July came in swinging. Two book fairs, rolling out my ARC for Book Four, and creating the book trailer for this deliciously dark installment in the Somewhere Aching universe. I’m running on caffeine, stubbornness and the faint hope that autumn will save me.

Watch the official book trailer for A Karma to Kill For, Book 4 in The Somewhere Aching Series. Trailer release ahead of the September 19th launch. Dark romance, suspense, and emotional intensity.

I spent the Fourth of July weekend at my mountain property, soaking in the quiet. We visited the Little Grand Canyon—Utah’s spectacular hidden gem—and I wasted hours lolling around, staring at the sky. It was supposed to be a decompression weekend. Did I decompress? Not really. Because I knew what waited for me when I got home: The final edit of Book Four.

Hello Friends, July has arrived in a rush of sunshine, late nights, and the kind of busy that makes the days blur. I’m neck‑deep in creating book merch for upcoming fairs — mugs, bookmarks, keychains, stickers, annotation cards — a whole world of Somewhere Aching in physical form. It’s chaotic, but it’s also a joy.

A raw, emotional look at why I wrote the Somewhere Aching series — a dark, trauma‑rooted, character‑driven romance about healing, fate, and soul‑deep love.

New Look for The Somewhere Aching series Original Look for The Somewhere Aching Series I opted for a new book design for the Somewhere Aching series to better align with my genre of dark romance. I had some negative feedback from reviewers on my original artwork and decided, yeah, they might be right. The color scheme is a bit too bright and pretty for the gritty content in the story. It was rather misleading! I liked my initial idea, though, and I was happy to find a way to

I finally got the nerve to put it out there. So relieved (and exhausted!) Getting book two ready to follow shortly. You can read it here: A Daughter to Die For: book one - Kindle edition by Madsen, Tanya. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.