Raya's Followed Works
El & Em
COMPLETE!
Philadelphia, 1972: All Luke wants is to share his music with the world. When an imposing, slightly older trumpet player called Emmett joins his band, Luke is fascinated – and a lifelong friendship is born. Love and loyalty are forged in the slow burn of tours, shows and recording sessions. Over the years, Luke’s curiosity and Emmett’s indulgence slowly push the two of them into complicated new territory. Emmett tries to keep them safe – but Luke wants it all.
In this monumental romance spanning more than twenty years, there are no heroes and no villains – just people doing their best in a messed up world.
Content Notes:
• Open relationships
• Period-realistic racism
• References to AIDS and period-realistic homophobia
• Mild Dom/sub power dynamics
No use of slurs, no sexual violence, no cheating
This is a work of fiction. All the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this book are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Many thanks to my kind, helpful and generous beta readers: Ky K, Morgan Beacham, Leslie Lewis Johnson, Alex Lawrence, Nicola Doyle, and Kelly Salmon. Special thanks to Nicola for proof-reading assistance.
The Adventures of Astatine
Book 2 of the Grand Epic Elemental trilogy
After recovering from his injuries, Astatine sets off on a journey to the Western Region, which has fallen into chaos after being invaded by the armies of the Southern Region.
During his travels, he meets a mysterious stranger and offers to accompany him to the next city. They become travel companions, although the stranger is reluctant to talk about his past and carries an object in his bag that he keeps closely guarded.
What adventures await our two wanderers?
Romance Uncliched!
Hopeless romantic Yu Junming is over the moon when he lands a job at the RomCon startup as a ConCoct agent. From meet-cutes to ultimate airport runs, he must re-enact surreal romantic scenes to fit a client’s dreams. Sadly, he botches his assignments and learns the hard way that romance needs a dash of practicality.
Despite his track record, he’s soon tasked to help his boss, Grayson Black - a die-hard cynic who dislikes him at first sight - to find love. Through disastrous dates, the two men grow closer and realize there’s more to each other than meets the eye.
Junming fantasizes about seeing even more of Grayson but he also finds himself drawn to Fernanda, a spunky and eccentric undercover reporter who masquerades as a RomCon client. When Fernanda unexpectedly ends up heartbroken after an awful date, she falls for Junming. Pitiably ignorant of her mission to dig up dirt on RomCon, Junming is stuck between two people and a hard place called reality.
(Book cover done by Joanne Kwan: https://tapas.io/dashalutris)
Every Boy's Nightmare
Billionaire. Bad boy. Mafiosos.
...None of which describes Christian personally; he just happens to know them all.
Meet Christian, a self-contained, self-imposed shut-in, struggling failing business owner. Partial agoraphobic... Possibly the next future model in Good Ol' Paris?...Debatably maybe. ~
When one crazy night between him and his best friend gets out of hand, the result changes the course of his life forever. Plunged into a reluctant love triangle between some of the most high-profile killers in the Industry, Christian must confront the reality of his past, the consequences of his present, and adapt to a future he never thought to prepare for. For a man who could barely open his front door some days, Christian's life is swept up in a whirlwind of betrayal, love, hatred, enmity, and bitter rivalries, and the only question is, will he even live to find The One? ~ They say love conquers all, but whoever said that sure as hell never met the criminal underbelly of Roster, New Mexico.
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Follow the story as Christian finds his way out of the ashes of his tragic past, finds his voice, and learns how to pull his own triggers.~
*Contains mature content, themes of BDSM, Domination and violence, drama, love, sex, and hate all on the winding journey to Self-recovery*
Aurora: The Dawn of Irenia
Twelve years after The Great War of Kits Swallow, dark days cover the face of the inhabitants of Irenia, no parties, no weddings, no gatherings, no wars. The once green fields of Tart which ran heavy with the waters of Kit's Swallow, have dried up like the deserts of Nomad's Land.
The once busy town of Emperor's Kiss, filled with running children by day and glamourous harlots by night, now house barren halls of memories. The once great and wealthy city of Irenelle, that once flowed of milk and honey, now stood desolate, holding nothing but a facade of power shown by The House of Wolves.
Only one she-wolf, among the fateless, still stands in faith of a brighter tomorrow; but what happens when her closest alliance, Queen Catalina, leader of House of Fae shows up at her doorstep half-alive, claiming that an ancient group of cloaked men destroyed her entire kingdom? What does she do when she discovers that dark forces moved in the deep of the night, and were starting a rebellion?
A Wolf's Tale
Space Opera Elemental
Sci-fi AU of Grand Epic Elemental
Leiyu, part-time bounty hunter, scrap collector, and freelancer worker, hears through the grapevine that the Imperiat, an intergalactic empire, has placed a bounty on Princess Amara of the planet Tokamanen, although he does not wish to pursue it because of his own negative experiences with the empire's forces.
While he is on another assignment, he is rescued by an interplanetary traveler who goes by the name Thallios. They journey together to complete more assignments, but Leiyu wonders why Thallios is so secretive about their past and also notices that the Imperiat's soldiers seem to be following them.
Escaping the Abyss Vol. 1
Chains and bottles of liquids are scattered across the dark room. If your hearing is sharp enough, you can hear screams echoing throughout the building.
“Will I always be alone and remain caged in this hell?”
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Dark clouds gather around the city, a mastermind in the shadows giving rise to turmoil and doubts. Blood and pain filling the streets. Mysteries arise that need to be solved.
Cal, a young investigator joins the Conciliators, an organization that fights against crimes with...unusual methods. While rising to the occasion of his new occupation, he gets assigned to team up with a man that has a quite unpleasant attitude.
“I won’t take responsibility for that, not again!”
Tormented by the past, Sigal pursues a path of solitude until he is forced to team up with Cal to solve crimes. Regardless of their clashing personas, the two have to overcome their conflicts to unravel the mysteries that lie ahead and uncover the truth.
“I won’t give up!”
Blood splatters on the ground, while laughter in the distance can be heard. As Cal wakes up, he finds himself in a warm embrace.
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Cover Art by Alice (https://ko-fi.com/this_is_alice)
Escaping the Abyss Vol. 3
Chains and bottles of liquids are scattered across the dark room. If your hearing is sharp enough, you can hear screams echoing throughout the building.
“Will I always be alone and remain caged in this hell?”
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Dark clouds gather around the city, a mastermind in the shadows giving rise to turmoil and doubts. Blood and pain filling the streets. Mysteries arise that need to be solved.
Cal, a young investigator joins the Conciliators, an organization that fights against crimes with...unusual methods. While rising to the occasion of his new occupation, he gets assigned to team up with a man that has a quite unpleasant attitude.
“I won’t take responsibility for that, not again!”
Tormented by the past, Sigal pursues a path of solitude until he is forced to team up with Cal to solve crimes. Regardless of their clashing personas, the two have to overcome their conflicts to unravel the mysteries that lie ahead and uncover the truth.
“I won’t give up!”
Blood splatters on the ground, while laughter in the distance can be heard. As Cal wakes up, he finds himself in a warm embrace.
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Cover Art by Alice (https://ko-fi.com/this_is_alice)