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@emmy-leshay.bsky.social
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Health policy researcher. Romantic suspense writer. I'm fascinated by why people are as they are and am here to learn more about craft, find readers, and explore an occasional rabbit hole or two. Find my serial on Substack: emmyleshay.substack.com

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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 1h
“No one’s ever said they’d die for me before. I mean, not really. There was this knight at the Renaissance festival. He was doing the joust, and I got picked to be the Lady Fair. I don’t really think he meant it, though. Anyway, he lost.” New Chapter Live: emmyleshay.substack.com/p/not-yet?r=...
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Chapter 25: Not Yet
Content warning: Violence, murder, non-accidental death, gunshots, serious injury, death by gunshot, and the suggestion of sexual assault. There is no sexual assault in the story.
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Getting Ready to order proofs and am so excited. Synopsis here: www.emmyleshay.com/romantic-sus... #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #WritingCommunity #readersky #writing
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Honestly, I didn’t peg you as someone who felt much of anything at all. But look at you, playing hero.” This chapter contains dark themes. Please read the content warning before progressing. #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #readersky #writing substack.com/@emmyleshay/...
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Emmy LeShay: Adventures + HEA (@emmyleshay)
“I didn’t peg you as a romantic, Mr. Cooper. Honestly, I didn’t peg you as someone who felt much of anything at all. But look at you, playing hero.” New chapter posted: https://substack.com/@emmylesh...
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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Emmy LeShay: Adventures + HEA Her eyes went wide. “The shootout at the OK Corral? That’s your plan?” “You got a better one?” #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #WritingCommunity #readersky #writing New Chapter live today: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Chapter 23: The Maze
Content warning: Violence, murder, accidental and non-accidental death, and the suggestion of sexual assault. There is no sexual assault in the story. Please see additional notes below.
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“When men like you start talking about what comes next, they usually don’t live that much longer.” Chapter 22 of City of Redemption is now live. #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #WritingCommunity #readersky #writing substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Chapter 22: The City
Content warning: City of Redemption includes violence, murder, accidental and non-accidental death, and the suggestion of sexual assault. There is no sexual assault in the story.
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #WritingCommunity #readersky #writing
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"You’re not the things you’re afraid of, Cooper. If you were, you wouldn’t be afraid of them.” #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #WritingCommunity #readersky #writing substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Chapter 21: Not Supposed to Find
Content warning: City of Redemption includes violence, murder, accidental death, and the suggestion of sexual assault. There is no sexual assault in the story.
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Things are getting interesting. Next Chapter posts Saturday. New to the story? Check it out here: emmyleshay.substack.com/p/city-of-re... #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #WritingCommunity #readersky #writing
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Coming this Fall, Locker Five: emmyleshay.substack.com/p/coming-thi... Or www.emmyleshay.com/romantic-sus... #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #WritingCommunity #readersky #writing
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s a little too on-the-nose for Adventures with the happily-ever-after, right? (actual cove to the right) emmyleshay.substack.com #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #WritingCommunity #readersky #writing
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New Chapter Posted Saturday: substack.com/@emmyleshay/... #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #WritingCommunity #readersky #writing
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's easy to get discouraged, but if you do what brings you joy and what you love, then at the end of the day, you’ve spent your time well, regardless of the outcome. Write for the joy of it (or to quiet the voices in your head… whichever is more you, no judgment here)! #BlueSky #IndieAuthors
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
She leaned into him. “No, but just so we’re clear, after this, we are definitely not friends anymore.” The idiot laughed. “Glad to hear we used to be at least.” His next words were soft and encouraging. #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #readersky #writing Chapter 20: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Chapter 20: Says Who
Content warning: City of Redemption includes violence, murder, accidental death, and the suggestion of sexual assault. There is no sexual assault in the story.
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Because you know I’m falling for you.” It felt like all the blood in her body rushed to her head as she said it, but she was past the point of caring. “And it scares the hell out of you.” New Chpt: emmyleshay.substack.com/p/chapter-19... #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #readersky #writing
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Chapter 19: Half-Baked Lara Croft
Content warning: City of Redemption includes violence, murder, accidental death, and the suggestion of sexual assault. There is no sexual assault in the story.
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Had some time on my hands this evening. #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #WritingCommunity #readersky #writing
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Should we be worried? #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #WritingCommunity #readersky #writing
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The Storytellers Foundation | The Storyteller's Shelf Podcast @tstorypodcast.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#amwriting #writingcommunity
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Indio Gringo ® @paninid.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New Chapter Posted Saturday: emmyleshay.substack.com/p/chapter-18... New to the Story: emmyleshay.substack.com/p/city-of-re... #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #WritingCommunity #readersky #writing
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Misha Maxwell | Queer Fantasy Author @mishamwrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Don’t go insane over this shit, okay? #booksky #writerlife
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MyBibliotheca | Reading Tracker 📚 @mybibliotheca.org · 03/09/2026
MyBibliotheca is a private, ad-free reading tracker built to keep things simple. Already use Goodreads or StoryGraph? Import your library and keep tracking without social pressure, clutter, or locking up your data. Your books. Your data. mybibliotheca.org #booksky #reading #books
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MyBibliotheca · Your reading tracker
MyBibliotheca is a private reading tracker for organizing your shelves, tracking pages and listening minutes, and remembering the books that stay with you.
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“Well, damn,” he muttered under his breath. Looking at him, confused, she asked, “What?” “Means I could’ve tied you to that God damn boat and sent you back to the city. I could’ve figured this one out for you.” Chapter 18 is live: substack.com/@emmyleshay/... #WritingCommunity #readersky #writing
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Emmy LeShay: Adventures + HEA (@emmyleshay)
Turning, he kicked the nearby drum and looked at the sky where the roof had been. “Well, damn,” he muttered under his breath. Looking at him, confused, she asked, “What?” “Means I could’ve tied you ...
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“Well, damn,” he muttered under his breath. Looking at him, confused, she asked, “What?” “Means I could’ve tied you to that God damn boat and sent you back to the city. I could’ve figured this one out for you.” Chapter 18 is live: substack.com/home/post/p-... #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller
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Chapter 18: Weeping Willow
Content warning: City of Redemption includes violence, murder, accidental death, and the suggestion of sexual assault. There is no sexual assault in the story.
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Like Adventure Romance? New Chapter goes live tomorrow (Saturday). Find the synopsis and catch up: emmyleshay.substack.com/p/city-of-re... #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #ForcedProximity #Writing
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I had to work really hard for this, and I still don’t think I did it justice. I’m not sure what it is- a gazebo, maybe. It was in the backyard of a very old, very abandoned house. (The yard was very much overgrown.) So my question is: what lives there? #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #Writing
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
You go up there. I'm not going up there. emmyleshay.substack.com #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #Writing
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What do you do throughout the day to help reset your nervous system? Do you go for a quiet walk, sit for 5 minutes and listen to the stillness, or have a completely different way? I have a character who really needs to know. emmyleshay.substack.com #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #Writing
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What human quirks do your characters have? For example, Cooper (City of Redemption) grinds his teeth. Melody (title pending) loves red patent leather shoes and collects them but never wears them. What do your characters do that makes them a little more weird and a lot human? #BlueSky #Writing
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Interested in writing adventure romance? Check out what I learned from reading reviews of one. emmyleshay.substack.com/p/what-makes... #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #Thriller #Writing
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What Makes a Good Adventure Romance?
I wanted to do a book review, but ended up reviewing other people’s reviews instead...
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Chapter posted Saturday. It's one of my favorites. emmyleshay.substack.com/p/chapter-17... #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #RomanceBooks #Thriller #ForcedProximity
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Testing some graphics. Feedback welcome. Locker Five: He's a conman and a thief. She's a data scientist and health policy researcher. They both want the stolen data. They're also starting to want each other. #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #RomanceBooks #RivalsToLovers #RomanceBooks #RomanceReader
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“It’d be a shame to ruin over a decade without nicotine because he couldn’t handle twenty minutes in a courtyard.” The next chapter of City of Redemption is live: emmyleshay.substack.com/p/chapter-17... #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #RomanceBooks #Thriller #ForcedProximity
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
More information: www.emmyleshay.com/romantic-sus... #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #IndieAuthor
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Playing with teasers today. Let me know what you think. Interested in the story, find it at: EmmyLeShay.Substack.Com #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #IndieAuthor
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SkarabraeAuthor @skarabraeauthor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#anthropologyaugust To talk about something a bit different, the Huldenfolk don't have mourning rituals or funerals. They come from the Underworld, so dying is basically just not being allowed to leave your home country to them. #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #WriteSky
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
If you're new to the story, here's the synopsis and links to each chapter: (CW: violence, threats of harm, potential violence, and risk of serious injury) #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #RomanceBooks #Thriller #ForcedProximity emmyleshay.substack.com/p/city-of-re...
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City of Redemption
Vivienne Decker’s a survivor. Then she’s kidnapped to find lost treasure. Her only hope is that the mercenary hired as a guide knows real power comes from knowing when not to use it.
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“You know, you’re the only one who’s ever treated me like I was part of this. I mean, as a person. Everyone else treats me like a token or a tool.” #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #RomanceBooks #Thriller #ForcedProximity New Chapter Posted Today: emmyleshay.substack.com/p/shopping
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Shopping
Content warning: City of Redemption includes violence, murder, accidental death, and the suggestion of sexual assault. There is no sexual assault in the story.
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Just got back from vacation. Find the chapter that was posted last Saturday at the link below. #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #RomanceBooks #Thriller #ForcedProximity emmyleshay.substack.com/p/butterfly-...
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Butterfly Funeral
Content warning: City of Redemption includes violence, murder, accidental death, and the suggestion of sexual assault. There is no sexual assault in the story.
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Check it out here: emmyleshay.substack.com Chapter CW: violence, threats of harm, potential violence, and risk of serious injury #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #RomanceBooks #Thriller #ForcedProximity
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I'm seeing a lot of people's posts suggesting they're having a hard time right now. It is hard, so I am not discounting that, but here's a word of hope. The first couple of weeks of August are statistically the hottest of the year in many places. The heat messes with everything. Hang in there.
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Warning to Authors: “Film” scammers targeting writers #bookmarketingscam #writingcommunity #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory #authors #amediting #fiction #booksky annerallen.com/2022/06/book-t...
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They're (NOT) Gonna Put You in the Movies: Book-to-Film Scams
Book-to-film scams naming streaming services like Netflix are a new variation on the old Hollywood writing scams. Beware!
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Check it out here: emmyleshay.substack.com Chapter CW: violence, threats of harm, potential violence, and risk of serious injury #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #RomanceBooks #Thriller #ForcedProximity
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Bria @seshatediting.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Not to say that *every* "in order to" is wrong. Be concise, but be smart! Nuance is just as important as that quick scan 🧐
"Quick Writing Tip" and "'In order to' almost always works fine as just 'to.' It's worth a scan before you submit." in white text over a dark golden yellow background. The Seshat Editing logo and "seshatediting.carrd.co" sit at the bottom.
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
New Chapter posts Saturday: emmyleshay.substack.com Chapter CW: violence, threats of sexual assault, gun violence, murder, and serious injuries after a snakebite #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #RomanceBooks #Thriller #ForcedProximity
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Locker Five: He's a conman and a thief. She's a data scientist and health policy researcher. They both want the stolen data. They're also starting to want each other. substack.com/@emmyleshay/... #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #RomanceBooks #GrumpySunshine #RivalsToLovers #RomanceBooks #RomanceReader
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Emmy LeShay: Adventures + HEA (@emmyleshay)
A little self-promotion today. This one is with an editor right now, but I’m so excited to release it. It’s fun, it’s funny (but it has real stakes with murder and mystery).
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
New Chapter Posted: EmmyLeShay.substack.com Chapter CW: violence, threats of sexual assault, gun violence, murder, and serious injuries after a snakebite #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #RomanceBooks #Thriller #ForcedProximity
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Follow the story here: EmmyLeShay.substack.com Chapter CW: violence, threats of sexual assault, gun violence, murder, and serious injuries after a snakebite #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #RomanceBooks #Thriller #ForcedProximity
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emmy-leshay.bsky.social @emmy-leshay.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
New Chapter, Run, posted Saturday. Follow the story: EmmyLeShay.substack.com Chapter CW: violence, threats of sexual assault, gun violence, murder, and serious injuries after a snakebite #BookSky #RomanticSuspense #RomanceBooks #Thriller #ForcedProximity
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