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Chanel Pacheco

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Romance, Contemporary, Suspense

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April 2012

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Chanel is a full-time independent contemporary dark romance author with a spin of psychological and political fiction, who loves to be a homebody, hanging out with friends and family, drawing, and creating textile designs for her shop on Etsy. She's currently writing The Velvet Legacy Series, just self published Black Orchids Cry Gold and is currently working on Black Orchids Bleed Velvet which will be released in 2026. This is a planned five book series and she already is thinking about her next series she’s going to dive into.

She lives in the Phoenix area and is excited to keep writing. ...more

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Black Orchids Bleed Velvet is now available on ebook for Pre-Order!

The pressure. Is. On.
I'm halfway done with writing book 2 and I'm so excited. It is now available for pre-order via the kindle app.
Order Black Orchids Bleed Velvet Here
Hard copies will be available in December 2026.

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Published on January 13, 2026 19:45 • Tags: dark-contemporary-romance, dark-romance-slow-burn, forbidden-romance-elite-families, gothic-romance-thriller, power-struggle-romance, psychological-romance-drama, romance-suspense, the-velvet-legacy-series

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Caraval (Caraval, #1)

by Stephanie Garber (Goodreads Author)

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Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)

by Leigh Bardugo (Goodreads Author)

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The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King (Crowns of Nyaxia, #2)

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This is my book! Woohoo! This is the first book I've ever written, and I wanted to say a few things directly. I wanted a political romance series. I was inspired by Euphoria and the emotional depth, a lot of vampire shows and books, even though this b ...more
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