LO MELA

Lo Mela has been dreaming up worlds of magic, science fiction, fantasy, and make-believe for as long as she can remember. Now, she's finally letting you step inside one.

An attorney, entrepreneur, mother, and lifelong fantasy lover, Lo brings the curiosity and complexity of the real world into her fiction. Her stories explore power, desire, morality, and the messy space between love and cruelty.

Her debut novel, Out of the Chains, is the beginning of the Ethereal Times series: a dark fantasy romance filled with forbidden magic, dangerous secrets, complicated characters, and a slow burn worth waiting for.

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OUT OF THE CHAINS

October 2026

INTO THE          VEIL

February 2027

What Readers Are Saying

  • Absolutely addictive. The tension, the magic, and that morally gray mentor had me hooked from the first chapter. I’m already desperate for the next book.

  • The slow burn is SO worth it. Every interaction feels charged, the world is fascinating, and the mind magic adds this deliciously dangerous edge to everything.

  • I came for the romantasy and stayed for the secrets, impossible choices, and chemistry. Out of the Chains feels like the beginning of something huge.

meet lo

Lo is a mother, attorney, entrepreneur, wellness enthusiast, and lifelong sci-fi and fantasy lover who has always been drawn to stories that blur the line between the impossible and the inevitable.

She is the debut author of Out of the Chains, a dark fantasy romance and the first book in the Ethereal Times series. Her stories are filled with magic, manipulation, mystery, forbidden power, and slow-burn romance that only gets more dangerous as the stakes rise. Her stories explore power, identity, desire, and the choices we make when the life we know begins to unravel.

What started as an idea she couldn't stop thinking about became the world of Ethereal Times. Book one, Out of the Chains, introduces a morally gray mentor, mind magic that blurs the line between possession and protection, coveted power with devastating consequences, and a ruthless Commander with impossible standards, closely guarded secrets, and chemistry that refuses to stay contained.

For Lo, fantasy isn't about escaping reality. It's about asking what might be possible when you stop accepting the limits you've been given.

Join the Reader Team

I'm building a small, early-access reader team for Out of the Chains, the first book in the Ethereal Times series. You'll get early chapters, secret lore, behind-the-scenes glimpses, and first access to the world before launch.