#January Rayne

[livingmybestlove]

My Review of Eternally Damned by January Rayne:

⭐

So many white ropes. 🤢

"You unhinge me."

[klaus-littlestwolf]

I’m reading a new book and it’s making me giddy!

He is a monster that was experimented on and turned into this vampire/werewolf/dragon/kraken thing and he finds his mate that he is OBSESSED WITH. He stalks her, leaves his scent everywhere, kills everyone that is even slightly mean to her!

PLUS HES PART DRAGON SO HE IS LEAVING HER LITTLE GOLD TRINKETS OF JEWELRY EVERYWHERE AND IM OBSESSED WITH CREED!

The book is called Honeysuckles by January Rayne and if the second one is as good as the first (which I’m only like 100pgs from finishing) then I’m going to continue to be so fucking happy!

If you want to read this book, take the trigger warnings seriously, it is a Dark Romance for a reason! He is not a good person.

[on-this-day-btvs]

January 25, 2000

A New Man aired for BTVS season 4, episode 12. A lot happens in this episode. A few highlights: a drama-free surprise birthday party for Buffy, one of Buffy's best puns, Riley proudly announces his body count is 17, Buffy - even while still holding back - spars with Riley and it's no contest, and Willow and Tara practice magic in Tara's dorm room.

WALSH: So, the Slayer! BUFFY: Yeah. That's me. WALSH: We thought you were a myth. BUFFY: Well, you were myth-taken.

In this episode Giles's old "friend" Ethan returns. They spend time together, including at a bar where Ethan flirts. (With the waitress, totally with the waitress.) Ethan is later taken by Riley and other guys from "The Initiative."

This was the last appearance of Ethan Rayne. Ethan is played by Robin Sachs and is in four episodes total, Halloween and The Dark Age in S2, Band Candy in S3, and this episode. Sadly Robin Sachs passed away in 2013 of heart failure, at the age of 61.

[ace-sailor-uranus]

i am about 95% sure that my normal craft & etc tape just. trans-es itself into fuckin. packing tape. every gift-wrapping season. bc i KNOW i had a whole ass spool of tape literally last month. and now it is nowhere.

side note, everyone's getting their shit taped with packing tape and glue this year. may the odds be ever in your favor, etc etc

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graham norton interview filming :: 09 january 2025 (batch 1)

Good GOD he's in a three-piece suit *screams in the corner*

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[ravennaortiz]

Welcome! I write for both Sons of Anarchy and Mayans My stories are for adults only! That being said not every story may be for you and that is okay! I have plenty to choose from and more on the way!

Request are open! Click here for rules, prompt list and who I write for.

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Below you will find the list of men and women who call Charming home and their stories!

Chibs

HalfSack

Happy

Jax

Juice

Kozik

Opie

Ratboy

Tig

Charlotte "Charlie" Teller OC

Chloe Morrow OC

Cori Lowman OC

Cruella Morrow OC

Kara Kozik OC

Morgana Telford

Nova Morrow OC

Nyx OC

Piper Kay Winston OC

Raven "Ray" Trager OC

Reverie Winston OC

Rockette "Rocky" Teller OC

Rosa "Ro" Lowman OC

Scarlett "Scar" Teller OC

Stormie "Storm" Rayne Epps OC

Trinity Ortiz OC

Victoria Lewis OC

WidowMaker OC

Stories/Series that have multiple main characters

Not What It Seems- Mystery Series

Halloween 2023

Tales of a Free Use Old Lady

His Old Lady, His Lover Universe

Best Friends Daughter

Juicy January Masterlist

Below you will find the men and women who call Santo Padre home and their stories!

Angel

Bishop

Bottles

Coco

Creeper

EZ

Gilly

Guero

Manny

Daniela"Dani" Reyes OC

Ember Alvarez

Guadalupe "Lupe" Mendoza OC

Josiah AKA Lil Joey OC

Julieta Mendoza OC

Katalina Moreno-Losa OC

Liliana Mendoza OC

Milicent Ramirez OC

Rosaria "Rose" Cruz OC

Stories/Series that have multiple main characters

Christmas 2023

The One Universe

Second Chances Universe

When Charming and Santo Padre collide beautiful things happen!

Below you will find series that span both worlds!

3:The Magic Number Series

Hate Me, Love Me Series

Raising Girls Series

Headcanons/Preferences Page

Text Convos Page

Two Worlds Universe Masterlist

2024 Mystery Birthday Bingo Masterlist-

Ravennas Collections Masterlist

Choose your own adventure

Leather and Fur Universe

Trick or Treat Stories 2024

Halloween 2024 Bingo Masterlist

Give Heaven Some Hell Series

Lone Live Cowgirls Series

The Elevator Chronicles

500 Follower Event Masterlist

Fruit Rollup Shenanigans Masterlist

2025 February Bingo Stories

600 Follower Event Masterlist

[owl-bones]

✩ my art tag: #rayne's art ✩ projects:

✦ Hiraeth (Nightmare gang/reader fic, ongoing) ☾ @valrayne-faeu (UTMV Fae AU) ✦ @swapdream-totality (Swapdream AU) ☾ @dailynightmare (Nightmare art blog, i try to post often) ✦ Badsansuary (annual art prompt list in january centred on the bad sanses) ☾ a secret project i will post about someday soon

✩ commissions: closed while i work through my queue ✩ requests: open, not guaranteed ✩ my skeletons

✦ quick list of AUs ☾ tag of references

✩ my bluesky ✩ my strawpage ✩ my kofi

[lisa-and-shadow]

Have you ever read a book and felt dumber afterward? Are you a monsterfucker? Then, do I have the book review for you.

A werewolf/vampire/kraken/dragon with anger issues and no sense of boundaries chases his mate (a Sookie Stackhouse ripoff) in Honeysuckles by January Rayne.

I forgot to mention hybrid boy rips out no less than 5 men's hearts in defense of his beloved mate. But their blood tasted yucky, and hers was sweet. Like Sookie Stackhouse.

[mashleverse]

MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES S2 PV - Margarette Macaron VS Rayne Ames Broadcast starts on January 6, 2024, at 23:30 JST

[criticalthinkingwitches]

Join us for the next Brew!

Glamour and You! FREE!

Sat January 20th

11 AM PST / 2 PM EST / 7 PM BST / 8 AM NZDT (1/21)

featuring: Bree NicGarren ( @breelandwalker ), Savannah Rayne, and more!

Register for FREE tickets on the Events page of our website!

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[geekhead79]

Six years ago today "The Biggest Independent Wrestling Show Ever" was presented as the inaugural "All In" took place at the Sears Centre Arena in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, Illinois!

The success of the event led to the formation of All Elite Wrestling in January 2019! Over 11,000 fans attended the event.

In the main event "The Golden Elite" Kota Ibushi and The Young Bucks defeated Bandido, Rey Fénix & Rey Mysterio!

Kazuchika Okada defeated Marty Scurll

Kenny Omega defeated Penta El Zero

Ring of Honor World Champion Jay Lethal defeated Flip Gordon. Lethal was using his Black Machismo gimmick and was seconded by Lanny Poffo.

Hangman Page defeated Joey Janela in a Chicago Street Fight

Cody Rhodes defeated Nick Aldis to win the NWA Title!

Tessa Blanchard defeated Dr. Britt Baker, Chelsea Green, and Madison Rayne in a Four Corners Survival Match!

Christopher Daniels defeated Stephen Amell

Matt Cross defeated MJF.

[brokehorrorfan]

BloodRayne will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on January 9 via Massacre Video. The 2005 action-horror film is based on the video game franchise from Majesco Entertainment and game developer Terminal Reality.

Uwe Boll (House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark) directs from a script by Guinevere Turner (American Psycho). Kristanna Loken, Michelle Rodriguez, and Ben Kingsley star with Michael Madsen, Matthew Davis, Geraldine Chaplin, Will Sanderson, Udo Kier, Billy Zane, Meat Loaf, and Michael Paré.

BloodRayne has been newly scanned in 4K from the uncut original negatives with HDR color approved by Boll and uncompressed PCM Audio. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by director Uwe Boll (new)

Deleted and extended scenes

Cast & crew interviews

Behind the scenes

CGI making-of

Dinner with Uwe Boll

Rayne is a dhampir - a human-vampire hybrid - enslaved by a malevolent traveling circus. When she eventually breaks free of her servitude, Rayne vows to confront her immensely powerful vampire father, Kagan, for abandoning her. But when Rayne learns of her father's long history of betrayal and vindictiveness, Rayne's daring quest turns into a fight for her life.

Pre-order BloodRayne.

[ninelivesart]

2024 DNF List

Okay, I want to preface this by explaining that not all of these books are bad. I don't remember half of them. And some of them were just of the "not for me" variety. Or even "not right now." Some of them also got shelved because my Libby check out expired and I just never checked it back out. This was before Storygraph implemented the "pause" feature (love that feature). So some are not bad books. Some I just straight up cannot remember at all.

Also, these are my opinions. So don't @ me if you loved any of these books. Everyone has different tastes and there are some things I just can't overlook. I blame a lot of my DNFs on bad writing, but I do read badly written books. They just have to have more to the story and not take themselves too seriously.

Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven

RAPEY

2. Broken Bonds by J. Bree

One of the MMCs just straight up threatens to rape her upon the first meeting. BRUH...

3. Veiled by Ruby Smoke

No memory but sounds stupid.

4. A Court of Sugar and Spice by Rebecca F. Kenney

I was really looking forward to a Nutcracker retelling. MCs were too dumb for me to continue. One's a ridiculous flirt. Like in the cringey way. A Victorian noble woman wouldn't be going around calling men "hunks" or whatever stupid shit she was saying. Could not look past her wanting to fuck every man she sees like this isn't the fucking Victorian era. And she said this stuff BOLDLY and OUT LOUD. Often IN FRONT of said hunks. Would not have been socially acceptable and it took me out of the story. But I don't think I was missing much anyway.

5. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The first sex scene happens when they're like 15. You could have just written that they did some things without going into graphic detail. A grown ass woman should not be writing about two 15yo boys discovering sex for the first time. What the fuck?

6. The Night Queen by Denise Daye

No memory.

7. Eternally Hers by January Rayne

No memory.

8. Wolf Gone Wild by Juliette Cross

LET ME TELL YOU WHY I DNF'D THIS BOOK OKAY?! Very obviously self-insert MC who is OBSESSED with her Reylo ship. To the point of the MMC noticing her "Reylo forever" t-shirt and how it's hugging her giant breasts. His wolf has his own voice and wants to fuck her immediately. Even though she's the most annoying person he's likely ever met. I DNF'd when she stopped the story to explain to him why Reylo was "the best ship ever." Stop putting your stupid ships into your work! No one cares that you ruined Star Wars! YIKES!

9. The September House by Carissa Orlando

She was way too nonchalant about her husband mysteriously disappearing and her walls bleeding. Also just like not telling her daughter that her dad is missing and then not understanding why she's upset. Honestly, the boomer mentality was probably the most realistic part.

10. The Stone Circle Queen by Ophelia Wells Langley

I did read the first one. And I remember liking it for the most part. But I did get hung up on the part where the author misgenders her own non-binary character. And that kind of pissed me off. I can't remember why I DNF'd this one beyond the fact that I was confused and couldn't remember what happened.

11. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Listen. I got suckered in by the cool sprayed edges too. But I love myself too much to keep going.

12. Shardless by Stephanie Fisher

No memory.

13. Never Whistle at Night by Multiple

THIS WAS NOT A BAD BOOK. Just not for me, I'm sorry. I really struggle with horror because there are some themes that upset me. And this one just made me a little uncomfy and I couldn't hang. But it's a horror anthology so that's the point. I'm just a big baby.

14. The Sun, the Storm, & the Shadows by Mikayla D. Hornedo

I was excited about this one because it's a fae story but based on Maya mythology. But it was badly written and I couldn't hang.

15. Between Wrath and Mercy by Jess Wisecup

I don't remember a lot but I'm pretty sure there's a rape scene early on. I didn't finish it because as soon as the vibes headed in that direction, I noped out. I did check Storygraph to see if I was picking up what they were putting down and it said yes. So no thank you.

16. Hallows End by Kristen Proby

LET ME COUNT THE WAYS. Okay, this book was badly written to the point of making me rage quit. I don't remember much of the plot but I remember there's a scene where she shows up at MMC's house in the middle of the night in her pajamas with no shoes for some reason? And is like "I was just chased by a monster!" They then proceed to passionately make out and the monster chase scene is never explained, elaborated on, or brought back up. Idk maybe it becomes relevant later but it felt just so out of place and a weird way to get your characters to make out. I also remember that instead of writing the monster chase scene the MMC proceeds to explain the entire history of the Salem Witch Trials to you like it's a new thing you've never heard of. All while she's apparently being chased by a monster in her jammies. Which is not as important as teaching you something you probably already know, or can just read on Wikipedia. The chase scene happens off page. But not the redundant history lesson. Idk. They fell in love in like 5 minutes. I couldn't.

17. The Divine and the Cursed by J.E. Reed

I don't remember why.

18. The Umbra King by Jamie Applegate Hunter

No memory.

19. Among the Beasts and Briars by Ashley Poston

No memory.

20. Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley

I'm pretty sure this was just one of my Libby returns that I forgot about because I didn't read enough of it.

21. The Diablo's Curse by Gabe Cole Novoa

I KNOW this one was a Libby return that I didn't read fast enough. I didn't listen to a lot of it but it was interesting so it went back on my tbr.

22. It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

I only picked it up because of the same initials thing. I read her Christmas one the year before and didn't hate it so I thought I could handle this one. I hated the characters too much to get into it. I can relate to an ex-con who wants to build elaborate window displays but not a spoiled rich girl crying about inheriting a bar. Idk.

23. The Crimson Moth/Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli

I know people like this one but I couldn't get passed the magic system. I do remember thinking the writing wasn't very good but I can sometimes overlook that. I could not, however, overlook collecting your friend's PERIOD blood to rub sigils on your skin for magic. GROSS. I also remember an absolutely ridiculous scene where she's trying to get LI to drink from a glass she put a truth spell on, with period blood, and drinks it herself to prove it's not cursed. Then acts like an idiot. The secondhand embarrassment was overwhelming. Also, she's supposed to be this like super intelligent vigilante but does stupid shit like that.

24. The Witch Handbook to Magic and Mayhem by Tish Thawer

I don't remember why I stopped but the premise was interesting. I do remember being confused about trying to keep track of all the characters and their different powers. But I can't tell you what pushed me over the edge.

25. After the Forest by Kell Woods

I don't think this one was bad. I was just bored.

26. The Gathering Dark by Tori Bovalino

I think horror anthologies are just not for me. I remember enjoying a few of the shorts but I just never picked it back up again. I think the short format just bores me.

27. One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

I see this one recommended a lot but the writing is bad. And I remember thinking she over explained a lot of unnecessary information. Like there's a whole scene where the MC is licking berry juice or honey or something off her fingers. And she takes the time to inform you that there are also ants on her fingers. Which she eats. So yeah. That was weird.

28. Fairest by Marissa Meyer

Listen, I love the Lunar Chronicles. I could NOT make myself enjoy reading about the Queen. There's a word for what you're doing, babes! It's called Sexual Assault. Like I know we knew that already. But I couldn't make myself read it. She was awful from birth and I think Meyer did a good job of showing her THINKING that she's doing the right thing while being horrible. Well written. Very triggering. Could not put myself through it.

29. How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

I honestly just couldn't get into it. Brother pissed me off. I was bored.

30. Wires and Nerve by Marissa Meyer

This is no fault of the story or author. But the copy I got was covered in crumbs and Cheeto stains. I can't hang with the nasties. I will try again when we replace it. Gross.

31. Phantom Phenomena by Darkness Prevails

This book is about the point that I realized I don't like short, personal ghost stories. They bore me and 99% of them aren't even scary.

32. Haint Country by Matthew R. Sparks

This was my biggest disappointment this year. This book has itself labeled as Appalachian folklore but it's, again, just people's not scary ghost stories that happen to take place in Kentucky. There's no actual folklore. I gave up after one story was just "We waited for the bus on our aunt's porch every day and she'd leave the light on for us. The light stayed on after she died! Spooky" it wasn't. If you like those kinds of books, it's probably fine. But I don't think that I do. And I was hoping for more actual folklore.

[ataurusinabookshop]

Are there any other romance and horror readers out there that would love an anthology of short horror stories written by dark romance authors?

Like I’m absolutely craving some scary stories written by women who can combine dark themes of any kind with a love story or some kind of seduction.

I feel that authors like Trisha Wolfe, Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Clio Evans, I V Ophelia, Karina Halle, Keri Lake January Rayne, and others would do an amazing job at this.

Please don’t tell me it’s just me infected by the spooky season…

[juregim]

things i've watched/read and liked in January '24

Articles/Essays

Approaching The Infopocalypse by Nathan Gardels

Being A Girl: A Brief Personal History of Violence by Anne Thériault (reread)

home for the holidays by Rayne Fisher-Quann

It’s Not a Child’s Job to Heal Their Wounded Mother by Arah Iloabugichukwu

Joan Didion on Keeping a Notebook

The Idea That Won't Go Away by Anu Alturu

Time After Capitalism by Miya Tokumitsu

No one is bored, everything is boring by Mark Fischer

When Did Humans First Start Wearing Clothes? by Sarah Zhang

Zionism’s History Is Also a History of Jewish Anti-Zionism, Shaul Magid interviewed by Daniel Denvir (note: while it is interesting to learn more about the history of the initially not very popular movement of Zionism, Magid is somehow anti-zionist without an anti-Israel position)

Youtube

A series of 4 lectures on Albert Camus by Eric Dodson Lectures

Colour In Storytelling by Cinema Cartography

Eastern Promises: A Study of Bodies by Nerdwriter1

Happy Poor People: Our Conception of Happiness is Messed Up by Cheyenne Lin

How Red Bull makes money selling nothing by Slidebean

The Meaning of Red in Movies by Now You See It

The Metaphysical Mirror by Cinema Cartography

Why the FBI Wants This TikToker by CHUPPL

i also watched a lot of Rosie Paw before sleeping but this video Art Museum 🖼️ | Relaxing Scrapbooking is my favourite from what i've seen

Books

Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang

Issey Miyake: Making Things by Art V.

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Films

A Streetcar Named Desire dir. Elia Kazan

Black Orpheus dir. Marcel Camus

Eastern Promises dir. David Cronenberg

Paprika dir. Satoshi Kon

The Princess Bride dir. Rob Reiner

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sighting outside bbc radio :: 25 january 2025 (batch 1)

lawd help me I'm struggling not to say the d-word again after that first picture--

pspspspspspspsps more promo content…and also…pspspspspspsps more sightings with that navy blue button down 🥵🫦

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