J. S. Cartel

J. S. Cartel

2 booksThrillerRomanceErotica

J. S. Cartel writes intoxicating dark fantasy and gothic romance thrillers steeped in psychological tension, human monsters, and transformative devotion. Blending macabre beauty with unapologetic passion, Cartel's stories delve deep into shadow realms where morality blurs and darkness proves irresistible. When not crafting brooding worlds, Cartel can be found exploring centuries-old myth creation stories with her husband, collecting books, or cheering on her adult children and grandchildren. The Vow is Cartel's latest dark romance. Connect with J. S. Cartel online to discover upcoming releases and bonus material.

Books

Picture Perfect Lies, Outside the Frame

Picture Perfect Lies, Outside the Frame

A picture-perfect love built on stolen memories and manufactured truth

  • Thriller
  • Romance
  • Erotica

What if the life you remembered was the lie—and the life you never lived was the truth someone wanted you to believe? Couture designer Alexandra Ross has fought for every inch of her Manhattan independence. Then Alessandro De Luca sees her. To her, he is a stranger. To him, she is already his. A man of wealth and carefully controlled power, he has spent months watching her from the shadows—her habits, her measurements, her dreams. While she lived her life, he built another one: a hidden Hudson Valley mansion, a wardrobe made for her body, photographs of vacations they never took, letters she never received. When her apartment, her accounts, and her collection vanish, Alexandra wakes inside his version of reality. He is not her captor, he insists, but the devoted fiancé of three years. The pictures are perfect. The signatures look like hers. The evidence insists she has always belonged to him. Alessandro does not only want her love. He wants her to doubt every memory until his lie is the only truth she trusts. But every perfect picture hides something outside the frame—and the most dangerous lies are the ones that look picture perfect.

The Vow

The Vow

Surrender mortal flesh to become sovereign of the eternal abyss

  • Fantasy
  • Romance
  • Horror

Anistasia Wilde knows how to restore fractured beauty, but she cannot mend her own fraying reality. Within her mundane restoration studio, the mortal world begins to splinter, bleeding into sensory visions of a breathing Gothic cathedral carved from obsidian stone. A primal, suffocating pull summons her away from the safety of her mortal life and the warnings of her dearest friend, dragging her toward an ancient entity of terrifying majesty. Abasolm Neichi is the sovereign lord of shadow and void, a towering nightmare with mercurial silver eyes who claims Anistasia was forged solely to be his eternal bride. The shifting halls of his dark realm echo with the restless debris of centuries of discarded women. Yet where others withered, Anistasia feels an intoxicating awakening. To rule beside him, she must endure an ancient covenant: the binding weight of an obsidian collar, a sacred communion of blood, and an etched brand upon her collarbone. Choosing eternity over her human soul, Anistasia faces total eclipse. Will she shatter beneath his abyssal claim, or rise transformed as the merciless queen of darkness?