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Cover Reveal: The Eldritch Queen – Jacquelyn Gilmore

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It’s an absolute privilege to share the cover reveal of the final book in The Plot of the Six Saint Series, The Eldritch Queen, available for pre-order now!

The Eldritch Queen (The Plot of the Six Saint Series Book 4)

Expected Release Date: December 18, 2026


Genre: Dark Fantasy Romance

Final book in the series
Fated mate emotional ruin
Hard-earned HEA
Epic battle w/ dragons

Pulled into a war older than gods, the queen hunts the power at the heart of creation—and risks becoming the very thing it was meant to unleash.

Some truths are buried for a reason.

After Fabric instability rocks her kingdom, Imani descends into the Under with Esa, searching for the one piece of the Fabric that could change everything.

The Source.

A force at the center of creation—and the reason the Upper and the Under have been at war for tens of thousands of years.

But the deeper Imani goes, the more the truth unravels.

Ancient powers rise. The Six Saints step out of legend. And the father she was never meant to meet forces her to question everything she thought she was.

Then Niflheim strikes.

As war explodes across Essenheim, Imani is pulled back into the fight—where magic fractures, loyalties shift, and Kiran stands at the center of the battlefield.

Ally. Enemy. Something far more dangerous.

Because the closer Imani gets to the Source, the more it feels as if it has been waiting for her.

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Blog Tour: The Peddler – Elyssa S. Schwendy

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Every now and then we get to share something special with you all and The Peddler is a fantasy anthology which is the very definition!

The Peddler

Release Date: January 2026

Genre: Fantasy Short Stories/ Fantasy Anthology

A traveling peddler enters a tavern on a stormy night.

She takes a seat at a table, opens her sailcloth bag, and removes a number of trinkets, ready to weave tales from her travels to her rapt audience… But where to begin?

…a mermaid seeking to walk on land to avenge a murder.
…a daughter of powerful nobles battling how she was raised and what she believes.
…a lighthouse keeper holding vigil for her long-lost love across the sea.
…a petty thief scamming the rich to help the poor.
…or perhaps something else to keep her audience on the edge of their seats.

This collection of fairytale retellings will introduce you to familiar characters you may no longer recognize. Perfect for fans of shadowy plots, criminals with hearts of gold, star-crossed lovers, and happily-ever-afters, The Peddler is sure to entertain you as much as her captive audience.

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Triggers: General violence/murder, mental illness (depression and body dysmorphic disorder), pandemic-level plague, verbal/emotional parental abuse

 

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Cover Reveal: Josie’s Guide to Necromancy – Rachel Menard

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Josie’s Guide to Necromancy

Expected Release Date: March 2027

Genre: Horrormance

Cover Artist: @barryenlightening

Tropes:

• He falls first

• Unlikely pairing

• Thrown together

• Opposites attract

• He’s dead but I can make it work

• Type A eldest sister

• Witchcraft and Necromancy

• A story told in journal form

• Battling the undead

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries meets The Mummy in this fantastical jazz age horror romance where a debutante and a thief have to stop a witch and her army of the undead from claiming the city.

Triggers: Death, murder, violence

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Audiobook Tour: Twisted Bond – Katlyn DeRouen

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We’re celebrating the August release of the audiobook edition of Twisted Bond by Katlyn DeRouen!

Twisted Bond (Twisted Bond Series #1)

Release Date: August 4, 2026

Genre: Portal Fantasy

Narrators: Monica Cannon & Dallin Bradford

  • Found family
  • Enemies to lovers
  • Hidden identities
  • Royalty
  • Closed door
  • Prophecies
  • Fae
  • Portal to another world
  • Enemies to friends to lovers
  • Good vs. Evil

Three Girls.

Three Lives.

One Bond.

After almost a decade apart, Cammie, Hannah, and Sabina never expected their paths to cross again so suddenly. But when Cammie is plagued by memories of a person she has never met, she has no choice but to reach out to the friends she lost touch with years ago.

A charismatic stranger—by the name of Caelan—claims he holds the answers to her mounting list of questions. Instead, Cammie winds up in a comatose state. With Caelan’s help, Sabina races against time to find the man in Cammie’s memories who holds the key to an unseen world… before her friend is lost within her own mind forever.

Meanwhile, Hannah finds herself fighting for her life after being thrust into the middle of a war between beings rumored to be myth. In the midst of the chaos, one element holds true… fate pulled them back together for a reason. Will the trio uncover the truth they seek? Or run from an answer they fear will shatter their world as they know it?

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Trigger warnings in this book include kidnapping, minor descriptions of blood, a few on screen character deaths, and characters you will love/hate to root for.

 

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Book Release Blitz: The Duchess Curse – Charlie Lane

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The Duchess Curse: A Spicy Historical Romantasy

Series: Alchemy of Desire

Release Date: August 31, 2026

  • Gaslamp fantasy
  • Hints of steampunk and witchery
  • Marriage in trouble
  • Spicy open door scenes
  • Love potion revenge
  • All the groveling
  • Women in magical STEM
  • Bridgerton meets magic
  • Standalone 

Shadows rule the darkness. She must embrace them to find the light.

A transcendent daughter’s life should be carefree, but Guinevere’s life has always been a curse. Loving any man could kill him, so she swears to remain a spinster. And when her parents force her into an arranged marriage, she knows the only way to save the mysterious duke she could love, is to break his heart by leaving.

No matter how much Guinevere pushes him away, the Duke of Braxton knows she’s the only woman for him. His magic allows him to hide his identity and follow her wherever she goes. As she cultivates the reputation of the most notorious potion maker in England, he abandons the role of duke for that of Guinevere’s bodyguard Bran.

Years later, a Queen’s command forces them to meet once more as man and wife, duke and duchess. But he can’t keep his secrets forever, and when Guinevere finds out Braxton and Bran are the same man…

He’ll do anything to atone.

And she’ll do anything to keep him safe, even break her own heart.

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  • Discussion of death
  • On-page emotional neglect of child
  • Discussion of child marriage
  • Discussion of substance abuse

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Blog Tour: Dungeons & Dimwits – James Mascia

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Dungeons & Dimwits is a fantasy comedy series about a group of gamers trapped inside their own tabletop role-playing campaign. This first volume begins their journey as they discover that their imaginary world is now very real―and very dangerous. The series follows the party as they face monsters, magic, rival adventurers, impossible quests, and the consequences of their own chaotic

storytelling. Readers should begin with Volume 1, which introduces the characters, the world, and the hilarious disaster that launches the adventure.


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James Mascia is the founder and publisher of Dren Productions, where he creates sci-fi, horror, and fantasy comics and novels packed with imagination, humor, and thrills. He is the author of titles including Flesh-Eating Cheerleaders, Dungeons & Dimwits, The Poe Murders, and High School Heroes. When he’s not writing strange and exciting stories, James works as a high school English teacher in Maryland. A lifelong fan of Comic Cons, cheesy sci-fi and horror movies, and Dungeons & Dragons, he brings his love of genre storytelling into everything he writes.

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My thoughts: Sucked into the role playing tabletop game (rptg) that shares it’s initials with this book’s title, a group of friends discover that things have just got very real. And that two of them are apparently girls now.

Trying to find a way out of the fantasy world where everything is trying to kill them only seems to make things worse. They’re not powerful to escape and they need to level up and also defeat a sorceress who seems to be the reason they’re stuck. So side quests it is. Once they escape the dwarf dungeons they’re currently stuck in and stay alive long enough to get home.

It’s funny, silly and perfect for anyone you know who likes D&D or other role playing games. You don’t need to know all the ins and outs of the games to enjoy it though, I have beginner’s knowledge gleaned from having friends who play these games, and I found it very entertaining.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.

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Cover Reveal: Flesh Endures – Sue C. Bentley

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Lord Karolan, endowed with an arcane knowledge of alchemy, knows immortality comes at a price, for any lover perishes at his touch. His only companion is his ‘familiar’ – a greedy, wanton spirit that attached itself to him during his transformation and feasts on his fleshly desires as it yearns to become human.

Karolan saves Garnetta from the plague sweeping through early gothic Europe, by bestowing the ‘dark gift’ upon her, but without her permission. A bond of desire develops between the two, and a future for them seems possible. Until Garnetta learns the shocking truth about what Karolan’s laboratory holds, and what he has done to her.

Fleeing in horror, she unwittingly falls into the hands of the inquisition. Found guilty of heresy, she is to be subject to a fate even she cannot survive. Dare she open her heart to Karolan now she knows what he is? All while risking attracting his ‘familiar’ – now attached to her also and eager to inhabit her enticing female form.
Karolan is desperate to find the woman he has grown to love, knowing that only a leap of faith can lead him to her, before time runs out.

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Publication Date: 28th October 2026

Sue’s first love is gothic fiction, both to read and to write. Her books for adults are inspired by classics like Frankenstein, Dracula, the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and William Blake, Victoriana,and the dark fairy tales and folklore of the British Isles.

She has published a number of novels using pen names, notably for Virgin Publishing’s Black Lace imprint – erotic fiction for women, written by women. And for Little, Brown’s, XLibris list. She is also the author of a Sunday Times, worldwide bestselling children’s series for Penguin Random House.

During recent years she has returned to writing for adults, exploring her favourite themes with two dark fantasy novels for Joffe Books. Her short stories have also been published in a number of anthologies. 

Flesh Endures is the product of her latest journey into the dark underworld of her imagination.

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Cover Reveal: Calamity of the Three Suns – Jessica J. Ayala

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Calamity of the Three Suns (Dusk and Dawn Book 3

Expected Release Date: March 30, 2027

Genre: Dark Epic Fantasy/ Latin Mythology

Cover by @seventhstarart

Tropes:

  • High stakes
  • Plot twists
  • Found family
  • Epic quest
  • Slow burn
  • Myths and legends
  • Forgotten cities
  • Morally grey heroes
  • Mercenary guilds
  • Latin-inspired lore
  • Epic dark fantasy worldbuilding

Tagline: Where hope dies, vengeance wakes, and the gods don’t answer…

After the devastation the new High King wrought against Damalis, Zara Santos is at the complete mercy of her enemies. Heartbroken, she struggles to maintain her resolve, on the verge of losing everything she has been fighting for. The power in her blood is on borrowed time, and Zara must decide whether to succumb to what the Council wants or claim a destiny only she can bear.

Meanwhile, her friends and allies must forge their treacherous paths if there is any hope to save the Continent. Their bonds are tested as they become more entangled with the ethereal forces that could save or destroy them. And the fate of the universe shifts while their enemies continue to infiltrate the mortal world with armies that rival the strength of the Primordials, who eagerly await their return.

Calamity of the Three Suns is the third installment of The Dusk and Dawn adult high fantasy series, a page-turning continuation brimming with high stakes, heartache, and a red-drenched pursuit for victory.

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Trigger Warnings: On and off page torture, Emotional abuse, Graphic violence, Grief and loss, Emotional trauma, Explicit sexual content, Mentions of sexual abuse

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Blog Tour: The Vanished Queendom – S.T. Fernandez

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We’re thrilled to announce the release of The Vanished Queendom by S.T. Fernandez! strong>

The Vanished Queendom (The Heir of Atlantis Book 3)

Release Date: August 25, 2026

Genre: Romantasy

  • Sky Realm
  • Bermuda Triangle Folklore
  • Elemental Fae
  • Rightful Heir
  • Political Intrigue
  • Power Awakening
  • Strong FMC
  • Breeding

    • One of four sacred relics lies hidden in the skies… and a malevolent darkness hunts her every step.

    Branded a traitor to Atlantis, Asherah Delmar—the goddess’s chosen—must flee through the Bermuda Triangle to the realm of Airelandia, a queendom lost to time and space. On her mission to recover the goddess’s next artifact before she’s forced to reveal the truth of what she is, she must risk every soul depending on her to succeed, and the one she’d burn the world to protect.

    Dark forces move to exploit her bondmate, Draevyn Eliron—her greatest strength and deepest vulnerability. Queen Leanah offers sanctuary, but in a realm woven with illusion, even peace proves fleeting. Asherah soon discovers that the evil she thought she escaped has already taken root in Airelandia’s skies.

    When vengeance comes for her, Asherah must wield her conviction and her fury, or watch the light of her world vanish with the Queendom itself.

    The Vanished Queendom is the third book in The Heir of Atlantis series and is intended for readers 18+. It is recommended to start with The Veiled Heir (The Heir of Atlantis, Book One).

    For a full list of trigger and content warnings, please visit STFernandez.com.

     

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    Blog Tour: Valeztein – Emilia Ramos

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    We’re celebrating the release of Emila Ramos’s new epic fantasy, Valaztein!

    Valaztein

    Release Date: August 23, 2026 (Paperback)

    Genre: Epic Fantasy/ Young Adult

    What to Expect:
    • Enemies-to-Lovers
    • Dragons
    • World Travel
    • Sailboats
    • Slow Burn
    • Dark Magic
    • Found Family
    • Sirens
    • Royal Houses
    • Poetry & Music
    • Theaters, Grottos, & Enchanted Libraries

    Her mother crushed the war and erased her from history.
    But dead princesses are not supposed to return with an army.

    Naomi Elistaire never planned to become the face of a revolution. She had to. After leading a rebellion against Valaztein’s crown, she loses her kingdom, her army, and the life she was born to inherit.

    So, Naomi gathers an unlikely crew and sails across the known world in search of an army. Every kingdom offers new wonders, every alliance demands a price, and every secret brings her closer to the truth about the magic in her veins.

    But rebellion is never simple.

    Old rivalries, the man she once loved, and impossible choices begin to surface, pulling Naomi and her crew toward a war that could free Valaztein—or destroy what remains of it.

    Because reclaiming a throne is not enough.

    She must build something better.

    UNDER THE COVER:

    • Original siren songs
    • A found family of royals, thieves, soldiers, and magical beings bound by secrets
    • Upside-down deserts, enchanted libraries, siren grottoes, and dragon caverns where charm hides danger
    • Buried histories, kings, enemies-turned-lovers, and old magic…

    One haunting question: Are we defined by what we inherit—or by what we choose?

    Warning: This book may steal your sleep. Once the journey begins, putting it down may no longer feel like a choice.

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