Lilly Gayle is an award winning Indie and small press author who writes paranormal and historical romantic suspense. 

You can find Lilly’s Books on Amazon and other online and instore retailers.

Beyond the Darkness, Book 3 in the Darkness Series releases on April 5, 2026

To save the woman he loves, he may have to become the monster she fears.

Axle Travers never expected the biotech giant Lifeblood of America to be run by vampires—nor that a rogue military doctor would kidnap him and twist his DNA into something no longer fully human. A radical vaccine saved his life, granting power without the curse. But survival always leaves scars.

Eight years later, Axle runs a PI firm in Asheville, chasing monsters in the shadows and burying the truth of what he’s become. Then Haley—his first love and the woman he never stopped wanting—walks back into his life. Fresh from a failed marriage, caring for her dying mother, and reeling from a hurricane, she now faces something far worse: a stalker the police can’t stop.

Axle takes the case, but their fragile reconnection fractures when he discovers her stalker is no longer human. And the secrets behind his own transformation are rising, threatening to destroy everything he’s built.

To save Haley, Axle must decide whether to hide the monster inside him… or risk everything by revealing it, hoping their bond is strong enough to survive what waits beyond the darkness.

Because in a world where monsters wear human faces, the most dangerous one may be the man she trusts with her life.

Embrace the Darkness, Book 2 in the Darkness Series released on October 31, 2025. Pre order now on Amazon.

An experimental vaccine offers vampire Gerard Delaroche a glimmer of hope after two centuries in the shadows. But when two people are savagely murdered and another vanishes, Gerard suspects a deadly conspiracy—one that binds vampires and mortals in blood and betrayal. To expose the truth, he must trust Amber Buckley, a former soldier turned detective with a haunted past and eyes that see too much.

Assigned to reexamine the Lifeblood of America slayings, Amber expects routine interviews. Then she meets Gerard—and something in him stirs memories she thought buried for good. As they dig deeper, the case unravels into something far darker than either imagined.

Together, they must confront secrets, nightmares, and a bond neither expected. But to find the light, Gerard and Amber must first… Embrace the Darkness.

Out of the Darkness Book 1 in The Darkness Series Available now.

Her research could cure his dark hunger if a covert government agent doesn’t get to her first.

Vincent Maxwell is a vampire with a conscience seeking a cure for his dark hunger. But when a scientist looking to create vampire soldiers captures and kills a fellow vampire, Vincent seeks out Dr. Megan Harper, a research scientist who discovered a link between a genetic light sensitivity disorder and vampirism. Dr. Harper could hold a key to a cure and the answers to Gerard’s death. But getting close to the beautiful scientist could endanger both their lives.

When Megan meets Vincent she believes he suffers from xeroderma pigmentosum, the genetic disease that killed her sister. Sensing a deep loneliness within the handsome man, she offers friendship and access to her research files. But she and Vincent soon become more than friends and Megan learns the horrifying truth. She’s entered the dark and unseen world of vampires and Vincent is her only hope of survival.

Praise for Lilly Gayle

“Ms. Gayle weaves a delightful tale that keeps you entertained and wanting to turn those pages to find out what happens next.”~ Romancing the Book Reviews

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Winds of Time-3rd Place 2019 Wisconsin Romance Writers Write Touch Readers’ Award Paranormal/Time Travel

Winds of Time– 2019 finalist In’Dtale Magazine Rone Awards

2015 OKRW’s International Digital Awards~ Historical Category~First Place ~  Slightly Noble by Lilly Gayle ~ The Wild Rose Press

Slightly Noble~ 2016 Reader’s Choice Award
Historical Category for 4.5 Star Reviews.