Louangie Bou-Montes

Louangie Bou-Montes was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, and grew up flitting back and forth between rural Western Mass and el campo in Guayama, PR, surrounded by countless cousins in both locations. Thanks to those cousins, she was raised on a healthy diet of everything from The Addams Family to Silent Hill to Pet Sematary, resulting in a love of telling stories about Puerto Rican kids with morbid hobbies and senses of humor. 

After graduating with a BA in English from UMass Amherst, she spent nearly a decade working as a high school educator, mostly focused in Special Education, Trauma-Informed teaching, and ELL. Currently, she works as an Anti-Oppression Consultant.

On any given day, you can find Louangie at home playing video games or watching cooking shows and horror movies with her spouse.

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ROGUE X GAMBIT (AN X-MEN LOVE STORY)
In this steamy, moody romance, Rogue and Gambit race to save New Orleans’ soul from vampires and greed incarnate—if their own checkered pasts and touch-starved yearning for each other don’t destroy them first.

She can’t touch him. He can’t stay away.

Rogue is a hero. But when her bare touch can steal someone’s memories, their powers, even their life—she feels monstrous. Yet no part of her feels more dangerous than the part that wants.

Remy is a born thief. Even if he’s turned a new leaf as Gambit, when he sees Rogue’s walls, he wants to slip behind them. If she only trusted herself the way he does, he’d gladly lay every bit of his power at her feet.

When Remy has a sinking feeling that New Orleans needs him, it’s time to finally go home. He’s just afraid of how much has changed; how much he has changed. What if returning as some big-league hero isn’t what his friends and family need? But he’s not alone—Rogue is at his side. As their easy friendship simmers with temptation, can they gamble with getting closer?

And there’s no time to waste. In the wake of a devastating hurricane, bloodsuckers are lapping at the wounds of New Orleans, buying up the city in pieces and unleashing a threat even older than corporate greed: vampires.

As Rogue and Remy uncover the sinister plot threatening the lifeblood of his hometown, they’ll unearth their own issues they can’t keep running from. It’s easy to be the hero, but it can be much harder to let yourself be saved.

For two people who could destroy everything they touch, love is a dangerous thing.

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"A chilling and beautiful story of being lost and found, and letting go. This book kept me up at night—first from being spooked, then because I couldn't put it down!" —Sonido Reyes, award-winning and bestselling author of The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

"An engrossing, fast-paced ghost story with a lot of heart." —Kirkus Reviews

"...the novel’s originality, atmospheric ghost elements, and inclusive representation will engage teen readers." —School Library Journal

TAKE IT TO YOUR GRAVE
A gripping, paranormal thriller about a teenage boy who accidentally brings a well-meaning but volatile poltergeist into his home.

Maximiliano Rafael Guerrero Lopez “Max” has been dead for 30 years. He’s stuck as a sixteen-year-old in his childhood bedroom with no memory of how he died, and no company aside from rotting floor boards and mildew-ridden guitars.

Joaquín Felix Ladrón “Joaquín” is a high schooler who's desperate to experience something paranormal—he’d do anything to even catch a glimpse of a ghost, even if it means sacrificing his relationship with his boyfriend.

When Joaquín goes on a ghost hunt at an abandoned house that's rumored to be haunted, he and Max find their fates becoming intertwined in ways neither of them expected. But, as Max’s powers begin to grow stronger, it becomes clear that their tentative friendship may just prove to be fatal...

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"A ghostly good time." —Andrew Joseph White, NYT Bestselling author of Compound Fracture

"Take It To Your Grave is a must-read, equal parts beaturiful and chilling. It's everything I want in a book and more, starring loveable characters, heartbreaking stakes, yearning, and ghostsd that are actually terrifying." —Jamison Shea, author of I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

"Take It To Your Grave is a fun, fast-paced ghost story with big stakes and an even bigger heart. Even the book's darkest, most dangerous moments are grounded in the deep power of our care for one another. —Erica Waters, author of The River Has Teeth and All That Consumes Us

"Genuine suspense, surprising revelations, and moments of real danger culminate in a gripping contemporary haunting." —Publishers Weekly

“The queer young adult story that I’ve been desperately craving for years!” —Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, New York Times bestselling author of Ace of Spades and Where Sleeping Girls Lie

“A beautiful necromantic love story—with heartfelt emphasis on the romantic!” — Erik J. Brown, USA Today bestselling author of All That’s Left in the World and The Only Light Left Burning

“Seamlessly combining a wholly distinct voice with a magic system as familiar as coming home, Bou-Montes breathes new life into the contemporary fantasy genre. I was obsessed before I finished the first page.” — H.E. Edgmon, author of Godly Heathens and The Witch King

"This emotional and heart-poundingly suspenseful debut intertwines romance with supernatural horror. A nuanced romantic thriller." — Kirkus Reviews

"Fans of Cemetery Boys will enjoy a similar supernatural romance, and Jaxon’s obsession with horror movies, Christian’s interest in the occult, and the setting of a small-town funeral home in October all culminate in a suitably atmospheric read for a chilly Halloween evening" — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

TILL THE LAST BEAT OF MY HEART

In this YA contemporary fantasy, the teen son of the local mortician accidentally reanimates the dead body of the boy he had more than friendly feelings for, but can he keep him alive for good before their time runs out? Perfect for fans of Cemetery Boys and The Taking of Jake Livingston!

When you grow up in a funeral home, death is just another part of life. But for sixteen-year-old Jaxon Santiago-Noble, it's also part of his family's legacy. Most dead bodies in the town of Jacob's Barrow wind up at Jaxon's house; his mom is the local mortician, after all. He doesn't usually pay them much mind, but when Christian Reyes is brought in after a car accident, Jaxon's world is turned upside down.

There are a lot of things Jaxon wishes he could have said to his once best friend and first crush. When he accidentally resurrects Christian, Jaxon might finally have that chance. But the more he learns about his newfound necromancy, the more he grasps that Christian's running on borrowed time--and it's almost out.
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As he navigates dark, mysterious magics and family secrets, Jaxon realizes that stepping into an inherited power may also mean opening up old family wounds if he wants to keep the boy he may be falling for alive for good.

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“Electric enough to rouse the dead. Full of humor, heart, and horror, Bou-Montes establishes herself as one to watch for with this spellbinding debut.” — Skyla Arndt, author of Together We Rot

“Equal parts spine-tingling and heartrending, I was completely drawn in by the fantastic premise and the chilling twists!” — Linda Cheng, author of Gorgeous Gruesome Faces

"Readers will enjoy the boys’ intriguing search and their well-realized relationship." — Booklist