When I first had the idea of doing an MM Series based on Shakespeare’s plays – we were in lockdown. I mulled the idea over and over for the next couple of years, and finally decided to ask some of my author besties to join me. They all said yes, and we began the planning of what we were going to do.

Abigail Kade, Lynn Van Dorn, Drea Roman, DK Sutton, Marie Sinclair, Giovanna Reaves and Elizabeth Silver all came on board to bring the Bard’s plays into the here and now! These were authors that I spoke to a lot, and Shakespeare had come up in many conversations over the last few years. The hardest thing to do was to choose the play and decide how we wanted to make it contemporary.

Shakespeare wrote so many types of plays! Tragedies, comedies and historical pieces that have transcended time and been made over and over again in various forms of entertainment – movies, TV shows, Opera, Dance, live theatre. So many people have all taken stabs at updating the plays for the present. (I actually did a production of Twelfth Night that was set in space. It was horrible, but fun. I had a lightsaber!)

So, why Shakespeare? There is a reason that these stories are classics. The trials and tribulations of what the characters endure – the silly miscommunication – the mistaken identities – the love and death that his writing gave us…

Well, it also gave us tropes. Yes! The tropes that we still use to this day.

Was he the first to use them? No. But he was one of the first to have his plays produced in a book format so that they would endure the passing of time. So many playwrights from his time period are lost to us. But the Bard – William Shakespeare, has withstood the test of time, and when you think of classical literature and theatre, he is probably one of the first names that you think of.

Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream… Just a smattering of what he gave us and what we still enjoy to this day!

The Twisted Bard Series is all contemporary. There are motorcycle clubs, billionaires, porn stars, and so many of the tropes that you love, and they are waiting for you to jump in and read! We can’t wait for you to go on the journey with us as all of the books release!

We hope that you enjoy them as much as we did bringing them to life!