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Crystal Jordan, PhD
@crystaljordan.bsky.social
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Academic librarian / award-winning author. Writer of spicy PNR and SFF romance. Lover of tea, travel, books, yarn, and plants. Unapologetic nerd. California native. Proud citizen of Romancelandia. She/her. Demi 🖤🩶🤍💜

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GETTING IT RIGHT is out today!

Grumpy single dad horror novelist meets sunshiny artist. Sarcasm and shenanigans ensue.

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#romancelandia #contemporaryromance #romancereader #booksky
Getting It Right cover - a man with long dark hair and a yellow shirt in front of a blurred background of a cabin and forest
November 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Happy Day of the Dead, friends!
A pink floral background with a skeleton with a sugar skull wearing a black sombrero and black embroidered dress sitting at a round table with a pink table cloth, set with tea, cake, fruit, and flowers.
November 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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And a pic with the moon too.
A photo of a SpaceX rocket flying across an early evening sky with the moon below and the tops of trees and a house at the bottom.
September 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Okay, I *wish* it was a UFO, but the prof tells me it's a SpaceX rocket launched from Vandenberg (former Air Force Base). 👽🚀
September 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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We're headed over to visit some friends this afternoon. He's on his second surgery and round of radiation for cancer, and he's well enough to be bored about being stuck at home.
A rectangular glass baking dish with a blueberry cobbler with a crumble topping.
September 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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For any reviewer friends, ARCs of Need Me are up on BookSirens and BookSprout. Grab a copy!

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A promotional image with the cover of NEED ME in the middle. The cover has a woman with long dark hair standing in the foreground with two large black panthers behind her and a full moon in the background. Around the cover are the words Preorder Now, Out Oct. 3 2025, panther shifters, twin brothers, wounded FMC, why choose?, fated mates, mating bites, HEA for all 3, spicy AF with 5 pepper emojis.
September 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Wild for You and the Destination: Desire boxed set are out today!

Wild for You: www.cjordanbooks.com/book/wild-fo...

Box Set (KU only): www.cjordanbooks.com/book/destina...

#romancelandia #romancereader #booksky
Wild For You cover - a man with blond hair and a brown jack with a fur collar with a snowy landscape behind him.
July 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Exciting news! I just wrapped up the formatting process for my anthology, ON THE PROWL, and it's all set for print. Keep an eye out, as it'll be available widely for pre-order very soon. Stay tuned for more updates!
June 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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It's Stuff Your e-Reader Day. TODAY ONLY get over 1600 romance books for free (including two of mine).

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June 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Then we have the third book in my Wereplanets series, IN SMOKE, with is a MMF dragon-shifter novella. The men are already mated and she's added as part of a political arranged marriage.

www.crystaljordan.com/book/in-smoke/
In Smoke cover - a muscular shirtless man standing in a desert landscape with a dragon next to him and multiple moons and planets showing in the sky.
June 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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The third short story in the series, IT'S RAINING MEN, is a MMF with bi male main characters. She's a werewolf, and the men are a human and a siren-Fae hybrid.

www.crystaljordan.com/book/its-rai...
It's Raining Men cover - a city scape on the lower half and on the upper half are three people, a woman if long curly black hair with two dark-haired men behind her.
June 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Two short stories in my In the Heat of the Night series have bi characters. The first book, TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART, has a mated werewolf couple when a second heroine they both sense is another mate throws them for a loop. Both FMCs are bi.

www.crystaljordan.com/book/total-e...
Total Eclipse of the Heart cover - A cityscape on the lower half of the cover and three people standing close to together on the top - a white man with brown hair, a white woman with long brown hair, and a black woman with dark curly hair.
June 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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The third book in my Wild short story series, WICKED, has MMF lynx-shifters. This is in both ebook and audiobook formats.

www.crystaljordan.com/book/wicked/
Wicked cover - forest greenery in the foreground and in the background a woman in a white dress with two men behind her.
June 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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THE WANDERER is like post-apocalyptic Mad Max with naughty sex and has an entire cast of pan characters. This is the first novella in the Wasteland series (written with @rgalexanderauthor.bsky.social and @edenbradley.bsky.social).

www.crystaljordan.com/book/the-wan...
The Wanderer cover - a white woman with long black braided hair, a leather outfit, and carrying a sword.
June 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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You're locked in a room with three adult men and you feel perfectly safe. Who are they?
Supernatural screencap of Dean, Sam, and Bobby.
May 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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And the second page! So many fun books. I don't remember the last time I made the time to finish this many in one month.
Image of Goober Readathon log with book covers for: Under Your Spell by Laura Wood, The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher, Demon Kissed by Patti O'Shea, Indiginerds by Alina Pete (ed.), Mismatched by Anne Camlin, Desire and the Deep Blue Sea by Alivia Dade, Undead and Unwed by MaryJanine Davidson, Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer, The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong, Morning Glory Milking Farm by C. M. Nascosta, Lemon Crush by R.G. Alexander, and Heartmate by Robin. D. Owens.
May 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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It's the last day of the Goober Readathon and I actually finished! It took two of their template pages to fit them all.
Image of Goober Readathon log with book covers for: That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming, That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming, That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming, A Blue Ribbon Romance by C. M. Nascosta, Meat Cute by Gail Carriger, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Breathing Space by Kristen Painter, The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey, Star Power by Kristen Painter, Villains are Destine to Die Vol. 5 by SUOL, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter, Bride by Ali Hazelwood.
May 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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TAKE ME is out today! Panther-shifters with some light BDSM. You're welcome!

www.crystaljordan.com/book/take-me/

#booksky #romancelandia #smutsky #romancereader
A promotional image with the cover of TAKE ME in the middle. The cover has a woman with short dark hair walking in the foreground with a large black panther behind her and a moonlit cityscape in the background. Around the cover are the words Order Now, Out May 9 2025, panther shifters, wounded FMC, who hurt you?, prodigal daughter, fated mates, sexy spankings, mating bites, spicy AF with 5 pepper emojis.
May 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Guess what? STOLEN PASSIONS, the first in the Forbidden Passions series, is now permafree on all retailer sites.

Click the link to get your copy: www.crystaljordan.com/book/stolen-...
An image with a gray and red background and the words "their love could start a shifter war. Enemy mine...." above an ereader with the cover of Stolen Passions showing on the screen, which shows a grayscale sketch style image of an embracing couple leaning against a wall, the title block has a red overlay on leopard skin with a leopard face on the left.
May 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Some California poppies spotted on my walk today.

#authorlife #bloomscrolling
California poppies surround by, I think, aloe or agave plants.
April 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Reunion romance is one of my fave tropes and that's what this delicious book is all about.

They both get invited to old friends' wedding in Rome & some forced proximity is all it takes for their chemistry to explode. Yum!

MAYBE THIS TIME is out now in ebook and paperback! books2read.com/u/49R9op
The cover of Maybe This Time by C. Jordan with a handsome brunette man walking down a street in Rome. Surrounding the cover are the words divorcing couple, second chance, vacation fling in Rome, tipsy one-nighter with almost-ex, friends play matchmaker, forced proximity, he's a lawyer, she's a librarian. At the bottom right of the image are icons for Apple Books, Amazon, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble with the author's website URL www.cjordanbooks.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Some pretty flowers from a recent walk.

#bloomscrolling #authorlife
A long-stemmed plant with rows of pink bell shaped flowers, but I have no clue what kind of plant. It's just pretty.
April 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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We finally had a (short) break in the rain. My orange tree is in bloom and it smells amazing!

#bloomscrolling #writerlife
Close up photo of Valencia orange tree in bloom.
March 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Timeline cleanser. My succulents are in bloom. ❤️
Photo of a blooming hen-and-chicks succulent in a terracotta pot and saucer sitting on a glass patio table with a stucco wall in the background.
March 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Oh, and the third book in my On the Prowl panther-shifter series is ALSO up for pre-order. In case you like a why choose threesome. 👀

www.crystaljordan.com/book/need-me

#romancelandia #booksky #smutsky
A promotional image with the cover of NEED ME in the middle. The cover has a woman with long dark hair standing in the foreground with two large black panthers behind her and a full moon in the background. Around the cover are the words Preorder Now, Out Oct. 7 2025, panther shifters, twin brothers, wounded FMC, why choose?, fated mates, mating bites, HEA for all 3, spicy AF with 5 pepper emojis.
February 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM