ARC Sign-Ups for a Genre-Blending Psychological Crime Fiction Series with a Dark Romance Subplot
Welcome! Thank you so much for your interest in joining the Advance Review Team for Black Orchids Cry Gold (Book 1) and Black Orchids Bleed Velvet (Book 2).
If you're new to this and don't know what an ARC is, an Advance Review Copy (ARC) is usually a free digital copy of a book given to readers before or during a launch window in exchange for honest reviews on platforms like Amazon, Goodreads, and BookBub. In this case, I will be asking people to either post reviews on Amazon or Goodreads if you don't like Amazon.
The perfect reader for this series I think are people who like to read dark romance or thrillers. I wouldn't call this a thriller personally, I think it falls more in the suspense category, but I feel like those types of readers can stomach the types of crime and the psychological point of views in these books. THIS IS NOT A TRUE CRIME SERIES. I have to put that in caps, because I get asked that a lot. It's also not a mafia series, but there is a character in the book that was part of the mafia, and there is room for me to do a spin off series, if I wanted too. The crime is psychological organized crime fiction with a dash of conspiracy crime. There is also mystery suspense in book 2. Spice in both books are about a 2.5/3 level.
These two books were originally published back in December 2025. Since then, I’ve grown so much as an indie author and learned a lot about my own style! To be honest, my original self-edited passes felt a little too “try-hard” noir, so I wanted to give these stories the polish they truly deserved.
I have rewritten parts of Book 1 and have given both Book 1 and Book 2 full line edits to elevate the prose. Your ARC copies will be the first look at these fresh, updated, and finalized editions of the books. I've been working hard on this series since 2021. If you'd love to read and review these updated editions, feel free to sign up below!
Books will be sent out through bookfunnel.
Application deadline: Sunday, November 29, 2026.
ARCs will be emailed by Sunday, December 27, 2026.
Reviews for Book One & Two are due by Sunday, February 7, 2027.
I plan to launch these two new editions by Friday, February 12, 2027.
If you find that you want to receive future books from this series, follow me on either Substack or Instagram @chanelpachecoauthor for future updates and announcements.
