LIMERENCE by L.S. Delorme

 Kara and Dante.

 

You may not know them by name, but you know them by deed. You feel them in the space between dreams and reality, in the inevitable crawl of time.

 

They have burned continents and sunk kingdoms. They’ve been worshipped and feared. Those in power call them demons. Those above power call them monsters.

 

They aren’t human but they once were. To each other, they are survivors, eternal mates and lovers. Their attraction is at the very foundation of existence.

 

When a virus older than memory returns, Dante must find a way to contain it before it injures Kara and corrupts the fabric of reality. Ghosts vanish, worlds shift, and the laws of physics can no longer be trusted.

 

As reality collapses, the two must return to the origin of their timeline to face the Abomination that still lurks there.

 

A richly woven fantasy about power, love, identity, and the weight of rewriting the world

EXCERPT:

 “Whatever this thing is, we have to kill it.  Never mind, I’m taking her out!” Kara snarled.

 

Dante pulled back further, that was when he saw it.  The thing was bigger than a tumour and yet it had tied itself to strands of DNA all through her body.

        

He grabbed the thing and pulled.  He heard of sickening sound that the suspected might be blood vessels bursting…or worse.  When he pulled himself back into his regular form, there was a small reddish blob in his hands.  It looked like yarn or rust, but it felt like melted rubber.  He immediately dropped it.  As he watched, it started to unfold, like a puzzle.   He kicked it across the room away from them where it continued to move and squirm and unwind.    It continued this pattern until it was a shape about 4 feet tall. 

        

This thing was like nothing like he had seen before.   First, it seemed to have difficulty holding on to a continuous shape.  In one form it was covered with what looked like stalks, at the end of each was a purplish nodule or sac.   These stalks waved back and forth.   In another, it resembled a bundled collection of scabs.  But it only held each shape for a few moments before changing in a rolling fashion.  There was a smell coming off it that smelled like some strange mixture of pickles and sugar.  But it wasn’t the flipping image or the smell that made Dante feel queasy.  It was the fact that it seemed imbued with something extra to it.  Something his senses, even as a ghost, could not quite process.

 AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

 

Lexy Shaw Delorme (writing as LS Delorme) is the award-winning author of The Limerent Series, a genre-defying collection of emotionally resonant novels that blend supernatural mystery, psychological thriller, historical fiction, and romantic suspense. With a background as a lawyer, pop musician, and science writer, Lexy brings intellectual depth and lyrical prose to every story she tells. Now based in Paris, she lives with her French husband and two very cool sons. Her work explores themes of limerence, memory, identity, and the echoes of past lives—and she’s not afraid to push boundaries along the way.

 

The Limerent Series (Books 1–4)

•           Caio — A supernatural romantic thriller about grief, justice, and forbidden connection.

•           Bright Midnights — A YA dream-thriller following a magnetic girl caught between dimensions.

•           Fanning Fireflies — A 1940s historical ghost story and romance centered around race, secrecy, and sacrifice.

•           Ghosting Academy — A high-stakes psychological thriller with VR technology, elite agents, and spiritual unraveling.

Each book is a standalone, yet interwoven through deeper cosmological themes and recurring characters.

 

Media Recognition & Reviews

•           Kirkus Reviews praised Caio as "an entertaining fantasy with a dash of macabre eroticism."

•           Bright Midnights received a coveted BookLife Editor’s Pick from Publishers Weekly, with critics calling it an "enthralling, character-rich narrative."

•           Fanning Fireflies was IndieReader Approved (4.8/5), described as "an emotionally charged, thought-provoking read."

•           The series has been celebrated across the book blogging world as genre-bending, hypnotic, and emotionally gripping.

Awards & Honors

•           Bright Midnights won the Golden Wizard Book Prize (UK) in the YA Fantasy category.

•           Caio received a positive “Get It” verdict from Kirkus, signaling quality and appeal.

•           Fanning Fireflies was awarded near-perfect marks from IndieReader, achieving critical acclaim.

Media & Events

•           Featured guest on BBC Radio 2 – The Gabby Roslin Show, discussing Fanning Fireflies and the mythic architecture of the series.

•           Interviewed on the What We Reading UK blog and spotlighted by the British Fantasy Society.

•           Frequent guest on virtual book tours hosted by LiterallyPR and Goddess Fish Promotions.

•           Upcoming panelist and moderator at C2E2 Comic Con 2025.

Reader Response

•           Called "a cult classic in the making" by readers.

•           Described as having “characters who stay with you long after the last page.”

•           Celebrated for blending literary depth with page-turning suspense.

 

Follow LS Delorme

•           Website: www.lsdelorme.com

•           Instagram: @ls_delorme

•           TikTok: @lexyshawdelorme

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