Sarah Cook - Historical Fiction Author

Tries & Tribulations is a romance about rugby rivals in the Victorian era, whose sparks fly on and off the pitch as they navigate their love in an unforgiving society.

Expect lots of angst, lots of banter, and lots of fun side characters!

Out, hopefully, 1st January 2026!

My cover artist, @olterior_designs, sent over some concept sketches of my rugby rivals, and waaaaaaaaaaah, I'm already in love with my boys (look at the height difference!)

It is SO good though!

Read her story in my Victorian MMF Monster Romance now!

Buy now: mybook.to/amazeofmonstersandmen

A little commotion for my Queen Thea!!

She is my glorious FMC from A Maze of Monsters & Men. Shy but unafraid to spar if affronted and push back against pigheaded men in archaeology.

Also utterly unafraid to be ravished by two gorgeous men in the middle of the labyrinth.

A digital illustration of a spooky bookshelf. It has 5 shelves. It is coloured with red, green, yellow, and specks of orange and blue. Shelf 1: green books decorated with flowers. A frame portrait of a Victorian gentleman with glowing white eyes. A sage smudge stick. Bones. Candles. Wooden box. A cloche with a mummified fairy inside. Leaning books with bones on them. Shelf 2: Books with floral and teeth details. Candles. Jackalope skull. A cauldron with belladonna growing from it. Green books with Roman numerals. Red books with floral details. Candles. A rowan berry garland. Shelf 3: Two dark green books with witchy symbols on them. A flask of red liquid. 3 red books with leaf details. A jar of bone runes marked with pagan symbols. A black crystal ball. A horseshoe. A locked wooden box with candles melted into it on top. A book with a skull symbol. Shelf 4: 3 green books decorated with the shapes of different leaves. 2 thinner green books. 3 flasks of different coloured liquid. 2 small jars of crushed herbs on top of a wooden box. A sprig of rosemary. A rowan cross and berry charm. 3 green books. A small brown suitcase. Shelf 5: 5 books with different patterns on the spine: eyes, roses, plum blossom, a bone, and leaves. A cauldron with green smoke twisting out of it. A sprig of rosemary. A motar and pestle. 2 green books. A bundle of herbs.

a spooky bookshelf commission for @enchantedfrog.bsky.social for his upcoming TTRPG campaign! ✨🌿💀🥀

UK READERS 📓

Apparently, you can get my Victorian murder mystery for just £3 on the Zon!!! 🎩📕🔪

amzn.eu/d/9wYqjCr

The front view of a short sleeved yellow long dress draped across its entirety to suggest a neo classical Grecian form

A detail of the inside of the yellow dress showing the cream cotton channels holding the internal boning

The outward perception of this #1880s dress, attributed to Liberty, is of classical drapery, a goddess style Grecian form. Peek beneath, however, and some boned scaffolding holds the body firm @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Out now in Paperback, Kindle, & KU! mybook.to/amazeofmonstersandmen

Did you know that whilst A Maze of Monsters and Men is spicy and sweet monster romance, it also revolves around a very really archaeology dig in Crete in 1900?

But don't worry! There's no love for Arthur Evans here!

A Maze of Monsters and Men is teaming with heart, heat, and history!

Twin Peaks predicted the spectacular collapse of America’s myths about itself It’s not new, but Twin Peaks is as great as ever – maybe more so as we continue to mourn Lynch and his vision.

wrote about TWIN PEAKS (coming to MUBI on friday) and the specific cruelty of losing an artist who could capture so elegantly what it feels like to be living through our unfathomable now

I have just received the most incredible artwork ever from jo.taylor.books of my beautiful dommy ancient minotaur Serapion.

Look at him 😭😭😭😭 he is so perfect!!!!

You can meet him in A Maze of Monsters & Men!

Thank you Jo!!! ♥️ (Go read her book The Bones We Haunt as well!)

Diary of Murders is a dark er0tic Victorian thriller about obsessive, passionate love, the violence of a patriarchal society, and murder for revenge.

Available now on Paperback, Kindle, and KU: mybook.to/diaryofmurders!

Photo of my Hansry illustration as an A4 print.

Photo of two sets of sticker designs. The first is a beige coloured banner decorated with medieval style flowers. It says "Ye Olde Trans Rights" in medieval inspired font. The second is a shield banner divided into pink and blue, separated by white. It says "Trans Knights" in a medieval style font.

Photo of my ye olde trans rights medieval inspired banner illustration print. It shows a beige flag that says "ye olde trans rights" in medieval inspired font. It is surrounded by floral patterns with pink, blue, and white flowers.

🏳️‍⚧️✨MY SHOPPE IS OPEN AGAIN!✨🏳️‍⚧️ queer wares, get your queer wares here!
www.etsy.com/shop/NooskaArt

Hello.
I am going to have to take an impromptu break away from book stuff.

I am sure I will return in due course. X ❤️

This was done as a birthday present from my wickedly talented brother!
And I love them so much.
I think as a coupling, they definitely rival Miriam and John!

Happy #Pride Month!

Thought I'd kick off celebrations by sharing this incredible artwork of Luna and Ada from my upcoming Victorian paranormal sapphic romance, The Unlucky Life of Lady Ada Plume!

Fear she's writing a new book again lads.

Tries & Tribulations is a Victorian MM Rugby Romance set in 1895 against the backdrop of tense queer Victorian history.

Very excited to get stuck in!

A Maze of Monsters & Men: a Victorian minotaur poly-romance Amazon.com: A Maze of Monsters & Men: a Victorian minotaur poly-romance eBook : Cook, Sarah: Kindle Store

Buy now: mybook.to/amazeofmonstersandmen

"And so close to the mountain."

A Maze of Monsters and Men is a Victorian monster poly-romance about two rival archaeologists and ex-lovers who both fall in love with the same ancient minotaur 🐂♥️🎩

Available now on Paperback, Kindle, and KU!

A pale blue silk dress covered with floral woven bands across the skirt with a tasselled fringe and pleated bands at the bodice with net infill

I notice that this early #1870s Worth gown features in the Paris retrospective of the fashion house’s designs. I have long used this gown as an example of the bringing together of makers - of passementerie, of weavers, of seamstresses in a dizzying assortment @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Out now: mybook.to/amazeofmonstersandmen

Are you ready to meet Serapion?
My soulful, dominant centuries-old minotaur who wants to give...

Find him in the heart of the labyrinth in A Maze of Monsters & Men, available now!

And that's a wrap on #mcmcomiccon!
I sold a record number of books at an event so I'm very happy!

Thank you to all who stopped by and said hello and all the lovely authors I met!

I'll do more on the cool cosplays I saw, but for now, I go collapse!

I'm going for Dr Fintan McCarthy from A Maze of Monsters and Men for the last day of #MCMComicCon!

I only have 12 of these bad boys left so if you like Greek mythology, Victorian archaeology, and polyamory... come get em!

A Maze of Monsters & Men is delighting readers.
Don't miss out. This sweltering summer read is an absolute must for monster and myth lovers alike!

Buy now: mybook.to/amazeofmonstersandmen

Are you an indie author?
Are you having a hard time affording cover art and you're tempted to use AI?
Literally just hire me instead, I am an amateur artist and I am so incredibly willing to give you a bargain and work out a fair price or even a payment plan!
Email or DM me
Shayd.Laye@snhu.edu

Her Tormented Saviour unveils John's past and explores his pains, whilst asking the question - what truly makes us monstrous?

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The live-action Lilo & Stitch is a travesty – review This pointless remake saps the original film of its humour, satire and queerness – and sands down the titular alien into a blander, more easily marketable CGI rascal

the original LILO & STITCH is my favourite disney animation. i really did not enjoy the remake & find the primarkification of stitch to be obscene, somebody please save him from this millennial cringe