High-stakes fantasy. No-spice romance. Your next adventure awaits.

Join my ARC and/or street team!

A picture of the gender-flipped dystopian Cinderella retelling, Smoke & Glass Slippers, with a list of the various tropes to expect, including fake dating and enemies-to-lovers.

Do you like dystopian fantasy romance stories with fake dating, deadly competitions, and absolutely no foul language, no sexual content, and no graphic depictions of violence?

If you answered YES to the above, then I think being a member of the Ashley Willingham ARC and/or street team would be a great fit for you! Next up to be read is Smoke and Glass Slippers, a dystopian, gender-flipped Cinderella retelling.

Releasing July 28, 2025!

 

What is an ARC and/or street team?

 

ARC stands for Advanced Reader Copy. If a person is a member of an author’s ARC team, then they are able to read that author’s books before the rest of the world!

ARC team members:

  • don’t need a big social media following
  • just need to leave a review of the book on Amazon and Goodreads on release day

 

Street team members:

  • do need a social media following on either Instagram or Tiktok (you don’t need huge numbers, though; I love smaller accounts, too!)
  • will be provided with images to use to promote the upcoming release on their social media channels
  • will be entered into a drawing to receive a PR box from Ashley Willingham to be unboxed on their channel. The PR box will include:
          • a signed physical copy of the book
          • and some fun swag!

        If you’re interested in applying to be a member of my ARC and/or street teams for Smoke & Glass Slippers and other books, please fill out the form below! I’ll get back to you as soon as possible 🙂

The Betrothal Games Begin July 28, 2025

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Join the ARC and/or street team today!


A picture of a couple, a white man with silver hair and a black woman with silver hair, dancing in a ballroom. Both seem detached, not looking on each other. The cover for Smoke & Glass Slippers is overlaid on top.

She’s the heir to a corrupt empire. He’s the man coming to burn it all down.

I know my place. I was born a Quartz—meant to serve, bound to the lowest rung of a brutal caste system. For thirty years, I’ve slaved away down in the mines, stripping magic from the earth to fuel the Jyosian Empire’s precious Capital.

But I refuse to die in the dark.

The emperor’s Betrothal Games—a fierce competition for Princess Ysabelle’s hand—is my chance to destroy him. So I’ll lie, cheat, and steal my way into their glittering world, wearing a stolen name and a polished smile. The plan is simple: play the game, draw close to the crown, and burn the empire down from within.

There’s only one problem.

Ysabelle isn’t what I expected. Sharp as a blade, bright as a flame—nothing about her is easy to hate. And when the Games start feeling real, I begin to wonder…

Will I truly be the one to ruin her? Or will she ruin me?

Dive into this dystopian fairytale world of lies and deceit where the lines between heroism and villainy blur. High-stakes fantasy adventure combined with swoony romance await in this clean, enemies to lovers romantasy! Perfect for fans of The Selection and Red Rising.

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