She Came at the Glass Heel series
She Came at the Glass Heel is a contemporary erotic transgender romance series set in and around The Glass Heel, a sex-positive queer nightclub in Chicago.
The series is an interconnected cycle of novellas centered on transfeminine desire, romance, and connection. Each story focuses on a different protagonist, but they all share one luminous, dangerous, and deeply human stage: The Glass Heel itself.
The Glass Heel Nightclub
At the heart of the series is The Glass Heel, a fictional nightclub owned by Echo Dela Cruz, a charismatic Latina transgender woman who threads the entire cycle together.
The club is both sanctuary and crucible: a place where desire is approached without shame, where gender-expansive women step into their fullest selves, and where each protagonist arrives carrying her own history, hopes, insecurities, and longings.
Above the club sits an intimate hotel that adds vertical layers to the storytelling—some nights end in a suite, some in the city, some in unexpected emotional revelations—but the heart of every narrative remains the charged space where bodies and stories collide.
Structure of the Series
Each novella in She Came at the Glass Heel unfolds over a single weekend—Friday, Saturday, or Sunday—across every month of a full calendar year. This creates a rhythmic, almost ritual structure:
- Each story captures one weekend in the life of The Glass Heel.
- Different protagonists step into the spotlight, but familiar faces return in the background.
- The club and its hotel become recurring touchstones where desire, risk, and transformation meet.
Regular figures—such as Julian Reyes, the steady, observant trans man bartender—provide continuity and texture, while Chicago itself becomes a living backdrop whose neighborhoods, rhythms, and nightlife shape the characters’ experiences.
What the Stories Explore
The series ultimately explores connection in all its forms:
- Fleeting attraction and transformative romance
- Kink-inflected encounters and negotiated power dynamics
- Tender moments of recognition and the quiet triumph of being seen
- The emotional and erotic lives of transgender women and the people who love them
While eroticism is an unapologetic centerpiece, each novella delves deeper than the sexual act, illuminating the complex emotional worlds of transgender women seeking pleasure, affirmation, and sometimes, a form of healing.
Together, these stories form a vibrant mosaic of transfeminine erotic possibility, celebrating autonomy, desire, and the many ways love—temporary or lasting—can be found when one steps into the glow of The Glass Heel.
How the Series Is Published
Each novella in the She Came at the Glass Heel series follows a two-stage digital release pattern:
- Kindle Unlimited First (90 Days)
New novellas are published exclusively on Amazon and enrolled in Kindle Unlimited for the first 90 days. During this period, Kindle Unlimited subscribers can read the series as part of their subscription, and the ebooks are only available through Amazon. - Then Wide to Other Retailers
After the initial 90-day Kindle Unlimited window, the ebook novellas are released to other retailers as well. This allows readers who prefer non-Amazon platforms to purchase and enjoy the series.
If you want to start reading right now, you can find the series on Amazon here:
Read She Came at the Glass Heel on Amazon
As more novellas are released and move out of their Kindle Unlimited window, they will become available through additional ebook retailers. This staggered approach lets us reach Kindle Unlimited readers first, then make the series accessible to a wider audience over time.