Indie Author Spotlight - Keighley Bradford, Havelah McLat and Natalie Starkoss

Published on 2 April 2025 at 10:32

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Keighley Bradford

Indie Author

Humour, Heart & Heat!
Hey, I'm Keighley Bradford, an Aussie Romance Author based in Newcastle, NSW.
I write steamy new adult/college rom-coms, as well as spicy contemporary romances (billionaires, office romances and more). I've been writing stories for over half my life, falling in love with the romance genre during my first year of uni.
When I'm not writing I'm reading (smut, obviously) or watching some Netflix (a rom-com, duh).

Havelah McLat

Indie Author 

Havelah McLat grew up on a small farm in rural Ohio with her family.
As a kid, she spent hours drawing and then crafting short stories to go along with her illustrations. As she got older, her passion grew to write stories about the world, faith, and topics that matter the most to her.
She has written several short fictions that have been featured in different anthologies. When she isn’t writing, she reads books, draws, helps with activity events in her local church and community, and spends time with her family.

Natalie Starkoss

Indie Author

Natalie Starkoss is an Australian (hello from Tasmania!) Indie Author writing Spicy Human/Other Romance. She's a sucker for HEA's, so love will always conquer all by the end of each book.
She's a self proclaimed caffeine addict, loves reading Alien & Monster smut, her shadow is in the shape of a mini dachshund named Pippa, and if she's ever forced to choose, doughnuts will always win over chocolate (not that eating chocolate is ever a hardship)

Keighley Bradford - Love, Anonymous

Out Now on Kindle and in Paperback

Link to buy: https://books2read.com/love-anonymous 


To the outside world, Samantha "Sammy" Eastwood is just your ordinary girl. Grade A student, aspiring journalist, and an introvert who'd much prefer to stay home reading than have a night out partying. However, Sammy has a secret not a soul can ever know about - she's the founder of Love, Anonymous, an anonymous love letter page for her peers on campus are obsessed with.

And it all started because of him. Byron Ashford, her former childhood best friend. Law student by day, PT by night. The player who unknowingly broke her heart.

When Sammy ghosted Byron a year ago, it had almost broken him. No text, no note - nothing to explain what had gone wrong. Crossing paths again in the most unlikely of places, Byron becomes determined to win back his best friend, no matter what it takes. He'll pose as her project partner and write some sappy romance story. He'll fake date her roommate just for a chance to see her face. Hell, he'll even give up pursuing other women, if she agrees to his proposal.

Their new arrangement seems to satisfy them both...until it doesn't.

Will their relationship survive when the secrets and revelations of Love, Anonymous come to light? Will Byron forgive Sammy for running away when he discovers the reason she left? Can a simple love letter bring these two soulmates back together?


'Love, Anonymous' is a steamy friends-to-lovers new adult/college rom-com set in Sydney, Australia.

Ali's Notes:

Second Chance? Friends to lovers? College ROM COM!! Sign me up. This sounds incredible and I adore a Sydney setting. 



Havelah McLat - Dust and Crown

Out now in Kindle and Paperback

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Dust-Crown-Havelah-McLat-ebook/dp/B0D2Y4SL9H 


A wicked ruler takes the throne, the fairy kingdom is in chaos, and the dust tree that sustains the fairies is dying.

Fyodar believes Nastia is the only one who can save the kingdom, but Nastia’s memory is gone and she can’t even remember who she is. 

Will they survive the dangerous journey to search for her identity? If so, what will it cost her?

Ali's Notes:

Absolutely STUNNING cover! This is a retelling of Anastasia and I am honestly fascinated by the concept. Very cosy and very magical!



Natalie Starkoss - Prowl
Book 1 of the Spliced Love series

Out now on KU and Paperback

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Prowl-Spliced-Love-Book-1-ebook/dp/B0DNYWYHJ6 


A dying hybrid. A determined civilian. An undeniable bond.

Prowl
All I want is freedom, like the others. But I’m going to die here, trapped in another prison unless they find someone my Lion will respond to.
I’d given up hope until I scent her. Daff.
My instincts demand I claim her, but could perfection like her ever love a monster like me?

Daff
I signed a two year contract with the military, needing female civilians for an ongoing project. They won’t discuss specifics, but they’ll pay me a small fortune - enough to clear Dad’s medical bills and give us a better future.
What I find when I get there? Rescued Super Soldiers, who are just as much animal as human.
I’ve barely arrived when I find myself face to face with one, deteriorating faster than they can save him. Prowl.
The connection. The desire. There’s no denying our bond. I’ll give my heart, my body, my soul, to save him. I’ll do everything I can to see him survive, even if it breaks me when I leave.
Because I will have to leave.
There’s no way the military will let me stay...

Features: Lab made soldiers, she saves him, forced proximity, virgin male, You. Are. Mine. found family, secret military compound, touch her and die, Human/animal hybrids, differing anatomy, spice.

Please note: Prowl ends with a HFN - due to the ongoing fight for the hybrid's rights. The couple ends with a solid, happy relationship. Battle for their rights will continue through the other books in this series, with each book focused on a new couple. Please check the trigger warning page (on Natalie's website) before reading.

Ali's Notes:

A genuinely fascinating concept. I love You. Are. Mine and forced proximity! Books 2 & 3 will be released later this year so that's really really exciting.



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