daughter. Forced into service alongside Arwood's henchmen, Keanna realizes that mastering her inner beast is the only way to outwit a man who is always two steps ahead of her.
Her only ally is another prisoner, a mage called Silas. He's just as charismatic as he is secretive, and he has his own reasons for working with Arwood. As their forbidden relationship develops and Keanna sinks further into the world she is desperately trying to escape, she soon discovers earning her freedom may cost not just her heart—but everything she's ever known to be true.
Control My Night is a new adult urban fantasy that features a steamy slow burn forbidden romance, found family, morally grey characters you'll adore, forehead kisses, and the occasional explosion. It is the first in a planned standalone trilogy featuring different couples in a criminal underworld where mafia and supernaturals mix, and power changes hands regularly.