Oliver Takely – Queeromance Ink

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Author Spotlight: Oliver Takely

December 13, 2025 by Mark Guzman

It’s the Daily DNA – Discover a New Author from the QueeRomance Ink site. Today: Oliver Takely MM Action Adventure, Contemporary, Holiday, Interracial, People of Color Oliver Takely is a passionate MM romance author who revels in dark, edgy stories featuring complex, flawed characters. With years of writing experience and a creative day job, Oliver Takely is also an avid reader of MM romance, consuming 300 books in 2023. His favourite trope is enemies to lovers, but is also a sucker for a feel-good Christmas romance. Originally from the north, Oliver now resides in the south of England with his husband and their beloved fur baby, who is treated like … Read more

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