#*tess olson: in character

[protagcnists]

open starter

open to: anyone (m, f, nb, 18+)

muse: tess olson, late 30s, she/her, intelligence officer (fmr british intelligence, now freelance, mainly assigned to undercover jobs. known for going rogue. known for lying about her identity.)

setting: train car, destination flexible

plot: tess has been ordered to track a passenger on the train — and possibly make contact — for an ongoing case. your muse can be a) that passenger; b) an unanticipated distraction from the case; c) someone from her past she made a connection with while undercover on a previous case who she is now face to face with for the first time since; d) honestly any other idea you have - assume whatever

the crowded station bustles with activity. a steady rhythm of hurried footsteps and departing trains syncing with the pulse of her heart, beating loudly in her chest. tess slinks along the edge of the platform, csually weaving through sets of preoccupied travelers, their luggage in tow. she checks her watch. late departure. inside her mouth, her teeth draw in the skin from her bottom lip. run-of-the mill delays aren't unusual. they're expected, typically. but tess can't quiet that pestering voice in her head. something's suspect.

she always avoids boarding until the last second, if she can help it. with an unconfirmed target, the last thing she wants is to confine herself to a single spot. to limit her options.

out of the corner of her eye, tess catches a figure in the distance descending the escalator. tall, built, adorned in sleek black. familiar. fuck.

without hesitancy, or raising an alarm, tess begins to walk herself back. behind her, she hears the sudden whistle of the train, accompanied by a booming voice. LAST CALL. she sees the men — multiple now — point in her direction, and that's all she needs to spin on her heels, quickening her pace toward the front of the train. the quick, successive glimpses over her shoulder are enough for her to lose any doubt that she is their intended target. she'll cut it close. has to. just as the attendant is about to close the last remaining door, tess thrusts herself through it, flashing her ticket and a smile.

she ensures the door is closed before moving through the train car. craning her head, she peers out the passenger windows from the aisle, breathing a sigh of relief only when she feels the jolt of the train and the shrinking figures in black left behind on the platform. tess exhales, spilling herself into whichever vacant seat is behind her. she's still looking over her shoulder, reconfirming her safety, when she realizes the table in front of her. tess faces forward, only to catch the eyes of another passenger directly across from her.

uh. "hi," she manages, swallowing the awkwardness. she softens. the moment seems to call for it. "i don't suppose this seat is taken..."

[desvoeux]

Tagged by @arthurmorgansgf and @arthurmorganismycowdad (thank you <3)

rules: list your 10 favourite female characters from 10 different fandoms and tag 10 people!

1- Ada Wong / Resident Evil

2- EVA / Metal Gear Solid

3- Emily Kaldwin / Dishonored

4- Tess / The Last of Us

5- Sirris of the Sunless Realms / Dark Souls

6- Miranda Lawson / Mass Effect

7- Mona Sax / Max Payne

8- Evie Frye / Assassin’s Creed

9- Aloy / Horizon Zero Dawn

10- Peggy Olson / Mad Men

Tagging: @captainsini @balduur @aarthurmorgan @allhailtothealmightyboatgod @miyku @sadieaddler @neganegan @shadybelles @nazura @gwendeith

Feel free to ignore it if you don’t want to or whatever

[helenprins]

what’s your top 10 favorite female characters?

(in no order)

1.rogue (X-MEN) - my first fave character and still one of my faves. i know most people seem to think anna paquin was miscast and/or the filmmakers didn't make the character as badass, i guess, as she's in the comics, but i like this take on her plus nostalgia def factors in (and it rarely does w me). she's just a scared teenager who wants to fit in; it's a great take on the character imo.

2. helen prins (MANHATTAN) - my girl, my number one girl. a genius who i badly wish i knew what sam shaw had planned for her in the cancelled four seasons (her role in JUPITER is kinda small, but significant). only person who could take a jab at robert oppenheimer AND impress him. AN ICON. SAM, PLEASE ANSWER MY TEXTS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER!!!

3. peggy olson (MAD MEN) - i mean. do i need to explain her? i could go on forever about how great she is. no one will ever do it like she did.

4. tess ocean (OCEAN'S trilogy) - i hate it when people say she's the worst character in the franchise because she actually rules and w/o her, we wouldn't have the trilogy. the ~~julia roberts~~ scene in TWELVE is iconic, i do NOT accept criticism of it or its meta nature.

5. sarah pierce (LITTLE CHILDREN) - i love all of future oscar winner nominee todd field's female leads, but i'm giving the edge to sarah because she's the lead in my fave film of his and i love the book, too. it's funny cause i think kate winslet gives my least fave performance of his female leads (tho i still love her performance and i think she should have won the oscar for it), but i love the settings of the suburbs, the unhappiness she feels in the position she's in her life, the way she pines for brad, the book club scene. just a great, great character.

6. selina meyer (VEEP) - i mean, fuck the last two seasons. it's very much fuck the last two seasons. but selina was great even in them (which is more than i can say for literally every other character). i hate the phrase 'no one else could play this character but x' cause it's overused, but it does apply her. no one else could have played selina meyer but julia louis-dreyfus.

7. elizabeth jennings (THE AMERICANS) - KERI RUSSELL EMMY WHEN???

8. julia ogden (MURDOCH MYSTERIES) - i love her evolution throughout the show, i love her relationship w william murdoch (i could write a dissertation on it tbh), i love that she's a trailblazer, i love everything about her. she's on my tv screen rn and she's just the coolest.

9. addison montgomery (GREY'S ANATOMY) - i rewatched the first eight seasons late last year/earlier this year and whenever she popped up, i'd practically cheer. how can you not lover her?

10. lucy moderatz (WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING) - i never wanted to see a character be happy more than her. this is sandra bullock's best role and one of the best characters in a romcom and you can quote me on that!

[madmen-ao3feed]

Quick Oneshots/Crossovers - Part 28

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by CreativeLiterature

A collection of oneshots and/or crossovers which jump right into it.

Each chapter name mentions which fandoms it contains.

Words: 4406, Chapters: 15/15, Language: English

Series: Part 28 of Quick Oneshots/Crossovers

Fandoms: Real Person Fiction, Will & Grace, The Witches - Roald Dahl, Gone Girl (2014), X-Men - All Media Types, Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn, Jeepers Creepers (Movies), Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Line of Duty (TV 2012), RimWorld (Video Game), Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell, Freaky Friday (2003), Mad Men, Fathers and Daughters (2015), Exam (2009), The Wizard of Oz & Related Fandoms, The Wizard Of Oz (1939)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Original Characters, Henry Cavill, Rhonda Boney, Jim Gilpin, Amy Elliott Dunne, Charles Xavier, Jean Grey, Rosario Salazar, Creeper (Jeepers Creepers), Minxie Hayes, John Willoughby, Sophia Grey, Elinor Dashwood, Mrs. Jennings (Sense and Sensibility), Mafalda Hopkirk, Gabrielle Delacour, Steve Arnott, Kate Fleming (Line of Duty), Suellen O'Hara, Scarlett O'Hara, Anna Coleman (Freaky Friday), Tess Coleman (Freaky Friday), Don Draper, Roger Sterling, Bert Cooper, Peggy Olson, Ken Cosgrove, Joan Holloway (Mad Men), Katie (Fathers & Daughters), Cameron (Fathers & Daughters), Blonde (Exam), White (Exam), The Wizard (Oz), Jack McFarland, Will Truman, Grace Adler, The Grand High Witch

Additional Tags: Screenplay/Script Format

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[ramajmedia]

The 5 Best & Worst Episodes of Drunk History, According To IMDb

Drunk History is a pseudo-educational history show put on by Comedy Central. Creator and host of the show Derek Waters brings in history buffs, has a few drinks with them, and then has them tell him a story from history as best as they can.

Celebrity actors try to lip-sync and act out their version of events. The show’s very successful sixth season just ended in August 2019, but there hasn’t been any news of a renewal for season seven yet. Until then, here are the five best and five worst episodes for Drunk History, as ranked by fans on IMDb. 

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10 Worst: Games — 7.4/10

This great episode gives us the stories of Milton Bradley, Bobby Fischer, and Roger Sharpe, who are all important names in the gaming world. Lauren Lapkus, Craig Anstett, and Rich Fulcher are the storytellers who get drunk and try to tell the stories that Topher Grace, Taran Killam, and Jake Johnson have to act out.

Many of the Drunk History episodes hit the 7.3 and 7.4 mark. It’s a good mark—on a scale oF of 10, 7 is nothing to sneeze at. So it’s not that “Games” is a bad episode—how could anything that includes Lauren Lapkus and Jake Johnson be bad?—but that so many other Drunk History episodes are great. 

9 Best: Drunk Mystery — 8.4/10

A lot of the fun of Drunk History comes from the drunken version of historic events that storytellers attempt to tell. But in “Drunk Mystery” part of the premise is turned on its head: these are all stories that no one knows the real end too. Where did Agatha Christie disappear to for eleven days, and why does she say she doesn't remember? Who was the real DB Cooper, and did he survive his dramatic escape? Who was the Circleville Letter Writer that threatened an entire town? 

This episode's funniest moments come from everyone's continued surprise about these strange tales. Nothing beats a drink and a mystery.

8 Worst: National Parks — 7.3/10

In this episode of inebriated historical storytelling, Steve Berg, Daryl J. Johnson, and Tess Lynch successfully tell their tales. It includes Jayma Mays playing journalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas, who worked to save the Florida everglades; Adam Beach as Richard Oakes, who led the 19-month occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes Native American group; and Thomas Middleditch as John Muir, who convinced Teddy Roosevelt to preserve Yosemite. 

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How could an episode with such cool stories be so lowly rated? Well, 7.3 isn’t a low score. But it could just be because it aired the week after one of the most highly rated episodes in Drunk History…well, history. Compared to the powerhouse episode “Are You Afraid of the Drunk?” this episode is only good, not great.

7 Best: S.O.S — 8.4/10

Paget Brewster and Mark Gagliardi have several drinks with Derek Waters and tell him the tales of Navy officer Douglas Hegdahl’s escape from a POW camp in North Vietnam and how Florence Nightingale revolutionized the field of nursing. 

While the stories are great, the highlight of this episode is probably Brewster’s and Waters’s banter. They make a great comedic team, and their playfully antagonistic blustering throughout her story is what makes the episode so watchable. 

6 Worst: Siblings — 7.2/10

This season four episode focuses on some of the famous—and forgotten—sisters of history. Did you know the Wright brothers had a sister? What about the Fox sisters, who started the Spiritualism craze? Or the Kopp sisters whose “unladylike” behavior in the early 20th century saved their family home? 

Lauren Lapkus returns to tell stories this episode, as does J.D. Ryznar. Jason Ritter stars as one of the Wright brothers alongside Jenna Fischer as his sister. Rachel Bilson and Elizabeth Olson play two of the rebel Kopp sisters. And Sarah Ramos shows up as Maggie Fox, the Fox sister that confessed. 

5 Best: Heroines — 8.6/10

This season five episode has an impressive cast. Not only do Paget Brewster and Tiffany Haddish show up to get drunk and tell stories, but Evan Rachel Wood, Busy Philipps, Alexander Skarsgård, Jack McBrayer, Mandy Moore, and Maria Blasucci all show up to star in this set of tales. With these great comedians bringing these histories to life, how could this episode ever be bad? 

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The three stories covered are: Civil War hero Clara Barton and the founding of the Red Cross; the tale of Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War; and Rose Valland’s fight to save art from the Nazis.

4 Worst: Washington, D.C. — 7.2/10

 In the very first televised episode, drunk storytellers Matt Gourley, Allan McLeod, and Eric Edelstein talk about the wild histories of the US capitol, including the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Elvis Presley’s friendship with Richard Nixon, and Woodward and Bernstein revealing the Watergate scandal.

Despite having an amazing cast that included Dave Grohl, Jack McBrayer, Adam Scott, Will Forte, and Jack Black, this episode still isn’t rated very highly compared to other Drunk History episodes. Maybe because the Watergate scandal and assassination of Abraham Lincoln have been done to death? Some of the show’s most successful episodes do cover lesser-known history, after all. Regardless, it’s a funny episode and a great place to start watching.

3 Best: Are You Afraid of the Drunk? — 9.0/10

Some of the highest-rated episodes of Drunk History are showing up in the most recent season, which is a great sign that the show is trending up. Since creator/host Derek Waters started the show as a side project as a Funny or Die web series, it’s only gotten funnier. 

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“Are You Afraid of the Drunk?” is another star-studded episode: Seth Rogen, Evan Rachel Wood, Elijah Wood, Will Ferrell, Maria Blasucci and others show up to tell scary stories in the dark. This episode has Evan Rachel Wood’s amazing performance as Mary Shelley, which creator Derek Waters considers one of the best performances on the show ever.

2 Worst: Election Special — 6.6/10

For a TV show that is six seasons and 72 episodes in, having a lowest single episode rating of 6.6 is impressive. 

Of course, the reasons “Election Special” ranks poorly are obvious—it aired the night of the 2016 US Presidential election, which was a nail-biter for most of America. There were large swaths of the country that were not in the mood to laugh. Moreover, host Derek Waters and guest host Steve Berg are mostly rehashing some of the funniest presidential episodes Drunk History has done in the past. Though the stories of Lincoln’s assassination and the competitive campaign between John Adams and Theodore Roosevelt as funny stories, the original episodes are much funnier than this review.

1 Best: Hamilton — 9.3/10

Lin-Manuel Miranda, writer and star of the Hamilton Broadway show and America’s darling, is one of the best narrators that has ever appeared on Drunk History. He and Derek Waters get drunk and talk about the amazing life and legendary of Alexander Hamilton. Guest stars Alia Shawkat and Aubrey Plaza show up to play Hamilton and Aaron Burr respectively, delightfully bringing to life Miranda’s charming narration. In fact, we previously ranked Alia Shawkat as the best celebrity guest star on Drunk History ever. 

If you only ever watch one episode of Drunk History, make it “Hamilton.” You might think you’re over Hamilton after his years in the pop culture spotlight, but the story isn’t complete yet.

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source https://screenrant.com/best-worst-episodes-drunk-history-imdb/

[theeroticbookreview]

Kiss Me, Kill Me Anthology by Bestselling Authors

  Title: Kiss Me, Kill Me. Anthology for American Forests Authors: Ashleigh Giannoccaro & Jason Hes ▪️ Yolanda Olson ▪️ J.M Walker ▪️Elizabeth Cash ▪️ Emery LeeAnn ▪️ Ellie Midwood ▪️ Peyton Banks ▪️ K. Larsen ▪️ C.M Radcliff ▪️ Donna Owens ▪️ Virginia Johnson ▪️ Petra J. Knox ▪️ A.A. Davies ▪️ Murphy Wallace ▪️ Ally Vance ▪️ Renee Dyer ▪️ Ed Bar ▪️ William Joseph ▪️ CF Rabbiosi ▪️ Avery Reigns ▪️ Muriel Garcia ▪️ HB Jasick Genre: Dark & Gothic Romance Release Date: August 13, 2019  

  USA Today and International Bestselling authors come together to deliver stories of dark decadence for a cause. Watch A Serenade of Fireflies follow Sweet Caroline as she attempts to hide her Silent Deception from the Alpha. Only in Stolen Dreams will you learn the secrets of Our Tormented Love, that are kept under Locke & Key. Can you survive The Syndicate or will you run from the White Widow and fall prey to her Beautiful Mercy? Be careful not to swallow the sweet poison of Bloodlust and become one of the vanished. With Stained Hearts, follow along with the Master Marionette as he captures his Twisted Little Bird whether she’s Ready or Not. Will the Writhe finally bid a long Goodbye to The Dark Knight as endures the sorrow of the night’s bitter song. Try not to do a Double Take when the Message Received is MINE: Press Start to Continue, because the monsters that lurk in these woods Watch Me Losing Faith in The Kiss. And when all is said and done, watch as Getting Her Back in her bloodstained Stiletto heels becomes a much easier task than originally assumed.    

  Elizabeth Cash is an avid lover of all things dark and sexy. She spends most of her time inside textbooks earning her degree, all while playing the mother role to her awesome kiddos and writing words when she can for all her horror loving fans! ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   Author Avery Reigns is a multi-genre author who bleeds words onto paper from the heart. She loves writing from the darkest places inside her mind, creating stories woven for those with an open mind, stories based on truths or familiar stories stretched beyond belief. Avery is a kind and determined coffee addict who hides her demons well. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   A. A. Davies is the darker half of Abigail Davies' brain. A. A. Davies writes dark romance and wants her readers to automatically know when they're getting this. Abigail Davies grew up with a passion for words, storytelling, maths, and anything pink. Dreaming up characters—quite literally—and talking to them out loud is a daily occurrence for her. She finds it fascinating how a whole world can be built with words alone, and how everyone reads and interprets a story differently. Now following her dreams of writing, Abigail has found the passion that she always knew was there. When she’s not writing: she’s a mother to two daughters who she encourages to use their imagination as she believes that it’s a magical thing, or getting lost in a good book. If she’s doing neither of those things, you can be sure she’s surfing the web buying new makeup, clothes, or binge watching another show as she becomes one with her sofa. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   Virginia Johnson is a multi-genre author that will dabble in anything. She hates walking on the beach and a hangover is her most regrettable moment. Writing gives her great pleasure and the ability to kill without consequence. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● A lover of cats and books, equally, Petra J. Knox is an author of Dark Romance, including the bestselling Reverse Harem series, Saving Setora. Editor, wife, and mom, she lives in the desert of Eastern Washington, dreaming of thunderstorms and rolling, green pastures. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   H.B. Jasick: I live in Springfield, Missouri with my husband, and our two daughters. I have a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics and History Education that I don't actually use. My Favorite things include: movies, music, books, dachshunds, the color brown, LISTS, The Denver Broncos, sushi, coffee, Moscato d'Asti, and terrorizing all of my friends. My Favorite Books: Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy & Public Enemies by Brian Burrough. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   Murphy Wallace is an International Bestselling Author with works in several different genres, but most of her work has been in Dark Romantic Suspense. She currently resides in a small Eastern Florida town with her husband, who doubles as her best friend and their two boys. When she’s not getting in touch with her inner child at Disney World, or enjoying everything that Florida has to offer with her family, she enjoys writing and watching true crime documentaries. She has a cat named Maisy who is her constant writing partner. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   K. Larsen gives good words, born in Maine, she fled the state for a short period to experience, well, anything else, but now resides there again. She writes romantic suspense and psychological romance primarily but has dabbled in most romance sub-genres. She sometimes writes with Mara White, when something viral sparks a fire between them. They've been known to wrench hearts from chests and tears directly from readers eyes. And sometimes she writes with Yolanda Olson, they've been known to push the boundaries of readers moral compasses. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   Emery LeeAnn is an International Best Selling Author who lives in Ohio with her family. Besides being addicted to coffee, she is a true believer that variety adds spice to your life. Writing in every genre gives her the variety she craves. Her characters like to invade her mind every hour of the day usually waking her up in the middle of the night. Loving the dark and gray side of things, she is exploring her passion with the written word. There are many wonders to come from her in her twisted Wonderland..... Stick around you may find you enjoy her special brand of torture. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   Donna Owens: Who am I that's a good question? I'm a Dark poet and a lover of all things scary and gory A wife to Bill Owens whose the love of my life A mother to Joseph Scholl my only son A grandmother to three amazing grandsons I also have two adorable furbabies I've lived many places in my life and currently live in Savoy TX but Cleveland Ohio will forever be home to me My writing has been published in The Raven's series By R.L.Weeks Southern Fried Anthology and I was lucky enough to a guest author in Shivers with the amazing author Emery LeeAnn Writing dark poetry is something I truly love And I hope you as reader will enjoy. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   Muriel Garcia is an indie author from Belgium. She started writing in 2005 but never published anything until 2015 when she decided to bite the bullet and just do it. She's grateful for all the amazing people she got to meet through her passion for writing. The 'Last Hangman MC Series' is the one that made people find out about her but since then she released a contemporary series - Love At Firsts - and a dark gory thriller trilogy - The Reaper Trilogy - which people have compared to Stephen King on crack — thing she's rather proud of. Some of her favourite things include snowy days, live music, horror movies, ghost stories, travelling and of course, a cosy day spent with a good book. Feel free to keep in touch with Muriel, she loves to hear from her readers. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   Jason Hes: A visionary, a man, a reification of the most contradictory and illusive darkness in our collective unconscious … keeping the thug life alive. Jason Hes is a Johannesburg-based author who lives with his cat and loves to write horror stories. Our Immaculate (an occult horror story set in an all-girls school) is his debut novel. Sleight of Hand, a YA LGBT dark fantasy novel is his second, co-written with Ilse v Rensburg. Locke & Key, written with Ashleigh Giannoccaro, is his first dark romance. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Bestselling Author Ashleigh Giannoccaro writes edgy dark romance and erotic horror, self published by choice she writes the stories others don’t dare. Currently rising in Johannesburg South Africa with her husband and two daughters Ashleigh enjoys writing stories that make you fall in love with the unlovable and leave you asking questions. When not writing she can be found with her kindle in a sunny spot reading or traveling with her family.   ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●     Ellie Midwood is a USA Today bestselling and award-winning historical fiction author. She owes her interest in the history of the Second World War to her grandfather, Junior Sergeant in the 2nd Guards Tank Army of the First Belorussian Front, who began telling her about his experiences on the frontline when she was a young girl. Growing up, her interest in history only deepened and transformed from reading about the war to writing about it. After obtaining her BA in Linguistics, Ellie decided to make writing her full-time career and began working on her first full-length historical novel, "The Girl from Berlin." Ellie is continuously enriching her library with new research material and feeds her passion for WWII and Holocaust history by collecting rare memorabilia and documents. In her free time, Ellie is a health-obsessed yoga enthusiast, neat freak, adventurer, Nazi Germany history expert, polyglot, philosopher, a proud Jew, and a doggie mama. Ellie lives in New York with her fiancé and their Chihuahua named Shark Bait. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   William Joseph was born in Lakewood New Jersey. He grew up in nearby Pine Beach New Jersey and has lived there his entire life. An only child and highly imaginative, William Joseph spent a lot of time writing growing up, but it wasn’t until he finally felt that he had a story to tell with THIS IS WAR that he stuck with it from beginning to end. During this time, William Joseph attended Ocean County College and graduated with honors and two degrees. While in college, he also attended a creative writing class, where, for the first time, he shared his work with other people. Sharing a short story with them and seeing how he could emotionally connect with his readers got him hooked. His short story was published in his college’s literary magazine, and since then, the pursuit for publishing his work began, as well as the dedication and dream of writing more books and stories. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   Ed Bar is the international best-selling author of In the Dark, The Slutty Bride and The Man in the Woods. He's a native-born Missourian but has spent years traveling the country. When he's not writing, he spends his time hiking, fishing and playing with his pit bull. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   Renee Dyer is a New Hampshire girl through and through. She began writing because staring at trees got boring and her mom gave her a journal to make her stop talking all the time. She’s a tea-drinking, Supernatural-watching, Patriots-loving, fuzzy sock obsessed, craft hoarder, who fights with her characters, but typically gives in because their ideas are better. Most days (because it feels like a frozen tundra three quarters of the year) you can find her huddled on her couch, under a blanket with a hot drink in her hand and typing or reading. Stories are her passion. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●     Yolanda Olson is an award winning and international bestselling author. Born and raised in Bridgeport, CT where she currently resides, she usually spends her time watching her favorite channel, Investigation Discovery. Occasionally, she takes a break to write books and test the limits of her mind. Also an avid horror movie fan, she likes to incorporate dark elements into the majority of her books. You can keep in touch with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.   ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   J.M. Walker is an Amazon bestselling author who recently hit USA Today with Wanted: An Outlaw Anthology. She loves all things books, pigs and lip gloss. She is happily married to the man who inspires all of her Heroes and continues to make her weak in the knees every single day.   ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●     Peyton Banks is the alter ego of a city girl who is a romantic at heart. Her mornings consist of coffee and daydreaming up the next steamy romance book ideas. She loves spinning romantic tales of hot alpha males and the women they love. She currently resides with her husband and children in Cleveland, Ohio.   ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●     C.M. Radcliff lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two demon children. Known as the Psycho Queen, she speaks fluent sarcasm, dark humor, and has the mouth of a sailor. If she isn't reading or writing, she's probably on an adventure with her little family. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   Ally Vance has been writing since she was a teenager, and studied Professional Writing at college. It has been a long time dream of hers to finally become a published author. She finally achieved this in 2018 with her Bestselling debut book, Flower in the Dark. Ally writes Dark Romance genre, and also poetry, she is willing to expand into other genres if the inspiration takes her. Ally also co-writes with her close friend Michelle Brown under the pen name Ally Michelle. Ally lives in Kent, in the United Kingdom with her husband and stepson. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●   C.F. Rabbiosi: Charity used to be a Registered Nurse in California, and though she doesn't use her two degrees in the field anymore, they have helped her with her real passion- writing. She happily writes the day away using her in depth Anatomy, Physiology and Psych background to make her death scenes more real and her killers more... colorful. But it's not all about the blood, because more than anything she loves hot romance. Her heroines are kick-ass and her men are all the dangerous and gorgeous beasts you love to hate. Her style is beautifully gruesome and inspired by the amazing dark romance/dark erotica writers: Trisha Wolfe, Natalie Bennett, and Jennifer Bene. She lives in the beautiful university city of Columbia, MO with her incredible husband and three girls, and loves yoga- almost as much as living and writing in her own fantasy world. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●  

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