Livia Day writes stories that flirt with ruin and laugh in the face of it.

Her debut dark romantic comedy, Queen of Hearts, is a moody, velvet-trimmed plunge into lust, lies, and the lengths we go to for desire. Think sharp banter, slow burns, a little blood on the floor and small frogs.

Queen of Hearts is the first in a four-book series:
Hearts, Spades and Other Deadly Weapons, a decadent descent into obsession, revenge, and romance with teeth. Each book sharpens the blade a little further.

She is also at work on the Elemental Alchemy Trilogy, a dark romantasy weaving together forbidden magic, obsession, and the dangerous transformation of desire.

When she’s not writing, Livia is probably tending to her Monstera vines, watching psychological thrillers, or quietly rewriting text messages three times before deleting them anyway.

She believes in:

• Messy women

• Tender vengeance

• And the joy of a well-placed knife (literary or otherwise)

Livia lives in Australia, where she writes at night and edits in the early light, always with a mug of something strong and a playlist full of heartbreak.

Queen of Hearts is complete and currently seeking its publisher-shaped match.

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