Nina Castle

@castlemantra

SFF writer, artist, teacher #amwriting #amediting, Dog person, ice cream lover, aaaannd romance addict

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Nina Castle@castlemantra· 19h

When the trope is a MMC who doesn’t believe in love. An FMC who doesn’t believe she deserves it. And a finale that proves them both wrong. Would you like to be an ARC reader? forms.gle/VRJVQ8Yforam...

Nina Castle@castlemantra· 1d

ARC readers...he doesn't believe in love, she doesn't believe she deserves it, and they're both devastatingly wrong. TAKE AS PRESCRIBED is a 🌶 Dystopian Romance for those who enjoy soft love in a harsh world. 💗 forms.gle/VRJVQ8Yforam... #arcreaders #romancerecs

Nina Castle@castlemantra· 3d

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Nina Castle@castlemantra· 3d

FINALLY finished posting my first insta grid!! 😍 Isn't she a beaut!?! Maybe it's not as large or extensive as other people's, but I'm pretty proud 🤗 Find me over there @castlemantra ! I follow back all bookish accounts! (Unless u look like a bot lol) #writingcommunity

Nina Castle@castlemantra· 4d

Hey romance lovers, every month I post a collection of FREE books from authors trying to get their names out there! Typically fantasy, sci-fi, and spicy genres, if that's your thing. castlemantra.kit.com/a2f7a80684 Don't miss out!!💗 #freebooks #romantasy

Nina Castle@castlemantra· 4d

Can I interest any ARC READERS in a spicy dystopian romance with a lottery for HealthCorp’s miracle pill? When the odds aren't exactly in her favor, one woman will find herself entangled in a scheme to steal them, instead. #writing #author #arcteam If so, hit me up!😍

Nina Castle@castlemantra· 5d

*ARC READERS WANTED* May I interest u in being an ARC reader for a spicy dystopian romance? Perhaps with a miracle pill that makes u beautiful and a woman trying to win love by stealing it? 💗frenemies w/ benefits 🏥chronic illness rep 🛁only one bath ❤️‍🔥all the yearning #arcreader #dystopianromance

Nina Castle@castlemantra· 6d

If so, lemme know and I'll get you the form!

Nina Castle@castlemantra· 8d

May I interest the ARC reader in a spicy dystopian romance about a woman who thinks she's too ugly for love, a miracle pill that could make her beautiful, and the CEO's playboy son who she tries to steal it from? 💊 Leave a comment if you'd like to sign up! #romancebooks #arcreader

Nina Castle@castlemantra· 9d

Posted about my ARC campaign for my spicy dystopian romance on Reddit for the first time today 😅 Not sure if I should be insulted, or content that I've survived an authorly rite of passage... Anyhoo, if anyone wants to sign up for some trend-chasing p*rn*graphic garbage, lmk! #romancebooks

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Apr 29

UGLIES X 50 SHADES OF GREY He's teaching her the art of seduction so she can win her best friend's affections. She's trying to steal HealthCo's miracle pills from his billionaire father. There's no place for love in a war of power and control...or, is there? #Questpit #Q #A #D #R

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Apr 29

UGLIES X 50 SHADES In her tiny apartment w/ her dying uncle, May survives on food cubes & dreams of her crush. While HealthCo's raffle claims “health & beauty in a pill,” she has better odds of stealing them from the CEO's playboy son. And zero chance of losing her 🩷 to him. #Questpit #Q #A #D #R

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Apr 29

UGLIES X 50 SHADES 🛌frenemies w/ benefits 💔sexy & traumatized 👊"touch him, & you...well, it won’t be good." 💸disinherited billionaire romance 🌎soft love in a harsh world #Questpit #Q #A #D #R #agentguide "I seriously think about [the characters] daily." -agent w/ my full

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Apr 18

UGLIES X 50 SHADES May thinks she's in love w/ her best friend, enough to follow him north & help in his suicidal plan to steal their miracle meds. But she doesn't count on being caught by the CEO's disinherited son. Nor on the dangerously addictive interest he takes in her. #posterpit #Q #A #SF #R

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Apr 11

In future America, HealthCorp's medical lottery is May's best bet at escaping poverty & becoming beautiful enough to win her unrequited love. But when the CEO's disinherited son offers to help her steal the meds, she'll risk not only his betrayal, but her heart. #Q #A #SFF #R #Dystopian #ProfilePit

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Apr 6

I do! I actually have a few artworks I've painted myself, which were particularly challenging bc my FMC has facial and body dysmorphia, so her self-description is fuzzy. I also painted a mockup for my book cover! I'm no professional, but I'm pretty proud of how they've turned out :) #revpit #ocart

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Mar 28

Meet the characters in my 🌶 dystopian romance, TAKE AS PRESCRIBED!! 🤩 #authors #writingcommunity #dystopian #romancebooks

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Mar 26

Love is free! (And for a few more days, so are these romance books🥰) Check them out before the promo ends April 1st! subscribepage.io/HBNEcM

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Mar 25

My little grandma puppy, Lois 🥹

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Jan 31

Like everyone⬇️the Divide, I'm ugly & sick. Unlovable. Especially to my BF, Rem. The raffle for HealthCorp’s miracle💊could heal me & make me beautiful, but I’d have better odds stealing them from the CEO’s playboy son. A⬆️risk of being caught. And 0 chance of losing my❤️to him. #questpit #Q #A #SF #R

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Jan 7

Hey guys:) I'm putting myself out there for the first time by offering my two intro chapters for free! If anyone would be interested in a dystopian billionaire romance...where the billionaire's the enemy...please check it out!:D dl.bookfunnel.com/gkiouy0th2

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Oct 26

I've used "hat" a single time in my dystopian romance. For your viewing pleasure... #writingcommunity #wipsnips #hat

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Oct 25

From my Dystopian Romance that all starts with a #lottery for the miracle pill that cures every illness and makes you beautiful. #wipsnips #writingcommunity

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Aug 6

BRIDGERTON X HUNGER GAMES She’s from the slums of the south. He’s used to a silver spoon. Now, she’s going to steal it. #QuestPit #A 🌶️#R #SFF #Q Sign up for the waitlist! subscribepage.io/kbJscZ

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Aug 6

#QuestPit #A 🌶️ #R #SFF #Q Health, wealth, & beauty in a single pill-if only you could afford it. In future America, HealthCorp's lottery is May's best bet at escaping poverty & winning unrequited love. But w/ the CEO's son's offer to help steal it, she not only risks his betrayal, but her heart.

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Aug 6

HealthCorp's miracle drug would cure May & make her beautiful, winning her BF's love. But the real miracle's affording it until a run in w/ the CEO's playboy son. The only thing riskier than robbing his dad is his offer to teach her the art of seduction #QuestPit #A 🌶️ #R #SFF #Q

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Aug 6

Sex, money, & drugs rule a future America-can you imagine? Those like May struggle to survive, only dreaming of HealthCorp's cure-all pill. But after becoming entangled (literally & figuratively) w/ the CEO's son, she can't lay back & take it. Not anymore. #QuestPit #A #R #SFF #Q

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Feb 26

1984 X HOZIER X IN TIME Health, wealth, & beauty in a single pill-if u can afford it. In future America, HealthCorp's lottery is May's best bet to escape poverty & win unrequited love. But w/ the CEO's son's offer to help steal meds, she not only risks his betrayal but her heart #WSPitQ #A #SF 🌶️ #R

Looking back meme with May holding hands with her oblivious BFF and unrequited love but looking back at the CEO's disinherited son.

Comps: future government corruption meets Hozier level pining. Book image of The Marriage Act by John Marrs and Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah with a Hozier album.

Themes: Spicy friends with benefits, American anger, power and control, facial and body dysmorphia, chronic illness rep, class divide and inequality, billionaire romance gone broke, social justice themes, and Healthcare corporate corruption.

Nina Castle’s Take As Prescribed, a spicy adult dystopian, first page teaser: CHAPTER 1

Thoughts and prayers aren’t worth much, at least south of the Divide. It’s a sentiment the plastics use when they hear of things like our mortality rate or ever-increasing birth defects, but don’t be fooled. This is America where thinking’s outdated, and we pray to pills.

In the north, they manufacture god in pharmaceutical bottles labeled “GeNew.” Not that anyone I know could ever afford it. Health, wealth, and beauty belong to the financially devout. To be fair, we all love money…it just doesn’t love us all back.

Uncle David tells me food’s the problem as he peels away two breakfast cubes from their thin plastic wrapping.

“It’s this damn processed shit makin’ us sick,” he says, smacking the pot harder than necessary on the single electric burner.

Guess it’s boiled cube, today.

“They price gouge us with poison, then try to sell us the cure. It’s all about money, May, mark my words. Those bastards at HealthCorp don’t give a damn about us unless we’re paddin’ their pockets.”

I nod along as I always do when the injustice inside him spills out in the form of a rant. David’s from a time they remembered whole foods, even if what they ate was a mere semblance of the real thing. Perhaps in Europe and the Asias it still exists along with their muffled cries for human rights.

As for me, I can’t be angry. Anger takes energy, of which I’ve little to spare. Like everyone this side of the Divide, I’m ugly with deformities. Weak with sickness. My broad shoulders hunch, and my spine curves to a hump at the base of my neck. My fragile hair litters our single room apartment like the black polyester threads from our tattered clothes. Like everyone, I am dying.

Book cover for Nina Castle's Take as Prescribed. Woman with open mouth and pill on her tongue while a man's hand grips her neck.

Nina Castle@castlemantra· Feb 14

Sex, money, & drugs rule a future America-can u imagine?Those like May struggle to survive, only dreaming of HealthCorp's cure-all pill. But after becoming entangled (literally & figuratively) with the CEO's son, she can't lay back & take it. Not anymore. #CuPit #A🌶️#DTR #BnR #agentsguide #dystopian