Ellen B. O'Brien, Author
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Ellen B. O'Brien, Author
@ellenb-author.bsky.social
Author of contemporary fantasy romance. Debut novel Monsoon due out in early 2025!

Pen name of artist Bridget Engman Wilde @bengman.bsky.social

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Today's the day! Monster Brides Monster Fans is holding a party to celebrate the spookiest of months, and there's a whole bunch of FREE monster romances to fill your pumpkin bucket! Join us today from 5-midnight Eastern for fun activities and author fun!

More info & links in comments!
October 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Out for coffee with my friend Sioux at the coffeeshop that I wrote into Monsoon as Café Legend - the perfect place to announce that the paperback is now available on Amazon! Thanks to @hollyda.bsky.social for the beautiful layout! ❤️ Cover and interior art Procreate/Photoshop. tinyurl.com/MonsoonEB
July 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
First rain of the monsoon! I have so much to do but it's good to take a minute to sit on my porch in the cool damp and listen to the rain mixed with the sounds of downtown. It's a lovely balm to the stress of the day before release!
July 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
So...

-The Monsoon e-book is still coming out 7/3

-The VERSION of Monsoon that is coming out 7/3 is... the ARC edit.

This is my own fault. I sent ❤️ editor & formatter Holly *132* copy edit items at the last minute. There wasn't enough time to implement them before Amazon locked editing. I lose.
July 1, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Sometimes the meme just fits... One week to release day!

EllenBAuthor.com/Monsoon
June 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Still working on final edits for Monsoon, and then the special art for the limited edition book boxes, but I've also started my next* book. It was coming along vaguely until this idea settled, and now I have a plot and a title!
June 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just one day left to sign up for a free e-book of Monsoon prior to its release July 3rd! I'm so excited to share Rai and Poppy's story with the world. TAKE MY BOOK, PLEASE!

Tinyurl.com/MonsoonARC
June 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Chapter header and scene break graphics for Monsoon. These are black and white transparent PNGs so you can read the ebook in dark or light mode and see the art either way. Done in Procreate!

ARCs still available at tinyurl.com/MonsoonARC
June 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
June's Monster Brides book is from Grace Mirchandani with a cover by Kit Fox, and it looks amazing!

Amazon release date is June 15 - it will also be available on KU, so you know what I'll be reading this month! (This no-homework thing is pretty sweet, but I have so much reading to catch up on...)
June 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Totally a kissing book. Also an open-door four-chili-pepper spice book. You have been warned. (Or tempted, as the case may be.) ARC signups still in progress! Info in my bio ❤️
June 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Reposted by Ellen B. O'Brien, Author
We could just house people instead.
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Sacramento County to use drones to track homeless people on probation
The county's probation department said it needs the drones to contact homeless people who are on probation, specifically in hard-to-reach spots like along the American Parkway.
www.cbsnews.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Yes, it's a kissing book. (But don't read it to your grandkids when they're sick. Please.) ARC info in bio.
June 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Three days! Please come! We're going to spend all day talking monsters and mythology and worldbuilding and ROMANCE!

www.facebook.com/groups/63131...
June 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
What's it like going grocery shopping with a trickster water fae with a serious lack of boundaries, all the audacity, and no idea whatsoever how to human? Sign up for an ARC and find out! Advance Reader Copies come out June 14, book releases July 3.

Check out my bio to learn more!
June 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
ARC signups are now open for Monsoon! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Just a lil' note that you can still get Bites on Bourbon for FREE for the low low price of letting me send you an email once in a while! I send one monthly digest message about what I'm up to & occasional announcements. Please join me! dl.bookfunnel.com/1pf4zzcjsa
May 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Did I do this right? FREE for the month of April! Check out "Bites on Bourbon" and the rest of the Monsters Take Spring Break freebies!

Link in bio!

books.bookfunnel.com/monsterstake...

#monsterromance #vampireromance #freebooks #freebook
April 10, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Reposted by Ellen B. O'Brien, Author
Huh, weird
April 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
IT'S HERE!

The Monsters Take Spring Break collection is live!

Seven short monster romances FREE for the month of April to newsletter subscribers. My contribution, Bites on Bourbon, is a spicy vampire romance set in 1994 New Orleans. Please subscribe & ENJOY!

books.bookfunnel.com/monsterstake...
April 1, 2025 at 4:58 AM
It's almost here! "Bites on Bourbon" will be available FREE on April 1st (no joke!) While I'm still working on the final cover, here's a sneak preview of Nathan & Jennifer, the stars of this spicy vampire romance novelette.

www.facebook.com/groups/76463...
March 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Are you ready to have some fun with Monster March and get the links for SEVEN exclusive freebies with hot monsters taking on Spring Break? I am one of the authors participating!

Join us here!
www.facebook.com/groups/76463...

Will I see you there?
March 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
March Monster Brides and Time for Monsters Releases! Available on Amazon!

www.amazon.com/Spelunking-G...

www.amazon.com/Victorian-De...
March 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Me today, writing my MCs last truly happy moment until the end of the book...
January 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
One thing I'm excited for in 2025 is participating in the Monster Brides Romance series curated by S.C. Prncipale. Mine (same universe as Monsoon) is scheduled for November; meanwhile we're starting off the year with Twice Shy by Grace Mirchandani! Preorder here: www.amazon.com/Twice-Shy-Mo...
January 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Reposted by Ellen B. O'Brien, Author
I'm fucking blasted and hanging out in the weirdest scene because history happened at a deeply inconvenient hour. so it goes.
December 3, 2024 at 4:24 PM