Surprise! I have a new Substack available to read, regarding how I read 80+ books this year. Check it out 👀 open.substack.com/pub/myleemil...

Me: I feel TERRIBLE mentally this week. Foggy head. Lack of motivation. This sucks. Brain: Maybe it's- Me: Is mercury in gatorade? Brain: MAYBE it's- Me: It's the full moon? Brain: MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN YOUR MEDS SINCE SUNDAY Me: ...oh

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲. My dark romantasy novel, HEART OF BONE, releases with Crooked Lane Books and Simon Maverick on the 9th of March, 2027! More info about the book, below! 1/5

IT'S COVER REVEAL TIME! And...release date reveal?! I officially get to reveal the cover (and all the other exciting info!) for my debut adult dark romantasy! I've been sitting on this, and I mean....just look at the TREE??? Release date: 9 March 2027! Preorder & GR 🔗 below!

This is a delayed announcement, but I am no longer reviewing books or judging the SPFBO competition with SFF Insiders. I apologize for having to step aside from reviewing, as I truly enjoyed it, and I wish the authors still ranking in the SPFBO competition much luck!

Books high on my TBR that I hope to buy and read soon 👀 #reading

ART REVEAL!!! Here is my first ever art reveal for my upcoming adult dark romantasy debut, which is ONE DARK WINDOW meets DIVINE RIVALS! This glorious print was designed by ostarart on the Gram!

I totally forgot to promote this, but a new Substack dropped yesterday! Be sure to check it out:

I am *so* late to announcing this, as I've been absolutely swamped with deadlines and various other things, but I wanted to officially say that I'm a judge for SSBA 2026: the Small Speculative Book Awards! 1/2 #SSBA #SSBA2026 @specawards.bsky.social

I've officially read 3 more books than my total books read in 2025. I know this isn't many to some, but I'm proud of myself!

Happy Pride from the MCs of my debut novel which is ONE DARK WINDOW meets BELLADONNA! #booksky

I have another review up with @sffinsiders and it's THE DOLL HOUSE by author D.W. Gillespie! Be sure to check it out and add this amazing middle grade book to your TBR! www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...

I'm thrilled to announce that applications for the Street Team for my debut adult dark romantasy, HEART OF BONE, are now open! I'd love to have your support - fill out the form if you're interested in taking part! 🩵 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA ✨ Request an ARC at arc.revenant.one An imperial gendarme will overthrow his empire. A thief wants his throne back. To succeed, they must kill each other. But to save their silver-eyed kin from another genocide, they must find a way to work together. #PosterPit #SO #F #A

GOD OF THE WOODS meets OUTER BANKS X THE PROJECT When the governor’s daughter vanishes from a coastal Maine town after defying her father's order to abort her baby, she has 90 days to reclaim control of her body and her future. #PosterPit #YA #Q #C #T #NA

THE BEST KISSER IN PRAGUE #PosterPit #W #A #R #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Writers

Can't wait for Franchaela in Bridgerton's fifth season? While you wait, shall I suggest my sapphic historical fantasy filled with family drama, dangerous magic, and so much yearning? 🌹 1908, Belle Époque, France 🔥 Slow-burn sapphic romance 🗝️ Cozy *and* Gothic #PosterPit #P #A #F #HF #LGBT

Great job everyone! We’re HOT over here! #posterpit

⚔️A tale of hidden identity, love and a woman trying to chase glory in a man’s world 💋 If you like: 🐺high-stakes tournaments built on brutality & magic 🔥false Identities & hidden agendas 💕found family & complicated, yearning love TORCH THE STARS (104k) #PosterPit #Q #A #F

#posterpit is trending!

COLDWIRE X SOTR 🏳️‍⚧️Transmasc MC 📼Cassettepunk world 🌆Digital Afterlife 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼Big brother and little sister dynamic 🏳️‍🌈MLM romance 📺Found family #PosterPit #YA #SF #W

WILDER GIRLS x THE COVEN TENDENCY x THEY BLOOM AT NIGHT When bloodthirsty cryptids corner the paranormal clinic 17yo Elle works at, she must finally accept her own monstrosity in order to save her family—or have her soul stolen in the process . . . 🫀 #PosterPit #Q #YA #H #R

SUCH A FICKLE FATE, my 75k grounded fantasy featuring: 🤍Celtic mythology 🤍Seer FMC/Demigod MMC 🤍intertwined destinies 🤍anxiety & depression rep 🤍slow burn 🤍female friends/found family 🤍 real-world setting 🤍 elemental magic #NA #F #Q #PosterPit

🩸 WELCOME TO SANCTUARY 🩸 Chased by a jealous superior who wants her dead, Seer Éliane finds refuge in Lady of Clairemont's mysterious house, Sanctuary, among 6 women living as sisters. When the sisters begin to disappear, Éliane must find the truth before she disappears too. #PosterPit #P #A #F #H

SUCH A FICKLE FATE Viv has been dreaming of a mysterious scarred man, but when she finds out he’s the key to solving her mother’s murder and now her foretold death, she must go on a quest with her two druid friends to find him. EMILY WILDE x PERCY JACKSON #NA #F #Q #PosterPit

Reluctant bride plots against her husband and ends up saving the empire in a fantasy romcom version of HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS X A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS ❤️ Arranged marriage ❤️ Enemies-to-power couple ❤️ Unlikeable heroine battling powerful men with brains & pranks #posterpit #A #F #R (#AG soon?)

Ten years after family tragedy ended their relationship, she reconnects with her ex at a family wedding and confronts the difference between loving a person and yearning for nostalgia when her insecurities are tested. #posterpit #a #r #q

tw: fake blood and organs WE HARVEST THE CARNAGE in which a college freshman joins a club of pre-meds to harvest the organs of the elite with body magic 🫀dark academia x body horror 🫀south asian rep x bi4bi 🫀vengeance, moral ambiguity, & guts galore #PosterPit #WIP #A #F #H

SINNERS X HANNIBAL X I FEED HER TO THE BEAST When Virginia Bulle kills her ex-boyfriend, she decides to open a restaurant to serve his remains. This leads her to Calypso Raines' doorstep, which opens up a new recipe of the prices we pay to protect family. #PosterPit #H #A #Q

She escaped monotony by falling in love. The only problem? Time will not allow it. RESONANCE — upmarket speculative about heartache, time distortion, and loving someone you are destined to lose. 🕰️ Time Travel 💔 Tragedy 🏰 English Manor 🎵 Lyrical Prose #PosterPit #Q #F #A

Tired of terrorising the sea with her sticky fingers, a mermaid bargains her life for a chance to roam the lands, falling into a deadly conspiracy entangling both land and sea as she sets out to kiss the prince she's stalked, before sea-foam or his cousin kills her. #PosterPit #F #FT #YA #W

A plus-size baddie dog sits to survive after her breakup—then she meets a guy in the personal care aisle who’s everything her ex wasn’t: loyal, patient & in desperate need of a dog sitter…which might just ruin her plan to swear off love forever🐾💚 #PosterPit #A #R #CO #Q

#PosterPit #Q #A #R #F #RF * She wins him at a brothel auction * He falls first * On the run together * One room at the shepherd's hut * Torn apart for a political marriage to end a war * He remains by her side until she is finally queen * Love vs Duty * Angst, yearning, pining * HEA with wedding

A jaded rookie superhero. Accidental superpowers identical to the ones that ☠️ed her father. A bloody, corrupt city. And the murderous-yet-handsome vigilante who she shouldn't be falling for... For fans of IRON WIDOW, ARCANE, slowburn romance, and shifting morality. #PosterPit #NA #SF #R

"Your story begins with death." DONKEYSKIN meets DUNE in this sci-fi retelling of a classic tale filled with whimsy, yearning, and hope. Forthcoming 5/19/26 at @shirakipress.com 💚 ✨ Science fantasy 🌌 Distant planets 🚀 Interstellar travel 🐍 Giant snake 🌹 Sapphic romance #PosterPit #SO #A #SF #FT

☕️ THE THINGS WE RUN FOR #Editors Emma Bridge has done everything to make this plan work. She’s got the new name, the new town, the new life . . . She’s also got a nosy boy next door who’s stopping at nothing to get to know her. #PosterPit #AG #YA #C

Haunted by her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to hunt down the one creature whose heart can buy her life back. 🫀 Cultish magic 💀 Deadly personality tests 🧌 Scandinavian folklore 🖤 Romance á la OUABH WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL x YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES #YA #F #R #H #PosterPit

THE STARLESS SEA x HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE When she becomes haunted by shadows and a mysterious stranger with eyes of fire, Augusta is forced into a desolate world she’s only ever dreamed about, and must decide if she’s willing to sacrifice everything to save it. #PosterPit #A #F #W #Q

🪽To save her dog from monsters ravaging her world, a cynical warrior is forced into a volatile alliance with an idealistic king—or risk losing the one thing she refuses to let go of. 🕷️THE CRUEL PRINCE x NINTH HOUSE x FOURTH WING #posterpit #F #Q #R

ARE YOU THERE GOD IT’S ME MARGARET X TEEN WOLF Her friends get Bat Mitzvahs, Amara gets an uncontrollable hunger for blood. #posterpit #MG #W #H #F

ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN two men stranded on a frozen lunar prison outpost develop a tender and terrifying bond as they work together to survive an ancient entity awakening beneath the ice #PosterPit #SF #H #R #LGBT #agented

Tatum and Atticus are Singers in a world where music is forsaken, and when they're forced to compete to become heir to the most powerful Singer of all, they'll do anything to escape her trials—even die. Coming from S&S and Alcove Press, Spring 2027! #PosterPit #AG #DF

THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA × BEST SERVED COLD × THE BUTCHER BOY When a Court Jester snaps and brutally murders the tyrant king, he must perform and slay his way out of a kingdom in chaos, hunted by loyalists, hailed by rebels, while his sanity slips and fractures. #PosterPit #W #A #F #H

THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS A satire of both business and the supernatural, Virgil Mora, Hell's Consultant, must restore Heaven's faith in Hell by saving a vampire-run Ohio gas station in just three months to save his job and Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for. #PosterPit #A #F #W #LGBT

PSALM FOR THE WILD BUILT X SORRY TO BOTHER YOU When a down-on-his-luck archivist takes a job from a shady tech company to save his robot friend, he uncovers a darker plot involving stolen memories while falling for a handsome anarchist with a grudge against his employer. #PosterPit #Q #SF #SPF #A

🌟SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT🌟 As part of our mission to uplift MENA/SWANA authors we have secured *guaranteed* agent participation for #MENApit tomorrow! 🥳 This is just one way we’re showcasing MENA writers & their stories. Our stories deserve to be heard & these agents fully agree!! 1/3

So many exciting announcements today! I had some phenomenal reads for the SFF Insiders initial batch on behalf of SPFBO, and my cut notes are live! Check out my notes, below!

I'm THRILLED to announce the semi-finalist from my batch of novels for SPFBO - which I read on behalf of SFF Insiders! Check out my review, below!

WHERE DEAD GODS LIE, my most recently revised manuscript, is with betas as of tomorrow. If you'd like to beta read the novel, please let me know by commenting below! The deadline is June 30th and I'd send more info about what I'm looking for via email!

I still have open slots - reach out before they're all snapped up!