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Thea Verdone | MM romance author
@theaverdone.bsky.social
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🦊 Never Leave, Never Lie
🌊🏰🎨 What Death Forgets out now!!!
✨ https://linktr.ee/theaverdone
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I'm low key shocked about how many words I wrote this year. When I tallied them all up I couldn't believe it. I was sick for most of this year and had major depression backslides, but I guess I did alright.
December 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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2025 was a ✨year✨. Wasn’t it?

But there’s still so much I’m proud of, and the future seems a little brighter for 2026, and I’m so very grateful to all of you.

Many thanks to @avaasbooks for creating the template I adjusted to suit my aesthetic.

#booksky #mmromance
December 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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I sorta forgot about Cyber Monday when I did my end of Nov sale, so you can still break your heart and put it back together again* for only 0.99c through 12/1

links: linktr.ee/theaverdone
learn more below XO

🙈*Author not liable for therapy costs or tissue consumption
December 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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❤️‍🔥When they know they’re doomed from the start but don’t give a fvck…
They were an earthquake, a wildfire, a tornado, a tsunami. A natural fvcking disaster. Doomed from the start.
November 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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I’m super enjoying my relisten. Curtis Michael holland and Alex Kydd play the perfect Alek and Ian 🥹
October 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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What Death Forgets is out now and available on KU and in paperback & hardcover.

books2read.com/wdf

🌊MM modern gothic romance featuring:
🖤artist x artist
🖤spicy... and character driven?!?
🖤praise kink & gentle dom
🖤age gap
🖤sass and banter
🖤creepy castle
🖤ravenous ocean
🖤hurt/comfort
“You’re such a good lad, crying for me because you love me so much. What’s your color, Blakely?” “Green,” Asher said on a long exhale, and licked his bottom lip. Lev caressed Asher’s cheek. “Kneel for me.” The command injected heat into Asher’s veins as he lowered to his knees right there on the wood floor, sat back on his heels, pressed his palms against his thighs, and looked up the length of Lev’s decadent body. “Mm. Look how obedient you are, how sweetly you listen. You’re so pretty down there on your knees for me.”
October 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Behold the delicious spicy art inspired by a scene in WHAT DEATH FORGETS where Asher asks Lev to fuck his mouth until he cries and then use his tears for lube. 🤯. Lev doesn't like to break his toys, though, so he insists upon using tears *and* lube.

Art by the amazing @annaleigharts.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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🥹When he calls him baby…

Asher is totally Lev’s baby… and darling, pretty American, dormouse, Ash, obstinate twat, and a few others I probably forgot.

They’re so freaking cute together, honestly.

🌊🏰🎨What Death Forgets is out now & on KU
books2read.com/wdf
October 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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I sorta haven't been here in a while and figured what better way to let y'all know that What Death Forgets is out in the world than with this post. See the threads to follow for more info <3
October 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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WDF is an MM Modern Gothic Romance
🎨 master painter x art prodigy protege
🏰 castle surrounded by moors
🌊 a hungry ocean that swallows the land around Lichenmoor during high tide
🖤 forced proximity
May 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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They have so much conflict to overcome and then end up complementing each other perfectly.
May 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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I think my favorite part about this couple is how they both take care of each other despite the age gap.

Lev is so doting and comforting when Asher is anxious and Asher is just as caring and patient in return.
May 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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🌊🏰Mental Health Quotes from What Death Forgets

🌊🏰Mental Health Quotes from What Death Forgets

The mental illness rep isn’t as heavy in WDF as it was in NLNL but I hope it will still resonate.

Themes you’ll find in WDF
🖤 anxiety rep
🖤 panic attacks
🖤 PTSD rep
🖤 grief
🖤 isolation
🖤 ADHD rep
May 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Preorders for NLNL are live and we have a release date of 7/15/25. Yay! Check the link in my bio <3
May 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Reading my author friends’ books is one of my favorite things because I’m often introduced to new subgenres, and this cozy merfolk romance was a warm hug I really needed.
May 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Pretend it’s Saturday. This week’s #saturdark prompt is MORNING.

This snippet hurt my own feelings. I edited it around for readability.

Many thanks to @morgandante.bsky.social for hosting and @whosthistyler.bsky.social for creating my favorite weekly holiday.

#mmbooksky
Man in front of window hiding face in palms with musical notes fluttering around his head. Text says: When it’s finally quiet enough to fall asleep, I drop right into dreams about the way things used to be when we were still happy, when you still loved me, and that’s even worse than nightmares because the next morning I have to remember that we broke up all over again. Never Leave, Never Lie | Thea Verdone
April 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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This week’s #saturdark word is WICKED.

Lev and Asher are exploring the ruins of an old tower… and exploring ruining each other.

WDF is coming out this year. You can add it to your TBR on goodreads

Many thanks to @morgandante.bsky.social for hosting and @whosthistyler.bsky.social for creating.
three pictures of a dark castle tower with blue gray watercolor painted over. Text box says: “You said not to coddle you. I’m merely following your wishes.” Lev’s hand roved up Asher’s sternum and pinned him in place with flared fingers, while the other hand cupped Asher’s mutinous erection. “Do you want me to stop?” “No,” Asher exhaled in a rush. “I thought not.” Lev laughed, low and wicked, the heat of his breath fogging against Asher’s neck before a sharp nip. Asher hissed. “You promised you wouldn’t bite.” “First you complain that I’m being too gentle. Then you complain when I bite.” Lev abandoned Asher’s cock for a fistful of hair, and yanked his head back. “How am I to satisfy you?” What Death Forgets | Thea Verdone
April 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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This week’s #saturdark prompt is “moon”.

“Deception is survival. People are meant to be manipulated. Hoping is foolish. And above all else, Love is a weakness.”

Or at least that’s how Alek sees it.

Many thanks to @morgandante.bsky.social for hosting & @whosthistyler.bsky.social for creating it.
Man playing at piano with musical notes overlaid. Text says: Never Leave, Never Lie | Thea Verdone Quote: Alek slammed his hands down on the keys, and the sound was so loud and ugly, it was like a car crash, a building collapse, a gunshot echoing in an empty room. Ian’s arms surrounded him, but when Alek closed his eyes and inhaled salt and cedar, no forests grew. His mind was a black hole, darker than a moonless, starless, dead-of-winter, night sky.
March 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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This week’s #saturdark prompt is “dream” and this snippet from Ian’s opening chapter in Never Leave, Never Lie is one of my favorites.

Many thanks to @mdantesinferno for hosting #saturdark and @whosthistyler for creating it.
A photo of a crumbling gothic mansion covered in purple speckles I'm pretending looks like wisteria. Text box overlay says: Ian never should have invested all his money into rehabbing the mansion with a business partner as mercurial and impulsive as Alek. ‘We could even cut costs and move in together,’ Alek had said. ‘This house will be our opus.’ Now the Victorian felt cursed, like the beginning of a horror movie where an unsuspecting couple buys their dream home, only for their lives to be ruined in the process. NEVER LEAVE, NEVER LIE | THEA VERDONE
March 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Y’all?!?!

As luck would have it, I got my check from @marleysmustreadsbymm and went to donate it and The Atwood Family is matching donations to @trevorproject 3:1!!!
February 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Having a hard time keeping up with cross posting but here are a couple posts I missed sharing. #mmbooksky
February 27, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Happy release day @bycnolte.bsky.social !!! Check out the Small But Mighty MM romance Facebook group tomorrow for a chance to win a copy on me ☺️
Picture of blue locker with book cover with two men holding hands in front of a mirror with an orange cat winding around their legs. Title is Mirror, Mirror by Christina Nolte. Tropes: found family, who did this to you, grumpy sunshine, afraid to commit, cozy workplace, PE teacher X Music teacher. Win a Paperback at the Facebook launch party tomorrow.
February 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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This week’s #saturdark prompt is “touch”. Thanks @morgandante.bsky.social for hosting and @whosthistyler.bsky.social for creating it.

What Death Forgets is an MM modern gothic romance coming 2025.

Saltburn X Dorian Gray X Rebecca
February 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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This week’s #fridaykiss prompt is “trade.”

I’ve always enjoyed blending religious language with love and the physical expressions of that and What Death Forgets is no exception.

And you know what? I think I’m going to go even harder with it.
A moss covered angel kneeling with the face scratched out with black ink. Text box says: To touch Lev, to taste him, he’d traded salvation, sacrificing his honor on an altar for the miracle of Lev on his knees pledging allegiance. What Death Forgets | Thea Verdone
February 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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I listened in on @aoc.bsky.social live tonight, and by the time she was done talking, I felt energized and empowered, so I made these two slides with some quotes that resonated with me. 

(a thread)
February 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM