I write what the myths left out.

I'm Aven Wells — mythology nerd, novelist, and reluctant optimist about the old gods. I write fantasy romance for readers who linger in the silences of a story.

I write

· Mythic fantasy & folklore
· Slow-burn romance
· Celtic & threshold mythology

Aven Wells

Crown of Hawthorn Leaves

Book One

Out Now · Hardcover, eBook & Audio

Crown of Hawthorn Leaves

Where ancient oaths bind deeper than blood

In the shadow of a dying kingdom, a woman with no memory discovers she holds the key to an ancient pact between gods and mortals — one that demands a sacrifice no crown can bear.

From the Journal

Behind the Book

On Writing Myths That Breathe

Mythology

The People at the Threshold

World-Building

Building a World From Fragments

About the Author

Aven Wells writes stories about what the myths left out.

She's drawn to the silences in old stories — the moments between the heroics, where someone stood at a threshold and chose wrong, or right, or something the legends never bothered to record.

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