The first Smuttastic Book Fair was so amazing, The Vibrant Book Club decided to do it again, only bigger and better! Join me plus 30+ other local authors, artists, and bookish vendors for a day of adult book fun.

Try your luck on the prize wheel for a coveted naked man bookmark and other event themed prizes. Maybe you’ll be lucky enough to hear my LA Knight impression.

The event will have:

✨ A half-indoor, half-outdoor setup perfect for early fall vibes

✨ Local authors signing and slinging their latest spicy reads

✨ Bookish vendors with merch you’ll be obsessed with

✨ A curated drink menu (yes, there will be non-alcoholic options too!)

✨ Food available from Woodbine’s kitchen

✨ Cozy lounge areas (including one with a fireplace 🔥) where you can sip, read, and relax

This is a 21+ event due to theme. Tickets are available at Event Brite. Don’t wait! The last event sold out quickly. I can’t wait to see everyone there.

Join me at this two day event: Saturday, August 16th from 10am-5pm and Sunday, August 17th from 11am-4pm. Entry is free for all ages.

Meet Indie authors, shop bookish vendors, and uncover your next obsession. Come for the books. Stay for the vibes! First 100 guests get a free bookish gift.

The prize wheel is back and I have wonderful prizes to share. Stop by my booth for books, stickers, bookmarks, and more!

Join me and more than 50 other authors on June 21st, 2025 in Salt Lake City, Utah for the Books In The City Author Signing Event. Meet authors, shop signed books, win prizes, and more!
General Admission is FREE! Event time: noon-4pm.

I’ll have giveaways and fun freebies at my table. Blood Match books 1-3 will be available for purchase, complete with custom stickers and bookmarks only available at my signing events. I hope to see everyone there!

Join me and other local authors for a book fair on Sunday, May 18th from 10am-4pm at Beans Coffee in Clearfield, Utah. Genres include: spicy and paranormal romance, horror, fantasy, mystery, kids books and more! Admission is free for this family friendly event.

Blood Empire, book three of the Blood Match series, is available now on Kindle Unlimited and Amazon paperback. More retailers to come soon. Visit my Books page for links.

Readers have spoken and I have listened. Blood Match and Blood Bound are now officially on Kindle Unlimited! Visit my Books page for links to pick yours up today. Fear not, you can still purchase the ebook on Amazon if you wish to keep it forever. Paperbacks are also available at your favorite retailers and hopefully soon at local Utah indie bookstores. Stay tuned for more updates soon.

Blood Empire, the third book in the Blood Match series, is coming to ebook and paperback May 2025! This is the last book in the main trilogy but the stories in the Blood Match universe are far from over. I’m so excited to share this rollercoaster of a book with the world. Head over to my Books page for the full blurb.

Join me and many more Utah romance authors for an afternoon of books, signings, and all kinds of bookish fun! Event is Saturday, March 29th from noon to 6PM at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy, UT. More information and how to purchase tickets can be found in the link below.

I’ll have contests and freebies at my table. Also, get a sneak peek at the cover and blurb for book three of the Blood Match series coming in April 2025!

Make sure to follow me on your favorite social media platform for updates and extra entries to the event contests.

I can’t wait to see you all in March.

https://bookedwithshay.my.canva.site/event

As Thanksgiving weekend winds down, I realized I didn’t post my sale on my website. Oops! Authors are really people, folks. We make mistakes and get side tracked. Turkey, a new shed, and family time was a wonderful distraction. The good news is you have one more day to spoil yourself or the reader in your life at a discounted price.

Keep checking back here and on my social media pages. Updates on book 3 and author events will be announced soon. 2025 is the year I hope to engage with readers in person!

Summer may be winding down but projects never stop around here. I’m working on writing Rowan’s short story while editing Book 3 of the Blood Match series. There are multiple vehicle and house projects too. Stay tuned for what I’m loving referring to as the “The Van Project”. 

All that being said, my favorite summer project is always my garden. This week I entered my roasted purple tomatillo salsa into my husband’s classic car show contest. Fingers crossed! The purple tomatillos, three kinds of peppers, and two types of tomatoes all came from the garden. The garlic and lime were from the store but nobody’s perfect. The pictures don’t do it justice but the salsa was very purple and delicious, just like the 1950 Dodge Wayfarer.

Fall is my favorite time of year but it’s always hard to say goodbye to fresh veggies a couple steps into my backyard. Maybe someday I’ll have the time to put up a greenhouse but for now I will enjoy my little garden for the next few weeks before the first frost arrives. And if I’m really lucky, I’ll get another batch or two of this purple goodness.