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The cover for Everything After is here. We've been waiting to show you this one. Everything After — Book One of The Element of Everything by Jade Black — arrives September 22, 2026. Preorder is open now. Leiliana Collins relocated to Fujiyako for a fresh start. She got one. She also got a complication she didn't see coming. 🌶🌶🌶🌶 · Workplace Romance · Secret Baby · Single Mom Romance · Slow Burn · Forced Proximity · Interracial Romance · Holiday Arc For fans of The Hating

Cressida Vale gets to be the one readers notice first. She's sharp-tongued, she walks into rooms like she already owns the answer, and she has never once apologized for being right. Miles Stone, by contrast, is the one you underestimate — right up until you don't. Which is exactly why The Case of the Ember Mill Haunting had to be his book. Who Miles Actually Is Miles did not sign up to become a consulting detective. He got pulled into it by Cressida — his childhood best frien

We've been heads down this year. Building the foundation: three authors, two imprints live, the third in development, a catalog beginning to take shape. The infrastructure is real and it runs deep — brand systems, publication pipelines, editorial philosophy baked into every draft. Now we want to let you see a little further ahead. Not everything. Some of these projects live years out, and we believe in building anticipation slowly and honestly. But enough. Enough to show you

The Case of the Ember Mill Haunting — Book 2 in the Vale & Stone series — is coming July 28 And before it does, I'm looking for a small group of readers who'd like to get their hands on it early. Here's what's in it for you: A free early copy (ebook ARC) First access to Blackvale's newest (and most cursed) location Miles Stone's emotional spotlight — finally, properly, his Here's what we're asking in return: An honest review posted by July 28 on Amazon and/or Goodreads (posit

Hello from Blackvale. The Ember Mill has stood at the edge of town for over a century. First a working mill. Then a speakeasy. Then a crime scene. Then, for decades, a locked door and a town full of whispers. On July 28, it opens again. And so does Case No. 002. The Case of the Ember Mill Haunting is available for preorder today. Miles Stone didn't plan to be a detective. He especially didn't plan to investigate at a nightclub where someone died on opening night — in front of

We are officially one week out from the launch of Saltwater Between Us, and the nervous-excited butterflies have officially taken up residence in our chest.

There's a new mystery coming to Blackvale.

There is a specific kind of magic that happens when you stop doing what you’re supposed to do and start doing what your soul actually demands. For my newest heroine, Cerys Duncan, that meant trading a predictable life for a solo sailing adventure. For me? It meant writing a story that felt like a warm hug, a stiff breeze, and a very necessary reminder that love shouldn't require us to shrink. I am so thrilled to finally announce that Saltwater Between Us is officially availab

I’ve been sitting on this post for a while now. Not because I didn’t know what to say—but because sometimes the space between books deserves a moment to breathe. To let the echoes settle. To allow the ghosts (literal or otherwise) to stop rearranging the furniture. But since you’re here, and since you’re asking… Let’s talk about what comes next for Vale & Stone. First Things First: Yes, Book 2 Is Coming Let’s get this out of the way up front so you don’t have to squint suspic

Saltwater Between Us by Jade Black Releasing Mid-April 2026 There are stories that whisper. There are stories that linger. And then there are stories that grab you by the hand, pull you barefoot across hot sand, and say, Come on. You deserve this. Saltwater Between Us is very much the third kind. This is your official heads-up that my next release—written under my romance pen name, Jade Black—is on the horizon, and I am vibrating with excitement like a sail catching its first

Happy New Year! I'm starting 2026 the most on-brand way possible: with a dead body. (In fiction. Obviously. I promise no actual murders were committed in the making of this announcement.) Today—January 1st, 2026—Murder at the Midsummer Feast is officially out in the world. Which means you can now spend your New Year's Day exactly how it should be spent: curled up with tea, a blanket, and a mystery that starts with summer sunshine and ends with secrets bleeding through the flo

I have been sitting on a secret like a cat on a warm windowsill, pretending I’m not vibrating with excitement. But today! Today I finally get to slide the cover across the table, clear my throat dramatically, and say: look. Look at her. This is the official cover for Murder at the Midsummer Feast, the first book in the Vale & Stone: Consulting Detectives series — and yes, it smells faintly of citrus, summer sunlight, and Extremely Questionable Baking Decisions. A Little About