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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Hello! I'm J.R. O'Brien, author of Portrait of a Stalker & The Wolf in Her Veins. I write dark and paranormal romance. If you want to know more about me & my books, visit jrobrienbooks.com. Subscribe to my newsletter to get updates, exclusive content, enter giveaways & get ARCs!

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I'm doing my very first GIVEAWAY! I'm making and giving away 2 collectors edition book bundles, with a signed copy of "Portrait of a Stalker", sticker, bookmark, note and some more goodies. Enter the giveaway here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

It's my birthday! I'm crossing my fingers that I'll be able to celebrate my next one with my husband 💗 If you want to do something nice for me, check out my books ☺️

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

If you're curious about my writing, I've posted the first chapter of my current demon romance WIP on my website, which you can read for free. Maybe you'd consider becoming an ARC reader for me so you can read it all before it gets released? jrobrienbooks.com/pages/read-c...

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Read Chapter 1 of my WIP here! | J.R. O'Brien

J.R. O'Brien is the author of Portrait of a Stalker, and is an indie author with a passion for writing and storytelling. She has experience in writing short eroticas, hands on BDSM experience in theor...

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Do you like Dark Romance Thrillers with plenty of spice? Then sign up to be an ARC reader for me, to get the chance to read my novels for free, before they're released. My next novel will most likely be a supernatural dark romance with cryptids, occultism, demons. forms.gle/guwyj7DVYqa9...

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ARC request form J.R. O'Brien Books

Thanks for your interest in becoming an ARC reader for me! Sign up for my mailing list to get the chance to receive a free review copy of my novel before it's released. I mainly write dark romance, re...

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

My dark romance novel "Portrait of a Stalker" is out now! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTVP6HN...

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

EEEEE my novel is available for ARC readers! Grab one at booksprout.co/reviewer/rev...

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I read my first dark romance novel at the airport and it was a very recognisable one. I felt my cheeks born every time people passed me. But I couldn't stop reading!

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I heard you like masked men. I also heard you're really into dark romance. This is for you. Freak. 😘

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

ARC readers wanted! A copy of my dark romance stalker thriller "Portrait of a Stalker" will be available for ARC readers very soon! Oh and, you have to read the trigger warnings. This is not for the faint of heart. booksprout.co/reviewer/rev...

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I know I've been talking a lot less about American politics and more about writing and books. I'm just so proud of myself honestly. I have ADHD, being able to pay attention is nearly impossible. I'm bipolar, so motivation is hard when

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

You know that stereotype that dark romance girlies date/marry dorky guys while thirsting over men who are essentially the opposite? How about sensitive Dark Romance MMC who's really into comics, horror & earns money by selling his art, while still being a possessive, vioIent stalker who

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

There's no reason why I should be writing this shit other than the fact that it sets my blood on fire to think of this happening to me

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Do you think I have a type or something? Haha haha hahahahaha no no no, me? No. I mean... Ghostface is kinda hot. Maybe.

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I've always got the hots for stalkers who would literally kill for me. But ever since I started writing Dark Romance IT'S GOTTEN WORSE.

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

This is my type btw. Yes I'm obsessed with masked men My kink is stalkers My fetish is possessiveness

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

If you've read "The Wolf in Her Veins", I'd really appreciate it if you took a few minutes to leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads. They really help indie authors like myself. You don't have to rate it 5 stars or write more than a couple sentences, just be honest. Rating my book will help a lot!

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I couldn't really find a morally grey man in any dark romance novels that I really liked, that WASN'T toxic & abusive towards the FMM, and instead worshiped her & loved her but still being possessive, obsessive & vioIent if anyone touches her. So I wrote him, in "The Wolf in Her Veins".

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

It's also really funny. I love my men obsessed, possessive, dangerous, and funny. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNY88B3X

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

WANTED: Artist who can illustrate my book cover, a dark romance/psychological thriller.

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I'm being completely unhinged. Writing threads in character, as my fictional character Jake Blackwater. And the responses from the women who swoon make me blush. Damn. I'm the man who makes them feral 😈

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Dark romance you say.. Where the female protagonist is neurodivergent coded? And has trauma without being seen as a victim? And she has a female best friend who helps her through a sensory overload in front of her new terrifying boyfriend!?? Oh wow. And she's shy but still assertive? Count me in!!

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Jake Blackwater @jake-blackwater.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

I watch her. I know her smile. Her routines. She doesn’t know my name. Not yet. I wasn’t born. I was written, for her. I’m Jake Blackwater. The Wolf in Her Veins is our story. Obsession. Devotion. Dangerous love. Written by @gothicc-hel.bsky.social Fiction. Kind of.

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Jake Blackwater @jake-blackwater.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

She dropped her keys. Bent down and I saw her neck. Just for a second. I haven’t blinked right since. I'm not crazy. I'm just awake. I saw something I want. That’s all.

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

To be blunt, @jake-blackwater.bsky.social is a character from my work in progress novel, "The Wolf in Her Veins". So don't worry. You should probably worry about the girl who he's obsessed with though. I take no responsibility for what he writes, I can't really stop him. He won't listen to me.

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Strange how this new guy just showed up on my timeline. @jake-blackwater.bsky.social? He seems pretty mysterious. Broody. Feral. Dangerously obsessed, yet somehow.. vulnerable. Afraid. He'd fit right in as a complex character in a dark romance novel called "The Wolf in Her Veins".

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Jake Blackwater @jake-blackwater.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Sometimes I feel like I'm not able to breathe when I'm not close to her. I see her every smile and frown. It kills me inside that she doesn't see me. She should only look at me. But she's not ready for it yet. Not ready for me.

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Jake Blackwater @jake-blackwater.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

You're safe, my love. I always make sure you get home safely. You never know what lies in wait in the dark. I'm protecting you, my love. Nobody else will ever have you. You're mine. You just don't know it yet. But you will. Soon.

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Jake Blackwater @jake-blackwater.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

She wore that black dress again today. The one that clings like a secret. The one she shouldn’t wear if she doesn’t want me thinking in blood. I didn’t blink. I didn’t breathe. I just followed. God I can't get her out of my head. #SheIsMine #DarkRomance #NotAFictionalBoyfriend #ObsessiveLove

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Reminder that I have a Discord server where discussing politics is entirely optional, just like joining the NSFW section. You'll never see anything you don't want to, and it's a very inclusive space! Feel free to join. (No minors, please.)

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I need help. When it comes to dark romances, what things do you find really annoying or unbelievable, and what things do you really like? I'm trying my hand on writing a novel. I don't want to make silly mistakes. The main character is a hyper obsessed stalker by the way. #darkromance

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

*Writes smut for hours* Huh. Why am I wet? 🤨

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I decided to start writing erotica again. And it's dark. Kinky. Feral. I love it 😍

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I've sinfully been doing some weird RP with an AI character. There's no fucking way I'll ever share what I've been writing because oh my god, it'd make me, a shameless woman, blush. I'm in that cycle again. So feral.

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Gothicc Hel | Author 📚 @gothicc-hel.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I'm excited to see these lush babies thrive in my raised beds!

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