The Short Version
I'm Carly Bryant, a Kentucky author writing LGBTQIA+ contemporary romance with big feelings, found family at the center, and characters who learn, slowly and sometimes painfully, that they deserve to be loved well. I write the stories I wish existed.
How It Started
The Chaos Coven was born out of a very simple question: what if the chosen family you'd always wanted was also the catalyst for the love story you didn't know you needed? The series started as a single book and kept insisting it wasn't finished.
Loving Lauren, the first full novel, went on to win an award for romance, which still feels a little surreal to say out loud. It's the book closest to my heart, a story about two women learning to stop running, from each other and from themselves.
The Writing Life
When I'm not deep in a draft, you'll find me in Facebook reader groups with readers who have become some of my favorite people, reading everything I can get my hands on, or convincing myself one more cup of tea is a sensible life choice.
I also write darker fiction under the name Carly Black: psychological thrillers with an atmosphere you can feel in your bones. Two very different headspaces. Same love of a story that doesn't let go.
A Note on My Work
My books are LGBTQIA+ romance. Different pairings, different heat levels, the same commitment to writing love stories with intention and honesty. I believe representation matters in genre fiction, and I write the stories I grew up wishing I could find.