
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/))
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/))
"I don’t know what Harley Laroux puts in their books, but I inhale it like desperately needed oxygen"
— Katee Robert
"Harley Laroux’s prose occasionally comes off a shade too serious, but the author knows how to have fun with the premise"
— Destructoid
"The first in Harley Laroux’s Souls trilogy continues to rise to the top of romance BookTok"
— Book Riot
"Harley Laroux challenges us to rethink our perceptions of heroes and villains"
— Johanny Ortega
"The dark paranormal romance Harley Laroux self-published in 2021 marked their traditionally published debut"
— Publishers Weekly
"Harley Laroux kills it every time"
— Rissa Bennett