JM Laine

Jessie “JM” Laine writes high‑stakes dystopian, fantasy, science fiction, and horror for readers who love their stories darkly magical with a thread of romance. Through Starless Laine Books, Jessie creates genre‑mixing, immersive projects for readers who like their fiction a little strange and a lot intense.

Begrudgingly based in South Florida, Jessie juggles a secret day job, parenting three kids, and a small menagerie of pets—including an embarrassing number of birds—and writes in the small pockets of time between responsibilities. When not writing fiction, Jessie is usually reading, listening to audiobooks, or playing video games.

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Some secrets protect you. Some cage you. Some will get you killed.

Kings of the New World is a dark YA thriller set in an alternate 2020, where two teens trapped inside a dangerous cult must risk everything to stop the adults around them from ending the world as they know it.

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