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Aleia
@aleia.bsky.social
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I spend my days in data and all my other moments reading and writing romance.
📚 SmoochPit 2025 Mentee #amquerying
www.aleiaslibrary.com
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Day 6 #DVParty
WITCH OF WILD THINGS X SCANDAL
A Jamaican herbalist in smalltown USA finds out she’s a witch with a mission to save her town from the patriarchy—only she has to convince the city councilman (with a secret) that poison is a better motivator than political debate.
#A #PR #BVM
Image shows a mood board centered on a tropical leafy background. Images depict a Black man in a suit, a curly haired Black woman in front of tropical bushes, a magical Cavalier King Charles dog, a couple in the ocean, a grandmother, and other tropical and herby imagery. Text reads "Lily & Rune" "Paranormal Romance | Jamaican Mythology"
October 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
aleia.bsky.social
Day 5 Legacy in Bloom playlist + (the tropes)

🖤Second Chance Romance
💰Inheritance Clause
🧑‍🧒Single-Dad Romance
🚫Forbidden Love
🛏️Strong Heroine Finds Her Soft Place
🪴Plant Lover
🏡Small-Town Romance

#DVParty #A #CR #BVM #POC #WOC
Legacy in Bloom Playlist Leela & Braxton For Tonight - Giveon Simply Beautiful - Al Green ICU - Coco Jones For the Rest of Your Life - Teddy Swims Can You Handle It - Usher
October 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
aleia.bsky.social
Day 3 Legacy in Bloom opening lines!

+ (the tropes)
🖤Second Chance Romance
💰Inheritance Clause
🧑‍🧒Single-Dad Romance
🚫Forbidden Love
🛏️Strong Heroine Finds Her Soft Place
🪴Plant Lover
🏡Small-Town Romance
#DVParty #A #CR #BVM #POC #WOC
“We’re going to get caught.” I feel his lips trace the curve of my neck.  “Try being less gorgeous,” is his breathy response before sealing my lips with his, stealing any response I might make. I hear a moan, realizing the sound is coming from me. I’m not used to this. Indulging, feeling irresistible.  “Braxton. Babe. We just have to make it through the night.”
October 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
aleia.bsky.social
Day 2 and I’m introducing the main characters of my romance Legacy in Bloom! A quick highlight of some of the tropes!

🖤Second Chance Romance
💰Inheritance Clause
🧑‍🧒Single-Dad Romance
🚫Forbidden Love
🛏️Strong Heroine Finds Her Soft Place
🪴Plant Lover
🏡Small-Town Romance
#DVParty #A #CR #BVM #POC #WOC
Image on the left shows five photos of Leela, a Black woman with curly black hair in corporate attire. The right shows five photos of Braxton. Two in suits and three in more casual attire.
October 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
aleia.bsky.social
Joining the #dvparty with a visual pitch guide for my contemporary romance Legacy in Bloom
October 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
aleia.bsky.social
I made a visual pitch guide for the romance novel I'm querying and hope the people of #writersky might appreciate it. #amquerying #booksky #writingcommunity
September 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
aleia.bsky.social
Legacy in Bloom Moodboard! #RevPit #RevPitWaiting
Rows of plants in a greenhouse, a light skin Black woman with midback length curly hair in a white shirt and red pants, a Black man in a grey shirt and black pants seated at a 4-top table holding a drink outdoors, a Black father and son in matching suits holding this cufflinks, three Black female friends at brunch, a country club sign, and an indoor garden
March 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
aleia.bsky.social
Hi #RevPitWaiting ! My story is dual POV.
Leela - a 28 year-old ambitious marketing executive who is trying to build a life outside of her family’s influence until she’s forced back home. She lives for plants and turns everywhere she lives into a mini jungle.

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March 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
aleia.bsky.social
Hi #RevPitWaiting ! My story is dual POV.
Leela - a 28 year-old ambitious marketing executive who is trying to build a life outside of her family’s influence until she’s forced back home. She lives for plants and turns everywhere she lives into a mini jungle.

[more in comments]
March 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
aleia.bsky.social
An estranged heiress-turned-corporate exec returns to her 0.1% hometown to confront her parents, the fiancé they chose for her, and finally get the guy she had to leave behind. #QuestPit #W #A #R
A collage of seven images (1) a plant nursery, (2) a Black woman who long curly black hair in a white button up shirt and wide leg red pants, (3) a Black man in a gray short sleeve shirt and black slacks sitting at an outdoor table drinking from a glass of whiskey, (4) a Black father and young son wearing identical black slacks, white suit jackets, and sunglasses while fixing their cufflinks, (5) three Black women clinking glasses and laughing over lunch, (6) the entrance sign to a coffee club, (7) a living room with a white sofa surrounded by vivid green plants in front of a floor to ceiling window.
February 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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December 18, 2024 at 1:21 AM
aleia.bsky.social
2025 books, so close yet so far. (More in comments)
December 18, 2024 at 1:21 AM
aleia.bsky.social
Holiday workplace romance novella series rec!
Enemies-to-lovers. She’s a stabby Christmas aficionado. He’s a Christmas grump of a boss who forces the team to work on Christmas. X3 #booksky
December 14, 2024 at 11:38 PM
aleia.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations.
No reviews.
Just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚

20/20
December 10, 2024 at 11:10 PM
aleia.bsky.social
Drop the lock screen.

This is vulnerable AF but I keep my vision board on my lock screen.
December 10, 2024 at 11:06 PM
aleia.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations.
No reviews.
Just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚

19/20
December 10, 2024 at 6:42 AM
aleia.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations.
No reviews.
Just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚

18/20
December 8, 2024 at 10:06 PM
aleia.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations.
No reviews.
Just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚

17/20
December 7, 2024 at 8:49 PM
aleia.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations.
No reviews.
Just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚

16/20
The very secret society of irregular witches by Sangu Mandanna
December 7, 2024 at 1:09 AM
aleia.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations.
No reviews.
Just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚

15/20
December 5, 2024 at 6:08 PM
aleia.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations.
No reviews.
Just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚

14/20
December 5, 2024 at 3:55 AM
aleia.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations.
No reviews.
Just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚

13/20
December 4, 2024 at 12:13 AM
aleia.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations.
No reviews.
Just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚

12/20
Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma
December 3, 2024 at 12:38 AM
aleia.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations.
No reviews.
Just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚

11/20
Hostile Takeover by Christina C. Jones
December 1, 2024 at 5:59 PM
aleia.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations.
No reviews.
Just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚

10/20
Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell by Taj McCoy
November 30, 2024 at 10:48 PM