Thea Verdone | MM romance author

Comps:
Saltburn w/ a HEA
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Dorian Gray
Crimson Peak

🫶Please heed the content warnings — find in the back of book & at theaverdone.com

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& he goes feral when he finds out…
🍑Too much r!mming? Never heard of her
😳Horror-ish romance
🤫Secret passage shenanigans
🫣Cursed land?
👻Haunted by your ex?
❤️‍🩹Hurt/comfort
🥺Touch starved
🫶Agoraphobia & anxiety rep
☀️Reverse grumpy/sunshine

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MM modern gothic romance featuring:
🎨Celebrity artist x super fan protege
🕵️‍♂️Amazon categorizes it as MYSTERY EROTIC@ 🤣
🧎‍➡️Good lad x yes sir
🕰️Age gap (they’re both reluctant)
💖Insta love / Insta lust
🙀He has tattoos of his hero’s art all over his body!!
❓His hero doesn’t know yet

🍽️ IF I COULD I WOULD DEVOUR YOU AND LICK THE PLATE CLEAN SO NO ONE ELSE COULD HAVE YOU EXCEPT ME

What De@th Forgets —
🛒books2read.com/wdf

#mmromance

🎨👻What Death Forgets
art genius x painting prodigy
art contest
anxiety and ADHD rep
praise k!nk as therapy
castle on a tidal island
snarky, bratty younger mentee

🦊🎹Never Leave, Never Lie
savant pianist x historic home restorer
toxic AF
depression rep
talking is hard so lets fvck
crumbling gothic victorian mansion
cult favorite following (I love my readers)

🏆 Never Leave, Never Lie was also nominated for best audio narration!!!
@curtisvova
& alexanderkydd did the most amazing job and this nomination is so well-deserved!
@tantoraudio
I’d really love to see them win!!!
🌟Voting is open 12/15-12/31
Finalists announced in January!

Writing the Future We Need:
🌟Gay or lesbian representation
🌟LGBTQ representation
🌟Mental health representation
🌟Neurodivergent rep by a neurodivergent author

🏆Indie Ink Awards
What Death Forgets is up for
🌟Best book cover and artist (@ anniris on bsky)
🌟Best morally grey character
🌟Best setting
🌟Side character MVP (Theo, I presume)
🌟Wittiest character (Silas, anyone?)

🏆MM Romance Subreddit 2025-2025 Awards
We made it to the final round!!!

Categories:
🌟Best New Author
🌟Best Audiobook— Never Leave, Never Lie
@curtisvova
& alexanderkydd
@tantoraudio

🌟Best Contemporary — Never Leave, Never Lie
🌟Best Morally Grey Character — Alek NLNL
🌟Voting open through 12/23

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🏆🌟VOTING NOW OPEN for...🌟the Indie Ink Awards!
🌟the MM Romance Subreddit Awards
🌟the Goodreads MM Romance Choice Awards

Thank you for so many nominations. I am beyond grateful and it’s such an honor.

🔗links to vote : theaverdone.com/awards

🦊🎹Never Leave, Never Lie: books2read.com/nlnl
🎨👻What Death Forgets: books2read.com/wdf

Over 100 books on sale along with mine.

Shop the whole sale at mnbennet.com/pride…
Excellent summary of all the books: reddit.com/r/MM���
Thanks so much for making it ⬆️ @sulliedjedi

#booksky #romancebooks

🎨👻What Death Forgets
art genius x painting prodigy
art contest
anxiety and ADHD rep
praise k!nk as therapy
castle on a tidal island
snarky, bratty younger menteecheck the thread below for the links <3

Today's the last day to snag my MM modern gothic romances for 0.99

🦊🎹Never Leave, Never Lie
savant pianist x historic home restorer
toxic AF
depression rep
talking is hard so lets fvck
crumbling gothic victorian mansion
cult favorite following (I love my readers)

The amazing @sulliedjedi put together a more detailed list of all the books participating in MN Bennet's queer indie author promo (live 12/9-12/11).

All the books are 0.99c so if you want an all-in-one place to shop, take a look! Link:

www.reddit.com/r/MM_Romance...

🎹Never Leave, Never Lie
✨modern gothic romance
✨musican x contractor
✨hurt/comfort
✨secret identity
✨toxic af
✨angsty/spicy
✨depression rep
✨morally gray

🌊What Death Forgets
✨MM modern gothic romance
✨hurt/comfort
✨ADHD, anxiety, ptsd rep
✨Touch-starved MC
✨Insta-love
✨They're both artists
✨Praise k!nk (good lad)
✨Too much r!mming?

Other books that caught my eye:
🌈Burned & Bound by @awinchesterauthor
🌈Cherry Picking by @rikkileighton
🌈You’re Not My King by @authorerynhawk
🌈The Coffee House Witch & the Grumpy Cat by @arianajadeauthor

💸 Sh(o)p all at mnbennet.com/pride-promo
L!nk to my books in my b!o.

Books by author friends
🌈Addicted by @authorsoniablue
🌈The Dead Don’t Talk by @raestone_
🌈Rotten by @authorbreewiley
🌈Call to the Devil by @bripleywrites
🌈Resilience on Canvas by @logan.sage.adams
🌈Mother of Pearl by @aa.fairview
🌈Teeth and Tarrot by @aa.fairview
🌈Even if We’re Broken by @amweald

🌈📚Indie Book Sa!e

Scores of ebooks are just 0.99 from December 9-11, including mine!

🏳️‍🌈Many thanks to @mnbennetauthor for hosting this event. You can find his books:
Bend Him Break Him & The Misfit Mage and His Dashing Devil there too.

#booksky #mmromance #lgbtqia #lgbtqromance #romancebooks

What are you looking forward to in 2026?
I've got books and events planned and and a whole lot of rest and balance.

Next year will be so much better now that I have my health, and have made a lot of progress in therapy. Going to really focus on taking care of myself.

Wishing you the best 2026!

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.

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

#mmromance #mmbsky #lgbtqromance #gothicromance

🎹🦊Never Leave, Never Lie

💔Musician x historic home restorer
💔Relationship in crisis
💔Toxic turned healthy
💔Therapy on page
💔Hardest fought HEA
❤️‍🩹 books2read.com/nlnl

Open through 12/1 Cyber Monday
Read the blurbs and learn more at theaverdone.com

What Death Forgets
💔Artist x artist
💔Age gap
💔Praise k/nk
💔A touch of horror
💔Creepy castle
💔Rebecca & Saltburn are comps

❤️‍🩹 Books2read.com/wdf

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

Thanks love

It was a kiss that could have been tender, perhaps should have been, but that wasn’t them.

They were an earthquake,
a wildfire,
a tornado,
a tsunami.
A natural fvcking disaster.
Doomed from the start.

🌊🏰What Death Forgets
🎨Out now & on KU too
- MM modern gothic romance
- reclusive celebrity artist
- much younger panting prodigy
- hurt/comfort
- anxiety & ADHD rep
- spicy
- yes, sir & good lad
- praise k!nk
- murder mysteryish

🔗 books2read.com/wdf