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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods
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she/her🌈 • AKA Bryony Rosehurst & Bonnie Woods • pan romance author, editor, ghostwriter, & sometimes photographer • FIREWORKS out now! 🎆
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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 26d
FIREWORKS is just 99p this November and it already has a little orange banner! Read the explosive #1 firefighters romance bestseller for:

🧨 enemies to lovers
🧨 opposites attract
🧨 single parent
🧨 small Scottish town
🧨 cosy bookstore
🧨 extra spice

🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DJN6127...
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rachelbowdler.bsky.social
What a terrible day of loss for the indie community. I didn’t know Matt very well or for very long but he was such a lovely, supportive, understanding person and I was so saddened to learn he was suffering. I hoped he would have more time. I’m sending so much love to Matt’s friends and family. 🧡
louwrites.bsky.social Ske-Lou-Ton 💀 @louwrites.bsky.social · 1d
I'm very sad to share the news that our lovely @chaoticauthor.online has passed away. His ending was peaceful and surrounded with love but came far too quickly after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.

I've known Matt for years. He was a warm, gentle, generous, all-weather friend. I miss him.
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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louwrites.bsky.social
His widow, Cat, has invited friends to leave messages and donations in his memory to Macmillan, Matt's chosen charity. I've helped set up a memorial page so please feel free to share this to anyone who knew and loved him.

www.justgiving.com/page/mattmas...
Fundraiser in Memory of Matt Mason for Macmillan Cancer Support
Help Louise Willingham raise money to support Macmillan Cancer Support
www.justgiving.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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louwrites.bsky.social
I'm very sad to share the news that our lovely @chaoticauthor.online has passed away. His ending was peaceful and surrounded with love but came far too quickly after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.

I've known Matt for years. He was a warm, gentle, generous, all-weather friend. I miss him.
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
rachelbowdler.bsky.social
Last chance to grab FIREWORKS for 99p on Amazon and Bookshop.org this November!

🧨 enemies to lovers
🧨 opposites attract
🧨 single parent
🧨 small Scottish town
🧨 cosy bookstore
🧨 extra spice

🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/reki...
A quote from FIREWORKS by Bonnie Woods: “Am I making you blush, firecracker?” He buried his grin into her neck, kisses turning rough now.
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
rachelbowdler.bsky.social
I don’t think we realise how much of a mark we can leave in a person’s life just for being part of the same community. I am remembering Lillian Barry for all their kindness and wisdom and infectious joy today, both on and off the page. I wish I could thank them for being a friend one last time.
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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aspiraldance.bsky.social
My first Christmas read this year was Honeymoon For One and was the perfect combination of warm and cosy, whilst still dealing with the very real issues we all often face when it comes to relationships.

My full review is on goodreads and Storygraph, but just know I highly recommend this one.
The book "Honeymoon for One" by Rachel Bowdler on a wintry background with text that says, "This is a warm and cosy story of friendship, love, and healing old wounds".
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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gabrielahouston.bsky.social
Today at 8pm UK time!
Join us with some questions on writing my and historical Romantasy!
@finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
rachelbowdler.bsky.social
So excited to read this!
gabrielahouston.bsky.social Gabriela Houston - Writer @gabrielahouston.bsky.social · 4d
#UKteenchat BINDING THE CUCKOO is a Gilded Age historical romantasy, inspired by the early suffrage and domestic worker rights’ movement (with elements of folklore ofc). It's set in a world where we have found a way to pull creaturers of folklore—mythics— into our world and bind them to serve us.
finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social Emma Finlayson-Palmer @finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social · 4d
1, Could you tell us a little bit about your new book, Binding the Cuckoo, please? @gabrielahouston.bsky.social #ukteenchat #bindingthecuckoo
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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gabrielahouston.bsky.social
#UKteenchat BINDING THE CUCKOO is a Gilded Age historical romantasy, inspired by the early suffrage and domestic worker rights’ movement (with elements of folklore ofc). It's set in a world where we have found a way to pull creaturers of folklore—mythics— into our world and bind them to serve us.
finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social Emma Finlayson-Palmer @finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social · 4d
1, Could you tell us a little bit about your new book, Binding the Cuckoo, please? @gabrielahouston.bsky.social #ukteenchat #bindingthecuckoo
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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gabrielahouston.bsky.social
#UKteenchat My YT channel, THE GABRIELA HOUSTON PROJECT, explores how storytelling is a crucial part of everyone's life and many professions, more than we usually give credence to. I interviewed many artists, researchers, journalists, even a cult expert. It's been such an enriching experience
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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rachelbowdler.bsky.social
It’s time to dive into your winter TBR! Why not start with HONEYMOON FOR ONE, a festive sapphic romance for lovers of Hallmark movies & cosy feel-goods?

❄️ cosy small town
❄️ sunshine x grump
❄️ baker x ski instructor
❄️ adorable husky sidekick
❄️ expiration date

Available on KU!

loom.ly/sPsriao
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November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
rachelbowdler.bsky.social
sorry I forgot bsky exists it will happen again
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
rachelbowdler.bsky.social
It’s time to dive into your winter TBR! Why not start with HONEYMOON FOR ONE, a festive sapphic romance for lovers of Hallmark movies & cosy feel-goods?

❄️ cosy small town
❄️ sunshine x grump
❄️ baker x ski instructor
❄️ adorable husky sidekick
❄️ expiration date

Available on KU!

loom.ly/sPsriao
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November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
rachelbowdler.bsky.social
just because this is a public forum it doesn’t grant you the right to be straight up rude to strangers without reason. keep it to your inside thoughts? we’re all just trying to survive in this terrible terrible place. don’t make somebody’s day worse just because you can.
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
rachelbowdler.bsky.social
look at my cutie little hedgehog 🦔
A watercolour painting of a hedgehog in grass
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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rachelbowdler.bsky.social
FIREWORKS is just 99p this November and it already has a little orange banner! Read the explosive #1 firefighters romance bestseller for:

🧨 enemies to lovers
🧨 opposites attract
🧨 single parent
🧨 small Scottish town
🧨 cosy bookstore
🧨 extra spice

🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DJN6127...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
I'm running an end-of-year fantasy bundle for indie books! If you have a fantasy book on itch-io, you can sign up below:

forms.gle/45t5y5NVCP...

📦📚 #BookSky
A green graphic for the end of year fantasy bundle with a silhouette of a man in a hat standing on a cliff looking at a hovering dragon. text reads: "end of year indie fantasy bundle. december 1st to 15th. sign ups open"
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
rachelbowdler.bsky.social
FIREWORKS is just 99p this November and it already has a little orange banner! Read the explosive #1 firefighters romance bestseller for:

🧨 enemies to lovers
🧨 opposites attract
🧨 single parent
🧨 small Scottish town
🧨 cosy bookstore
🧨 extra spice

🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DJN6127...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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gabrielahouston.bsky.social
Thank you, @rachelbowdler.bsky.social for interviewing be about Binding the Cuckoo on the Swords & Sapphics site!

www.swordsandsapphics.com/post/binding...
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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merlinagarance.bsky.social
For Halloween and because this book needs more love, have it for free! Only today and on itch!
merlina-garance.itch.io/motherly-sto...

💙📚👀😱📢📚 #books #book #fantasy 🌈📚 🎉 📚 #freebooks
Cover description: A photograph of a statue. The statue is situated in the lower left corner of the cover. It’s a woman, naked, holding fabric over her head, and smiling. Behind her is a dark forest. The title, Motherly Stones, is written at the top of the cover, in white. At the bottom is the name of the author, Merlina Garance, also in white. https://merlina-garance.itch.io/motherly-stones Blurb: Rish and Toni have been friends almost all their lives – despite Rish’s life long crush on her. When one day, Toni shows up excited to have been appointed to appraise the abandoned castle on Paicrich Island, off the coast by which Rish lives, he has a bad feeling and offers to go with her. Little did they expect the castle to have a life of its own…
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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authoralexharvey.bsky.social
Do YOU like dark fantasy? Creepy queers? Disabled baddies? As a Halloween gift, ASMLP is on sale for 99 cents until November 1st! Get it where you get most books.

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Available now at your favorite digital store!
A Sharper, More Lasting Pain by Alex Harvey-Rivas
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October 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
rachelbowdler.bsky.social
I’ve discounted a few of my books for the itch.io Halloween sale! If you like cosy sapphic romances, fantasy, or eerie mysteries, you might want to grab a few of these 👻🕷️🔪⚔️🍂

🖤 5 books for $6.70 or $1.34 each!
🖤 all sapphic novellas

itch.io/s/165252/halloween-sale-2025
Halloween Sale 2025 by Rachel Bowdler/Bryony Rosehurst
A bundle by Rachel Bowdler/Bryony Rosehurst, $6.70 for 5 games
itch.io
October 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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bookspotlight.bsky.social
🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded b y red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.
October 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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amworleywriter.bsky.social
HANGING AT CROSBHOTHAR comes out on Halloween!

“Corpses hung from the ancient maple like leaves…”

🔍 Dark Fantasy Mystery
🛡️Paladin Heroine
🩸 Blood Magic
🧐 Reverse Whodunnit
⚖️ Vengeance vs. Justice
⚔️ Battles & Bandits

See 📌
October 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
rachelbowdler.bsky.social
My author copies arrived today! It’s always surreal to add more books to my little writing corner. I think I’ve run out of words to convey how grateful and proud I am to get to do the thing I spent my teens dreaming of, and how thankful I am for all the reader love since KINDLING. 🧡🍂
FIREWORKS by Bonnie Woods on a shelf decorated with pumpkins and fairy lights
October 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM