Queer stories about rising from darkness, striving for the light.

Worlds

A modern world where queer survivors take back their power and stand up to the darkness.

In the shadows of ordinary cities, trafficking rings thrive, secrets rot, and the people who should protect you are often the ones pulling the strings. The Healing Bonds Universe dives into contemporary queer suspense and psychological thrillers where survivors fight back and find connection in the unlikeliest places. From Chains of Fate to Joe Town Bound to Silken Bonds, each series unravels a different corner of the criminal underworld while weaving in slow‑burn, emotionally charged queer romance. Follow the link to discover the reading order and explore the real‑world locations that inspired each story.

Genre: Contemporary Suspense and Thriller

Sub-Genre: Dark Romance and BDSM

In the shadows of ordinary cities, trafficking rings thrive, and corruption runs deep.

The Healing Bonds Universe follows queer survivors who fight back and find connection where no one expects it.

Click below to explore the books and the Healing Bonds World further.

Joe Town Bound

The third series in the Healing Bonds World.

Joe Town Bound takes place in St. Joseph, on the opposite side of Missouri. It's a moderately sized town that often feels much smaller. Beneath its conservative, rural surface lie secrets and lies that protect the wrong people. A thread of big‑city corruption runs straight through St. Joseph, prompting a Sentinel Investigations private investigator to set up shop. Connected to Danica Patrick is the owner of Under the Rainbow, a secret BDSM club hidden beneath the city’s only gay bar, the Rainbow Club, where truth and danger collide behind closed doors.

Pick up Joe Town Bound if you’re drawn to small‑town drama and heavy suspense.

Chains of Fate

The first series in the Healing Bonds World.

Chains of Fate follows Kieran Sung and his polycule as they navigate the darkest corners of St. Louis, where trafficking rings thrive, corruption runs deep, and survival demands both courage and connection. Every series in the Healing Bonds World ties back to the foundational trilogy, Doctor’s Training, making Chains of Fate the heart of the world’s overarching story. At the center of it all is Strawberry’s Black, a BDSM club housed in an old brewery, where Danica Patrick works to save those the system has failed.

Start with Chains of Fate for the full Healing Bonds experience.

Silken Bonds

The second series in the Healing Bonds World.

Silken Bonds is set in Santa Cruz, California, and, like Chains of Fate, explores the darker edges of the world its characters inhabit. Confronting trafficking, kidnapping, and other violent crimes, these survivors find their way to the Grotto, a BDSM club whose owner is directly connected to Danica Patrick of Strawberry’s Black in St. Louis. Also woven through the series is the Sentinel Investigations, owned and operated by the Seaths from Doctor’s Training, whose influence reaches far beyond Missouri.

Pick up Silken Bonds if you’re drawn to seaside mysteries and suspense.

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Where to Start

A version of today's world where change and darkness threaten to overwhelm its supernatural society.

Beneath the Gateway Arch lies a city where magic breathes, monsters bargain, and the Mirage hides the truth from the unawakened. The Mystic Ring stands between humanity and the supernatural forces that walk the streets in plain sight. Across the Dragon Trinity Cycle, Transcendent Voices, and Wolf’s Moon, you’ll meet alchemists, werewolves, fae, psychics, witches, and the broken souls caught between worlds. And they're all fighting for survival, justice, and a place to belong. Step into the city where every shadow might have teeth. Or possibly a bit of lipstick.

Genre: Paranormal/Supernatural Suspense and Thriller

Sub-Genre: Dark Romance

Magic breathes under the Gateway Arch, where monsters strike bargains, and every shadow might have teeth. Or perhaps a bit of lipstick.

Supernatural St. Louis reveals the world the Mirage hides, and the Mystic Ring fights to keep humanity from slipping into the dark.

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Dragon Trinity Cycle

Supernatural drugs are ravaging the city of St. Louis.

In Dragon Trinity Cycle, Unit Zero fights to protect St. Louis's supernatural citizens from deadly designer drugs engineered to destroy them, species by species. Drawn into the fray is Duncan, an alchemist, and Kacey, a young werewolf representing a new breed of wolf entering a rigid, change‑resistant society. Together with Sebastian of Unit Zero, they race to uncover the larger conspiracy behind the attacks and identify who is trying to wipe out everything they know.

Pick up Dragon Trinity Cycle if you enjoy procedural crime drama and suspenseful romance.