ADULT FANTASY AUTHOR

MENAKA RAY

Menaka was born in India and adopted to an Australian family when she was young. The Divine Lies We Weave will be her first published novel, but not her first book ever written. She has always been a dreamer and writing fictitious worlds to escape ones that make her feel emotional damage and she blames her neurodivergence on being able to hyper-fixate for hours on the worlds she creates.When she is not reading or writing, Menaka is listening to bands like Bad Omens, Sleep Token, Bring Me The Horizon, playing games, both board games and online, or playing with her dog, Rosie.

ADULT ROMANTASY

The Divine Lies We Weave

IMMORTAL LIES BOOK ONEWhen the gods crave vengeance, love becomes a weapon.Leela has spent six years chasing the monster that destroyed her family and her future with Rajesh, the man she was meant to marry. Now, her only chance at justice lies in an ancient relic said to slay monsters. But the path to revenge is never simple, especially when it leads her straight into the hands of a secretive order binding dead gods to mortal bodies.Leela becomes the unwilling host to the Viper, a ruthless goddess with a single obsession—kill her immortal ex-lover. If Leela does not comply, the goddess will take her body and do it herself. With no choice but to obey, Leela ventures deep into the desert, only to stumble upon the last person she ever expected to see. Rajesh is alive and well, leading the monster-hunting guild. And worse still? He’s the vessel for the god the Viper wants dead.To save herself, Leela must choose: kill the man she once loved or risk the goddess doing it for her. But with tensions high, old wounds reopen and sparks reignite. As they scour monster-infested dunes, they must race toward the ancient relic that might free them both, and Leela and Rajesh must confront the truth about the night everything fell apart. Because in a world where gods wear mortal skins and monsters are born from emotions, love might be the deadliest curse of all.Preorder link: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0GZCYD71GCOMING 30th August 2026
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ADULT HORROMANTASY

Horromantasy

SOULBURN is a dark fairytale reimagining of THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES, perfect for fans who love a little horror with their romantasy.To dance is to seduce in one form or another… or is it to dance a game of death?For centuries, Kira and her star-fallen sisters have ventured into the netherworld to charge their skin and close the rift, releasing blood-sucking monsters into the mortal world. Kira never wished to be the world’s salvation, especially when the daunting icy walls of her mother's palace seem to hide something far deeper. But when one sister is found dead and another goes missing days later, Kira begins to realise the blood-sucking monsters might not be the only dangers in her world.Desperate to find the only sister she truly felt connected to, Kira begrudgingly joins an alliance with the last surviving necromancer, Levi Silver, who promises he can guide her safely through the netherworld layers of lost souls—just as long as he gets to rest his ghostly form at the end. But the netherworld demands emotional justice, absorbing people’s emotions in their final moments as they pass through the waters. Each layer demands an emotional trial, and Kira must overcome not only them but also the tormenting and vexing thoughts of a smart-mouthed Levi.While emotions can be fragile, Kira cannot falter if she hopes to save her sister and find the soulburn stone capable of collapsing the rift. But battling flesh-eating roses, wild deserts, and manipulating vampires are the least of her worries, as Kira must decide how far she’s willing to fall—or rise.COMING NOVEMBER 2026

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