Hi, I’m Stella.
I write romance. I love a happily ever after.
But what I really love is the hilarious, painstaking, yearnful, embarrassing, and passionate journey it takes to get there. Whether we’re navigating magical systems, soulmates, and vampire bonds or rediscovering what life and love can be after a bad relationship.
My stories embrace all of the beautiful and messy parts of love. Subgenres be damned. I want to write them all.
LOVE AT THE GATES OF HELL
Gideon Crawford is a professional thief and an expert forger. He isn’t a hero. He isn’t even a particularly nice guy. When he and his brother Luke are hired by the head of an infamous crime family to track down his missing daughter, his whole world is turned upside down.
Benny Russo, an overworked PhD candidate, is juggling a few secrets along with her upcoming thesis presentation. With a notorious father, Benny has been hiding her true abilities her entire life. She’s a witch. A rare witch with the kind of blood that could make a killing on the black market.
While the manhunt starts for her captors, Benny is left in the begrudging protection of Gideon. And there is too much at stake for the arduous interactions created by her smart mouth and his need for control.
With Benny’s blood as the key to a slew of terrifying possibilities, it’s a lot for a skeptic like Gideon to take in. Especially when the woman he’s hired to protect becomes the woman he can’t seem to stop thinking about.
And Benny? Benny is willing to do whatever it takes. It’s her blood, after all.
Multi-POV + Forced Proximity + Magic and Demons + Vampires with Attitude
Releasing August 5th, 2025