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Harley Laroux

Harley Laroux is a queer author of erotic horror, dark romance, and new adult erotica, best known for the Souls Trilogy, the Losers Duet, and The Dare. Published by Kensington, Laroux has been marketed as a BookTok sensation and as a New York Times bestselling author. ((https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/pages/harleylaroux/))

Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur

Harley Laroux’s public biography is notably spare, foregrounding place, genre, and sensibility more than formal credentials. Official profiles describe Laroux as a queer author of erotic horror, new adult erotica, and dark romance, originally from Southern California and now based in Seattle with a husband and three cats. In that sense, Laroux’s early story is less about institutional pedigree than about the formation of a distinct creative identity: one shaped by horror aesthetics, queer romance, and a willingness to work at the darker, kink-forward edge of commercial fiction. ((https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/pages/harleylaroux/))

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Is it only a game? Only revenge? Only a dare? Or is it something more?
-The Dare
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I was supposed to have it all
-Losers: Part One
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These feelings between us were never just a game
-Losers: Part Two
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All I know is my one shot at survival is the demon stalking me, and he doesn’t just want my body—he wants my soul
-Her Soul to Take
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Blood will be spilled, and the monsters I once ran from will soon be running from me
-Her Soul for Revenge
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If a choice must be made, I’ll let the world burn if it means having her as my own
-Soul of a Witch
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Death has followed me since childhood
-House of Rayne

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"I don’t know what Harley Laroux puts in their books, but I inhale it like desperately needed oxygen"

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"Harley Laroux’s prose occasionally comes off a shade too serious, but the author knows how to have fun with the premise"

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"The first in Harley Laroux’s Souls trilogy continues to rise to the top of romance BookTok"

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"Harley Laroux challenges us to rethink our perceptions of heroes and villains"

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"Harley Laroux kills it every time"

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