Title: Shadows Dark and Deadly (Red Society, Book One)

Author: Andrea Marie Johnson

Release date: June 15, 2024

Genres: queer romantasy, dark romantasy, gaslamp, why choose

Blurb: Slowly freezing in the snow and a knife to the gut are two awful ways to die.

And Cerise would very much like to avoid both. A mysterious man steps from the shadows with an offer of food, a bed, and a roof over her head. The catch? She’ll have to become his assassin apprentice. Her hands are already stained with the blood of five men. What’s a little more?

But training to be an assassin isn’t easy and learning to control her magic even less. To complicate things, Cerise can’t fight her attraction to her mentor, Keir, or his charming best friend, Damara. It wouldn’t be a problem if she wasn’t a dirty street rat. Well, that and society isn’t ready for two women to be together.

Everything heats up as an arsonist stalks the streets. His targets? Brothel owners and Cerise’s aunt is at the top of his list. Can Cerise get strong enough to help Keir hunt him down or will her aunt become another tragic death that haunts her nightmares?

Short blurb: Cerise becomes an assassin’s apprentice to get out of a blizzard. While recovering from a fever that nearly killed her, she helps her new mentor find an arsonist targeting brothels.

Title: Shadows in the Hall (Red Society, Prequel)

Author: Andrea Marie Johnson

Release date: June 24, 2026

Genres: queer romantasy, dark romantasy, gaslamp, why choose

Blurb: Four years before Cerise became an assassin’s apprentice to get out of the cold, she was a brothel brat.

Running errands, ignoring assholes, stealing coin purses, and hiding from the coppers were typical daily occurrences. So when her auntie, proprietress of the best brothel in Belldale, gives her an ultimatum—become a lady of the night or find another job—she’s at a loss for what to do.

There are numerous reasons for her not to be a brothel girl and also numerous reasons it’ll be impossible to get any other job. There’s only one thing she’s sure of. That handsome customer doesn’t belong in the back hall and he definitely doesn’t belong in her bed when it isn’t her job. But if her auntie never finds out, does it count as stealing?

Short blurb: Just a normal day for Cerise, except for her auntie’s ultimatum and a forbidden tryst with a handsome stranger.

Title: Together is a Distant Star

Authors: A.J. Calvin, C.B. Lansdell, Nancy Foster, V. Carvajal Leiva, Karen Lykkebo, Erika McCorkle, Branwen OShea, Alyse Steves, Delilah Waan, and Isabelle Wagner.

Release date: May 19, 2026

Genres: Science fiction, fantasy, anthology

Blurb: How far would you go to find where you belong?

A shapeshifting alien changeling raised by humans. The “wicked” child selected as the village sacrifice. People trapped in rigid belief systems, oppressive regimes, well-intentioned families, complicated relationships, and their very own bodies.

Is it better to succumb and survive, or escape by staking everything on a slender hope?

What triumphs in the end, love or vengeance?

And if all that remains is ashes, is it still worth it?

Grapple with these questions by diving into twelve new science fiction and fantasy stories. Together is a Distant Star is a collaborative anthology that encompasses authors hailing from Europe to Australia, South Africa to South America, and celebrates a kaleidoscope of perspectives—female, nonbinary, BIPOC, queer, and more.

Featuring stories from: A.J. Calvin, C.B. Lansdell, Nancy Foster, V. Carvajal Leiva, Karen Lykkebo, Erika McCorkle, Branwen OShea, Alyse Steves, Delilah Waan, and Isabelle Wagner.

Short blurb: Twelve science fiction and fantasy stories by twelve women and nonbinary authors delve into what it means to belong.