The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #slowburn #indieauthor

The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #slowburn #indieauthor

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The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #slowburn #indieauthor

The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #slowburn #indieauthor

The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #slowburn #indieauthor

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The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #slowburn #indieauthor

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The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #slowburn #indieauthor

The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #slowburn #indieauthor

The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #slowburn #indieauthor

The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #slowburn #indieauthor

The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #slowburn #indieauthor

The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #slowburn #indieauthor

Poetry prompt: write a poem based on a painting of your choice ‘The Starry Night’ Vincent Van Gogh #poetry #vangogh #vincentvangogh #starrystarrynight #indieauthor

Original graphic by @dchooidoodles.bsky.social Be warned - it is a NSFW account.

#LGBTQ #indieartist

Fried Egg Tree (or Poached Egg Tree), obviously named because of its flowers. Spotted on my evening walk. No, I haven’t tried eating them! #nature #trees #authorlife

Happy Book Birthday, Zeke & Benny! Have you read or listened to A Kind of Romance? Buy direct from me here: shop.lane-hayes.com/collections/... Other retailers: mybook.to/A-Kind-of-Ro... #BookSky

Poetry Prompt: Discipline #poetry #discipline #philosophy #indieauthor

Happy Mother’s Day To those still here And those always watching over us #mothersday #love #mum #mom

Revenge of the 5th. #revengeofthefifth #StarWars #starwarsday #darthvader

May the 4th be with you. #maythe4th #starwars #starwarsday #darthvader

Still time to enter our May the 4th giveaway and win 20 Sci-fi paperbacks‼️Head to my IG @azaykovawriter to find out how! #booksky #scifi #starwars

Poetry Prompt: Shoes left by the door Grief is a strange thing— it softens, but never really goes. This lives somewhere in that quiet middle space. #poetry #indieauthor #griefjourney

Unboxing:
”Kiss For A Crown” by Mackenzie Alexander. Brand New romantic fantasy series. Only one bed. Fake engagement. Magic awakening. Murder! Magic! Monsters! #fantasy #romanticfantasy #kickstarter #indieauthor #unboxing

Poetry Prompt: Juicy I was thinking about this prompt on the morning of ANZAC Day, when we remember our fallen soldiers (particularly at Gallipoli). The peach came to mind first, then the image of it bitten and torn apart… #poetry #ANZACDay #indieauthor

All's Fair in Love and Pizza is coming soon to my shop! Available in my shop May 5: shop.lane-hayes.com/products/all... Coming to Amazon KU May 12 geni.us/Alls-Fair #BookSky

World Book Day 23rd April MM small town-country romance Hurt / comfort One bed shower 🌶️🌶️🌶️ This is the story teenage me needed to read, to know that we can have a happily ever after. (Yes, teenage me thought about the 🌶️ too!) #mmromance #romance #spicyromance #indieauthor

Prime Minister faces leadership vote from his party. Won’t take media questions - walks away without any sort of comment for residents in the flood-stricken capital city. #priorities #nzpolitics #empathy #Wellington

Poetry Prompt: Ripples #poetry #ripples #kindness #indieauthor

No Climb Too High - romance by Angela Haas Animation effects: Werble. Music: Google Gemini - not created by the author #romance #romancebooks #spicyromance #indieauthor

In a sentence, ‘result’ is a whole lot different to ‘reslut.’ #typo #indieauthor

Poetry Prompt: Gunpowder #poetry #gunpowder #love #indieauthor

Uncharted by JA Mortimore Sci-Fi space opera series (with just a touch of romance) #scifi #spaceopera #indieauthor

My Plus One = You - romance by Angela Haas Background animation: Werble. Music: Google Gemini - not created by the author #romance #romancebooks #spicyromance #indieauthor

Poetry prompt: Hero This instantly had me singing ‘We Don’t Need Another Hero,’ and ‘Holding Out For A Hero,’ so from there I just decided to use ‘hero’ lines from songs to make this. #poetry #hero #indieauthor

Peachwood Grove - short read romance series by CK Darling. Background image: MidJourney. Music: Google Gemini - not created by the author #romance #romancebooks #spicyromance #indieauthor

Do you know: ‘manage’ is quite a different word to ‘mange’ Really changes the intent of a sentence 🤣 #typo #indieauthor

Val Kilmer’s greatest roles? Val Grogu does have a Star Wars ring to it. (Methinks the wrong image got put with the caption!) #Grogu #StarWars #humour #authorlife

Poetry Prompt: Teddy Bear Mum did burn the house half down: by mistake-oil boiled over on the stove & caught fire on the element. I stayed at my grandparents’ while the house was being rebuilt, and did ask for all my teddies to be in bed with me. #poetry #teddybear #childhood #indieauthor

Great way to finish my birthday - Mövenpick and Max #movenpick #frenchbulldog #eveningwalk #authorlife

I just backed We've Always Been Here: A multicultural LGBTQ+ art book on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

Poetry Prompt: Time Travel #poetry #timetravel #indieauthor

Poetry prompt: Mane #poetry #mane #haiku #indieauthor

New Release! Flour & Forge by Herman Stuernagel #newrelease #cozyfantasy #fantasy #indieauthor Animated gif of new release ‘Flour & Forge’ by Herman Stuernagel.

Evening stroll at Taupaki, Auckland. #walk #autumnsky #authorlife

Poetry prompt: Fly on the wall. I decided to write a piece that could be read as if it was a children’s story. #poetry #flyonthewall #humour #indieauthor

Gridlocked By Chelsea Wilde New Release! “‘Gridlocked’ is a high octane thrill ride that will grab your heart and leave it racing long after the chequered flag falls.” #newrelease #romance #sportsromance #indieauthor

The prompt we were given was provided with the typo as shown in the first line.
I just took to the nth degree. 😜 #poetry #instructions #indieauthor #humour