A little privacy. A little possibility. Fiction for adults 18+
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Good stories.
Complicated women.
Door closed.

For the woman who wants a little more from her next chapter. Desire with depth. Chemistry with consequences. A shelf you don’t have to share.

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Meet Chad Welles · Three interconnected romance novellas

ON THE BEDSIDE TABLETaming the Submissive Feminist book cover, by Chad Welles
One woman.
Seven Fridays.
Her terms.
Women with something to say✦Desire on their own terms✦Your next late night

THE CHAD WELLES SHELF

Choose your distraction.

Three women. One arts residency.
Private lives that refuse to stay small.

01 / ARIZONA & BRIANTaming the Submissive Feminist — Chad Welles

AMBITION · TRUST · CHOSEN SUBMISSION

Taming the
Submissive Feminist

Arizona Vale protects a women-led arts residency from donors who mistake support for ownership. With furniture maker Brian Mercer, she begins a private experiment in trust—until their relationship becomes ammunition against her leadership.

CHAD WELLES · BOOK 1 · 18 CHAPTERS

Reader notes

Consensual dominance/submission, negotiated authority, intimate touch, sexist donor pressure, professional rumors, financial stress, emotional overwhelm, and occasional strong language. Intimacy is non-graphic.

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02 / RAE & ADRIANThe Quiet Hour — Chad Welles

LISTENING · INTIMACY · RECLAIMING A VOICE

The Quiet Hour

A manipulated audio clip turns journalist Rae Whitaker’s careful reporting into a public scandal. At Bellmere, she builds a listening room with Adrian Sloan—and discovers an unexpected intimacy in choosing quiet.

CHAD WELLES · BOOK 2 · 18 CHAPTERS

Reader notes

Reputational attacks, manipulated recordings, professional pressure, grief and emergency-related death references, emotional overwhelm, and consensual intimate exercises involving stillness, safewords, and touch. Intimacy is non-graphic.

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03 / CAMILLE & ROWANAfter the Surface — Chad Welles

ART · VULNERABILITY · BEING SEEN

After the Surface

Portrait conservator Camille Serrat refuses to make the evidence fit a polished story. A Bellmere exhibition brings her alongside preparator Rowan Vale, whose patience becomes difficult to resist.

CHAD WELLES · BOOK 3 · 18 CHAPTERS

Reader notes

Professional retaliation, withheld payment, memories of emotionally punitive relationships, grief references, emotional overwhelm, and a consensual stillness exercise that is stopped. Kissing, intimate touch, and fade-to-black intimacy.

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A note on heat: these editions are sensual, non-graphic adult relationship fiction, with consent and boundaries at their heart.

MAKE ROOM FOR A LITTLE RITUAL

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The laundry can wait.
The first chapter is on us.

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01THE PANEL

THIS WEEK’S OPEN CUPBOARD

A woman who can hold a room.
A man who doesn’t try to own it.

“The first lie Arizona told that night was that she was not tired.”

Step into Bellmere on the night Arizona Vale notices Brian Mercer at the back of a crowded gallery. Some kinds of attention are harder to dismiss.

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The opening chapter of Taming the Submissive Feminist.
Our weekly chapter series starts here. Future release dates will appear on this page.

THE INNER CIRCLE · MEMBERSHIP PREVIEW

A shelf of your own.
A reason to come back.

We’re building a reader membership around the stories: a place for chapter releases, thoughtful extras, and more time with the characters you can’t quite leave behind.

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A Sunday ritual

Planned chapter releases in one calm, comfortable reading space.

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Read, then listen

Multi-character audiobooks are in production. Audio access and release details will be announced when ready.

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Behind the pages

Planned author notes and glimpses into the people, places, and choices behind the fiction.

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MEET YOUR NEW BEDSIDE AUTHOR

Chad Welles

Contemporary relationship fiction about women with ambition, desire, and lives that don’t fit neatly into anyone else’s expectations. Start in Bellmere. Stay for what happens behind the composure.

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