Welcome Readers!

Erica Damon is a writer, equestrian, and artist living in Western Massachusetts. Her compulsively creative nature has led to a collection of ‘what ifs?’ and that sense of wonder weaves its way into her fiction.

She writes thriller and horror under her name, and equestrian romance under the pen name, Isla Ryder. Her goal is to sweep the reader into her world, keeping it grounded enough in reality that the reader doesn’t question a moment of the action.

This is what she loves helping other authors with, as she has discovered that she enjoys reading books in the early stages even more than published ones and helping writers to spin their stories into something riveting as a developmental editor.

If she’s not writing, she’s likely out riding horses while ideas swirl in the background.

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Upcoming Releases

Close Quarters at the Championships

A Pine Mountain Horse Park Romance

Jordan and Finn have only one thing in common: they want to win the medal championship at Pine Mountain. Finn’s got the fancy horse, the industry connections, and Jordan can’t help but feel like the underdog. It’s easy to cast him as the villain in her story, until a storm rolls through and turns the show weekend on its head.

Coming March 9th

pre-order here

Work In Progress

An In The Cards Story

Rashida is sick of being the has-been. Art was her life, and since her fall from popularity, everything has been beige.

One afternoon walk through her neighborhood brings inspiration in the form of a dying garden. Maybe bringing it to life in a painting will bring her back to life too.

How far will she go to get back in the spotlight? Where does the line between creativity and madness blur?

pre-order will be up soon