We have a fantastic book rec for you all today and a HUGE box of goodies for one lucky person! Check out The Seer by Liliyana Shadowlyn!
The Seer by Liliyana Shadowlyn (Tales Vs Time Book 1)
Release Date: May 28, 2025
Genre: NA Contemporary Fantasy
LGBTQIA+ Rep
Non-Binary BFF
Witch
Prophecy
Chosen Duo
You can’t outrun your family curse.
I thought high school was hard enough. At least I had my BFF Andy by my side, and we’d be attending the same college in the fall. What started with a family reunion has turned into the adventure from hell.
I didn’t ask for this. The prophecies. The magic. The obsession. The dragons. The warring deities. I just wanted to be a normal teenager. But because of who I am, the family I was born into, I’ve been caught up in a story that began centuries before I was born. It’s up to me to break the family curse, and I will let no one, man nor god, stop me.
We’re thrilled to present the cover for A Poem Penned in Poison by R. Dugan! Pre-order today!
A Poem Penned in Poison (Tales of Wonder and Woe Series)
Expected Release: October 31, 2025
Genre: Dark Romantasy/ Fantasy Horror
Enemies to Lovers
Forced proximity
Grumpy x sunshine
Assassin x healer
Reluctant partners
Masquerade ball
He falls first AND harder
Villain romance
Social Recluse x social butterfly
Touch her and die
Poet x muse
NAOMI WEATHERS is running from something—and no one knows it.
THE POET POISONER is on the hunt…and Naomi has just stepped into his path.
In the enchanting and deadly third installment of the TALES OF WONDER & WOE, a healer and a poisoner clash in a wicked struggle for survival…a struggle that might be a blade in both of their hearts.
Welcome to the book tour for the newest swoon-worthy release by D.L. Houpt, The Stardust of Dawn! Read both books now on Kindle Unlimited!
The Stardust of Dawn (The Heir of Darkness #2)
Release Date: July 10, 2025
Genre: Romantic Fantasy
💛 You will cry 💛 Slow burn 💛 Bodyguard romance 💛 Villain origin/prequel to book 1 💛 He’d burn the whole damn world for her (duh) 💛 The juiciest f*ck it moment 💛 Did I mention you’ll cry?
Even the most beautiful flowers have petals that rot.
Tethys, Patron Goddess of Venia, has always lived a life of duty—until she meets Araes, an honorable yet infuriatingly ambitious mortal lieutenant. When children begin vanishing from Venia, she is forced to set aside her hatred. But the deeper she searches for answers, the more secrets she uncovers—from her sister Polaris’s self-imposed isolation to the hidden histories of the primordial gods.
Inspired by Ares and Aphrodite, the second installment in the Heir of Darkness trilogy is an epic prequel of love and the fight for freedom, exploring the delicate balance between following one’s heart and the true power of a woman scorned.
We’re celebrating the release of this epic finale with a tour and giveaway! The Legacy of Ophelia is available on August 7th, and you can read the entire series on Kindle Unlimited!
The Legacy of Ophelia is the fifth and final book in the epic romantic fantasy series, The Curse of Ophelia. Start the quest today with book one The Curse of Ophelia where we follow a cursed warrior on a quest with her found family to try to find the boy she loved and restore her clan to glory before her curse takes her life, but she ends up exposing ancient prophecies and political schemes instead.
🪽 Meddling angels
🏛️ Curses & quests
🪽 Warrior clans
🏛️ Found family
🪽 Multiple slow burn romances
🏛️ High stakes fantasy
*SPOILERS*
A forgotten myth resurrected. A legacy to conquer them all.
Ophelia and Malakai have been ripped from their loved ones and are at the mercy of a vengeful god.
But they quickly discover that in order to uncover secrets buried among realms, that may be precisely where they need to be. Even if it jeopardizes all they have fought to become.
Meanwhile, their friends receive a surprise visit from a potential ally that spurs them to rekindle partnerships, deny the bounds of power, and push love to the brink of destruction.
With myths resurrected and the very fabric of Ambrisk at risk, can the warriors survive their final battle against the deities? Or are they fated to become the legends stories are written of?
Everything culminates in this high-stakes, realm-shattering conclusion to the Epic Romantic Fantasy series, the Curse of Ophelia. With a loveable found family, scorching slow burn romances, and inspiration from Greek mythology, this series introduces a universe full of twisted lore and ancient battles that is perfect for fans of Chloe C Penaranda, Sarah J Maas, and Melissa K Roehrich.
Welcome to the ARC tour for Dot Slash Magic, a truly genre-blurring with magic, AI and punk culture, and spice, all in an academy setting! Follow #rrbtDotSlashMagicTour for early reviews and more!
Dot Slash Magic
Expected Release Date: August 19, 2025
Genre: Spicy Urban Romantasy/ “Romantas-topian”
Perfect for fans of I am Number Four and Zodiac Academy
Tropes:
Romantas-topian
Academy setting
Found family
Forced proximity
Strangers to lovers
Slow burn
New adult
Micro Tropes:
☆Unique Magic System
☆Bonkers Spice
☆College Setting
☆Punk Vibes
☆🍆Jokes
☆Monsters & Mayhem
☆Enby & Ace Folks
☆Cat
Blurb:
When twenty-something coder Seven Jones goes back to school at a community college in San Diego, the last thing she wants is to join some stupid club. And the last thing she expects is for that club to be an underground magic club. Like, actual wizards and sh*t.
Surrounded by a motley crew of magic weirdos, Seven discovers her own power and struggles to control it…until she figures out how to channel her magic through an artificially intelligent computer program.
But when terrifying creatures from all sorts of mythologies show up and start hunting students, Seven fears her magic AI is somehow summoning them. When another student is killed, blame falls on Seven and her “artificial magic.”
With only one person – cute ex-Navy seal Logan – on her side, Seven fights for her life against the monsters, and struggles to convince everyone that her AI has nothing to do with them.
But how can she convince her peers when she isn’t totally convinced herself?
Dot Slash Magic is a “Romantas-topian” about love and friendship and how we can work together to bring down the real bad guys.
My thoughts: Seven agrees to go to college in exchange for her late uncle’s boat, Dragonfly, to use as her home. She signs up for some courses, not entirely sure what she wants to do. A coder, one of the courses is in computing, she has to design a program, which she does. Only Dot is a little more sentient than most AI.
At the same time Seven has also stumbled into a secret club operating at the college. A club of magic users – not wizards, and not all very friendly. Seven it seems has magic powers and with the help of Dot, she can do all sorts of things, like levitate. But something has gone terribly wrong.
This was a really fun read, I liked Seven, I felt for her as she struggles to fit in and make friends, being a bit older than some of the other students and a bit socially awkward. She is a good person, nothing she’s done is malicious. Not intentionally.
I’m keen to see what happens next, as the end third of the story is very different and puts a different spin on the preceding story so it would be interesting to see how it proceeds.
The Across Time series has gotten a glow up and it is gorgeous!
An Epic Grimdark Romantasy that’s basically like GAME OF THRONES meets DEADPOOL…with some extra swoon and SUPERNATURAL-esque lore
It also has:
❤️🔥 Grumpy x sunshine
❤️🔥 Hot Viking Warrior
❤️🔥 Reluctant hero
❤️🔥 Fight training
❤️🔥 Banter
❤️🔥 Mature (age 30+) FMC
❤️🔥 Pop culture Easter eggs
❤️🔥 Touch him and 💀
❤️🔥 Found Family
❤️🔥 Action Packed
❤️🔥Emotion Focused Spice (book 2)
Fires of the Forsaken
She just wanted a gosh-darn pizza. The apocalypse had other ideas.
Addie did not have “getting plucked from the 21st century and thrown into the apocalypse” on her “things to do after work” checklist. Yet here she is, trapped in the hellscape known as Sakar–a world torn apart by a Celestial war. Now she’s dodging soulless Wraiths, getting chased by venomous horses, and trying her darndest to avoid a meltdown.
Thankfully, Cheriour, the gruff and grumpy commander of the human army takes her under his wing. He’s blunt, brutal, and socially awkward. Totally not Addie’s type.
So why does she find him so infuriatingly attractive?
As Addie’s connection with Cheriour grows so does the danger. Wraiths threaten to eliminate the last dregs of humanity and secrets about Addie’s past are about to surface that might just make her the key to saving everything… or destroying it.
Darkly thrilling and laced with biting humor, Fires of the Forsaken is perfect for fans of Game of Thrones, Deadpool and Supernatural.
Ashes of the Earth
Earth’s last hope has anxiety, a lethal power, and absolutely no idea what she’s doing.
Addie is having a colossally bad year. She’s stuck in a bullshit biblical war, her friends keep dying, and her newfound power might be slowly eating her alive.
At least she has Cheriour, the gruff, battle-scarred commander of the human army, who is secretly a teddy bear hiding beneath a grumpy face. But even their budding relationship is threatened as the war rages.
With Wraiths scavenging the ailing country of Sakar, and the Celestials tightening their grip, Addie must lead a desperate mission to save what’s left of this world. But the deeper she dives into the secrets of Sakar—and the reason she was brought here—the more she realizes some truths should stay buried.
Content warnings would be for violence/gore, sometimes disturbing imagery, scenes depicting the loss of family members/loved ones, scenes showcasing mental health issues (ie, anxiety, depression, etc.), and a very brief mention of violence toward a minor.
Welcome to the tour for Solace of Dusk by K.V. Meadows. Read now on Kindle Unlimited!
Solace of Dusk (Dusk and Embers Book 1)
Release Date: March 2025
Genre: Romantic Fantasy
Those who play with prophecies will get burned…
23-year-old Undesirable, Durvla Garrick, has a dangerous secret. Being both deaf and having a chronic ailment, her very existence is treasonous. So, when the Queen’s mercenaries accuse her of stealing a dress, she comes quietly—better to be arrested for her knitting skills than her illness.
Under the watchful eye of the broody royal guard, Tiernan Kilkenny—the embodiment of the very people she’s spent her life hiding from—Durvla is appointed dressmaker to the princess. But castle life isn’t quite what she expected, and nor is its staff…
With the Queen dying, Princess Carys Meredyth fa Rhodri is reluctant to inherit the throne of a broken Kingdom when she feels so broken herself. Magic has been outlawed for a millennium—so why are her memories filled with whispers of enchantment?
When Carys finds a book that only she can read, more questions unravel. Are the fairytales that have provided her comfort since childhood really only stories? Or has the truth been right there all along?
-Violence (real world weapons, prolonged torture, magic wielding), blood without gore, and violent killing -Child abandonment, infant death (not detailed), and a brief mention of miscarriage -Unmanaged severe mental illness, anxiety and anxiety attacks, suicidal ideation -Sensual and sexual content (on page, non-explicit) -Grief and loss, mentions of parental death, terminal illness -Disability prejudice, ableism, classism -Profanity
My thoughts: I really enjoyed reading this book (now on KU) and am eagerly looking forward to book two.
With Welsh and Celtic mythology influences, this is a kingdom under attack from within. The princess, Carys, is worried about her invalid mother, and leaving much of the running of the country to the council. Which might not be the best idea.
Elsewhere Durvla, a botanist, is trying to keep her younger brother safe and hidden. She’s deaf and he’s autistic, both things seen as undesirable in the world they live in. Things that could see them taken away and thrown in the terrifying prison. When she does get seized, she ends up as Carys’ dressmaker, a path to freedom opens up.
But others have their own plans for the kingdom, evil plans. And things go wrong for Carys and for Durvla.
This is gripping, funny, intelligent fantasy with interesting and relatable protagonists and the magic system was also intriguing. I can’t wait for the next installment, it ends on such a cliffhanger.
It’s time to reveal the cover for the final book in the Vials of Fate trilogy, The Imminent Power of Hope by Catalina Matei!
The Imminent Power of Hope (Vials of Fate Book 3)
Genre: Dark Romantasy/ Dragons
Expected Release Date: October 23, 2025
Dragons
Fated mates
Found family
Secrets/ hidden truths
Banter
Strong FMC
Dual POV
Cunning gods
Unique magic
In a world that mended itself anew, free will was no longer a chain; it was the binder that tied a nation’s hope to its actions.
After a battle that ensured the human nation’s victory, things are about to change once more as Zadrohn vanishes with a powerful artefact in his possession.
Caught between a web of lies and her need to be everyone’s saviour, Tiadola must renounce more than her pride in order to see the continent safe. The search for her lover intertwines with the one of finding the god’s resting place.
Resilient and hopeful, can she be the one to liberate the world from millennia of injustices? In hope lies the power, and she is nothing if not hopeful.
We’re proud to present the cover for The Crimson Princess by Zoey Voss. This will be the first in a series called The Ravengale Chronicles, available September 24th!
The Crimson Princess (The Ravengale Chronicles Book 1)
Expected Release Date: September 24, 2025
Genre: Dark Romantasy/ Vampires
Vampires,
Rival kingdoms
Forbidden love
Captive princess – she’s more than willing though…well the first time 😉
She just got her full powers
She’s promised to another (no triangle)
For the rulers of Ravengale, there is only us and them…until the rule of law becomes the path to destruction.
As princess of Ravengale, Satima is bound by her father’s rule to sit back as others compete in the Challenge and watch the champions travel to the human realm to shelter the innocents from the monsters of the Third World. But the Book of Life dictates a path for her that defies the laws of Ravengale and she temporarily vacates her throne to fight for humanity, a choice that will change the destiny of her world and beyond.
As Satima is thrust into a tragic battle, death will touch her in the most intimate of ways, driving her into the path of her father’s enemy, the ancient and powerful vampire king. Toren is as gorgeous as he is a ruthless leader, and despite Satima’s caution, the vampire makes her blood run hot, and her body hotter. But in the throes of passion, there is a dark history between their worlds, a darker one between Toren and her father. One wrong move, and everything Satima has known and loved will be shattered.
In the vein of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Reign where the princess is a warrior, the fae are inconsequential, zombies are real, and vampires and druids are enemies of the court. That is until one vampire, the king himself, seduces the princess into risking all for him.
Welcome to the tour for Traitor of the Tides by Frost Kay! This is the first in a brand-new series called The Banished Queen Saga and you can read it now on Kindle Unlimited!
Traitor of the Tides (The Banished Queen Saga Book 1)
Release Date: June 27, 2025
Genre: YA Romantasy
Enemies to lovers
Slow burn
Female rage
Mythical creatures
Griffin riders
Sirens
Mermaids
Court intrigue
Betrayal
Forced proximity
A banished siren princess sold to her sworn enemy.
Mer has one goal: avenge her fallen love. But getting close to the cold Methian king isn’t so easy. She’ll have to infiltrate his court, marry him, and break his heart. But charming her gruff husband is harder than she anticipates, and Mer finds herself either wanting to kill him or fall for him.
A ruthless king who will do anything to save his empire.
A deadly plague grows in Methi, King Raziel’s only hope to save his people is a marriage alliance. He wasn’t prepared for his new bride to try to kill him on sight, nor the blinding attraction he feels for her. His court calls for her death, but Raz can’t afford to endanger the treaty. Instead, he must do something far more dangerous: make his wife fall in love with him.
A battle of wits and hearts.
When their marriage becomes a game of wills, deception, and secret societies, Mer and Raziel are pitted against each other in a millennia-old war as they play for the throne, each other’s secrets, and love.
May the coldest heart win.
Perfect for romantic fantasy readers who enjoy true enemies to lovers romance, arranged marriage, challenging the truth, epic fantasy adventure, alluring sirens, slow burn with snarky banter, and flying feline side-kicks!
✓ A cold king with an icy heart
✓ A banished siren princess with revenge on the mind
✓ Enemies to lovers within an arranged marriage
✓ Blistering female rage
✓ Secret societies
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