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Thursday, 7 August 2025 Leave a Comment

As with all fairy tales, it starts once upon a time, with a starry-eyed girl who owned a computer after great sacrifice. She did not celebrate her 18th birthday with a run-of-the-mill debut into society, as was expected, but she asked her parents to buy her a PC instead. Back then, owning such a thing was akin to owning a cool car that you cruised around with whilst in university. Months later, Read More

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You have reached Shirley.nu, the online stomping ground of award-winning author and athlete Shirley Siaton-Parabia. She is a Karate black belt and international certified fitness coach, and works in education, wellness, and publishing. In her downtime, she powerlifts at the gym, runs various websites, cooks passionately, and enjoys afternoon tea. She lives in Muscat with her husband and children, where she is writing her next book.

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Update on ye olde #authorbookshelf as of 1st Dec 2 Update on ye olde #authorbookshelf as of 1st Dec 2025!

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My husband's first book & my first YA collab, 'Riv My husband's first book & my first YA collab, 'River Meets the Sun,' is now live! This is an upper-YA #romantasy reimagining of Philippine folklore on the origins of Nogas Island and the town of Anini-y, Antique (his hometown).

Bound by a truce, a princess and her bodyguard discover a forbidden love that awakens the sleeping magic of the isles.

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Rana and Shadow Blue are on the illustrated cover Rana and Shadow Blue are on the illustrated cover of 'A Girl and her Monster'! Co-written with my daughter Arya & released on her 8th birthday last year, this book is a cozy middle-grade urban fantasy that explores themes of friendship, loss, and heroism across generations. This new edition is out paperback and hardcover! Perfect as a Christmas present for your young reader 🥰

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One of my darkest, most scorching works out in the One of my darkest, most scorching works out in the wild so far, 'A Shadow Heart,' is fr33 today.

He was the silent stranger who watches her as if he belongs to her shadows. She doesn’t know he was sent to steal her. But when the capture becomes a confession, when the predator becomes the one who bleeds for her…she must choose the one thing more dangerous than fear. She must choose him.

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Nine of my favorite #darkromance omance short stor Nine of my favorite #darkromance omance short stories, together in one gorgeous omnibus, 'Your Heart to Break.' Releases on 25th Nov!

Some loves break. Some loves possess. Some loves bleed until nothing is left but the truth. From vows whispered in a storm to confessions bled onto concrete, this collection unravels what it means to love in the wreckage, where obsession is a twisted form of devotion, where grief is a ghost that two people share, and where safety is found in the most dangerous arms.

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Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for your yo Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for your young reader? Why not give them a gorgeous urban fantasy book with a story guaranteed to stay long after the last page is turned? This the special dust-jacked hardcover edition of 'A Girl and her Monster' that became an international bestseller last January. The book was released in April 2024 on my co-author Arya's 8th birthday! Perfect for readers 7 and up.

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Covers for the upcoming print editions of our YA r Covers for the upcoming print editions of our YA romantasy 'River Meets the Sun,' based on the mythical love story of Nogas and Anini of ancient Philippines. Their legend tells how Siraan Hot Springs and Nogas Island in Anini-y, Antique province came to be.

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