Hi, I'm Shay (previously known as @shayinshadows)
21 • Virgo • INTJ-T

My journey started with a second-place short story win, and I haven't put the pen down since. 

I'm mostly drawn to dark romance, especially mafia worlds filled with deliciously devoted one-woman men and strong female leads who know their worth and never settle for less. But I love challenging myself as a writer, so one day you might even see me stepping into fantasy.

I adore cameos and interconnected universes, so don't be surprised when characters from one book quietly appear in another. In my worlds, everyone knows everyone.

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✦ 𝗠𝗬 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦
𝐕𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬
• 𝘝𝘦𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘴 - 𝘙𝘺𝘢𝘯 & 𝘌𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢 (𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 + 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥)
• 𝘝𝘦𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 - 𝘍𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘰, 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘢 & 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢 (𝘜𝘱𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘜)
• 𝘝𝘦𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 - 𝘈𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 & 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢
• 𝘝𝘦𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 - 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘢 & 𝘝𝘪𝘬𝘵𝘰𝘳

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐳 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬
• 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘔𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘵 + 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘵 - 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯 & 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘢 (2027)
• 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘵 + 𝘏𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘔𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘵 - 𝘔𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮 & 𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢 (2027)

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬
• 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘦 - 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘰 & 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢
• 𝘛𝘉𝘈 - 𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘻𝘰 & 𝘙𝘢𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘭

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
• 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 - 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴 & 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢
• 𝘓𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 - 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘳 & 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢

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✦ 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗽𝗮𝗱 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀
✓ Crossing 10K reads on a book - achieved
• Getting featured on reading lists
• Becoming a Wattys shortlisted author

If you have inquiries or just want to say hello, feel free to reach out on Instagram. My DMs are always open. And kindly avoid promoting your books on my message board.

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