<strong>We’re celebrating the release of A.N. Horton’s new release called The Third Ring! Available now!</strong>
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<strong>The Third Ring (The Sanctum Series Book 1)</strong>
<strong>Release Date: April 15, 2025</strong>
<strong>Genre: Dark Romantasy</strong>
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<li>Spicy</li>
<li>Enemies to lovers</li>
<li>Trials</li>
<li>Strong FMC</li>
<li>Brooding MMC</li>
<li>Forced proximity</li>
<li>Gods and mythology</li>
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<strong>Ten Trials. Two Oaths. One Chance.</strong>
To Adrian, the gods were never anything to be worshipped, just tolerated. But in the walled city of Sanctuary, whether through the religious fervor of the elite or the quaking fear of the poor, the Geist have always been served. And now it’s Adrian’s turn.
Born into power and raised for greatness, Dante stands for everything Adrian has come to despise, but he may be her only hope of survival. When the two of them are bonded against their will and forced to compete together in the Trials, the god’s ancient gauntlet of physical brutality and psychological torture, they have no choice but to set aside old prejudices and work together. Navigating religious zealots, a patriarch intent on breeding the pair for power, and the increasingly obvious cruelty of the gods, Adrian must come to terms with the fact that, whether Culled or Championed, we all serve the gods in the end. And, for her, betrayal has always been waiting just around the corner.
<strong>TWs: Open Door Intimacy, Violence, Amputation, Suicide, Religious Trauma</strong>
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Book Blitz: The Viscount’s Forbidden Flirtation – Sarah Rodi
Lieutenant Colonel Ezra Hart finds himself in urgent need of a wife—inheriting the viscountcy relies on it!
But while he’s dutifully spinning the Season’s jewels around Society’s ballrooms he finds himself desiring the one woman he shouldn’t covet…
French émigrée Seraphine Mounier is as beguiling as she is vivacious, but Ezra knows she has no interest in the marriage mart. What’s worse, she represents the very enemy he fought at Waterloo.
As an undeniable connection sparks, resisting Seraphine seems one battle Ezra’s destined to lose!
Sarah Rodi has always been a hopeless romantic. She grew up watching old, romantic movies recommended by her grandad, or devouring love stories from the local library.
Sarah lives in the village of Cookham in Berkshire, where she enjoys walking along the River Thames with her husband, her two daughters and their dog. She has been a magazine journalist for over 20 years, but it has been her lifelong dream to write romance for Mills & Boon. Sarah believes everyone deserves to find their happy ever after.
You can contact her via @sarahrodiedits or sarahrodiedits@gmail.com or at sarahrodi.com
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Book Blitz: A Trial of Fate – J.E. Larson
We have a book that you’re going to want to bump to the top of your TBR list. The best part? The next book in the series is already out!
A Trial of Fate (Valdor Series Book 1)
Publication Date: May 24, 2024
Genre: Epic Romantic Fantasy
- Found Family
- Trauma rep
- Strong FMC
- Slow burn romance/ tension
- Dying world
- Shifters, fae, humans with magic.
- Our world is dying.
Skylar Cathal is a twenty-two-year-old half-human, half-shifter with a curious mind and knack for bending the rules. Gilen Warrick, Skylar’s childhood friend and the next Alpha of the Solace pack, wants more than just her friendship– but fate has a will of its own.
When Skylar is marked as the shifter champion, she must overcome her darkest fears to leave her home and those she loves behind. Daxton Aegaeon, High Fae Prince of Silver Meadows, has sworn to protect Skylar as his ward, but only she can protect her heart.
One night can change your life… one decision can change everything.
A Trial of Fate is the first book in the Valdor Series, an epic romantic fantasy that follows a “spitfire” heroine who defies her darkest fears in order to save those she loves. This book will appeal to fans of character-driven adventurous romantasy tails such as Throne of Glass, From Blood and Ash, and A Ruin of Roses.
TW: Torture
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Book Blitz: The Crown Saga – Brindi Quinn
Brindi Quinn’s epic fantasy romance series The Crown Saga got a serious glow up and we’re celebrating the re-release!
The Crown Saga
Publication Date: March 27, 2025
Genre: New Adult Romantasy/Epic Fantasy Romance
Tags
- Author: @brindiful
- Books 1-4 insert/peekaboo artwork artist: @moranatascia
- Omnibus insert/peekaboo artwork artist: @emryn_art
- Cover artist (all editions): @saintjupit3rgr4phic
- Publisher: @neverandeverbooks
- Map artist: @centaur.maps
Tropes/Themes
- Queen x Knight
- Forbidden Romance & Tension-Filled Rivalry
- Found Family & Oathbound Devotion
- He Falls First
- Dark Magic & Vengeful Goddesses
- Childhood Friends to Lovers
- Sexually Fluid MMCs & Strong, Lovable FMC
- Sweet & Steamy Moments
The Crown Saga is a swoony, high-stakes romantasy featuring forbidden love, dark magic, and courtly intrigue in a queen-ruled world. The story follows Queen Merrin, a fiercely independent ruler who’s more comfortable sneaking out to drink with her guards than sitting on a throne, as she embarks on a journey to rescue her best friend—and in doing so, uncovers ancient secrets that threaten the very foundation of her world.
Spice Level
- Tons of tension, steam, and swoon throughout
- Slow-burn romance with high emotional stakes
- Low spice, introduced later in the series (Books 3 & 4), but when it hits—it’s steamy, satisfying, and worth the wait
Comps
- Throne of Glass – Sarah J. Maas
- Rebellious queen, court intrigue, slow-burn romance, and high stakes.
- Queen of the Tearling – Erika Johansen
- A young queen learning to rule while uncovering dark secrets.
- The Bridge Kingdom – Danielle L. Jensen
- Political alliances, enemies-to-lovers tension, and duty vs. desire.
- Gild – Raven Kennedy
- Slow-burn tension, forbidden romance, and unique magic.
- The Bear and the Nightingale – Katherine Arden
- Atmospheric fantasy, folklore, and mystical elements.
- Serpent & Dove – Shelby Mahurin
- He-falls-first dynamic, romantic tension, and reluctant alliances.
- The Priory of the Orange Tree – Samantha Shannon
- A queen’s struggle with duty, magic, and an ancient threat.
- The Witch’s Heart – Genevieve Gornichec
- Mythology, fate-bound love, and a fiercely independent heroine.
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Book Blitz: The Lies That Hide Within – Megan Boley
The Lies That Hide Within
Publication Date: March 25, 2025
Genre: Dark Dystopian Sci-Fi
- If Black Widow & Captain America got together…
- Villain redemption arc
- Even more steamy slow burn romance than Book 1 (but still a subplot)
- Only one tent
- Plot twists that make you go😱
- Feels like an action movie It’s 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑬𝒗𝒊𝒍 with the found family & humor of 𝒁𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅, the ragtag team & heists of 𝑩𝒂𝒃𝒚 𝑫𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓, the mind-bending plot twists of 𝑺𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑰𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅, & the quirky, fast-paced action of 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒏: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆.
Penny finally has the one thing she’s always wanted—her brother, back from the dead.
Problem is, he hates her guts—and he should, after the tragedy she brought upon him. Voted “most likely to stab someone in the face” in high school, making nice was never Penny’s strong suit. But for her little brother? She’d do anything.
Even team up with the ever-present thorn in her side and her brother’s favorite human being on f*cking planet Earth, Mal, the giant, hulking, infuriating general. And, unfortunately, her general.
I’d rather punch myself in the face than work with that thunderous oaf.
The Lies That Hide Within is perfect for fans who wonder what it would be like if Black Widow and Captain America ended up together…Book 2 of The Darkness Duology blends Resident Evil with the humor & found family of Zombieland, action/adventure like Kingsman: The Golden Circle, unlikely allies & heists like Baby Driver, and mind-bending twists like Shutter Island.
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Book Blitz: Blood Iron and Bone – Sera Foxe
Co-Authors Jayne Starwing and Vilyn DeVine join forces, writing as Sera Foxe, your next fav Romantasy author! Blood Iron & Bone is now available!
Blood Iron and Bone: A Fae Fantasy Romance (The Lightbringers, Book 1)
Publication Date: March 21, 2025
Genre: Romantasy
Aurelia, a mortal girl, hears a strange call in the night and is compelled to answer…
In another world, Andar, betrothed to the future High Queen of Áithrim, can’t understand why his supposed fated mate looks so right, but feels so wrong…
Duty, fate, blood iron and bone collide under a cursed sky…
In a kingdom on the precipice of the fulfillment or failure of its most famous prophecy, thrown together by fate and terrifying circumstance, a motley band of Fae and Human alike must come together for the good of the realm, even as the darkness that covers the land threatens to become permanent.
Fans of Rebecca Yarros, Holly Black, Sarah J. Maas, and Jennifer L. Armentrout will love this epic Fantasy Romance series featuring fated mates, found families, and chosen ones — Lightbringers — prophesied to break a darkness that threatens everything.
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Book Blitz: A Touch of Gold and Madness – K.L. DeVore
If you haven’t read A Touch of Gold and Madness by K.L. DeVore, you need to bump this up to the top of your list! While you’re at it, you should also add The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow, a prequel in the Celestials of Arcadia series!
A Touch of Gold and Madness (Celestials of Arcadia Book 1)
Genre: Dark Fantasy Romance
- Enemies to lovers
- MMC with Jekyll/Hyde vibes
- Fated Mates
- Assassin Princess
- Found Family
- Slowburn with Spice
- Heavy Trauma and Healing Rep
- Diverse Cast
- Touch her and Die
- Dual POV
- Forced Proximity
Fairytales are for the naive.
Princess assassin Gray Monroe is ordered by her father to kill the villainous prince responsible for throwing the modern world into a post-apocalyptic society. In a decrepit landscape where two magical species war with one another while a human militia hunts them all, Gray has only one thing on her mind: vengeance.
With the single focus to kill the man who murdered her first love, she believes nothing will stop her. That is, until she hesitates when she comes face-to-face with her nemesis at long last.
Gray must return to the King’s Palace empty-handed for her annual birthday celebration to a court of vipers who lie in wait for a slip in her icy façade. When a sinister plot is revealed to assassinate the princess, she must flee into a world where she’s now the hunted and must survive to get the revenge that she’s owed.
Prince Griffin Silas is on a mission of his own: to kill the King. Problem is, he’s suffering from an affliction that robs him of his sanity while making him crave violence and death. But first, he needs the princess in his hands no matter the cost. In a race against his spiraling affliction, who will achieve their goal first?
As the first installment in the Celestials of Arcadia, “A Touch of Gold and Madness” is a story about moving through a lifetime of trauma, while also packed with action, secrets, betrayal, and tension full of slow-burning steam. It will keep you turning the pages to discover the long-buried truths concealed by those who seek ultimate power.
*This a dark romantic fantasy with heavy themes of trauma and contains explicit adult encounters. Please read the trigger warnings listed in the beginning of the book before diving in. Your mental health matters.*
Triggers:
- Suicidal Ideation
- Mentions of child abuse
- scene alluding to child SA (non-descriptive)
- mental and emotional abuse
- use of alcohol as coping mechanisms
- drug use
- blood, gore, beheading, torture
- Suicide
- anxiety,depression
- grief from loss of partner
- kidnapping
- explicit adult sexual scenes
- mentions of human trafficking
The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow (Celestials of Arcadia)
Genre: Dark Fantasy Romance
Note: To avoid massive spoilers, it is highly encouraged to read A Touch of Gold and Madness prior to reading the first installment in the prequel trilogy.
Before there was Griffin Silas, there was Chrome Freyr…
Two elite teen Kinetic Warriors must protect the princess at all costs, but they never anticipated that they would both fall in the process.
Chrome Freyr, the greatest Kinetic Warrior in living memory, is only sixteen years old. The only mission on his mind is to protect her—the princess. For reasons he can’t explain, he feels an intense compulsion to save and nurture her, having been drawn to her energy since that fateful day on the playground when he was ten years old. However, King Forest does everything in his power to keep the two apart.
When asked to protect the princess in Chrome’s stead, Slate Helair, a fellow elite warrior, doesn’t hesitate. The plan to remove the king from power depends on the princess’s well-being and strength, so he’ll play his role in fostering her confidence and abilities. However, he doesn’t expect to be drawn in by her simmering fire, which he is unable to resist during her training sessions.
The insurgency is in its infancy stages to permanently remove the king from power in order to spare the world from unfathomable chaos. The members must walk a delicate line to keep their secrets hidden and those closest to them shielded from the king’s wrath. One slip-up could cost them everything they hold dear to their hearts.
The Embrace Of Steel and Sorrow is the first installment of the much anticipated interconnected prequel trilogy to The Celestials of Arcadia series. Leading up to the events of Devolution Day, twists and turns are revealed that lead to the mind-blowing ending in A Touch of Gold and Madness. With themes like angst, warrior bromance, betrayal, forbidden romance, and palace intrigue at the forefront, dive into the tragic past lying within the truths that captured readers of A Touch of Gold and Madness.
The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow is a dark urban fantasy romance centered around heavy topics regarding trauma and mental health. Although the characters are aged as teens, this is not a young adult story. Please be sure to check content warnings before delving into the main characters’ dark pasts from The Celestials of Arcadia. Your mental health is important.
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Book Blitz: You Know the Drill – Dr. Bill
Welcome to my life. The life of a reluctant dentist. This book charts the course of a nervous student dealing with people from all walks of life, from exploding angry abscesses to exploding angry people, both in and out of the chair.
When I was a wet-behind-the-ears school sixth former, it seemed like a really good idea to go to university and study the teeth, gums and mouth. I’m still trying to work out why I thought that was a good idea.
The definition of a dentist mentions competencies in biomedical knowledge, surgical dexterity, and critical thinking. What it fails to include is being an unpaid therapist, getting splattered in pus,
coaxing nutters out from under the dental chair, having the police storm your surgery, and dealing with patients who think a crown is something you put on your head, then try and sue you when you
say otherwise.
Written as a form of therapy – to offload on paper – this book gives a frank account of life both in and out of the surgery. So, take a seat in the waiting room and I’ll see you shortly in Chapter One…
Dr Bill is a reluctant dentist who lives with his kind partner and a neurotic cat. This is his first book.
There may be another. This depends on whether Dr Bill’s patients are gracious sweethearts who give him nothing to write about, or cantankerous bastards who provide the fodder for written revenge!
My thoughts: I am not entirely fond of going to the dentist, I’ve got a very nice dentist and my teeth are in good condition so I don’t need any fillings or telling off, but something about that chair sets me on edge!
This is a very funny collection of Dr Bill’s experiences as both a dental student and in practice. His patients are a mix of complete and utter lunatics, at least the ones he’s shared here, I imagine the more normal ones aren’t interesting enough. They flirt, scream, threaten, storm out, almost get arrested and generally cause havoc, all while the dentist and his nurse attempt to provide at least the very basics of dental care to these charming individuals.
After a career in the trenches of the NHS, Dr Bill has a go at teaching new dentists and then moves to private patients, as the NHS system is a total joke, and dentists just don’t make enough to live on.
Luckily there are also even more insane, entitled patients there too, and plenty to keep us readers entertained. Expect to see copies in waiting rooms everywhere!
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
Book Blitz: Eternally Yours – Carly Spade
We have the perfect duo for St. Patrick’s Day!
Happy publication day to author Carly Spade and congratulations on the release of Eternally Yours!
Eternally Yours (Druid Duo Book 2)
Publication Date: March 17, 2025
Genre: Urban Fantasy/ Celtic Mythology
Tropes (Across the Duo):
– found family
– morally grey hero
– magical tattoo
– fated mates
– Druid/witch magic
– reluctant lovers
– a deal is made
Explore found family, fated mates, and a few surprises along the way in this final installment to the Druid Duo.
When Abby Webber went on an Irish vacation, it was to spend time with her bestie, see a few castles, and drink Guinness. She didn’t expect to get marked for death by the Dullahan, nor that Erimon, the sexy biker who saved her life, would be an immortal warrior Druid. He gave her an essential part of his power, awakening her true purpose—to end the Dullahan’s chaos cycle for good.
Abby, still marked, and with the blood moon on the horizon heightening Death’s power, must band together with old friends and new to save herself and future generations from his wrath. There’s only one problem: the Dullahan isn’t working alone this time. Will Abby’s untapped magic and the indestructible eternal bond she’s formed with Erimon be enough to stop the ravenous Celtic death god? Or will failing to control her new powers doom them for eternity?
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Book Blitz: An Incarnation of Shadow and Light – S.A. Christianson
We’ve teamed up with author S.A. Christianson to giveaway a copy of An Incarnation of Shadow and Light to one lucky winner! If you enjoy unique magic systems and Gaslamp fantasy, you will love An Incarnation of Shadow and Light!
An Incarnation of Shadow and Light
Genre: NA Dark Fantasy/ Gaslamp Fantasy
✨Magic
✨LGBTQ+ Rep
✨Morally Grey Characters
✨Betrayals
✨An Exiled Prince
✨Assassins
✨High-Stakes Fantasy
✨Multiple POVs
✨Political intrigue
Four magicians abuse their magic to gain power in a corrupt Victorian inspired world.
In the Kingdom of Verchiél only a handful of people known as Incarnate can use magic. Equally feared and respected, they are revered as saints and indulged like gods. But the sudden deaths of Verchiél’s rulers unleashes a power struggle between four Incarnate, each seeking power to fulfil their own desires.
Gabriel, a charismatic socialite who takes darker paths to avoid slipping back into powerlessness.
Zoe, the daughter of a disgraced merchant, determined to carve a new path for her life.
Niklas, an exiled prince trying to escape the ghosts of his past.
Silje, an assassin who will stop at nothing until she’s seized the adoration she has always been denied.
Infighting and betrayal run rampant as each becomes worse than their problems in order to solve them.
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