Welcome to the HEA CLUB

The HEA Club is where you get to read my books as they're being written. Members get new chapters every week across three genres — dark romantasy, contemporary romance, and supernatural thrillers — plus a growing library of completed books you can binge anytime. Think of it as your own private bookshelf that gets new stories added to it every single week.

I write under three pen names: Nika Gray (dark romantasy and paranormal romance), Maddie Walde (contemporary romance), and Dominika Best (thriller and supernatural suspense). All three are included in every membership — you get all the genres for one price.

New chapters drop six days a week. Each serializing book gets two new chapters per week on consistent days, so you always know when your next chapter is coming. At full speed, there are up to 20 new chapters per week across all active series.

At any given time, the club includes multiple ongoing series across all three pen names. The exact series will evolve as books complete and new ones begin, but there will always be a mix of dark romantasy, contemporary romance, and thriller content. At launch, four series are actively serializing with more added in the weeks that follow.

On day one, the vault includes 13 complete books and novellas you can start reading immediately, plus 4 books releasing new chapters every week. The library grows every time a serialized book finishes or a new title is added to the vault.

You receive the complete, finished ebook — it's yours to keep. The book then launches on Amazon and retailers, but you experienced it first. A new book in that series starts serializing shortly after, so there's always something continuing.

Both tiers give you the full reading experience — every serialized chapter across all three pen names, the complete vault of finished books, Watch Me Write access, bonus content, polls, your 15% Shopify discount, and your name in the acknowledgments. When a serialized book finishes, you get the personalized signed ebook to keep forever. Reader gives you everything digital.

Ink & Paper is for the readers who want the physical book on their shelf too. Every time a serialized book completes, I sign a paperback, write you a handwritten card, and ship it to your door. If you're international, I'll have a paperback printed locally so you're not waiting forever on shipping, and I'll mail you a signed bookplate separately to tuck inside.

The paperbacks arrive as books finish — roughly every 11 weeks once all the serials are running — so it's not a random monthly box. Every book you receive is one you actually read chapter by chapter in the club.

If you're not sure, start with Reader. You can upgrade to Ink & Paper anytime and start receiving signed paperbacks going forward.

Yes — every membership starts with a 7-day free trial, whether you choose Reader or Ink & Paper. You get full access to everything from the moment you sign up: the vault, the serialized chapters, Watch Me Write, comments, all of it. Poke around, start a few books, see if it feels like home.

If it's not for you, cancel before the seven days are up and you won't be charged a thing. No hard feelings, no hoops to jump through.

HEA Club Reader is $10/month or $100/year (that's two months free). Ink & Paper is $20/month or $200/year (also two months free). Both come with a 7-day free trial so you can explore everything before you're charged.

The only difference between the two is the physical books — Reader is the full digital experience, and Ink & Paper adds a signed paperback and handwritten card delivered to your door every time a serialized book completes. Everything else is identical.

When you buy a finished book on Amazon, you read it alone. That's it. Story done, close the book, move on.

The HEA Club is a completely different experience. You're reading the book as it's being written — chapter by chapter, week by week — alongside other readers who are right there with you. Every chapter has its own comments section where you can react, share theories, yell at me about cliffhangers, and talk to other readers who just read the same scene you did. And I'm in there with you, responding, having real conversations about the characters and the story as it unfolds.

If you've ever read fanfiction and scrolled through the comments to see everyone chatting away about what they just read — that's what this feels like. And I'm in there with you, responding and talking about the chapter as well. 

The finished books will still be published on Amazon when they're done. You can always buy them there if you prefer to wait. But club members read them first, months before anyone else, and they get to experience the story coming alive in real time. That's the part you can't get anywhere else.

Absolutely. Your membership gives you access to everything, but nobody's making you read all of it. Follow the pen names you love, skip the ones that aren't your thing. A lot of readers come in for one genre and end up discovering they enjoy something they never expected — but that's entirely up to you.

You can cancel anytime — no contracts, no cancellation fees, no awkward emails. You'll keep full access through the end of your current billing period, and if you cancel during your 7-day free trial, you won't be charged at all.

You're always welcome to come back. The door's never closed.

Yes. The membership site works on your phone, tablet, or computer — whatever you prefer. Just log in and read wherever you are.