Love stories for readers who like big feelings, flawed people, and a little trouble.

I write messy, open-door romance with heat, humor, hard-won hope, and enough mystery to make bedtime somebody else’s problem.

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Big feelings ✦ Open doors ✦ Questionable bedtime choices

The Holi-Spice Collection • Coming this October

Tricks, Treats & Other Wicked Things

By Briar West & E.M. West

Some treats are better after dark.

A Halloween collection of spooky encounters, wicked temptation, and plenty of heat. Turn down the lights. We’ll take care of the rest.

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Of Silence & Survival

Grief, healing, secrets, and love in New Orleans.

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The Holi-Spice Collection

Festive, playful, and delightfully filthy.

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More Trouble Is Coming

Dark romance, magical mysteries, cowboys, and whatever else refuses to leave me alone.

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All the Quiet Things

He was never supposed to change her life, and she was never supposed to fall for a man with secrets he refuses to share.

Begin the emotionally charged New Orleans romance readers call raw, intimate, and impossible to put down.

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Briar West

Hi, I’m Briar. I’m an indie romance author, former HR director, and lifelong storyteller who finally stopped putting the creative stuff on the back burner. I write flawed people, big feelings, bad decisions, hard-won hope, and love stories with plenty of heat. I live in southwest Louisiana with my husband, two kids, two German Shorthaired Pointers, and one very opinionated cat. When I’m not writing, I’m usually reading, trying to keep the family squad alive in Fortnite, or planning another Disney trip.

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What Readers Are Saying

“A beautiful example of how to write high-stakes, angsty contemporary romance that treats its characters’ trauma with the utmost care and respect.”

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“31 nights of pure, sexy holiday fun. I couldn’t put it down!”

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“Emotional, poetic, and beautifully slow-burning… a love story that feels completely earned.”

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