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🇵🇭🇺🇸 Indie Author of MCIR contemporary romance Boracay Vows, New York Engagement, Global City Tryst, Singapore Fling #GenX ♏️ Kwentita ✍🏽maidamalby.com

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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Kwentitas are proud and honored to take part in the 8th Filipino American International Book Festival from October 17-18 at the San Francisco Main Library. 🇵🇭🇺🇸📚 #filamhistorymonth #bookevent #filtheshelves #booksky 💙📖
Sanggalan

Filipino American International Book Festival
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy Filipino American History Month! 🇵🇭🇺🇸 maidamalby.com/books 📚📚📚📖 #booksky 💙📚
3D stack (phones and paperbacks) of my books
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Have y’all read the September issue of @lonestarlit.bsky.social magazine? 📖 They featured my SINGAPORE FLING in a fun literary scavenger hunt. Check it out here: lonestar-lit.com/september-20... #booksky 💙📚 #secretshelf #filtheshelves
LSLL September magazine Secret Shelf
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The second edition #paperback of FOREVERMORE is now available! 👰🏽‍♀️🤵🏾💒💍💐 A revised cover. Same original stories that celebrate Filipino American culture, love, and joy. 🇵🇭🇺🇸💘 Request from your local library and indie bookstores. #BookSky 📚 💙
Two editions of Forevermore
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Did you know that August is Romance Awareness Month? 💘 And the best way to remember is to #readromancebooks 📚 Check out my recommendations in the Texas Reads Romance @lonestarlit.bsky.social August issue 📰 lonestar-lit.com/texas-reads-...
Texas Reads Romance with Maida MalbyLovelock Freeway Something Good in the DustAccidentally Viral
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Cinematic, touching, and relevant, Indigo, The Deep by Kellye Abernathy is my latest five-star read. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Check out my #blog for the special feature and #giveaway c/o @lonestarlit #LSLLIndigoTheDeep #TexasAuthor #LoneStarLit
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INDIGO, THE DEEP by Kellye Abernathy – LSBBT Book Campaign: Review and Giveaway
INDIGO, THE DEEP by Kellye Abernathy Teen and YA / Coming of Age / Fantasy Publisher: Atmosphere Press Publication Date: July 7, 2026 SYNOPSIS “In the heart of the deepest sea caverns, there is a stillness. Learn to surrender to it.” Fifteen-year-old Condi Bloom knows the magic will happen again. The autumn equinox is looming. Strange currents are sweeping through her coastal town.
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
#BookSky 📚💙 Book People, I’ve missed you! I’m excited to see 300 or so of you at the Readers and Writers Event on Saturday, July 25th from 10:30 AM to 4 PM. ✍🏽🗓️📍🏨
Maida Malby Attending Author
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I got today’s Wordle in three tries. Wordle 1,852 3/6* ⬛⬛🟦⬛🟦 ⬛⬛🟦🟧⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 How? I used this word before in my story, Now That I Have You, from FOREVERMORE, A Kwentitas Romance Anthology. Check it out here: books2read.com/forevermore
An excerpt from my book with the Wordle of the day in it.
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Jaena Rae @jaenarae.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We have some amazing programs this summer at the Filipino American Center! @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Funny, relatable, and beautifully human. Feels Like the First Time by Kimberly Packard is my latest five-star read. Find my rave review on my blog Carpe Diem Chronicles at maidamalby.com/mai-books #LSLLFeelsLikeTheFirstTime #TexasAuthor #Lonestarlit
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FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME by Kimberly Packard – LSLL Review
FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME By Kimberly Packard Romance / Time-Slip / RomCom Publisher: Abalos Publishing Publication Date: 16 June 2026 SYNOPSIS Blink and your life’s halfway over. What if that happens literally? College party girl Emily Murray bounces through majors and boys until an ill-advised art major leads her to a rebellious relationship with an aspiring rock star. When her father cuts off the college fund—and her boyfriend ditches her to chase a record deal—Emily spirals, hard.
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🌟 The July issue of The Lone Star Literary Life Magazine is here, and I’m thrilled to be featured! @lonestarlit.bsky.social ✨ Celebrate this month’s SPARKLE theme and discover incredible Texas books, authors, and literary inspiration. 📖 lonestar-lit.com/july-2026/ #BookSky 💙 📚
Bookshelf in the shape of TexasLSLL bloggers Out and About
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
SAY YES by Kaye Rockwell - Cover Reveal Check out my blog, Carpe Diem Chronicles, for the cover reveal of Kaye Rockwell's upcoming contemporary romance novella SAY YES. Pub date—October 30, 2026.
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SAY YES by Kaye Rockwell – Cover Reveal
SAY YES Kaye Rockwell BLURB SAY YES is a fake-dating, contemporary romance about a rock star and the girl who used to tutor him in high school. This contemporary romance novella is the first book in Kaye Rockwell's new InZane series. Publication Date: October 30, 2026. ABOUT KAYE Kaye is a Romance Author who spent the majority of her childhood falling in love with fictional characters, swooning over romcoms and teen dramas, singing and dancing to musicals, AND daydreaming about her own Happily-Ever-After that led to her writing her own love stories. Social Media Links: Website ➜ kayerockwell.comInstagram ➜ @thenomaddreamerTikTok ➜ @thenomaddreamerFacebook ➜ @authorkayerockwellThreads ➜ @thenomaddreamerGoodreads ➜ goodreads.com/kayerockwell
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Had a fabulous time at Bundok Books yesterday! 🙌🏽 Grateful to Gem and Sascha for hosting me in their warm, cozy, and welcoming bookstore and giving my books space in their shelves. 🫶🏽 #aanhpiheritage is for life, not just for May. #filtheshelves #readdiversebooks 📚
Me in front of my table My table set upMy books with halohaloMy books on the shelf
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Maki-Fiesta with the Kwentitas! 🪅 We’d love to see you at our #bookevents this week to celebrate the release of LOVE AT THE FIESTA, A Kwentitas Romance Anthology. 📚✍🏽 #BookSky #booksigning #aanhpiheritagemonth
Poster of book events
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Happy #aanhpiheritagemonth 🥳🌏🏝️🎏🏮🎐 Join us in celebrating with a 3-day #stuffyourkindle event from May 21-23. 📱📚 Check out the participating authors and their books that are available to download for $0.00-$1.99 here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Happy reading! 📖 #BookSky
Stuff your Kindle event
21 May-23 MayBooks for free Books for $0.99 including my Lovelock Freeway Books for $1.99
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
My latest book! 📖 It never gets old holding a paperback of my own work in my hands. 📕 🙌🏽 Preorder LOVE AT THE FIESTA, A Kwentitas Romance Anthology now! Out on 5/26. 💘🪅👑💐 👉🏽 books2read.com/LoveattheFiesta #BookSky #FilTheShelves #AANHPIHeritageMonth
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Happy Fiesta! 🪅 Happy AANHPI Heritage Month! 🌏 🇵🇭🇺🇸🎍🎋🌊🌺🪷⛩️🎎🪭🏮🎐🎏🧧 maidamalby.com/books 📚📚 #Booksky
3D stack of my books
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
My 1st book since April 2025 is coming this May! 💗 🪅 💐 👑 LOVE AT THE FIESTA A Kwentitas Romance Anthology Return to Hacienda Luz—the world of Pasko Na, My Love and Forevermore—as the beloved Moore family opens the gates once more for a dazzling Santacruzan Fiesta in the heart of Napa Valley.
Cover art of Love at the Fiesta

Two couples under a floral arch
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Magic tied to the land. Power born from ancient bloodlines. The legend of the last fairy witch begins here. #LSLLTheLastFairyWitch #TexasAuthor #Lonestarlit
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THE LAST FAIRY WITCH by Jean M. Roberts – LSLL Book Blast
THE LAST FAIRY WITCH by Jean M. Roberts Historical Fantasy Publication Date: March 31, 2026 SYNOPSIS Hannah Heronstone appears to have everything—a devoted husband, a beloved child, and a thriving business built on ancient herbal knowledge. Yet beneath the calm surface of her life, something old and malevolent stirs. A disturbing encounter with a friend from her husband’s past awakens Hannah’s suspicion that a coven of dark witches is gathering near Wentworth Manor.
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
#Booksky 📚 💙 The Kwentitas are back with our third short story romance anthology and we’re happy to share the title with you today. 📚📚📚 🪅 LOVE AT THE FIESTA 💐 Join us for the coverreveal and #preordercampaign on April 15. Signup here: forms.gle/32386EbPiwBp...
A paperback showing the title Love at the Fiesta
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
When a mysterious tunnel in Central Park allows a heartbroken college dropout to revisit her tragic past, will she ever move on and embrace the hope—and the love—in her present? See the cover of BEAUTIFUL TO SEE YOU (again) by Lygia Day Peñaflor on my blog Carpe Diem Chronicles.
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BEAUTIFUL TO SEE YOU (AGAIN) by Lygia Day Peñaflor – Cover Reveal
BEAUTIFUL TO SEE YOU (again) Lygia Day Peñaflor Publisher: Sarah Barley Books / S&S Release Date: October 20, 2026 BLURB ARE YOU READY TO GO BACK?  Tia is sleepwalking through life. Once an ambitious student and promising actor, now she’s an aimless college dropout dragging herself to her dog-walking job . . . until she follows the sound of a ringing bell to a mysterious tunnel in Central Park, a tunnel that can transport her back in time, back to the summer of Natty.
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I’m scaling down my personal social media activities for Lent. ✝️ I will be finishing several projects and spending the time in prayer and reflection. ✍🏽 📰 🙏🏽🧎🏽‍♀️‍➡️ Wishing everyone who observe a blessed Lent and Ramadan. 🤲🏽 💜 #amwriting #Lent2026 #fasting #abstinence
Details of Lent WIP written in a notebook
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
xīn nián kuài lè 新年快乐 Happy New Year! May the year of the Fire Horse see us all galloping towards success and happiness. 🔥🐎🧧🎉🎊🎆🎇
Lunar new year flat lay with my books 📚
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Ready to root for the #Seahawks. 🏈 🏆 No matter what happens today, we got cake. 🎂 #superbowl #12s #darkside
A cake with Seahawks decorations
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
My first #FeaturedAuthor of 2026 is the uber-talented ANNE KARINE QUINN. Learn more about her and her books on my blog Carpe Diem Chronicles at maidamalby.com.
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ANNE KARINE QUINN – Featured Author
Anne Karine Quinn writes contemporary romance, filled with layered characters, complex love stories, and heartwarming happily-ever-afters. Quinn's writing journey began at age 13, with original short stories and fan fiction. Fueled by her love for Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes, Asian dramas, and anime, Quinn shifted her focus to adult contemporary romance, which reflected her interest in compelling storylines and slow burns.
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
She’s back! My Queen of Historical Romance is back! 👸🏻 Queen of Lombard Street, A Novel by Lisa Kleypas. Out October 20, 2026. Nearly broke a nail preordering. Love her! 🤩
Book announcement from Harper CollinsBlurb of Queen of Lombard Street.
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Mikayla Rand @mikaylarand.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Get this spicy freebie here: mikaylarand.com #BookTok #FantasyRomance #MagicSchool #BestFriendsToLovers #WitchyReads #SpicyReads #SlowBurnRomance #ReaderMagnet #FreeBookAlert #TikTokReads #DarkAcademiaVibes
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Happy New Year, #booksky 🎆🎇 Welcoming 2026 with the promise of (at least) 2 new books. 🥳📚 📘Kwentitas Anthology #3 📖the much-delayed Samui Heat More details coming soon! 🔜 maidamalby.com/books #newyear #goals #amwriting
3D stack of my 5 paperbacks plus 2 upcoming ones
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
It’s Pasko Na, My Loves! 🌟💝 Join the Kwentitas in greeting Lola Naty a Happy Merry Christmas 100th Birthday! 🥳🎈🎂 🤶🏽🎄🎁 Celebrate this joyous occasion with stories by Elle Cruz, Maan Gabriel, Mia Hopkins, Sarah Smith, Tif Marcelo, and me in PASKO NA, MY LOVE. 📚📚 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 ✨ books2read.com/PaskoNaMyLove
Happy 100 Birthday Lola Naty!

Balloons and 3D stack of Pasko Na, My Love
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
#Booksky 💙 📖 Book mail is the best mail. 📬 Just received my Second Chance Romance by @oliviawrites.bsky.social with the special wrap from @lovessweetarrow.bsky.social 💘
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
#Booksky 💙 📚 PASKO NA, MY LOVE, the first #bookbaby by the Kwentitas, is THREE today! 🎶 Happy #bookbirthday 🥳🎈🧁🍾🥂 🌟 Grab your copy if you don’t have it yet. 👈🏽👆🏽☝🏽👇🏽👉🏽 📖 books2read.com/PaskoNaMyLove Thanks from the Kwentitas for your support. 🫶🏽 🎄❤️📚
A paperback of Pasko Na, My Love beside a cupcake with three candles
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
#BookSky 💙 📚 On this #givingtuesday please consider donating to Bookish Auction for the Philippines 🇵🇭 32auctions.com/bookishauctionfortheph This #bookishauction seeks to raise funds to support organizations who are helping Filipinos devastated by typhoons Tino and Uwan.
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
#Booksky 💙 📚 Happy #birthday to me and happy 8th #bookbirthday to my debut novel BORACAY VOWS! 🥳🎈🎂📖 maidamalby.com/Boracay-Vows To help in my own little way, I’m donating all royalties from 11/21-11/30 to the upcoming #charityauction to benefit survivors of typhoon Tino and super typhoon Uwan. 🌀
3D stack of Boracay Vows beside a cupcake topped with a sparkler.
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Happy #BookBirthday to WORTH THE FIGHT by @LizDuranoBooks🥳🎈🎂📚🎊🎉 It's my #FeaturedNewRelease on my blog Carpe Diem Chronicles. Learn more about this #AgeGap #WorkplaceRomance at maidamalby.com
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WORTH THE FIGHT by Liz Durano – Featured New Release
WORTH THE FIGHT LIZ DURANO When the woman you've loved for years walks back into your life with a ticking biological clock... Six years ago, Cassie Reynolds was my Harvard mentor—the brilliant woman who taught me everything about business and left me wanting more than professional guidance. Now she's back as Pierce Enterprises' Chief Compliance Officer, hired to ensure I don't make mistakes as the company's newly appointed CEO.
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
We travel to the Land Down Under to meet the latest #FeaturedAuthor on my blog. Carpe Diem Chronicles -- ALANNAH ROBERTS. Learn more about Alannah and her books here:
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ALANNAH ROBERTS – Featured Author
Alannah Roberts—wifey, mum to one beautiful baby girl, fur mum to a battalion of Pomeranians, corporate baddie by day, and aspiring author by night (fueled by crispy Coke Zeros and occasionally questionable decisions). Alannah lives in Australia, but she was born and partially raised in the Philippines. Books have been her escape, her comfort, and her obsession for as long as she can remember.
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
#Booksky 💙📚 Happy #VeteransDay 🫡🇺🇸 Honoring all who served through my heroes Capt. John O’Connor — PANAGAT Lt. Col. Aidan Ryan — GLOBAL CITY TRYST & SINGAPORE FLING Rafael Balmaseda, Major (Ret) — PASKO NA, MY LOVE & FOREVERMORE, and SMSgt Jordan Prins — LOVELOCK FREEWAY maidamalby.com/books
A 3D stack of my books with military heroes
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Happy #characterbirthday to my Carpe Diem Chronicles MCs: ♏️ KRISTA - from BORACAY VOWS and NEW YORK ENGAGEMENT 🇵🇭🏝️🇺🇸🗽 AIDAN - from GLOBAL CITY TRYST and SINGAPORE FLING 🇵🇭🌃🇸🇬🌆 maidamalby.com/books 📚 🥳🎈🎂🎁🍾🥂🎊🎉 #filtheshelves #multiculturalromance #contemporaryromance #destinationromance #booksky
My books and their MCs
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
#BirthdayMonth #BookBirthdayMonth ♏️ 🦂 Accepting multiple book purchases and uplifting reviews all-month long. 🥳🎈🎂🎁🍾🥂🎊🎉 maidamalby.com/books 📚 #Booksky 💙
My books on a November flat lay
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I always enjoy meeting new-to-me romance authors when I attend book signing events, especially fellow Filipina Americans like Christina Sol. Christina is the latest #featuredauthor on my blog Carpe Diem Chronicles. maidamalby.com/2025/10/30/christina-sol-featured-author/ #Authorsky
Featured Author - Christina SolChristina and I at the Emerald City Romance Authors and Readers Event
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Closing the Filipino American History Month with my #featured author, fellow Filipina American @ChristinaSol.Author Learn more about Christina and her work on my blog Carpe Diem Chronicles at maidamalby.com.
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CHRISTINA SOL – Featured Author
Christina Sol is an award-winning author who writes what she loves to read—romance books filled with heart, heat, and suspense. An avid reader from the get-go, Christina was obsessed with The Babysitters Club, Sweet Valley Twins, Sweet Valley High, Christopher Pike, and all things V. C. Andrews. Her love for romance started with the Sunfire books, a YA historical romance series.
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
#Booksky I’ve extended the $0.0 sale for GLOBAL CITY TRYST to celebrate Maddie’s birthday. 🎉 Get it if you don’t have it yet. It’ll return to paid at 12am US Pacific. books2read.com/GlobalCityTryst Get SINGAPORE FLING as well to complete the story. books2read.com/SingaporeFling One-click now! 👉🏽
A woman in red holding a birthday cake.

My books on the foreground.
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
#Booksky 💙 📚 It’s #milspouseauthors #stuffyourkindleday 📚 GLOBAL CITY TRYST, a Carpe Diem Chronicles novelette and prequel to SINGAPORE FLING is zero pennies TODAY ONLY (October 26). Get it from www.milspouseauthors.com under Fiction Books—Romance 💗 #SYKD #FreeEBook
Logline of Global City Tryst
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I’m actually envious of those authors who are named and whose book titles are mentioned by these scammers. The closest I got was Hi Author. I didn’t even warrant the full AI spam treatment. So sad. 😞 #Authorsky 💙✍🏽
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#booksky 💙📚 More Romance Recess details! 📍I’m in Barn 2, table #54 Look for the blue suitcase and red hat. 🧳 👒 🅿️ Free parking is available behind the distillery in the large lots. 🕙 Check-in for readers starts at 9:40am, and doors will open at 10am. See you there! 👋🏽
I’m going to Romance RecessTable 54
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
#booksky 🩵 📚 PNW #romancebooklovers I’m attending Romance Recess PNW! 💕 📚 ✍🏽 This grownup book fair for #indie romance authors and readers will be held: 📅 Sat, Oct 18 ⏰ 10 am - 2 pm 🏬 Dairyland, Snohomish, WA More details on my website maidamalby.com/signing-events Hope to see you there! 👋🏽
Attending AuthorI’m going to Romance RecessAttending Authors
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The Guild Hunter series ender news just hit my inbox. 😢 I know it’s coming but it still feels shocking to see it confirmed like this. These books, along with the Psy/Changeling series, helped get me through the lockdown. I will always love Nalini for crafting these amazing stories. 🪽 #Booksky 💙 📚
Archangel’s Eternity blurb
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
My latest #FeaturedNewRelease is THE EYE OF THE STORM by @ZoeyFoxRomanceWriter Check out the details on my blog Carpe Diem Chronicles at maidamalby.com #SmallTownRomance #SecondChanceRomance
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THE EYE OF THE STORM by Zoey Fox – Featured New Release
THE EYE OF THE STORM Zoey York BLURB Cassie Hawthorne never planned to come back to Freedom, Montana. But after a humiliating betrayal and a life that's crumbled beneath her feet, the quiet town she once called home is the only place left to run. Haunted by memories of her childhood, and the boy who shattered her heart, Cassie returns to rebuild her life-one step, one breath, one guarded heartbeat at a time.
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Whether you’re #prime or #antiprime you can order my #paperbacks between Oct 7-8 and enjoy deep #discounts and #freeshipping 🛒 Get 20% off for yourself and your friends from @bookshop.org and raise $$ for local bookstores. #booksky 💙 📚 #filtheshelves
My books in the shopping cart 

Pasko Na, My Love
New York Engagement 
Singapore Fling
Boracay Vows30% off Boracay Vows from Amazon
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Celebrating stories of family, friendship, culture, love, and joy during this Filipino American History Month. 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🤍 💙 maidamalby.com/books #filipinoamericanhistorymonth #fahm #filipinoamerican #filamauthor #filipinoauthors #filtheshelves #booksky 💙 📚
My books and logos inside hearts
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Maida Malby @maidamalby.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Happy Fall! 🍁🍂 My favorite season of all.☕️ 💻 🗒️ 🖊️🧣 maidamalby.com/books 📚 #destinationromance #multiculturalromance #carpediemchronicles #filtheshelves
Autumn flat lay with my books
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