The Nightshade Tea Room is a writing collective whose purpose is to encourage and develop the writing talent of each member, giving voice to their individual style, tastes and genre.


To date, the Nightshade Tea Room boasts the combined talents of a self-proclaimed pervert, a sensual gymnast, a connoisseur of the erogenous and a vocal proponent of the risque among others! Let their unique taste and flair for the sensual, romantic, dangerous and dark lead you on an adventure of a lifetime.

Rhiannon Kelley
Current projects include a renewed romance set to the drums of tribal dancing.

Alyson Mackenzie-Graham
Preferred genre: anything paranormal and fantastic.

Mary Shelley Mycroft
Currently projects include: an epic fantasy with romance.

Ilyana M. Night
Current Project: Soul of Desire: A re-telling of the Cupid and Psyche myth.

Giovanna Saul
Current projects include a paranormal romance with shape-shifters.

A. M. Song
Preferred genre: homo-erotic romance. Current projects include a fantasy/coming-of-age novel and a short story of a small-town love affair.

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