Lavender & Moonlight

An Oria-verse Novelette

She beat cancer. She wasn’t expecting to fall in love.

LENA ZANE is a world-class scientist, a cancer survivor, and mother to one of Oria’s most infamous monster-men.

She’s also tired. Of the sterile halls of her son's robotics compound. Of the pitying looks. Of being strong all the damn time.

When her old friend Nora Brewster invites her over for dinner, Lena almost says no. But Nora? Nora smells like sage and wild lavender. She laughs with her whole body and brews tea like it’s a love language. And her text messages? Wicked. Flirty. Addictive.

One night turns into a sleepover. A glass of wine turns into a kiss that leaves them both breathless. And Lena finds herself wanting for the first time in years.

Now she’s falling for Oria’s barefoot apothecary. A woman who sees past the scars. Who makes her feel beautiful. Desired. Alive.

But letting someone in after everything? That’s the real risk.

LAVENDER & MOONLIGHT is a tender, steamy, later-in-life sapphic romance about second chances, soft touches, and falling into a love that feels like coming home. Perfect for fans of monster-adjacent stories with tea-sipping witches, grown women rediscovering desire, and intimacy that heals from the inside out.

Because some love stories don’t start in your twenties.
Some begin exactly when you’re ready.