Rook

dark psychological romance author

[alexisrook]

There are days I stand in front of these shelves and it doesn’t feel real.

Eight titles.

Eight pieces of my mind.

Eight risks that could have stayed hidden.

I remember when it was just a thought. A notebook. A quiet voice that said, “What if?”

No guarantees. No audience. Just obsession and discipline.

Some days I still feel like the girl who wondered if anyone would care.

And then I look at this.

The late nights.

The rewrites.

The doubt.

The courage it took to hit publish.

It wasn’t luck. It wasn’t accidental.

It was consistency when quitting would have been easier.

Some days I feel like this was all a dream.

But it isn’t.

It’s the result of choosing the story.

Every single time. 🖤

[alexisrook]

If you had to choose between power and passion… which would you risk?

Elemental Love is available on Amazon.

[alexisrook]

I didn’t mean to fall in love with two brothers.

No one plans for that.

One of them felt like safety.

The kind of man who steadies you when the ground shifts.

The other felt like fire.

The kind that burns through logic and leaves nothing untouched.

I told myself I could control it.

That desire was something you could reason with.

That loyalty was simple.

It isn’t.

Love isn’t gentle when it’s divided.

It’s strategic. It’s selfish. It’s survival.

And the worst part?

I don’t regret either of them.

Not the way he looks at me like I’m his.

Not the way the other refuses to let me go.

You think you know what you would choose.

Until you’re the one standing between them.

My name is Demi Caddell.

And this is the story of how loving them both changed everything.

[alexisrook]

I wrote The Art of Seduction because I was tired of watching desire get confused with control.

Seduction has been reduced to strategy. To scripts. To leverage. To performance. It is marketed as power over another person, when in reality it begins with power over the self. The conversation around attraction has become loud, reactive, and often manipulative. What is missing is discipline.

This book is not about tactics. It is not about learning how to provoke attention or manufacture longing. It is about understanding the psychological structures beneath desire. It is about boundaries, projection, attachment, silence, withdrawal, and the quiet authority that comes from self-possession.

I wrote this because I have seen how easily people lose themselves in the pursuit of connection. I have seen how urgency replaces awareness, how insecurity disguises itself as passion, and how manipulation is often excused as confidence. I wanted to examine seduction without romanticizing it and without weaponizing it.

To me, seduction is not conquest. It is invitation. It is the ability to remain whole in the presence of longing. It is clarity without cruelty. It is restraint without performance. It is the discipline to walk away without resentment when alignment is absent.

This book exists for those who want depth instead of drama. For those who are willing to question their patterns instead of defending them. For those who understand that real attraction survives honesty.

If this work challenges you, that is intentional. Growth rarely arrives wrapped in comfort.

Seduction is not about winning.

It is about remaining yourself.

— T.D. Hilderley

[alexisrook]

Darkwater Glenn looks like a quiet town. Pine-lined streets. A lake that reflects the sky without distortion. A place that doesn’t like attention.

Inside one small apartment above a secondhand bookstore, a child learns something else entirely.

She learns how to read a room before she learns to trust one.

She learns that silence can mean safety. Or waiting.

She learns that adults prefer calm to conflict, and systems prefer stability to truth.

Years later, she is no longer in that house. The doors are different. The rules are different. The threat is no longer immediate.

But survival does not end when you leave.

Darkwater Glenn follows the long arc of adaptation, how instability becomes routine, how high functioning can mask depletion, and how the body remembers what the mind has already translated. It is not a story of revenge. It does not promise redemption. It does not offer a transformation scene meant to reassure.

It asks a quieter question:

What remains after survival becomes a skill?

This is a novel about consequence. About endurance without romanticizing it. About the cost that is paid long after the visible damage fades.

She is not presented as broken.

She is not presented as healed.

She is still here.

And sometimes, that is the most unsettling truth of all.

[alexisrook]

The House of Travino is a dark psychological romance where luxury masks danger and love is never innocent. Inside a powerful family built on control, obsession becomes currency, loyalty becomes leverage, and desire always comes with a price.

[alexisrook]

SOME TRUTHS DON’T STALK YOU.

THEY DRAG YOU IN AND DARE YOU TO SURVIVE THEM.

Nini Morales never meant to witness a murder, and she certainly wasn’t meant to lock eyes with the heir to the most dangerous criminal dynasty in the city. But when Adrian Travino spares her life by taking the sin onto his own hands, he binds their fates together in ways neither of them can undo.

Kidnapped into a world of marble corridors, silent heirs, and blood-coded loyalty, Nini is given one rule: obey or disappear. But obedience becomes a weapon in her hands. She learns the language of the House, power without noise, violence without spectacle, and begins to use it. Quietly. Strategically. Lethally.

Adrian is the blade everyone fears, yet with her he becomes a man torn between duty and the woman he should never want. Together, they start reshaping the throne from the inside out, turning a dynasty built on fear into a kingdom held by two.

In a world where desire is danger and loyalty is life, one truth remains:

Some loves don’t save you. They remake you.

[alexisrook]

The hard truths about being an indie author?

No one will ever be as excited about your work as you are. That has to be enough.

It’s expensive. Editing, covers, ads, formatting, distribution. Prepare to invest before you ever see a return.

More advertising does not automatically mean more sales. Strategy matters. Timing matters. Audience fit matters.

Everyone wants to “help.” Most help comes with a price tag.

People will question your legitimacy. Some will judge quietly. Some won’t read you at all.

And you will never make everyone happy.

But here’s the part no one tells you:

You’re not building for everyone.

You’re building for the right ones.

Indie authorship isn’t glamorous. It’s disciplined. It’s long-game thinking. It’s resilience dressed as creativity.

If you’re doing this for applause, you’ll quit.

If you’re doing this because you have to tell the story, you’ll survive.

[alexisrook]

[alexisrook]

Thank you to everyone who got me to 250 likes!

[alexisrook]

People think indulgence is weakness.

It isn’t.

It’s self-permission. To slow down. To reflect. To feel desire without apology. To explore emotion without fear of being judged for it.

Romance isn’t about being rescued.

It’s about knowing yourself well enough to choose.

Wine in one hand.

Standards in the other.

[alexisrook]

I romanticize my life on purpose.

Not because it’s perfect. But because I’m intentional. I choose beauty. I choose curiosity. I choose experience. I choose safety.

Every street holds a story.

Every person holds contradiction.

And I write the kind of stories that understand both.

[alexisrook]

It’s never just “one more chapter.”

It’s curiosity. It’s tension. It’s the need to understand what makes someone choose love over power… or power over love.

I lose sleep for stories that make me think.

That make me feel something uncomfortable.

That refuse to resolve neatly.

Rest is temporary.

Growth isn’t.

[alexisrook]

I don’t spend impulsively. I invest strategically.

In experiences. In growth. In stories that challenge me. In standards that protect my peace.

Confidence isn’t loud either. It’s selective. It knows what it’s worth and what it won’t negotiate.

Luxury isn’t the bag.

It’s discernment.

[alexisrook]

I don’t read to escape. I read to sharpen.

Fiction teaches me how people think. How they lie. How they love. How they break. Intelligence isn’t loud. It studies quietly. It absorbs. It remembers.

Coffee fuels the body.

Books train the mind.

And a trained mind is dangerous.

[alexisrook]

NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

Some love stories are written in light.

This one is forged in shadow.

Torn into the Darkness – Part One is a dark psychological romance where obsession collides with power and desire becomes a weapon.

If you crave:

• Morally complex characters

• Intense emotional tension

• Dangerous attraction

• Psychological depth over predictable tropes

This isn’t just a romance.

It’s a descent.

Enter the darkness.

Start reading today.

[alexisrook]

Hi, I write dark psychological romance and thrillers.

For the past eight years, I’ve been building stories that live in the tension between desire and danger, power and vulnerability, love and consequence. My work explores what happens beneath the surface, the motives we hide, the fears we carry, and the transformations we don’t see coming.

I am the author of Elemental Love, Turned, Torn into the Darkness, and The House of Travino. Each book steps into morally complex territory, where romance is never simple and survival often demands more than strength. It demands self-awareness.

My stories are not about perfect heroes. They are about flawed people confronting who they really are when the stakes are high and the truth is uncomfortable.

2026 will be a defining year. I’m expanding my catalog, deepening the worlds I’ve created, and stepping more fully into the psychological intensity that defines my brand. This year is about growth, evolution, and bringing readers further into the darkness with me.

If you are drawn to stories where romance takes a backseat and psychology does the heavy lifting, you’re in the right place.

Welcome to my world.