Amanda Meuwissen's Blog

Best Fantasy/Paranormal Nomination

THANK YOU for the nomination of my book, HIS SLENDER EMBRACE, as one of the Best Fantasy/Paranormal MM Romance books of 2024.

You can read it on Kindle Unlimited or purchase the paperback here: https://mybook.to/SlenderEmbrace

How special to discover this after we just announced there will be a season 2 for Monster Match: https://mybook.to/MonsterMatchS2

I am humbled to receive any nomination and appreciate it so much. ❤

If there are books and authors you really loved from this year, please consider nominating them for their appropriate categories. I will share voting reminders when it is time.

NOMINATE HERE

Announcing Monster Match Season 2

It's finally time to announce MONSTER MATCH SEASON 2!

Without a doubt, HIS SLENDER EMBRACE was my runaway hit of 2024, and I have you all to thank. Well, I have Ashlynn Mills to thank for organizing that world and series and for bringing me into it. We were so proud of how it turned out, we're coming back with more.

This new season of MONSTER MATCH is once again a multi-author series, this time with 10 amazing authors writing 10 amazing stories about monsters matching with the perfect human for them. It is a shared world but all books can be read as standalones.

Cover reveals begin December 1st group hop style!

December 1st: Ashlynn Mills

December 2nd: Amanda Meuwissen (ME)

December 3rd: Kota Quinn

December 4th: Jacey Davis

December 5th: TH Compton

December 6th: Kit Barrie

December 7th: BL Maxwell

December 8th: Megs Pritchard

December 9th: TJ Nichols

December 10th: Ki Brightly

My book is SHAPED TO BE YOURS and is releasing February 10th next year, featuring a jock/nerd friends-to-lovers story between a confused monster still learning what he is, and a supportive cinnamon roll boyfriend determined to learn the truth at any cost, with primal play, protective MCs, and a guaranteed happily ever after.

I will share exactly who they are (though some of you already know that secret) and the full blurb when I reveal my cover. Which, FYI, the covers have once again been designed by ME, with character art by the incredible @Sheilkuroi on Instagram, who did our art for season 1. Preorder now!

Series link: https://mybook.to/MonsterMatchS2

Shaped to Be Yours: https://mybook.to/ShapedToBeYours

Twin Cities Con 2024 Recap

Twin Cities Con was so busy, I barely had a breather during the event, so how about a recap and some plans for 2025?

What an incredible convention, one of my best of the year for so many reasons. The amount of returning readers, conversations had, costumes to gush over, peers I met, non-author celebs I met - I wouldn't have changed a thing.

Day 1 Highlight - Writing After Dark panel, where I made a few sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers (and panel attendees) blush from my readings (thanks again for the invite Jeri Shepherd Author!)

Day 2 Highlight - Reviving my Stolas from Helluva Boss cosplay to meet Brandon Rogers again (who is awesome!)

Day 3 Highlight - Grant Gustin, just him, talking to, hugging, and getting a photo and signature from that talented man was a dream come true.

I sold a ton all three days, and I am so grateful to every reader. When someone from a different state sends a friend to get signed books, when someone tells me they passed one of my books around to all their roommates, when someone loves my books enough to come back for more again and again, when someone offers kind words of any variety in person (or online as a review or even just a rating), it inspires me to continue into the next year that much more.

THANK YOU ALL. Interested in my plans for 2025? Check out the list in my Facebook group, Amanda Meuwissen Books.

New Cover - Courting Nightfall

New cover & re-formatted interior for the spooky season, my MM Romance of Dungeons & Dragons meets Dracula is live!

COURTING NIGHTFALL: https://mybook.to/courtingnightfall

‍♂️ Vampire Lord

⚔️ Reincarnated Love

‍♂️ Land of Eternal Night

⚔️ Adventure Party

‍♂️ Touch Him & Die

⚔️ HEA... I Promise

Zen is a darkling -- half human, half dark elf -- in a world that hates him, protected only by having been raised by the Order of the Sun to become a priest. He continues to fail to rise above being an acolyte despite having come of age and longs for a different life, one he only glimpses in dreams when he is with a mysterious, beautiful man he wishes was real.

After encountering an adventuring party made up entirely of other half-races, Zen is drawn to accompany them on their quest to find and destroy a fabled vampire lord. However, the pull he feels toward those lands might be more fated than he realizes.

THIS SECOND EDITION INCLUDES A NEW COVER AND RE-FORMATTED INTERIOR BUT NO SIGNIFICANT CONTENT CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL.

Art by Douglas Duarte https://www.artstation.com/douglasduarte1

Surprise New Cover for SON OF THE ARCH DEMON

(All year long, but) especially during the spooky season, sometimes we need our MM Romance to be Dark Romance. And, in this case, also a Demon Romance for all you Monster Lovers.

READ SON OF THE ARCH DEMON: https://mybook.to/archdemonson

Originally part of the Possessive Love collaboration, this newly covered version features the two MCs, Marc & Avi, with a newly formatted interior, but no major content changes. Cover illustrated by Douglas Duarte: https://www.artstation.com/douglasduarte1

Sometimes the high road leads straight to Hell.

AVRIEL

Turning twenty-one is almost universally seen as the age of transformation, of coming into one's own, reaching adulthood, and sometimes even as a symbol of death and rebirth. I never knew how literal that last part could be until, on my twenty-first birthday, I died and was resurrected as a demon.

Well, half-demon and would have died if I wasn’t prophesized to become the Antichrist and take over the world. All I wanted was to survive graduation, achieve my dream of becoming an artist, and maybe have Marc, the hot new guy who I thought liked me for me, be anything other than a lust demon hoping to guide me on my path to the apocalypse.

MARCHOSIAS

Occasionally, ya gotta make yer own destiny, my lovelies, so when I found a thin spot in the veil between Hell and earth, I leapt right through it. Sensing the soon-to-be successor to the throne of Hell, I insinuated myself on campus and into his life to await his awakening and fell to my knees in supplication once he did. Pity Avi is so set on denying his destiny.

But I can convince him. I will serve and aid and arouse my master in whatever manner necessary to get what I want. I’ve been an underling, a doormat, a lesser demon for far too long, and his path to glory is going to be mine.

Surprise Cover Reveal & Preorder for COURTING NIGHTFALL

The second edition of my Dungeons & Dragons meets Dracula MM Romance, with a brand-new cover and re-formatted interior, releases Oct. 15th in time for spooky season reads.

PREORDER NOW: https://mybook.to/courtingnightfall

WHAT TO EXPECT:

Reincarnated Love

Vampire Lord

Adventure Party

Land of Eternal Night

Touch Him & Die

HEA... I Promise

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Zen is a darkling -- half human, half dark elf -- in a world that hates him, protected only by having been raised by the Order of the Sun to become a priest. He continues to fail to rise above being an acolyte despite having come of age and longs for a different life, one he only glimpses in dreams when he is with a mysterious, beautiful man he wishes was real.

After encountering an adventuring party made up entirely of other half-races, Zen is drawn to accompany them on their quest to find and destroy a fabled vampire lord. However, the pull he feels toward those lands might be more fated than he realizes.

THIS SECOND EDITION INCLUDES A NEW COVER AND RE-FORMATTED INTERIOR BUT NO SIGNIFICANT CONTENT CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL.

Cover art by Douglas Duarte: https://www.artstation.com/douglasduarte1

RE-RELEASE DAY - COMING UP FOR AIR

BUY or READ on #KindleUnlimited my #mafia and #merfolk #mmromance today: mybook.to/comingupforair

Wow, this is... actually a pretty big deal, because this release marks the beginning of my fully self-published, all rights are mine again, journey.

It's funny, there was a time when getting something published through a publisher was the dream. That meant success, and it's a fascinating turn that the opposite is true these days. It's also so gratifying that so many of YOU have helped me get this far, so that I am a full-time author, with the ability and time to format and design my own book interiors and covers, keeping all my revenue for myself.

This is the first of what will be MANY re-released and re-covered titles from me, several of which you can get sneak peeks at if you join Amanda Meuwissen Books. Today's beautiful art was done by Douglas Duarte at https://www.artstation.com/douglasduarte1.

So, if you haven't read this book yet, and/or rated or reviewed it, please do at mybook.to/comingupforair

Signed paperbacks will be available on my Etsy shop in the months to come!

It’s not easy being someone’s fairy tale.

Leigh Hurley is making a name for himself among thieves and criminals, even if it isn’t the life he would have chosen. Screwing over the Moretti brothers, however, might be his worst call yet.

Sinking to the bottom of the river with weights on his ankles one minute, the next, Leigh finds himself on the riverbank, somehow having escaped certain death. All he remembers is a beautiful face and a soft kiss that he can't be sure he didn't hallucinate.

Then Tolomeo turns up naked at Leigh’s apartment.

Tolly comes from a race of killers - merfolk who drown and torment humans for fun. He alone is different, and when he sees a human in trouble, instead of letting him perish, Tolly offers a kiss, granting Leigh the ability to breathe underwater, and himself the ability to walk on land. At least until the next full moon.

The ancient laws state that if Tolly is given a vow of love by the one he kissed, he will be able to keep his legs. If not, he will be put to death when he returns to the water.

But love is not something Leigh offers easily, and Tolly has a secret of his own.

THIS SECOND EDITION INCLUDES A NEW COVER AND RE-FORMATTED INTERIOR BUT NO SIGNIFICANT CONTENT CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL.

SURPRISE COVER REVEAL & PREORDER - NEW COMING UP FOR AIR

To everyone who always loved the original cover of my merfolk MM romance COMING UP FOR AIR, I hope you enjoy the new illustrated version by the amazing Douglas Duarte at artstation.com/douglasduarte1

If this is a book you have not yet read of mine, you can preorder the second edition now, releasing 9.25.24: mybook.to/comingupforair

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It’s not easy being someone’s fairy tale.

Leigh Hurley is making a name for himself among thieves and criminals, even if it isn’t the life he would have chosen. Screwing over the Moretti brothers, however, might be his worst call yet.

Sinking to the bottom of the river with weights on his ankles one minute, the next, Leigh finds himself on the riverbank, somehow having escaped certain death. All he remembers is a beautiful face and a soft kiss that he can't be sure he didn't hallucinate.

Then Tolomeo turns up naked at Leigh’s apartment.

Tolly comes from a race of killers - merfolk who drown and torment humans for fun. He alone is different, and when he sees a human in trouble, instead of letting him perish, Tolly offers a kiss, granting Leigh the ability to breathe underwater, and himself the ability to walk on land. At least until the next full moon.

The ancient laws state that if Tolly is given a vow of love by the one he kissed, he will be able to keep his legs. If not, he will be put to death when he returns to the water.

But love is not something Leigh offers easily, and Tolly has a secret of his own.

THIS SECOND EDITION INCLUDES A NEW COVER AND RE-FORMATTED INTERIOR BUT NO SIGNIFICANT CONTENT CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL.

RELEASE DAY: CLERIC OF DESIRE

I've said many times (and will again) how important this book is to me. From being the organizer of the Tales from the Tarot collaboration, to designing everything alongside Fae Quin as our outstanding illustrator, and the significance of this book to me.

CLERIC OF DESIRE is especially personal as it features a demi-gendered character, which is my identity, but something I have yet to write - until now.

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Giving tours of the city’s brothel underground while dressed as historical icon, Mad Madame Mattie, is the only time Jeffrey feels close to being in his right skin. It still isn’t his true self—he isn’t sure he knows who that is—but when dwindling sales and expanding gentrification threaten to take his safety net and sanctuary away from him, he will do anything to keep it.

Including making a pact with the incubus he finds chained in the tunnels.

Odai has served many masters and mistresses over the centuries, including Madame Mattie, but never before has one captured his attention so fully or given him hope that maybe, finally, he might have found the one who can free him from his torment. Every wish he grants only grows his desire to grant more and to nourish himself on the desires of the flesh that Jeffrey offers him.

He can only hope that Jeffrey will ask the right questions quickly enough to save himself from the doom that has befallen all masters before him.

PURCHASE WHAT CAME BEFORE & PREORDER WHAT COMES NEXT: mybook.to/talesfromthetarot

Lovesick Hardcovers

At last, I have finalized and made live the new hardcovers for my superhero enemies-to-lovers Lovesick duet, Lovesick Gods and Lovesick Titans, with black & white art prints inside each of the paperback cover illustrations.

I will be ordering some to have on hand and will then add them to my Etsy store as signed copies. I will also have copies available at upcoming conventions. Which start soon, so stay tuned! I'll have lots to tell you about.

BUY NOW: mybook.to/lovesickseries

And don't forget that you can get a discounted omnibus version of the eBooks here: mybook.to/LovesickOmnibus