About
Limerent Publishing is the publishing imprint of author LS Delorme (Lexy Shaw Delorme) is an award-winning author and full-time storyteller, blending supernatural mystery, psychological thriller, history, and romance into her Limerent Series. Raised as a “military brat” across three continents, Lexy’s life as a wanderer has been a source of inspiration for all her writing. The series—planned for eight books—opens with three foundational novels that can be read in any order, before continuing into a sequence that deepens the mythic arc.
The first three foundational books are:
* Caio: A supernatural romantic thriller about grief, justice, and forbidden connection.
* Bright Midnights: A YA dream-thriller following a magnetic girl caught between dimensions. Winner of a BookLife Editor’s Pick from Publishers Weekly.
* Fanning Fireflies: A 1940s historical ghost story and romance centered around race, secrecy, and sacrifice. Winner of the Firebird Book Award for Paranormal & Cross-Genre Fiction.
Delorme’s work has also been celebrated as a finalist in Next Generation Indie Awards for her book Caio in 2026. Caio was also a finalist for the International Book Awards in 2025, a semi-finalist for the Golden Wizard Book Prize’s Book of the Year, and has received critical acclaim from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and IndieReader. She is a full-time author living in Paris with her French husband and two sons, and is an active member of the Society of Authors, the British Fantasy Society, the Science Fiction Writers Association, Romance Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association, IBPA, and ALLi.
Best Known For: The Limerent Series—emotionally charged, genre-defying novels celebrated for their fusion of supernatural intrigue, psychological insight, and poetic storytelling. The first three books can be read in any order, with later entries deepening the interconnected story.
She is also releasing a book of short stories tied to her series in April 2026
Website & Socials:
* lsdelorme.com
* Instagram: @ls_delorme
* TikTok: @lexyshawdelorme
Featured Work
Other Works
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Sabbatical, Part One
2026
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Limerence
2025
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Fanning Fireflies
2024
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Ghosting Academy
2024
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Caio
2023
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Bright Midnights
2023
Awards and Recognition
- Caio- Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in Suspense 2026
- Caio- International Book Awards Finalist in Cross Genre 2025
