Hey I'm Trina, the face and brains behind Moonlit chapters, the UK's first Indie only Romance bookstore and the South West's only romance bookstore.
I am an SEN mum to two feral children who have apparently inherited my lack of volume control, and I also have a lovely case of ADHD.
Since launching Moonlit Chapters, I've met some of the most incredible authors and readers, many of whom i now call friends.
Moonlit Chapters was born out of my love for Indie Romance. The more I read the more I fell in love and the more I realised just how hard it was to actually find Indie Romance books
Buying through Amazon was soul destroying. Books arrived damaged, poorly packaged with no care or respect for the stories inside. Direct-from-author options were limited and if you were lucky enough to come stumble across an Indie in the wild, then they cost you a kidney.
So i thought to myself, during a midnight feed while reading yet another questionable monster romance is this something I could do? could I make Indie romances easier to find? and the and was was yes I could and the response from you has been overwhelming.
Moonlit Chapters is more than just a bookshop, its a community. Its a space for readers who believe reading isn't a race, and that stories are meant to be savored not consumed for numbers or aesthetics. I believe in slow reading, cosy habits, annotated pages and choosing books because they make you feel something, not because they're trending.
Everything here is curated with care. From the indie books to the Book of the Month picks and seasonal boxes. Moonlit Chapters is built for romance readers not fast profits and mass production.
At its heart, Moonlit chapters exists to champion Indie authors and to create a space for romance readers to feel seen, and also a way for me to obsess over romance books with everyone in my DM's...