Book One of the Tandem Duology · Coming February 14, 2027

You Called It Estuary

A human captain and an alien officer are wired together by an experimental neural link. The feelings growing between them can't stay hidden, and the institution that built the program must never find out. The link is a weapon. Weapons that fail get dismantled.

Sci-Fi Romance Sapphic Psychic Bond Slow Burn
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I can read 600k words of these two and never get tired of it.

Millie, early reader

I am, without a doubt, invested in their love story.

MJ, early reader

Oh, dear God, the yearning. It was there in all the little details, and I chased them like a breadcrumb trail.

Jacqueline, early reader

Tandem Duology

You Called It Estuary cover

Book One

You Called It Estuary

A human captain and an alien officer are wired together by an experimental neural link. The feelings growing between them can't stay hidden, and the institution that built the program must never find out. The link is a weapon. Weapons that fail get dismantled.

Coming February 14, 2027

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Book Two

Title to be announced

The story continues. Details are classified until further notice.

In the works

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Aven McVie

Aven McVie

Aven McVie lives in Michigan with her animal co-authors, a dog named Baron and a cat named Philip. She writes sci-fi romance focusing on characters who subvert expectations and defy the odds stacked against them.

When she's not writing, you can find her dabbling in astrophotography, re-playing the Mass Effect series, or making herself an iced coffee.