
International bestselling queer romance author Kelex lives in Hampton Roads, Virginia with their zenial kidult and senior chihuahua.
When not being a pain in their daughter’s ass or writing under various pen names, they love to fight fascism, create stained glass art, paint, crochet, bake gorgeous breads, and host game night with all their kiddos, be they born or adopted.
Published since 2008, they released their first work as Kelex in 2012 and have over 155 books under that name... more can be found here: https://authorkelex.com/books
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Books By Kelex
Stand-Alone Books
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Summary: After Echo Fisher loses his grandfather, he stumbles on a journal detailing the location of a hidden, underwater cave filled with priceless dolphinkind relics. The only issue? It’s in orca waters. Crossing the boundary could start another war… but the need to prove his grandfather wasn’t the flake everyone in the pod thought pushes him to do the unthinkable. During his regular patrols, Maelstrom Marino notices the little dolphin shifter sitting close to the line, spying on orca waters. When Echo finally gets the nerve to cross the boundary, Mael swoops in… but almost too late. Another predator has Echo in their sights, and they’re a lot closer than he is. Echo barely makes it out of orca waters alive—but the danger is only beginning. The following night, the orca who saved him shows up and demands to know what was so important that he’d threatened the treaty. Mael won’t leave without answers, and he’s not against persuasive seduction to get what he wants.

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Summary: Afraid to be vulnerable, Matt keeps his kinks under wraps. A traumatic confrontation left him with deep-seeded scars he’s not sure will ever heal. As a new relationship evolves, the worries only mount. Will he be once again deemed a freak and lose the daddy of his dreams? Every time Jack asks Matt to open up, he hits a brick wall. He’s determined to make their relationship work but begins to doubt he and Matt want the same things. Their relationship can only grow with honest, loving communication—in and out of bed. Is Matt unwilling to put in the work? A trip to Pride reveals a glimpse into what Matt truly craves. If Jack opens that door, will it bring them closer, or send his boy galloping for the hills? ______________________________________________ Born to Stand Out is part of the Pride Pet Play 2023 multi-author series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but why not check them all out? If you like playful pets who are sometimes naughty, Pride parades, and Daddies who love their boys unconditionally you’ll fall in love with our pack!

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Summary: Foster Back in high school, Foster had it all—the winning quarterback with the cheer captain on his arm and the whole town at his feet. He was the golden boy, ticking every box, and living the life everyone expected. But fifteen years later, his picture-perfect world shatters, leaving him divorced from his high school sweetheart and back in the last place he ever thought he’d return—home. He plans to lay low, regroup, and figure out what's next. But peace is hard to come by when the past lurks around every corner. When an old friend suggests they get away and head into the city for a night of reckless indulgence, Foster decides he’s earned a little sin. He shares the night with a handsome stranger he later can’t get out of his head. A man he soon realizes isn’t quite as anonymous as he assumed. Some ghosts won’t remain buried, and some wounds might never heal, no matter how badly Foster wants them to. Jude There’s a hole in Jude Margolis incapable of being filled. Nothing he’s tried has worked, but that hasn’t stopped him yet. Cruising and sex parties are his most recent attempt, but the anonymous nature of it just leaves him feeling more isolated. In walks the one man who ripped that hole in him. Back in high school, they’d crossed a line, but Jude was the only one persecuted for it. And persecuted he was… until it almost ended him. Foster caused him immeasurable pain. Now it’s time for a little recompense. Paid with pleasure. Maybe that will heal the cuts and bruises Jude still conceals deep inside. While he knows better, he still won’t deny himself the feel of Foster’s body against his.

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Summary: Shiloh Anderson fell in love with Ronin Drake when he was only fourteen years old. Unfortunately, the twenty-year-old alpha wasn’t too pleased to have a young omega following him around like a lovesick puppy. After Shiloh’s young, tender heart is broken—coupled with memories of his parents’ very nasty divorce—he realizes that relationships are simply more trouble than they’re worth. Nearly a decade passes without Shiloh seeing Ronin again. When they end up on a South Pacific cruise together, Shiloh’s no longer the one doing the chasing. While his inner fourteen-year-old is cheering, Shiloh’s not the easy target he’d once been. When the pair end up shipwrecked together on a deserted island, avoiding one another is no longer possible. They have to work together to survive while awaiting rescue. As the days pass, they edge closer and closer to danger. All they can do is pray help comes before Shiloh’s heat does.

Series: Alphas of the Western Provinces
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Summary: From the first moment they met, Tanner McCreary and Fitz Walker have always had a love-hate relationship. One that bordered more on the latter, much to the chagrin of Tanner—who knew from first glance that Fitz was his alpha. For some reason, Fitz acted like he wanted absolutely nothing to do with him. Even with the scent masking drug, Scentex, keeping them free, an omega’s alphas always seemed to sense something in the air when close. But that wasn’t the case with Fitz. So Tanner backed off, licked his wounds, and figured fate would lead them back together someday. Maybe then things would be different. Someday came, but only made the situation worse. Tanner learned they shared a close friend in common—another omega—one Fitz eventually bedded. Brokenhearted, Tanner was sure the gods, fate, or whoever was in charge of binding an alpha and an omega together had gotten it very, very wrong. His mate wasn’t the one apparently. Tanner lied to himself, saying he didn’t care, and kept his secret close. When the truth finally emerges, Fitz knows he has mountains to climb to make things right, and even that might not be enough. _____ This book is part of Kelex's Omegaverse... there are two series based in the same world... The Omega Quadrant His Surrogate Omega, 1 Unexpected Heat, An Omegaverse Short, 1.5 Suddenly His Alpha, An Omegaverse Short, 1.9 His Reluctant Omega, 2 (Coming Soon!) Alphas of the Western Provinces One Wild Heat, 1 One Wild Omega, 2 Title TBD, 3 (Coming Soon!)

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Summary: Harrison Walker watches the world burn—for a living. Currently, the province’s only fire investigator, he’s kept busy, particularly by a serial arsonist leaving a trail of destruction through one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Fort Seattle. When a local artist’s studio is torched, Harrison finally gets a break in the case. Only, is it their arsonist, or a targeted attack by a copycat? When Tanner’s studio burns, Raimy Kellam does his best to support his best friend. He inadvertently becomes the only witness to have potentially seen the pyromaniac, which thrusts him into Harrison’s life… where Raimy senses their bond. Only, Harrison already has someone in his life. Cassidy Springdale has spent nearly a decade loving Harrison—always knowing his alpha’s omega could be around any corner and their love affair would end. When Raimy arrives in their lives, he must decide if he’s going to walk away or fight for the man he loves. Only, what right does a beta have to come between fated mates? Harrison’s torn between love and instinct—his beta and an omega—all while trying to save their province from burning down around them. This 106,000 word gay romance is filled with heat, heart, family, and a touch of violence. No main characters were permanently harmed in the writing of this story.

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Series: Enchanted Ink
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Summary: Hollywood talent agent Switch is dragged to Salem while one of his biggest stars is filming there. From the shadows of the trees outside the House of the Seven Gables, he gets a glimpse of a witch and senses something amiss. Intrigued, he shifts into his feline form and curls his body around one of the man’s ankles—immediately realizing it’s his mate. Young witch Cassius Howe struggles to harness his powers. After a run-in with a black cat, he follows the creature, instincts firing. Rounding a corner, the cat is gone, and a gorgeous man is standing in its place. One look at Switch and Cassius is completely enamored. After a wild few days spent in bed, the men realize they have destinies that don’t seem to align. Can the two strong, stubborn men reconcile their dreams or is their mating not meant to be?

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Summary: Welcome to the world of Enchanted Ink! For a price, master tattooists can place a beautiful spell directly onto your skin. Want to be wealthy? Beautiful? Loved? You’ve come to the right place. Just make sure the price you’ll pay is worth it as the cost isn’t always in gold. **** Luca Galioto can tattoo just about any spell, but he specializes in healing tattoos. He’ll need to create his masterpiece after his mate, and Salem PD detective, Ash Montgomery brings in a human suffering a curse to end all curses. Luca uses every ounce of strength to save the man—because they both sense he’s their third. Colby Kennedy doesn’t believe in witches, demons, fated mates, and the things that go bump in the night. Yet he struggles to ignore the deep-seated lust he feels every time he looks at Luca and Ash. No matter his need, he has his brother to care for and a business to run. He doesn’t have time for nonsense. The demons don’t stop coming, putting everything he holds dear in jeopardy. Luca and Ash, and the coven at Enchanted Ink, are the only things keeping him and his brother from losing everything. But can he accept their world and his place in it before it’s too late?

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Summary: Luca Galioto is just coming into his powers when he meets a new arrival in town, Ash Montgomery—and sparks fly. Yet the pair are like oil and water. Luca is a tatted and pierced ancient Calé progeny, aka a witch, whereas straight-laced Ash is a squirrel shifter who’s just joined the Salem Police Department. Opposites attract? Sure—but can two men so vastly different trust that Fate got it right?

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Summary: When Colby learns that Ash was forcibly shifted into his squirrel side by a rogue hedgewitch and is running around the streets of Salem, possibly oblivious to his human side, the hunt is on. On the drive home from Boston, Colby and Daniel note an odd-acting squirrel on the outskirts of town and stop to snag him, only Ash isn’t being very cooperative. Before Luca can arrive and break the spell, Ash bolts, with Colby giving chase. Can they find their mate before he disappears into the trees forever? This 16,000 word short novella originally appeared on Kelex’s Patreon, written for a patron. It’s a funny, sweet, and sexy sneak peek at a day in the life of Colby, Ash, and Luca. It can be read at any point after book one in the series, Only Skin Deep.

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Summary: Hell hath no fury like a Gideon scorned. Gideon Goode is clever as the devil and twice as pretty. He even has the t-shirt to prove it. When the coven takes down a den of demons, it’s him they turn to in order to clean up the mess. While they search for a permanent solution, Gideon uses his power over memory to trap the beasts, caging them within the very humans they possessed. But the search for the right spell eludes the coven, much to Gideon’s chagrin. The continuous enchantments siphon off his magic, causing him to grow weaker as time passes. Sexual healing helps, but he’s mateless and there’s only so much random d*ck he can take before that gets old. Not that he’d admit that to anyone. He has a rep to maintain. The instant someone starts killing off his prisoners, Gideon senses it. The coven goes on high alert to search for who’s targeting their otherwordly captives, but not before Lucifer gets involved—and—Gideon’s mates show up in town. What’s a boy to do but to go to Hell and back to protect what’s his? *Book 2 in this series, Magic, Demons, and the Hunter was written by JP Sayle

Series: Tentacles of Nefyria
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Summary: Cryss of House Kreegl and his best friend, Qylar, have been hiding on Earth for three years—to avoid his scheming parents dead set on a royal match. After losing a bet where he couldn’t say ‘no’ for one day, he ends up signed as a model. All thoughts of retribution for Qylar’s embarrassing punishment are forgotten when he meets the enthralling Marketing Director of the queer underwear brand who first employs him. Struggling to recover from a painful breakup, Alex Parker busies himself with his massive, holiday ad campaign, already two months overdue. The last thing he needs is to lose the model cast in the role of ‘Santa Daddy’ the day of the shoot. Thankfully the agency sends a last-minute, newly signed model to save the day. The minute Alex takes one look, he knows Cryss is perfect for their Santa—and unlike any man he’s ever met. Alex doesn’t mix business and pleasure, throwing a wrench in Cryss’s plans of seduction. When Alex backs himself into a corner at work, Cryss makes a move. He’ll fix Alex’s problem, if the human agrees to celebrate the entire holiday season by his side. Together that close, however, Cryss’s secrets and tentacles are bound to come out.

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Summary: Poisoned fruit from a rotted tree… Qylar, from disgraced House Zyven, became untouchable the second his family rightfully landed in the prison mines. While he was innocent of their crimes—and only a boy of ten—he nearly ended up suffering their fate, as well. The only thing that saved him was his best friend’s intervention. He’s lived his life in House Kreegl’s debt ever since. Not that Cryss has ever asked for anything in return except brotherhood. For that reason, he’s loyally stood at his friend’s side for three decades. When Cryss met Alex and started a family on Earth, he became their fiercest protector. But standing on the sidelines and watching the love the growing family shared became an unexpected torment. No Nefyrian would ever take a fallen prince to mate, considering his family’s sordid reputation. After he meets Kenji in San Francisco’s iconic Eagle Bar, the little bundle of nerves in black leather calls to him like no other has before. After a lifetime of one-night stands, Qylar has finally met a man who makes him envision a tomorrow. A human might not be able to give him children, but a lifetime of love is more than enough. If the human can accept that he’s secretly a tentacled, alien shifter, of course. Will a December alone with Kenji along with a little added holiday magic create a chance for Qylar to have the family he never thought possible?

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Summary: Poisoned fruit from a rotted tree... Qylar, from disgraced House Zyven, became untouchable the second his family rightfully landed in the prison mines. While he was innocent of their crimes-and only a boy of ten-he nearly ended up suffering their fate, as well. The only thing that saved him was his best friend's intervention. He's lived his life in House Kreegl's debt ever since. Not that Cryss has ever asked for anything in return except brotherhood. For that reason, he's loyally stood at his friend's side for three decades. When Cryss met Alex and started a family on Earth, he became their fiercest protector. But standing on the sidelines and watching the love the growing family shared became an unexpected torment. No Nefyrian would ever take a fallen prince to mate, considering his family's sordid reputation. After he meets Kenji in San Francisco's iconic Eagle Bar, the little bundle of nerves in black leather calls to him like no other has before. After a lifetime of one-night stands, Qylar has finally met a man who makes him envision a tomorrow. A human might not be able to give him children, but a lifetime of love is more than enough. If the human can accept that he's secretly a tentacled, alien shifter, of course. Will a December alone with Kenji along with a little added holiday magic create a chance for Qylar to have the family he never thought possible?

Series: The Omega Quadrant
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Summary: Omega Gray Tomlinson is positive he’ll remain unmated for the rest of his life. By his mid-thirties, he remains unclaimed and without prospects, and lives confined to the Omega Quadrant, where he’s sure he’ll end up dying alone. When his older brother, Silver, and Silver’s alpha die in a tragic accident, Gray’s nephews come to live in his little sequestered world. Without an alpha, he knows he has little means to help support the boys. The only choice he can stomach is to offer his services as a surrogate. The minute Gray meets Jamie, the infertile omega who so desperately wants a child, he senses a bond like none he’s ever felt before. It’s brotherly love at first sight, and Gray decides Jamie is the one, agreeing to carry his and his alpha, Rohan’s, child. But when circumstances change, Gray is faced with new challenges, a new love interest, and a battle for the very life that grew inside him. And maybe there’s an alpha out there for him after all…

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Summary: Gray and Rohan Parker have been through one hell of a year. A mating that started out with both life and death, they’ve held on tight to one another for months, just trying to survive. Needing some alone time, Rohan plans a lavish vacation to paradise for Gray’s next heat—the honeymoon they weren’t able to take. Now that their twins are fifteen-months, they hope to finally connect again and share an intimacy they haven’t been able to since the toddlers were made. But a mix-up with the bags threatens their little piece of paradise and brings up old fears and buried emotions. They face up to the loss, the love, and their future together—and have to decide if they let nature take its course.

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Summary: Tulla has spent the last eight years in the Omega Quadrant, trying his damnedest not to get suckered into a mating. He has an independent streak a mile wide, but without many opportunities for omegas, he struggles to forge a path of his own. When his parents put their foot down and demand he attend an Omega Ball and hunt for his alpha, he goes, but under duress. While there, he runs into an alpha from his past who just might be his future, too. This story was originally released in the short-story anthology, Cupid's Errors, in early 2019. It has been re-edited and the story has been expanded and slightly altered.

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Summary: Omega Avery Stephens refuses to be the compliant, submissive mate he was raised to be. He’s tired of being told he’s less than and will have to wait for an alpha to come and ‘save’ him from the virtual prison that is the Omega Quadrant. After his fathers die in a tragic accident, he must stand up and be responsible for his younger omega brothers. Knowing their savings will only last so long, he looks to the future. Avery will need an income and not the pittance an omega can make. He shears his long locks, purchases illegal scent blockers, and misrepresents himself into college under the pseudonym Abraham Norcross, a beta. Once there, Avery does everything in his power to prove his kind can be more than ‘a womb with legs’, but when he comes across his alpha, he struggles not to be the stereotypical weak and needy omega. Instinct causes him to think too much about dropping to his knees and begging the man to fill him with a child. Can he find a path somewhere between heaven and hell—and still hold on to his self-respect? ________________________________________________ This is chonky 140,000 word gay non-shifter omegaverse book filled with a lot of love, some pain, a few tears (but not as many as the first book, I hope!), and plenty of spicy times between a loving alpha and his omega.

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Summary: Pierce Lambeau knows a thing or two about loss. It’s the reason he runs Lambeau’s Restaurant, not his older brother, the acclaimed chef and restauranter. After Pierre’s passing, Pierce is handed the responsibility with little to no experience, yet he and his omega give it their all to turn it back into the shining star it was before his brother’s drinking had taken its toll. Only fate isn’t done taking. Lambeau’s might’ve been his brother’s dream, but it’s all he has left of the two most important people in his life. The next two decades pass in the blink of an eye, with him unable to move out of the past. Then enters Brett Boyd. Why he hired the beta, Pierce doesn’t know. Brett is all wrong for his well-oiled, fine-dining machine. With his lack of seriousness, smart mouth, and ability to push everyone’s buttons, Brett’s the wrench in the system, threatening the peace and tranquility of Pierce’s day-to-day life. But maybe that’s the push Pierce needs to drag himself past his losses and be fully present—and maybe learn to accept the gift of a second chance at love.

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Summary: When Wynter Jaymes’ mate passes, he has no idea how he’ll survive. Sure, the province’s laws were changing and omegas gaining freedoms, but he’s of another generation. He’d been mere chattel and was never prepared to make his own way without an alpha. To make matters worse, someone from his past appears and forces him to relive the worst moments of his painful past before he could barely begin to process his loss. Why Wilder “Cav” Cavanaugh attended Warden Jaymes’ funeral, he couldn’t logically answer. He’d been compelled to come, memories of a single heat spent with Wynter urging him there. A skeptic, he’d never believed in the fated mate bullshit, yet one look at Wynter and he’d been done for. He’d been ready to run away with his omega and start a new life. He’d thought his omega had felt the same, but he’d been dead wrong. Losing Wynter nearly broke him, yet there he was at that funeral, ready to pick up the pieces and beg for the scraps of his omega’s love. When he finds his carbon copy at his omega’s side—a young man who called another father for over three decades—the treachery magnifies the simmering anger he’s held on to since being forsaken all those years before. Wynter is forced to face Cav and the son they made that heat—and expose deep family secrets that threaten to destroy the Jaymes clan. Trigger Warnings: Physical abuse, child abuse, mental health issues




