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Books by T.L. Johnson

Stories with shadows. Love with teeth. Beauty that rises from the dark.

Books by T.L. Johnson span modern gothic romance, romantic suspense, literary fiction, and atmospheric fantasy—stories driven by voice, tension, and emotional precision. Whether grounded in reality or shaped by unseen worlds, each work is crafted to linger.

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Cover of The Storm and the Rose by T.L. Johnson
The Storm and Shadow Duology • Book One

The Storm and the Rose

In a city where roses bleed and shadows linger, love is the most dangerous risk of all.

She isn’t looking for a savior. He isn’t trying to be one.

Arden Rivers has survived what should have broken her. She’s built walls of steel and silence, trusting no one…until Gideon Blackwell walks out of the storm with eyes that see too much and a legacy that could destroy them both.

Between them grows something fierce, fragile, and impossible to ignore. But obsession watches from the dark. Power tightens its grip. And secrets with teeth wait to tear open everything they’ve fought to rebuild.

The Storm and Shadow Duology is a sweeping modern gothic romance where obsession leaves scars, legacies haunt like curses, and love becomes the most dangerous rebellion of all.

Cover of The Rose and the Shadows by T.L. Johnson
The Storm and Shadow Duology • Book Two

The Rose and the Shadows

The storm has passed, but the shadows still hunt her.

Arden Rivers is healing. She’s rebuilding a life she can claim as her own, learning to love—and to be loved—without losing herself. But one night shatters that fragile peace. A stranger steps out of the dark, armed with secrets from her past and devotion sharp enough to cut.

Each gift is a warning. Each step forward pulls her deeper into a game of obsession and betrayal. Gideon Blackwell would burn the world to keep her safe, but Arden refuses to surrender this fight.

In this modern gothic conclusion to The Storm and Shadow Duology, passion and peril entwine, loyalty is tested, and beauty rises from darkness like a lotus breaking the surface.

Cover of Nothing Important, Everything Important by T.L. Johnson
Literary Fiction

Nothing Important, Everything Important

Ordinary days. Quiet ache. The kind of connection that changes everything.

Tender, intimate, and quietly devastating, Nothing Important, Everything Important is a story about the moments that seem small while you’re living them…until you realize they were never small at all.

This is a novel about emotional undercurrents, conversation, longing, and the fragile, beautiful ways people begin to matter to one another. A story for readers who love character-rich fiction, subtle tension, and love that reveals itself in layers.

A voice-rich, emotionally intimate novel about ordinary moments, quiet reckonings, and everything that changes in between.

Cover of The Rite of Recognition by T.L. Johnson
The Velkyn’s Hollow Cycle

The Rite of Recognition

In Velkyn’s Hollow, bonds are not discovered. They are sanctioned.

Ritual decides alignment. Law decides love. The square bears witness.

After watching yet another arranged binding seal two strangers into permanence, Nuria does something forbidden; she forges a ring meant to answer only to mutual will. She does not name anyone. She does not intend rebellion.

But the bond answers anyway. And once the square witnesses the truth, nothing in the city can remain untouched.

The Rite of Recognition is a standalone romantic fantasy novella about ritual magic, forbidden bonds, and the power of mutual will.

VELKYN’S HOLLOW

A system of stories shaped by recognition, ritual, and the laws that govern love.

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