Kira Lorne writes the kind of stories people read in private and remember in public.
Kira is an independent author and founder of Black Orchid Press, focused on relationship-driven fiction that explores vulnerability, agency, and emotional realism.
Earlier in her career, She worked in a media environment where storytelling and intimacy were central themes. That experience shaped how she thinks about audience connection, ethical representation, and the responsibility that comes with writing about relationships.
Today, Kira brings that foundation into contemporary fiction that balances emotional depth with consent-forward storytelling. Her work spans redemption arcs, complicated love stories, and character-driven narratives rooted in flawed but deeply human protagonists.
Today, Kira teaches literature at the university level, guiding students through narrative, voice, longing, and the quiet architecture of human connection. By night, she writes emotionally charged romance—stories where desire functions as language, not performance.
Kira lives in Branson, Missouri, by way of California, where the landscape changed but her fascination with longing, reinvention, and quiet rebellion did not. She shares her home with a deeply unimpressed cat who believes all writing intentionally takes time away from belly rubs and scratches behind his ears.
Her work is known for its softness, its sharpness, and its unapologetic heat.
Not explicit for the sake of shock, but intimate because her characters earn it.
Curious? Three stories that show exactly who Kira is on the page:
Untethered is a tender second-chance romance about two people who almost fell in love once and finally get another shot. Ten years after life pulled them apart, Bobbie Lynn Brien and Dylin Montgomery cross paths again—older, changed, and still carrying the spark they never explored.
Bobbie is guarded; Dylin is steady; and Robin—Bobbie’s chaotic, ride-or-die best friend—refuses to let her run from happiness this time. As Bobbie and Dylin move carefully toward each other, they must face old wounds and decide whether they’re brave enough to choose the love that waited a decade to begin.
Under the Wrong Star: Camille Johnson is an astrologer who somehow ends up at the Atacama Observatory, surrounded by scientists, satellites, and a cat named Black Hole who hates her glitter pens. Eduardo Alonse is the quiet, brilliant researcher she falls for—certain the universe runs on math, not intuition.
Then Camille notices tiny deviations in his asteroid data. Patterns that shouldn’t exist… unless the universe is paying attention. And the timing of those patterns? Uncomfortably intimate.
As Camille and Eduardo chase the anomaly, they’re pulled into a mystery that blurs the line between science and something sweeter, stranger, and impossibly personal—a love story written in star drift.
Three: is a tender, seductive ménage romance about a weekend that refuses to stay simple. Effie plans a perfect getaway for her boyfriend, Darus—until she invites Holly, his ex… and the woman she’s secretly wanted for years.
What begins as teasing glances and careful boundaries becomes a slow, emotional unraveling: old chemistry reignited, new chemistry discovered, and three people navigating want, vulnerability, and the kind of connection that doesn’t fit neatly into pairs.
“I try to write desire the way it actually happens—messy, hopeful, and real.”
Contact Kira at kiralorne1@gmail.com
