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Coming November 30th

Painted Scars. Book 1 in the Shadow Lake Stalkers Series

Welcome to the Morally Gray Men Book Club, where men with red flags, scars, biker helmets, and Big Kni!e Energy rule supreme. Our readers trade fairy tale princes for obsessed morally gray men, stalk!ng, ropes, gloves, and vengeance. 

I’m a reporter by day, covering community events for the local paper. At night, I’m a book girlie, cuddling up to stalker romances. One lonesome night, I do what all sane fangirls do: invite a masked man from a thirst trap video to break into my house, t!e me up, talk dirty to me, and put his kn!fe where he shouldn’t. 

Cue the grumpy stalker thundering into my life on his motorbike. My lady bits rebel against common sense when he sends me gifts, threatens my neighbor, warns my sleazy boss not to touch me, and saves me from a bad situation in a club. I’m courting obsession, home-invasion fantasies, and severed body parts in gift boxes–and he’s delivering on the romance! 

Alas, one insignificant bloody finger ruins our perfect love story and summons a ghost from my past who haunts this city and my dreams… and my grumpy stalker and I must dig for dirt or dig our graves.

This book blends dark romantic comedy with suspense, morally gray characters, and trauma-informed healing.

Reader discretion advised for the following dark themes & content warnings:

  • Workplace sexual harassment
  • Historical sexual assault (no graphic description)
  • Father abandonment & disownment
  • Anxiety & coping mechanisms
  • Dismemberment (character who deserves it!)
  • Stalking
  • Murder
  • Attempted sexual assault
  • Emotional abuse (secondary characters - in the past)
  • Phobias (or closed doors)
  • Drugging (done by enemy)
  • Blood & gore (minor depictions)
  • Dead bodies (minor depictions)
  • Systematic corruption
  • Light kink themes (blindfold, binding wrists, Daddy nicknames)
  • Kidnapping & captivity
  • Home invasion (consensual to fulfill a sexual fantasy)
  • Organized crime

Painted Scars is a medium burn dark romcom with a grumpy, morally gray lead and a curvy, sunshine heroin. Some themes may be distressing - please read the content warnings. Ends on a HEA. Ideal for fans of Lights Out by Navessa Allen, Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver, and Rook & Rebel by Kate Crew.

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ABOUT ME

Caitlyn writes contemporary romance about morally gray cinnamon rolls and the women who bring them to their knees. Her stories blend sharp humor, emotional heat, and a dash of chaos. Because love is messy, funny, and a little dangerous… just like Caitlyn. When she’s not breaking hearts on the page, she’s drinking tea above daily recommended limits, wrangling her cats for cuddles, and pretending she doesn’t talk to her characters out loud.