E.R. Hawthorne writes sapphic thrillers and romances where danger and desire go hand in hand. Her debut novel, Dangerous Illusion, will be released by Bella Books in 2026—the first of a trilogy that captures espionage, family secrets, and forbidden love from the Cold War to the modern day. She gravitates toward stories that ask how people hold on to love when the world is falling apart while trying to save what’s left. When she isn’t writing, she’s usually buried in personal research projects, experimenting in the kitchen, or over-caffeinating while plotting her next story.
