Hi, I’m Wendy. I write paranormal romance, academy fantasy, werewolf stories, and horror from my desert writing cave in New Mexico, usually with a cat or three supervising.
- W.M. Dawson: paranormal romance and academy fantasy
- Wendy Cheairs: contemporary and MC romance, epic fantasy, and horror
- Sage Knight: werewolf stories
Free Books This Month
I team up with other authors every month to bring you free, discounted, and Kindle Unlimited reads in fantasy, paranormal, sapphic, and historical romance. Grab free chapters of my books too, or press play on the songs I write to.
Coming in December
Not Your Book Boyfriend
Not As Written, Book 2 · W.M. Dawson
December 1, 2026
Camdan Holtson is tall, polished, perfectly attentive, and perfectly wrong. Wisteria Creed hears everything, and she can’t stop listening to the one sound he doesn’t make.
Trial by Spirit
Richmond Academy, Book 5 · W.M. Dawson
December 15, 2026
The finale. Shayla’s phoenix has faced fire, sea, earth, and wind. Now her story comes to its end, and all five books will be ready to read straight through.
Coming in 2027: Not the Chosen One, the Not As Written finale, plus a twisted fairytale and a new MC romance.
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The Richmond Academy Series
W.M. Dawson · Paranormal academy fantasy · 5 books · KU
A phoenix who can’t make fire, five elemental trials, and a slow-burn romance that runs through all five books.
Not As Written
W.M. Dawson · Paranormal romance · Trilogy · KU
A half-Pixie, half-Sidhe radio host who refuses to be anyone’s idea of harmless.
Sage Knight
Werewolf stories · KU
Pack politics, seers, and gods at war in Starry Wolf and Frozen War.
Also: Wendy Cheairs books · W.M. Dawson anthologies · horror anthologies · full reading order
Latest News
- 13 Free & KU Book Promos to Fill Your November Reading ListThirteen group promos this month: free fantasy, sapphic, and historical romance, Kindle Unlimited shelves, and a Black Friday sale. Three end November 15, so grab those first.
- December Is Stacked, and I Have 2027 NewsHello Readers! Happy November! Not much has changed on my end since last week, and after the year I’ve had, I’m calling that a gift. Two series are heading toward … Continue reading December Is Stacked, and I Have 2027 News
- Some Men Are Written to Be Perfect. Meet Camdan. Pre-Order NowHello Readers!He is very pretty and I have been waiting to show you.Not Your Book Boyfriend has a cover and a pre-order and December 1st is now a date you … Continue reading Some Men Are Written to Be Perfect. Meet Camdan. Pre-Order Now
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ASB Book Bash · Saturday, June 19, 2027
Grand Casino & Resort, Shawnee, Oklahoma. Signing as Wendy Cheairs and W.M. Dawson.
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