Fire with Fire (The Affinity Cycle Book 1) Release Date: October 9, 2026
Genre: Epic Fantasy Revenge Quest Multiple POVs Found Family Elemental Magic VS Physical Power Morally Grey MMC & FMC Gods like Antagonists Spice For a hundred years, the West has been defined by the colour of one’s eyes—a brutal divide between those with light-eyed grace and those with dark-eyed elemental power.
Mariya “Mae” Perepelkin, a light-eyed assassin, has lived for only one thing: revenge against the warlord Magnusson for the murder of her parents. After a near-fatal plunge off the edge of a ship, Mae finds herself alive and captured, yet hunted. Framed for the death of a rival warlord’s son, she becomes the target of the dark-eyed warlord Urzul, who is tearing across continents to claim her head. To survive, she must rely on the one person she shouldn’t trust—a dark-eyed captain whose elemental power is a constant reminder of the divide between them.
In a war that is no longer just about the colour of one’s eyes, Mae must decide who she is fighting for. If the fire of her revenge finally burns out, will there be anything left of the person underneath?
We’re celebrating the release of The Coven of Redthorn Manor this week! How perfect is this for the spooky season?!
The Coven of Redthorn Manor
Release Date: October 27, 2026
Genre: Paranormal Dark Fiction
Her ancestors are calling on her to stop The Second Burning…
All Davina wants is to finish her dissertation on the connection between Seventeenth-Century Witch Hysteria and modern witch intolerance to change the way the world perceives witch-kind. Inside Redthorn Manor, Davina is the reluctant high priestess of the Divine Moon Coven. She can’t seem to wield magic with authority. Now, with the rise of a Puritan revivalist group and their leader, Patrick Parris, and the group’s frequent live-streams of witch-burnings, she knows she must step up and protect her coven at all costs.
When one of her sisters is attacked outside of the coven’s apothecary, Davina uses her family’s grimoires and academic research skills to find a solution to keep them safe. During her research, and with the help of an old acquaintance, Nathan Graham, Davina learns of an ancient prophecy that she must fulfill to stop The Second Burning Times. Her ancestral lineage is the key to Davina accessing an ancient form of magic that will help her defeat Parris and his lackeys, the King James Brotherhood (KJB). Her destiny is written in the stars: she either defeats Parris or he burns every last witch.
Redthorn Manor is no longer a safe haven for the coven once Parris tries to burn it down. Davina can no longer ignore the prophecy—she must fight back! Saved by new allies, The Equinox, a secret coven of elemental sorcerers, and their sexy yet infuriating high priest, Cato, the Divine Moon Coven must leave Redthorn behind to help prepare Davina for her battle with Parris.
To accomplish her goal, she needs to access sorcery magic before Parris does. He’s already ten steps ahead, and the clock is ticking.
To get ready for the release of the second book in the series, we are going back to the book that started it all. Award-winning book The Vatra Witch has a companion novella that makes the perfect tandem read. We highly recommend it for the witchy season!
The Vatra Witch (The Lost Souls of Eraphon Series)
Release Date: February 2026
Genre: Dark Romantasy
• Love Triangle
• Forbidden Love
• Mentor/Mentee
• Almost second chance
• Secondary world
• Magical Creatures
• Best Friend POV
• BIPOC rep
• LGBTQIA+ POV/Rep
• Shadow Mommy meets her Shadow Daddy
• Shifters?
• Touch him and Die
• She wears his shirt, he buys her hair oils
• Her touch can kill him
• Banter
• Emotional Damage
There is darkness. When it whispers…it’s already too late.
Seraphina doesn’t want this power. It costs too much. Her sanity, her health, and now her little sister.
To save her sister from the dungeons of Gehenna, Seraphina must cross the continent, fight not only demonic beasts, but also her own magic, while searching for the hidden doorways to hell.
Her guide? Alistair Alcott: Captain of the Legion, who also happens to be her childhood crush that never returned her feelings. He’s hiding something, for the power he holds is more than any warlock should.
And there is another watching…waiting…
A demon lord with cunning intellect and a sinful mouth to match. The same darkness that runs through her veins—flows in his. He agrees to help her control her power for a cost.
Seraphina knows better than to trust a demon lord who makes the darkness sing. But what choice does she have?
In this high-stakes new epic fantasy series by debut author G.V. Hext, you’ll find deadly magic, fated love, and a witch who won’t stop until she burns the world to save what’s hers. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas’ Throne of Glass Series, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Blood and Ash, and Rachel Gillig’s One Dark Window.
• Horror • Gore • Violence • Death • Death of a sibling • Torture (off page) • Grief • Mentions of self-harm & self-medicating • Explicit language • Sexual content • Mercy killing of a small animal
We’re thrilled to be touring The Nymph King this week! This is the 3rd book in The Plot of the Six Saint Series by Jacquelyn Gilmore.
The Nymph King (The Plot of the Six Saint Series Book 3) Release Date: September 21, 2026 Genre: Dark Fantasy
• Shadow Mama & Fire Daddy
• Villain Queen
• Court Intrigue
• Witch Hunts
• Stolen Throne
• More Betrayal
• Royal Heist
• Sentient Forest
• Trials
• Corrupted Magic
• Enemy-to-Lovers
Hunted and crowned in blood, the queen rises from the ashes of her ruin—and she’ll set the world on fire before she kneels.
When Imani returns to Essenheim, her kingdom is no longer hers and barely recognizable.
Fractured magic hums through the air, unstable and alive. Fabric events tear open the sky, riots ignite across the territories, and mercenaries and covens scour the land for the missing heir, offering her head to the imposter king who now rules with unholy strength.
Tanyl, once Imani’s closest friend, has crowned himself savior and tyrant, purging dissent and binding witches to his cause under pain of death. Whispers coil through the streets that he is gathering magic wielders to forge a weapon powerful enough to rewrite the realm’s balance. And Kiran’s final warning—of the allies standing behind Tanyl’s throne—echoes in Imani’s mind like a curse she cannot outrun.
When wanted posters bearing her face appear across the kingdoms, and an unholy alliance between Essenheim and Niflheim moves to destroy her, Imani’s last refuge vanishes. To reclaim her throne and save what remains of magic itself, she must defy exile and enter the realm’s most dangerous territory—the Draswood Forest.
There, in the seat of Vathis, the elusive High Sentinel of the Norn elves will decide her fate.
Crown her.
Condemn her.
Or force her to become something far worse.
The Plot of the Six Saints series is an antihero saga that grows darker—and more ruthless—with every book. Perfect for readers who crave morally black heroines, manipulative love interests, weaponized magic, and court romance where love is leverage and loyalty is a liability. The Nymph King is the third book in the series, perfect for readers who love the morally gray tension of Game of Thrones, the possessive intensity of Amelia Hutchins and Ella Fields, and the villain-era heroines of Melissa Roehrich’s Legacy series.
Note: This is book three in a four-part dark-fantasy romance series best enjoyed in order, as each book ends on a cliffhanger. This book is for adult readers and contains mature and explicit content. See the author’s website blog for a complete list of trigger warnings.
Recommended Reading Order:
The Elf Witch The Serpent Prince The Nymph King The Eldritch Queen (Coming December 18, 2026)
We’re thrilled to announce that Timeless is now available!
Timeless: Villainous Retelling Anthology
Release Date: October 16, 2026
Genre: Dark Fairytale Retelling Cursed magic He cleans up her messes Morally grey FMC Dark fairytale retelling Monster X Monster Immortal FMC X Ancient Vampire Immortality with a price Vengeance driven Stalker-ish MMC Hunger v. Humanity Love betrayed her. Magic remade her. Hunger keeps her human.
Before she became a whispered nightmare, Gothel was a dreamer, a wife, a mother-to-be. Betrayed by the husband she trusted, she was dragged into the frozen wilderness and left to die. Alone and bleeding in the snow, she lost her unborn child.
She should have died there, too.
Instead, a witch offered her immortality wrapped in a bitter curse: an insatiable need for human life essence. To keep her sanity, her memories, and the last fragile fragments of her humanity, Gothel must feed. If she starves, the monster inside takes over forever.
Emerging from the woods, Gothel delivers a slow, merciless reckoning, draining the life from her traitorous ex-husband. But when she turns to his new bride, Seraphine, she discovers the woman is carrying a child.
Haunted by the echo of her own loss, Gothel spares her, making a single, sinister promise: On the child’s eighteenth birthday, she will return to claim the life she is owed.
For years, Gothel hunts in the shadows, clinging to her fraying control. Then she meets Rowan—a centuries-old vampire intimately acquainted with grief and bloodshed. He sees the feral creature lurking behind her eyes, yet he is drawn to it, quietly sweeping away the chaotic trail of bodies she leaves behind.
Gothel feels the dangerous pull, but she refuses to break. Her oath and her survival must come first…because the only thing more lethal than her hunger is letting a vampire into her heart.
Timeless is a darkly seductive Rapunzel retelling where immortality, vengeance, and forbidden desire collide—and even monsters must decide what they are willing to sacrifice.
Book 4 of the Villainous Retellings Anthology, because why does the hero always get the happy ending?
Book 1 Incarnate Charlotte Mallory October 5, 2026 Book 2 Feral Cassandra Aston October 9, 2026 Book 3 Darkling Isabella Khalidi October 12, 2026 Book 4 Timeless Amber Bunch October 16, 2026 Book 5 Delirium Dawn Darling October 31, 2026
Charlotte Mallory @cmalloryauthor Cassandra Aston @cassandra.aston.author Isabella Khalidi @isabellakhalidiauthor Amber Bunch @amber.bunch_author Dawn Darling @dawndarlingauthor
Cover Designer: @selkkiedesigns Gothic fantasy setting Heat and knotting Chosen mates Bite for bite Vampire x lycan Green flag alpha Loathed to lovers Alchemy
Bonds are stronger than blood.
Aurelia “Aura” Nygaard was raised as a Primal Born vampire, the blood of an ancient, powerful family running through her veins. Yet alongside it runs a damning secret—the blood of a lycan. Hybrids have been hunted for centuries, but that’s not the only reason that being a bloodwolf is a death sentence for Aura. She’s running out of time to find a cure for the disease that will pull her into a feral madness before killing her, as it has other lycans.
After the loss of his brother, Sylvan De Lacy has secretly taken on the role of pack Alpha. Grieving and desperate for the rules of the pack to change, he seeks answers about the disease that took his brother’s life and has tarnished the reputation of lycans across the land.
When Aura wakes up in a confused haze in Sylvan’s pack territory, teeth are bared, but Sylvan makes a deal with her: he’ll aid her cure research in exchange for access to the university library. If Aura is to survive, and if Sylvan is to ensure the longevity of his pack, they’ll have to set aside their innate hatred for one another and work together. But lurking beneath their impulse to bite lies a far more primal desire that soon—despite the destruction it could reap for them both—neither of them can ignore.
• Crude language and profanity • Mention of sexual assault • Blood drinking • Blood and violence (mild gore) • Syringes and needles • Parental manipulation and mild violence • Snakes (pets) • Explicit sexual and sensual content (list of spicy chapters can be found here
A world like eleventh-century Britain; an island like the Western Isles. Caerpadraig is the only town with a woman for their priest. And there lives time-traveller, John Finlay, whom the Islanders call Dhion.
The town’s headman—the shareg—feels his age and must stand down. The contest to replace him is intense and even the foreigner, Dhion, is drawn in. Meanwhile, the Archpriest’s men are on the move, emissaries of a missionary push to replace longstanding Island traditions.
As the new shareg is chosen, two of them appear, the first signs of the conflict that will change everything. Bookended by a body washed up on a beach and a glass of whisky on the Inverness train, the world of Caerpadraig comes alive with characters who dance to a different drum.
Ceredigion author A G Rivett claims to have lived several lives in the course of his one life. Born in London, raised in the Home Counties, he has been a doctor, a priest, and a crofter in the Scottish Highlands. He has lived in rural Northern Nigeria and knows what a simpler life looks like, less dependent on technology. He now lives in West Wales with his wife, Gillian Paschkes-Bell, who works with him as a writing team. There, he grows fruit and vegetables and has sewn a wildflower meadow. He has three daughters and two grandsons.
My thoughts: Things are changing on the mystical and hidden island of Fincara, the town’s leader, the Shareg, is ailing and his successor must be decided. At the same time men from the Archpriest on the mainland are coming, to remove Morag from her role as priestess and take control of the worship again, asserting their changing belief system over the one the islanders have followed for generations. This will lead to conflict.
Dhion, or John, the Seaborne, from the 21st Century, will be involved in much of this, but it is his wife who will assert herself and take a leadership role for once.
As things change in the town and outsiders attempt to seize control, the residents will need their friends from across the island to aid them in protecting themselves and their way of life. A fascinating end to this trilogy, out of discord comes a new way that upholds the traditions but reshapes them for future generations. Dhion’s story comes full circle and the island disappears into the mist.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
The most dangerous voices are the ones no one else can hear…
Evie Cartwright first speaks to the dead as a child. When she leaves home for university, her gift takes a terrifying turn after she witnesses a brutal murder. By morning, she is haunted by a dead serial killer who refuses to leave her alone, and marked by a cut across her neck that never heals.
For the next ten years, Evie is driven from place to place, searching for a way to rid herself of the voice that torments her day and night.
When desperation leaves her with nowhere else to turn, she arrives at the remote Highland home of Annie Jackson, hoping she will finally find answers.
As Annie and her brother Lewis begin to investigate, helped by an old friend with specialist knowledge of the occult, they are drawn into a dark and dangerous search that reaches deep into Scotland’s history.
Michael Malone is a prize-winning poet and author who was born and brought up in the heart of Burns’ country. He has published over 200 poems in literary magazines throughout the UK, including New Writing Scotland, Poetry Scotland and Markings.
Blood Tears, his bestselling debut novel won the Pitlochry Prize from the Scottish Association of Writers. His dark psychological thriller, A Suitable Lie, was a number one bestseller, and is currently in production for the screen, and five powerful standalone thrillers followed suit.
The Murmurs, The Torments and The Howling, the first three books in the Annie Jackson Mysteries series, were published to critical acclaim.
A former Regional Sales Manager (Faber) he has also worked as an IFA and a bookseller. Michael lives in Ayr, where he also works as a hypnotherapist.
My thoughts: Annie has found a sort of peace, when Evie, who speaks to the dead, comes crashing into her life. She’s haunted by the angry ghost of Vincent – whose mother and sister were killed centuries ago during the witch trials in Scotland.
Vincent won’t let Evie go, and she’s getting desperate, she’s hoping Annie can help her and together they visit Annie’s friend Ina to try to unravel Vincent’s past and find a way to remove him from Evie.
Lewis is determined to find Pierce and stop him, knowing that he won’t leave the siblings alone, and even more so after he starts going after people in their lives – Annie’s boss, Lewis’ friend Ewan. But even with help from Sylvia Lowry-Law and her organisation, it won’t be easy to find and stop him.
I really like this series, I love Annie, she’s a fantastic character, and I feel for her, she’s been through a lot. Tying her in with the tragic and ugly history of the women murdered as witches in Scotland makes sense, it’s clear her strange gifts must come from somewhere, and she would have probably lost her life in another time.
The book ends on something of a cliffhanger so I can’t wait to see whether the next installment of this story brings some answers for Annie, Lewis and their fans.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
Hunger Games meets Fourth Wing meets Red Rising Found Family World building Trials/Tests The Underdog Survival Secrets & betrayal: Who to trust? Secret codes & code breaking Corrupt society Yearning High Stakes action
Surviving the trials was only the beginning. Having made it through her academy trials, Imogene is determined to uncover the truth about what really happened to her parents, to prove the Sol name isn’t as heinous as the galaxy believes. She’ll do anything to discover what happened, but the more she digs, she realizes she might have awoken a more dangerous enemy. Hunted by a faceless adversary, Imogene disappears into the Bellenium Galaxy, relying on the few people she trusts. Decoding the truth becomes crucial and the key to something far bigger. The Cipher of Tolo is a secret that could rewrite the Federation and this time, and survival won’t be enough.
Darkling: A Dark Arabian Romantasy Inspired by Aladdin
Author: Isabella Khalidi
Release Date: October 12, 2026 Arranged Marriage Forced Proximity Age Gap (he’s 45, she’s 28) Only One Bed He’s Very Possessive (she might kinda like it) Desert Daddy with Desert Magic Slowest of Slow Burns with a Big Payoff “My Wife” Touch Her & 💀 Burn the World for Her Once upon a time, the Grand Vizier fell in love.
I have never believed in fate.
Fate is merely a convenient excuse used by people too weak to admit that they have surrendered control of their own lives. I built mine with cold precision. Kingdoms have fallen because I deemed them inconvenient. Men who once commanded armies learned to lower their eyes in my presence. Even the Sultan of Idris has long since forgotten the difference between ruling a kingdom and sitting upon its throne.
I was not given power. I took it. And I have never regretted taking anything.
Until Nasrin.
The Sultan’s daughter was supposed to be nothing more than a useful piece on a board I had already mastered: a sheltered princess with a pretty face, a useless title, a nobody who lacked the understanding of the machinery of the court that surrounded her.
A wife in name. A servant in practice. A problem I would solve in time.
But I was wrong.
There is more to Nasrin than I first assumed. Beneath her composure lies a mind that refuses to bend, an inner strength I cannot break, and something else I cannot explain—something that awakens the ancient currents beneath the desert whenever she is near. The more I try to understand her, the less certain I become of anything.
My magic answers to her. My instincts react to her. And, most dangerously of all, I begin to want things that were never part of my plans.
Her loyalty. Her presence beside me. Her body beneath mine.
Her.
I have spent my life eliminating every weakness before it has the chance to become one. Yet Nasrin is no weakness I can simply remove.
She is the first thing I have ever wanted badly enough to destroy the world to keep.
And when my enemies discover exactly what she has become to me, they will learn a truth far more terrible than any legend ever told about the Grand Vizier of Idris:
I can survive the loss of a kingdom. I can survive the loss of power.
But if anyone takes my wife from me, there will be nothing left for me to rule when I am finished with them.
Intended for readers 18+. Dark themes, morally gray characters, and spice that earns every bit of the “vicious” in the series title.
Feral is part of The Vicious Villains Anthology, a shared-world series featuring interconnected stories by multiple authors.
Books in the Series:
Incarnate by Charlotte Mallory @cmalloryauthor Feral by Cassandra Aston @cassandra.aston.author Darkling by Isabella Khalidi @isabellakhalidiauthor Timeless by Amber Bunch @amber.bunch_author Delirium by Dawn Darling @dawndarlingauthor
