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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

RELEASE DAY! Forge the Blade, Book 3 of SANCTUM. Get your copy here: books2read.com/u/mdr0Zl

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

📚🌈 ❤️‍🩹Do you want to ARC read a dark, second chance romantic drama with mafia vibes set on a global contemporary backdrop? MXM poly MCs. #polyromance #nonbinarymaincharacter Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Do you want to ARC read a dark, second chance romantic drama with mafia vibes set on a global contemporary backdrop? MXM poly MCs. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Fay Kennedy @mmbookwormreviews.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🌈📚#HappyMMBookReleaseDay 🎉 BL Maxwell Athena Steller Silvia Violet M.D Gregory Ashleigh Hawke EM Denning Lisa Oliver Michelle Notaro Universal Links at mmbookwormreviews.com #MMReaders #AugustMMBooks2026 #NewMMBooks #LGBTQIACommunity #GayRomance

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Final ARC Call for Lay It Bare: A Dark MXM Second Chance Romance ❤️‍🩹🖤🩵 SANCTUN Book 2 Info/sign-up: ciaradarren.com/2026/06/20/a... 🏳️‍🌈MXM 🫣Romantic Suspense/Thriller 🧍‍♂️🧎‍♂️Master/Slave dynamics ❤️‍🩹Second Chance Romance 🌏🥷International Crime 🫂Found Family 🤕🐦‍🔥Hurt/Comfort ❤️‍🔥”You told me you were d3@d.”

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ARC Call – Lay It Bare

Would you like an Advanced Reader Copy of my next book? Lay It Bare comes out on Wednesday, July 15th, 2026! You can pre-order it on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple, Kobo, etc right now, or, …

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I will NEVER forget that cat buying story! ^_^

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I VERY rarely run sales, but Kobo's Diversity Read List during Pride felt perfect for Prior Claim, A Dark Second Chance MXM Romance. Free to end of this week. Prior Claim on Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... Link to Kobo's Diversity Reads list for this week: www.kobo.com/.../free.../... See less

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Prior Claim ebook by Ciara Darren - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Prior Claim An MXM Second Chance Romance" by Ciara Darren available from Rakuten Kobo. Sanctum Book 1 • MXM • Romantic Suspense • Second Chance Romance • International Crime • Found Family • Int...

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Prior Claim is out now! books2read.com/u/4912Zp 🌈📚

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Sev sacrificed himself to destroy criminals. Now it's not just his life at stake. To save the man he loves, he must reach out to a lover thought lost 🏳️‍🌈MXM 🫣Romantic Thriller 🧍‍♂️🧎‍♂️Master/Slave ❤️‍🩹Second Chance 🌏🥷International Crime 🫂Found Family 🤕🐦‍🔥Hurt/Comfort ❤️‍🔥You told me you were d3@d 🩶 Morally gray

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Sevastyan dedicated his life to destroying the criminal world that had claimed him. The walls are closing in. It’s no longer just his life at stake. To save the man he loves, he reaches out to a ghost from his past, a lover he thought he’d lost forever. Link here: ciaradarren.com/2026/04/26/a...

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I don't do this, but now I kinda want to watch? Lol. Like this should be a story itself.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

There is so much politics in loving someone. My own marriage wouldn't be legal without a Supreme court case, Loving vs Virginia.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Took the cats for walks today in their backpacks. Stressed them out a bit but not badly. Cross fingers it gets easier on them. It seemed to help that they could see each other and one of their other humans. Two people went much better than one.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

And dynamic pricing is when they track your data and change the price just for you. I watched the price of a food item I bought over six months from Amazon go up as I purchased it again and again. Funny how the price started at half of the local store and ended up higher than the local store.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

That's data collection. Why would I download and app and take extra time shopping to scan, and then have that app doing who knows what with my device that goes everywhere with me? So you can have more data on me? Have you heard of "dynamic pricing"?

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Grocery store, namely Jewel's, has these signs up saying sign up for this app and then scan and you can get xyz price. OR pay a lot more. If it were a sale on a couple items, whatever, but it looked like half or more of the produce section. That's not a sale.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Been here, seen this. Absolutely beautiful.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Here's to things coming at you more gently

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I want to play Stardew but my cat is asleep on my left hand😂😅

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Get yourself an accountability buddy for doing things you want to do. That's it. That's my advice for the day. If you can't do nice things for yourself, scare yourself into disappointing someone else so you'll do it for yourself :P

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Do all the things when you're 27. It's almost time for cherry blossoms. I went picnicking under sakura trees when I was twenty-seven. Highly suggest it. Here in Chicago you can do it at the Botanical gardens and I think Jackson Park, though I haven't checked the second out out yet.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Body doubling and co-working has gotten me through many a freeze. This is a beautiful partner moment.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Went to the grocery story today. There were these large signs on so much of the produce offering "sale" prices. But ONLY if you downloaded an app and scanned. The other price if you refused to add an app to your phone was a jacked up prices from what the product is normally sold for.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

My husband just referred to me as the inspiration for Ishtar and half a dozen other goddesses. If anyone asks, I'm over here in my very happy, well read life partnership. Romance is not dead.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I have all mine in one document and update once a year in January. When I need one again, I copy and paste from one of the nine versions. Nine versions for the various lengths I've needed. Took me years to get organized and then I just got stressed out and standardized. No new versions till next Jan

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Bryn Donovan @bryndonovan.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

And honestly, editors, writers, and readers, let's cool it with the "here's specifically how I know it's AI slop" tips. More than one company has tried to recruit me to do that as a job. The guys at the LLMs really don't get it. Let's keep it that way. 👍🏻 #booksky #writesky

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

When we say we want more 🔥, about 50% of the time I think we actually want more sensual.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Sigh, yeah, I had to start doing most all my Insta posts from my phone. I never wanted it on my phone but it's there now. When I hit a higher level of income, I may get a second phone just for work.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Went looking for number 3 right away :P

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Have you made sure your water levels are good? That's what I always do when nothing is acceptable.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Got the cats a strong new scratching post that's actually the size of a post and almost as high as my waist. They seem very pleased with it. Fixing the bird feeder has also injected entertainment into their lives. They are dove stocking again. The doves are very brave. They've figured out the glass

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I've done this all my life. Sometimes I can turn it on at will. And sometimes it has kept me awake at night.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

It does. I schedule "brain time" now to let my subconscious play with the story without pressure. It does amazing things for words actually spreading over the page during writing time.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

My cat is lying on his back in his bed, looking like a Victorian painting. He's so adorable. I, however, am sick in bed and he's been very nice to me and just hung out. The other cat is acting like me, avoiding food and sleeping. But she always does that when the weather fluxates by 50 degrees F!

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I LOVE MM romantasy. Cold Fire by Kai Jennex and Casey Cross Think Lord of the Rings if the Fellowship was into each other and time travel was a thing and it starts in modern day Canada. Lord of the White Hell by Ginn Hale (academy!) duology

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

CNN's article on this was scathing.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

These two makes such good dads!!

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

That's so true. They WANT the interaction. With their people.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

We have so many ribbon toys and they do help. But my cats go through stages when they decide they aren't interested. The lazer pointer is still working ^_^ One cat loves it. We've also invested in birdseed to bring birds to the porch by the windows. The cats will watch them for hours.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

For more information, I am a dog person. Currently ordering better harnesses and trying to figure out how to take said cats on walks because that's what I do with dogs. I adore these cats. But I no longer believe cats, at least these cats, were meant to be inside all the time.

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I have come realize most people do not understand how much stimulation cats need. I was misinformed. For those who recognize house cats are tiny predators, how do you stimulate them? Signed "someone who loves someone who loves having cats but cats have chosen me over the person who chose them"

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Set in Tasmania? This is definately a fit for some reading challenges!

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

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Ciara Darren @ciaradarren.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Tonight was another really wonderful Working dinner night with friends, getting together on the floor of the living room with all of our projects and coworking over good food and holding space for the work we want to accomplish. I recommend putting together your own working dinner!

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