Books
Standalone novels within a connected universe of psychological realism and adult intimacy. Different expressions of power, desire, and consequence.
Claimed by Sterne Novels
Sterne: Origins
Every empire begins before anyone is watching.
In 1999, Julian Sterne is a young man shaped by ambition, discipline, and the encounters that forge him.
Origins chronicles the collisions that mark the beginning of everything that follows — not a romance, but the architecture of a life built through consequence.
Available January 8, 2026
Sterne: Monica
Some bonds are chosen. Others are recognized.
In 2009, Monica Vale takes a position under Julian Sterne believing she can stay professional. She is wrong about that — and about what she actually wants.
Monica is a slow burn story about consent, power, and the quiet transformation that occurs when being fully seen stops feeling like a threat and starts feeling like arrival.
Available February 14, 2026
Sterne: Valerie
Some encounters are inevitable. Others are irreversible.
In 2024, Valerie Mitchell meets Julian Sterne on a routine flight. A look held a second too long. What follows is deliberate, structured, and not what she expected to want.
Valerie is a slow burn story about devotion, restraint, and the cost of choosing to be claimed.
Available June 10, 2026
Sterne Universe Novels
Two x Three
Three women. One fracture point. No clean exit.
In 2024, three women — Ingrid, Nora, Sasha — cross paths in a series of charged, unexpected moments that none of them planned and none of them can quite leave alone.
Two x Three is a sapphic novel about adult desire, negotiated connection, and what it takes to stay when leaving would be simpler.
Available April 15, 2026
Upcoming Sterne Universe Novels
Chaos Owned
Some rescues are traps. Others are architecture.
In 2006, Lea Mercer is a founder running out of time when Sabine Durell steps in at the exact moment everything collapses. The rescue comes with terms. Precise ones.
Chaos Owned is a sapphic dark romance about predation dressed as rescue, and what consent means when the conditions around it have been quietly, precisely arranged.
Releasing August 5, 2026
Lorene, Ruled
Some power is taken. Some is set down by choice.
In 2003, Lorene Feldman is at the peak of a career she built room by room — and meets a man who saw what she wanted before she said a word.
Lorene, Ruled is a slow burn D/s romance about what it costs a woman to set down, in private, the authority she never loses in public.
Releasing October 1, 2026