L.T. Marshall

One thing I’ve learned over the years of writing the Carrero books is that readers never agree on which Carrero man is the best. Every time I think there is a clear favourite, somebody turns up ready to passionately defend another brother and suddenly we’re all debating again. Some readers are completely devoted to Jake. Others will defend Arry until their dying breath. Then there are the Alexi…

One of the questions I receive most often from Carrero readers is: “How is everyone related?” With such a large family spanning multiple generations, cousins, siblings, marriages, and future storylines, it can sometimes be difficult to keep track of where everyone fits into the Carrero world. To make things easier, I’ve created an official Carrero Family Tree that brings together the major…

Music and storytelling have always been deeply connected for me, so creating songs inspired by my books felt like a natural extension of the worlds and characters I’ve spent years building. These tracks aren’t official soundtracks or polished studio productions. They’re creative companion pieces inspired by the emotion, atmosphere, relationships, and chaos inside the stories themselves. Some…

One thing readers have always said about The Carrero Series is that it feels cinematic. The emotion, the family loyalty, the chaos, the power struggles, the romance… it has always played out vividly in my head while writing it. So after so many messages asking if the Carrero song would ever be available to download, I finally decided to make it happen. “The Carrero Empire” is now officially…

Here you go, guys, written specifically for my series. I supplied the lyrics. Verse 1Built from nothing, city lights and dirty dealsSilver cufflinks hiding scars that never healedEvery brother carries ghosts behind his eyesBorn into a war where loyalty survives Money talks in every room we walk intoEnemies keep smiling while they make their movesBlood runs thicker than the fear beneath our…

🖤💙 RELEASES TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT (UK TIME) 💙🖤 Awakening: Eve of Eden officially goes live on Kindle! The next generation of the Awakening world has arrived… and twin sisters Eve and Eden are about to change everything. One was born with healing, light, and loyalty. The other with chaos, shadow, and dangerous power. In a world of wolves, vampires, witches, and ancient magic, the balance…

After a long journey of writing, planning, rewriting, world-building, and probably far too much Irn bru, I’m so excited to finally announce that Awakening: Eve of Eden is now officially available for pre-order on Kindle. This book has lived in my head for a very long time. BUY THE BOOK – https://getbook.at/EVEOFEDEN For readers already familiar with the Awakening world, this story dives into a…

Demo Audio Disclaimer:This track is a demo created to bring my lyrics to life and explore the sound and direction I’d love to take as part of a band. Vocals and production are not performed by me, and the track is intended for creative and illustrative purposes only. This one came from thinking about how easily people fall in love with a version of you that isn’t actually real. It’s something I…

To hear a digital made demo…. This song comes from a version of me that didn’t understand love yet. Not because I didn’t care… but because I was still too broken, too naive, and too caught up in just surviving my own emotions to really see what I was doing to other people. I moved through connections lightly, chasing the feeling of being wanted without knowing how to return it in a real,…

I feel like this has always been the theme tune of my life. I wrote this with that rebellious teen in mind. Want to hear it? Digitally created demo – Verse1 From the age of nothing, all I heardBeing a girl was something absurdHolding me back from greatnessDNA controlled the place I fitYou push your ideals like it’s the lawExpecting obedience, not ‘Get Lost!’Guess I never knew how to obeybridgeI…

Want to hear it? Digitally created demo – This one is a little different from my usual songs… and very on-brand if you know my books 😏 I’ve spent years creating men that readers fall in love with. The calm ones, the dangerous ones, the ones who say just enough and mean everything. The kind of characters that live rent-free in your head long after you close the book. And somewhere along the…

This one is about that kind of impact. Not love, not really. More like a collision. The kind of person who walks into your life and suddenly everything feels louder, sharper, more intense than it should. The kind you recognise as trouble a second too late, when you’re already standing in the line of fire. Why Me? Verse 1I always thought I was lucky in loveHad a few brushes, nothing of…

This one’s about that kind of relationship you keep going back to, even when you know better… until one day you finally don’t. Verse 1I was nineteen, totally greenYou came and swept me off my feetI thought it was love, utterly realIt was an illusion steeped in deceit While I was falling, deep, deep downYou kept control of all the feelsEvery promise, every frownJust empty words laced with…

Verse 1 I don’t know your storyBut I recognise the weightIn the way you hold your silenceLike it’s something you don’t sayThere’s a fire in your distanceLike you’ve walked through it beforeNot asking for forgivenessJust not breaking anymore Pre-Chorus We don’t talk about itDon’t need to explainSome things you just carryLike a permanent stain Chorus We’re built on a similar emotional…

Once again, I find myself writing lyrics and wanting to share them with you. It’s something I used to do constantly in my teens and twenties before I stepped away from music for a while. Now, as I’m learning the drums and finding my way back to that long-missed path, it feels natural to return to it. Some songs come from imagination, and some come from quietly observing the things we don’t…

Romance stories live and breathe on emotion. Love, jealousy, heartbreak, forgiveness, longing. The kinds of feelings that push people to make choices they might never make in calmer moments. As writers, we’re asked to step inside those moments and understand them well enough to bring them to life on the page. This little series of posts is my way of exploring some of those stronger emotions…