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I’m RV Alister, and I write stories for the ones who feel deeply about love, loss, longing, and finding your way back to yourself. Whether you’re here for the books, the bonus chapters, or just a quiet place to land, you’re in the right place. This space is for you. Take your time, explore, and stay a while.
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Before there was Blue Lights, there was Night Lights.
Night Lights is a standalone bonus chapter that takes readers back to the moment everything quietly began, the night Major first ran to Dante’s house, searching for safety, warmth, and something he didn’t yet have the words for.
Told from Major’s point of view, this story captures the fragile in-between:
before names were spoken,
before love was confessed,
before either of them understood what they were becoming to each other.
Set against homework pages, shared playlists, and the unspoken comfort of being seen, That Night explores chosen family, survival, and the soft beginnings of first love, long before it was allowed to exist out loud.
This bonus chapter expands the emotional foundation of Blue Lights and is perfect for:
readers who want deeper insight into Major
fans craving the quiet moments that shaped Dante and Major
newcomers looking for an intimate introduction to the Blue Lights universe
If you believe love sometimes starts as safety,
this story is for you.
When the spotlight fades, the truth still burns.
A year after Blue Lights, Dante Knox and Major Henderson are chasing the rhythm of their future. What begins as a summer line camp filled with music, competition, and second chances soon turns into a season of reckoning.
For Dante, college auditions and leadership pressure weigh heavy, but nothing compares to watching the person he loves unravel under the return of a father who never wanted him. For Major, every beat of the drum feels like a test: of loyalty, of love, and of who he’s allowed to become when the world keeps trying to define him by his pain.
As secrets surface and boundaries blur, the boys must fight to hold on to each other in a space that challenges everything they’ve built. Between quiet dorm rooms, open fields, and the noise of a drumline that never stops, Black Lights explores what it means to love in the dark, when the past won’t stay buried and the future demands more than survival.
Black Lights is a heart-wrenching, deeply intimate continuation of the Blue Lights series, perfect for readers who crave stories about Black queer love, healing, chosen family, and emotional resilience.
A signed hardcover for readers who want the story and the signature. A keepsake edition you’ll come back to again and again.
A softcover copy signed by RV Alister. Personalized and heartfelt—a little extra magic for your shelf or someone else’s.
He fixes everything. Doors. Walls. Broken hearts.
But no one ever taught Nick how to fix himself.
At seventeen, Nick Jones has learned one thing the hard way: no one is coming to save him. Raised in a group foster home nicknamed the Junk Yard, Nick has survived by staying useful—patching holes in the drywall, unclogging drains, keeping the peace between the boys and the man paid to “look after” them.
So when his caseworker gives him a one-way ticket out, Nick doesn’t ask questions. He grabs his tools, his scraped-together cash, and leaves the only home he’s ever known behind.
New town. New job. New room of his own.
And maybe, just maybe, a chance to build something that’s his.
A Little Broken is a deeply emotional coming-of-age story about survival, softness, and learning how to choose yourself. It’s for the ones who had to grow up too soon. The ones who held it together for everyone else. The ones still learning what it means to be loved.
Some nights change everything, not because of what happens, but because of how it feels.
Dante and Major are learning what it means to exist in a quiet in-between.
Between friendship and something more.
Between holding back and leaning in.
Between the lives they had and the ones they’re beginning to imagine together.
The New Normal is a tender slice-of-life novella set in the world of Blue Lights, following one ordinary-but-unforgettable date that becomes something they’ll carry with them long after the night ends. A movie. A bus ride. A shared seat. The kind of moments that don’t look life-changing, until they are.
This story is about first love that feels safe.
About learning how to be chosen, and choosing back.
About realizing that sometimes the biggest changes come quietly.
Perfect for readers who love:
Soft, character-driven romance
Queer love stories grounded in everyday moments
Emotional intimacy over high drama
The world of Blue Lights
💙 New Lights is a companion novella to Blue Lights, best enjoyed after reading the novel, but welcoming to new readers looking for a gentle, heartfelt love story.
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