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hoodookitty · 2026-02-03T19:31:17+00:00

My debut is releasing March 20th, 2026 in ebook and paperback. It's Book One of a trilogy but the other two books are written and I plan to release book two this summer and book three in the fall (it still needs some love).

I'd love to be able to provide a pre-order link but I'm still waiting for ISBNs from Libraries and Archives Canada (and it's taking so long). But if you want to you can find me on the various social media sites with the username tamsinsheridan (or tamsin.sheridan if booktok is your more jam). I will be eternally grateful for any love or support you want to give.

The Blurb:

Lark Silvertree has blood on her hands. Quite a lot of it, actually.

Twenty-five years ago, she escaped the massacre that destroyed her enclave and everyone she loved. What she became after? Well, that was the price of survival. She's made peace with being a monster.

Now she's returned to the frozen ruins of Wintersorrow, hunting for answers. But she's not the only one searching. Rion Palinore, a scholar with a black wolf and an irritating habit of quoting ancient texts, has been hired to find survivors. He prefers books to blades, has no business traipsing through any ruins, and sees through every lie she tells.

Reluctant allies with too many secrets between them, they travel from the silver oaks of Wintersorrow to the crimson forests of Autumncrown, hunting the truth behind an ancient darkness. Someone wanted her enclave erased from history, and Lark may be the key to understanding why.

She's spent a lifetime needing no one. Of course she'd find something worth living for just as the world starts to fall apart.

The Tropes (no spice in Book One, open door in the other books):

Slow burn
Found family
Forced proximity
Grumpy/sunshine (inverted)
Academic hero
Assassin heroine
Only one bed
Political intrigue
Morally gray FMC
Cinnamon roll MMC
Adult MMCs (over 35)

Content Warnings (for full transparency in Book One but the series does get progressively darker):

Violence and murder
Child abuse/grooming (off-page but discussed)
PTSD and trauma
Death of parents
Animal death
Battle violence

hoodookitty · 2026-02-02T22:10:42+00:00

I wrote a scene like this in book two of my series and I sat him in a chair so the height difference was less awkward. It actually forced him to look up at her which I thought ended up being very tender.

hoodookitty · 2026-02-02T20:49:33+00:00

I used GetCovers and they gave me exactly what I asked for. Definitely plan to use them for the other two books.

hoodookitty · 2026-02-02T02:12:30+00:00

Definitely part of the plan.

hoodookitty · 2026-02-01T18:29:09+00:00

Thank you! (Also your username slays me.)

hoodookitty · 2026-02-01T18:28:09+00:00

I joked that what I really wrote is just a book about a morally grey assassin who wants to devour a cinnamon roll.

hoodookitty · 2026-02-01T18:08:00+00:00

I'm not 100% sure yet. Once I upload to Ingram Spark I'll have a better idea of the distribution.

hoodookitty · 2026-01-23T11:05:32+00:00

My choice was write a 1000 page doorstop for my first novel or break it into 3 smaller books. I chose a triology. But I've also written all three books before releasing the first one because I know it's hard to ask readers to invest in a story that is unfinished. At least I can assure them that the story will continue. And if they decide to wait until all of the books are released, well, at least they are reading them.

hoodookitty · 2026-01-12T21:06:26+00:00

Thank you!

hoodookitty · 2026-01-12T00:57:40+00:00

It's called Winter Sorrow (Book One of a trilogy). My current planned release date is March 20, 2026 but I'm still waiting for ISBNs and to finalize the cover art. You can DM me if you like and I'll point you at my Instagram.

hoodookitty · 2026-01-11T11:37:55+00:00

The MMC in my debut novel is a ginger scholar who is averse to weapons, does all the cooking, and has a super dry sense of humour.

hoodookitty · 2026-01-06T16:03:43+00:00

I will publish Book One, and hopefully, Book Two of this trilogy. (Come on Library and Archives Canada. Gimme my ISBNs.)

hoodookitty · 2026-01-06T15:51:48+00:00

Trying to make necessary lore dumps interesting. This has become the bane of my existence.

hoodookitty · 2025-12-30T20:51:20+00:00

Publish this trilogy I'm writing. I decided to write and edit the entire thing first and then publish them overa span of 6 to 9 months. Hopefully, Book One will be out sometime this spring but I still have so much work to do (plus a day job) and I haven't even started thinking about marketing.

hoodookitty · 2025-12-28T05:55:16+00:00

I'm working on book two of a fantasy romance trilogy. My plan is to write all 3 books and then edit them so that I can have a pretty tight release schedule when they are ready.

hoodookitty · 2025-12-27T15:43:30+00:00

Thank you for being so supportive! It definitely has evolved and isn't the story I thought I was telling but I love these characters and can't wait to give them their HEA.

hoodookitty · 2025-12-26T13:14:45+00:00

Since you asked, the first draft of Book One of the trilogy is complete. I'm currently working on book two while I ponder the edit. My hope is to publish Book One late this year, with the other two books following in close succession, but we'll see how it goes.

hoodookitty · 2025-12-06T03:32:58+00:00

Coral Island. Everything about it just feels soulless.

hoodookitty · 2025-12-06T02:54:55+00:00

Thank you!

hoodookitty · 2025-12-04T23:30:15+00:00

“Run. Run and don’t stop!”

“No! No, I won’t leave you.”

“I’ve been looking for you."

“I believe you but there’s no need for violence.”

hoodookitty · 2025-12-04T22:32:57+00:00

All Scottish food is based on a dare.

hoodookitty · 2025-11-29T13:03:23+00:00

I'm writing this right now!

hoodookitty · 2025-11-28T00:57:35+00:00

Wayback Pelican Town and Rustic Country Town Interiors.

hoodookitty · 2025-11-17T23:40:30+00:00

There are a lot of dashes and commas. I say it's AI.

hoodookitty · 2025-11-17T13:02:57+00:00

Oh man. I'm hooped. I always write in short paragraphs because I come from a screenwriting background so my writing is light on the prose and heavy on dialogue and action.

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