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Continue reading →: A Quiet Shift: Emily + Graham at the PartySome scenes arrive softly. They don’t crash into the story with drama or heartbreak; they just… happen. And yet they change everything. The party where Emily meets Graham is one of those moments. Emily walks in carrying the weight of months—messy choices, late nights, glittered edges of a life that…
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Continue reading →: HTX Is Officially Out in the World.It’s here.My debut novel, HTX, is officially out in the world. I wrote this book in the margins of real life—in the slivers of quiet between kindergarten lesson plans, soccer practices, dance drop-offs, and the beautiful chaos of five kids. It was a story that wouldn’t leave me alone, one…
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Continue reading →: Meet Nate: The One Who Started It AllEvery sad girl novel starts with a boy like him. Nate wasn’t the whole problem. But he was the start of it. Ex-boyfriend. Villain. Emotional landmine. You know the type. This is your official introduction to Nate from HTX, my debut novel about heartbreak, identity, and the dangerously thin line…
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Continue reading →: 🖤 Mila + Chase: So Rich, So Pretty. So Much Trouble.If HTX had a tabloid spread, this would be it. Mila and Chase are the kind of couple who look like they stepped out of a luxury campaign—designer sunglasses, whispered secrets, champagne before noon. But don’t let the curated polish fool you. In HTX, surface-level perfection often hides something darker…
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Continue reading →: If HTX Were a Bravo Show: Southern Charm EditionWhat happens when heartbreak, Houston, and emotionally unavailable men collide?Apparently… a Bravo crossover. HTX is my debut novel — messy, magnetic, and filled with the kind of rich boys your therapist warns you about. I wanted to introduce the cast a little differently. So here it is: if the characters…
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Continue reading →: Meet Emily Parker.She moved to Houston for Nate—the boy she bet her future on. And lost. He cheated. And just like that, the version of her life she’d been holding onto cracked wide open. So she stayed. Not for him. For the story she hadn’t finished writing yet. By day, she teaches…
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Continue reading →: Chapter 2: Just for Tonight — Mood Board & Mini ReflectionIf the HTX prologue is about big dreams and golden futures, Chapter 2 is about what happens when those dreams start to unravel. This chapter drops Emily into a glittery, curated kind of chaos—an exclusive River Oaks party where everyone seems to know the rules but her. It’s loud, performative,…
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Continue reading →: Bringing HTX to LifeSome of you already know I’ve been working on a novel for a while now — it’s called HTX, and it’s messy and emotional and very close to my heart. This week, I finally started sharing little pieces of it over on Instagram — quotes, moments, and glimpses into the…
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Continue reading →: HTX: Where It All BeganI’ve been thinking about this book for twenty years. Back then, I didn’t know it would be a novel—I just knew there was something about that world I couldn’t stop thinking about. The pressure to perform. The curated lives. The kind of nights that glittered on the surface and ached…
Hello,
I’m Lacey
I write fiction that lingers—stories about love, loss, reinvention, and the complicated art of holding it together. My debut novel, HTX, is available now on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited!
Author | L.R. Ashcroft 