Squarespace Website Template
Faint of Heart (Landing Page)
For the authors who leave readers questioning their morals, defending red flags, and saying, "Oh my f*cking God, I can't believe I'm into this," or “Oh God, what the hell am I reading?” Faint of Heart is a fully customizable landing page website template that helps you showcase your books, connect with readers, grow your audience, and create an unforgettable experience for the people who can't stop thinking about your stories.
Faint of Heart is a bold landing page template designed for dark romance, paranormal romance, gothic romance, romantasy, and morally gray storytellers whose books leave readers obsessed, emotionally compromised, and begging for one more chapter. Created to help authors showcase their books, grow their newsletter, share bonus content, and build a devoted reader community, it gives readers a place to dive deeper into your world long after they turn the final page.
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This Template Is Perfect For:
✷ Romance, women's fiction, and contemporary fiction authors
✷ Character-driven stories that keep readers smiling, swooning, and turning pages
✷ Authors preparing for a new release
✷ Authors growing their newsletter and reader community
✷ Authors promoting bonus content, events, and ARC opportunities
✷ Authors with multiple books or series to showcase
✷ Authors who want a custom-feeling website without the custom designer investment
✷ Authors looking to create a memorable reader experience
✷ Authors ready to turn casual visitors into loyal readers
✷ Authors who would rather spend their time writing than building a website from scratch
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✓ Professionally designed Squarespace website template
✓ Mobile-friendly design
✓ Easy drag-and-drop customization
✓ Strategic pages designed specifically for authors
✓ Newsletter signup integration
✓ Book and series showcase pages
✓ Events and appearances page
✓ Reader resources and bonus content pages
✓ Social media and retailer link integration
✓ Copy prompts and guidance
✓ Website setup tutorials
✓ Template installation instructions
✓ Final launch checklist
✓ Email support
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✷ A Squarespace account
✷ A domain name (if you want a custom website address)
✷ Your author bio
✷ Book covers and graphics
✷ Book descriptions and blurbs
✷ Links to retailers, newsletters, and social media
✷ Canva (optional for customizing graphics)
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✷ Coding experience
✷ Design experience
✷ Website experience
✷ A giant marketing budget
✷ Fancy software
✷ A tech background
✷ To spend months building a website from scratch
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✷ Custom website design
✷ Custom branding or logo design
✷ Website copywriting services
✷ Squarespace subscription fees
✷ Domain purchase fees
✷ Book cover design
✷ Ongoing website management
✷ Marketing services
✷ Custom coding
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What can be customize?
✓ Fonts
✓ Colors
✓ Images
✓ Graphics
✓ Page content
✓ Book information
✓ Newsletter platform
✓ Navigation menu
✓ Buttons and links
✓ Layout sections
In other words: make it look and feel like you.
Designed with authors and writers in mind, this template helps you showcase your books, organize your series, promote launches and events, and grow your newsletter, all in one place.
HOW IT WORKS
More readers. More connection. More time to write.
01 Choose Your Template
Browse the collection and choose the template that best fits your stories, genre, and author brand. Whether you're a smut writer, fantasy world-builder, or romance storyteller, there's a template designed with readers in mind.
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Receive Your Template & Resources
After purchase, you'll receive your template along with tutorials, guides, and resources to help you prepare your content and confidently customize your website.
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Make It Yours
Add your books, author bio, newsletter, events, bonus content, and brand details. Swap out colors, fonts, images, and graphics to create a website that feels uniquely yours, no coding required.
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Launch & Connect With Readers
Hit publish and start sharing your stories with the world. Your website is now ready to help readers discover your books, join your newsletter, learn about upcoming releases, and stay connected long after they finish the final page.
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Keep Growing
As your author career grows, your website can grow with you. Add new books, events, reader resources, blog posts, merchandise, and more whenever you're ready.
Join the Inner Circle
Get romance book updates, website resources, launch support, reader connection strategies, and behind-the-scenes insights from the romance book world. Whether you're writing the happily-ever-after or reading it, there's a place for you here.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Series 9 Studio templates are designed for authors who want more readers, stronger reader connections, and more time to focus on writing. Whether you're publishing your first book or adding another title to your backlist, each template is designed to help readers discover your stories, join your community, and keep coming back for more.
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All Series 9 Studio templates are built on Squarespace 7.1, making them easy to customize, beginner-friendly, and designed to grow with your author career.
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Not at all. Every template is designed to be customized without touching a single line of code.
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Pretty much everything. You can change the colors, fonts, images, graphics, page content, newsletter integrations, and book information to match your brand and stories.
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You'll need a Squarespace subscription, your author bio, book covers, book descriptions, images, and any links you'd like to include such as newsletter platforms, retailers, social media, or event pages.
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Absolutely. Every template is designed to look beautiful on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
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Of course! Think of your template as a starting point. You can add pages, blog posts, shop features, event pages, and other content whenever you're ready.
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Of course. Whether you're sharing writing updates, behind-the-scenes content, book recommendations, or launch announcements, Squarespace makes blogging simple.
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Yes. Squarespace allows you to add a shop, sell products, collect email addresses, and connect readers with your books and merchandise.
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Yes. Every template is built with discoverability in mind and includes guidance to help you optimize your website for search engines.
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That's one of the goals. Each template is strategically designed to encourage newsletter signups and help readers stay connected long after they finish the final page.
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Yes! You'll receive email support along with tutorials and resources to help you customize and launch your website with confidence.
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At this time, Series 9 Studio only offers website templates and resources. Custom services may become available in the future.
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After purchase, you'll receive instructions for transferring the template into your Squarespace account along with the resources included in your purchase. Please keep an eye on your emails.
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Due to the digital nature of website templates, all sales are final. If you run into an issue accessing your purchase, please reach out and I'll be happy to help.
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Yes. That's exactly why Series 9 Studio exists. Instead of staring at a blank screen wondering where to start, you'll have a strategic foundation already built, so you can spend less time figuring out websites and more time writing.