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Blog Tour: When Everything was Fresh & Green – Bethany Tap

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When Everything Was Fresh & Green is An LGBTQ+ urban fantasy novel with magic, found family, an unlikely hero, and a touch of romance!

When Everything Was Fresh and Green

Expected Release Date: May 5, 2025

Genre: Urban Fantasy (+ LGBTQ)

  • Found Family
  • Band of Heroes (AKA Queeroes)
  • A Prophecy (Kinda, sorta, maybe)
  • Unlikely Hero (middle-aged mama)
  • Good vs Evil (But make it messy and grey)
  • Sapphic Romance (No spice

Magic is real. And so is anti-magic.

When Tessa, a single foster mom, is tasked with the care of Astrid, an abandoned teen witch, the mundane world as she knew it disappears. Discovering secrets about her lost foster child Theo, Tessa follows Astrid and her aunt, a fabulous witch named Cece, to a magical house. There, she joins the ranks of Magix, including a burly siren, a snake-charming ogress, a morbid little vampire, a pair of wild werewolf toddlers, and a coven of ice fairies, all of whom are in hiding from a murderous organization hell-bent on destroying the magical and non-magical worlds alike.

Interwoven with Tessa’s journey is the story of three friends: Val, Tish, and Gunner. Letters between the three outline their work to prevent a looming climate crisis at all costs. As their story collides with Tessa’s, it becomes clear that Tessa, Astrid, Cece, and even sweet Theo are mixed up in something far more sinister than they realized. Tessa must set aside her disbelief, fear, grief, self-doubt, and even her growing infatuation with Cece to join Astrid on a journey to find her family, finding her own family and the truth about herself along the way.

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Cover Reveal: Cast Off – Enola M. Douglas

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We’re proud to present the cover for the next book in the Nine Kingdoms series, Cast Off. Pre-orders open today!

Cast Off (Jewels of the Nine Kingdoms Book 2)

Expected Release Date: July 10, 2026

Genre: Romantasy/ Why Choose

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Cast Off can be read as a standalone—but for the fullest plunge into the Nine Kingdoms, start with WHISKED AWAY. It’s the gateway that sets up the world, politics, and payoffs you’ll feel even harder in Book Two.

✨Why choose? (M/F/M)
✨Royalty romance
✨Court intrigue
✨Slow burn
✨Reluctant Hero
✨Damaged Hero
✨He falls first
✨Found family
✨Protective Heroes
✨Forced Proximity

An arranged marriage.
A fragile alliance.
A love neither thought possible.

Omega Princess JingYi of Xûen-Sarai has always lived in the shadows—unseen, unwanted, valued only for her skill as a healer. When she’s sent to marry a powerful Alpha lord in a distant kingdom, she sees it as an escape. A chance to reclaim her dignity.

Alpha Lord Alexander Wulfbane expects a flawless bride to restore his disgraced House—but the Omega who arrives is nothing like he imagined. The moment their eyes meet, disappointment lingers, and their fragile alliance begins to fray.

But beyond the cold marriage bed and strained diplomacy, a darker plot is brewing. Across the realm, Omegas are vanishing—and whispers of a forbidden substance threaten to destabilize the Nine Kingdoms. To survive, JingYi and Alexander must become more than a political match.

She’s not the bride he wants.
And she never asks him to be her hero.
But when the storm comes, they’ll have to choose—
stand together, or be swept away.

Note: Cast Off is an Omegaverse fantasy romance. It is Book Two in Jewels of the Nine Kingdoms—a series of interconnected stories, each following different main characters or pairings, all bound by a shared world and a central conflict. This book can be read on its own—but Whisked Away (Book 1) offers deeper context and emotional resonance within the overarching plot.

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Blog Tour: Fablenoir – Vic Sinclair

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Welcome to the tour for Vic Sinclair’s Grimdark fairytale, Fablenoir. The next book Rose Read Undead comes out early this year!

Fablenoir

Release Date: September 2024

Genre: Dark Fairytale/ Urban Fantasy/ Grimdark

  • Morally gray characters
  • Antiheroes
  • Dark fairy tale retellings
  • Grimdark undertones
  • First-person detective novel
  • Urban fantasy with epic scope
  • Hidden worlds

Fifteen years after climbing the beanstalk, giants are the least of Jack’s concerns…

Twisted fairy tale figures roam our world in this deliciously dark, exhilarating new Urban Fantasy series, featuring familiar characters from mythology and fables clashing and conniving in a metropolitan cesspit that runs on chaos.

Amid rumors of necromantic cults, children vanishing from the city’s streets and men crying werewolf, down-and-out Detective Jackson Slade of the NYPD is at his lowest. Blacklisted by the corrupt department he works for, he finds himself winding up in the same grimy bars every night, nearly drinking himself to death and relying on mysterious magick beans to pick himself back up.

Until, one night, he stumbles upon a gruesome crime scene that will change the course of his life dramatically. When he finds the shattered corpse of egg-shaped billionaire media mogul Dick Dumpty, Jack finds himself reluctantly teaming up with the notoriously cold-blooded outlaw Goldilocks, and together they spiral into the horrifying magickal underbelly of New York City, caught in the middle of a war between the corrupt and the even more corrupt.

Coming up against forces such as the grizzly gang leader Papa Bear and the crooked giant-descendant head of the NYPD Chief Cole, Jack and Goldilocks set in motion an explosive chain of events that will change the world, for better or for so much worse…

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Triggers: Drug addiction, kidnapping, allusion to sexual assault, themes of human trafficking, body horror, injury detail, alcoholism

My thoughts: What do you get if fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters are real, live in New York and a lot of them are serious criminals? Fablenoir.

Jack Slade (once slew a giant, there was a beanstalk, he doesn’t like to talk about it) is a detective falling apart, he’s an alcoholic, addicted to mind altering magic beans, his boss Captain Cole is corrupt, he’s about to be fired, oh and a giant egg almost landed on him.

Dumpty’s dead, Goldilocks needs Jack’s help to take down Papa Bear and his drug empire. A lot of women and children have been going missing, Cole doesn’t want to know and Jack’s in serious trouble.

It’s a fast paced, high octane, race against time, corruption and Jack’s high in order to try to unravel the chaos in New York. There’s a secret cabal of officers trying to bring down Cole, a Charming governor who seems powerless to stop the rot and a Mad Hatter performing really disturbing experiments in his basement.

If you like your fairy tales dark and creepy, you’re in the right place.

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*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: From the Depths – Emily Renk Hawthorne

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We are so thrilled to share this beautiful cover with you all today. From the Depths is the next book in the Of Mountains and Seas series and it will be available June 9th!

From The Depths (Of Mountains and Seas #2

Expected Release Date: June 9, 2026

Genre: Multigenerational Urban Fantasy

In the wake of a failed coup, peace comes at a cost.

A new regime enforces order by erasing the memories of every Shifter.
But Nivi remembers everything.

Immune to the memory-wiping tincture that silenced her kind, Nivi carries the weight of the past alone. Her powers set her apart, but so does the truth she can’t forget. Once again, Nivi finds herself isolated from her family and friends, and something begins to fracture, within herself and within the forest of her hometown Yuras.

Strange happenings are accumulating. A road of abandoned homes in Yuras. A missing crabbing crew in Alaska. A student abduction at the local Shifter school.
With danger creeping closer and reality unraveling for both Shifters and Statics, will the fight for what’s been lost be worth unearthing truths they fear?

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Cover Reveal: To Make and Mark – Amy Crook

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We’re proud to present the cover for To Make and to Mark by Amy Crook, the final book in The Future of Magic series!

To Make and to Mark (The Future of Magic Book 3)

Expected Release Date: January 20, 2026

Genre: Cozy Fantasy/ LGBTQ+

  • Low stakes
  • Fantasy romance
  • M/NB romance
  • Genderqueer character
  • Open-door spice
  • Cozy magic
  • Fraud
  • Will make you hungry and crave tea
  • HEA and extended denouement
  • Slice of life

Autumn winds blow trouble into Arthur and Jade’s cozy, magical life for this third book in The Future of Magic series.

Arthur and his former apprentice, Ariadne, run the apothecary shop in the witch’s district of United London. Arthur also makes bespoke teas for an exclusive clientele.

Jade is Arthur’s romantic partner, creating magical tattoos for the residents of the district and beyond. Jade also constructs charms for Arthur’s customers to make their lives easier.

Arthur’s disreputable relatives emerge from his abandoned past, bringing false healing and shady shenanigans to the community he and his found family have worked so hard to strengthen.

Together, can they protect what they’ve built?

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Book Blitz: A Christmas Cadence – Cynthia Brubaker

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Happy release day to author Cynthia Brubaker and congrats on the release of A Christmas Cadence which can now be read on Kindle Unlimited!

A Christmas Cadence (Big Cats of Ilex Creek Book 1)

Release Date: December 19, 2025

Genre: Cozy(ish) Shifter Romance/ Holiday Romance

  • Forced proximity
  • Spice
  • Touch her and ☠️
  • Shifter x human
  • Unrequited high school crush
  • One night stand to lovers
  • Hand necklace
  • Mental health rep – anxiety
  • Possessive MMC
  • Mine
  • Good girl
  • Band class students
  • One music chair

Unrequited high school crushes should stay in the past.
Unless it’s the brooding trumpet player from Band class, who’s now a handsome fitness instructor with a staggering supernatural secret.

Freshly single for Christmas, aimless musician Natalie Gardenwood returns to Ilex Creek, attending her twelfth high school reunion with her closest friends. But when she runs into her high school crush, Drake, her entire world changes.

Drake Emery lives a typical small town life as a fitness instructor. But he has a mysterious secret–he’s a black panther shifter. Lonely around the holidays, Drake is instantly drawn to sweet Natalie at their high school reunion. In the throes of passion, Drake accidentally bites Natalie–Marking her as his mate.

With Christmas around the corner and the physical pull of their bond forcing them together, will Drake and Natalie achieve perfect harmony, or will their relationship fall flat?

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Content Warnings

This book contains instances of, or references to, the following material. Content warnings include, but are not limited to:

Cheating partner (happens off-page), anxiety, bullying, weight shaming and attempted SA (abuser is thwarted), explicit sexual content, swearing and crude language, marking/claiming, biting, hand necklace, anxiety and mental health struggles, physical violence, fantasy violence

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Cover Reveal: Beyond the Veil – Hypatia Rae

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We’re thrilled to present the brand-new and stunning covers for the Beyond the Veil series by Hypatia Rae! Visit our Instagram page for a chance to win the entire series!

Beyond the Veil (3 Book Series)

  • The Witch of Faymeria Wood
  • Blood of the Dragon
  • Beyond the Veil

Tropes:

✨Gender swapped Sleeping Beauty
✨Only one horse
✨Hurt/comfort
✨Hidden identity
✨She saves him
✨True love’s kiss
✨Animal companion

A cursed prince
A reclusive chemist
A darkness lurking in the shadows

Cursed as an infant to die on his twentieth birthday, Prince Silas was saved by Chemist Chantria Hardacher, who transformed the death curse into a sleeping one.

Then she disappeared.

Now the prince slumbers, waiting for true love’s kiss to wake him.

Everleigh Hardacher wants nothing to do with the spoiled prince who got himself cursed to sleep; she only wants to find her missing mother. But when the king and queen make a royal decree that all eligible maidens must try their luck breaking the curse, Everleigh vows to wake the pompous prince without a kiss.

Although Everleigh doesn’t believe in true love, saving the prince just might prove her wrong about everything she thought she knew.

The Witch of Faymeria Wood is Book 1 in Beyond the Veil Trilogy. It is intended for readers 16+ and ends on a cliffhanger. This is a Romantic Fantasy book.

Perfect for fans of Sylvia Mercedes Scarred Mage of Roseward trilogy or Gothel and the Maiden Prince by W.R. Gingell. Fans of fairytale retellings and twists on classic stories will enjoy The Witch of Faymeria Wood.

Triggers : Missing parent/child abandonment, child loss/grief, wound depiction and wound care, brief fight scenes, blood depiction/collection and needle use, Mental Health including depression and anxiety, mild spice in book three

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Blog Tour: Binding the Baron – Charlie Lane

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We’re celebrating the release of Binding the Baron, a gaslamp romantasy by Charlie Lane! Get your copy today!

Binding the Baron (Alchemy of Desire Book 1)

Release Date: December 19, 2025

Genre: Gaslamp Romantasy

  • Marriage of convenience
  • Class difference
  • He falls first
  • “Mating” bond
  • Love potion
  • Found family

A magical society divided. A web of lies. On the eve of Queen Victoria’s reign, a forbidden love could tear it all down.

In a dark, West London bed chamber, Diana Chester sees the truth—she’s inherited her dying grandfather’s transcendent magic. And she’ll be killed for it. It should be heating up her cousin’s blood. He’s the heir. She’s an aberration. And he wants the magic that’s rightfully his, no matter what he must do to get it.

Diana runs.

And is caught by a disgraced alchemist prince.

Exiled from alchemist society, Temple Grant, Baron Knightly blames himself for his family’s downfall. With no connections and dwindling opportunities, he joins the glamoured, transcendent world of West London to make it right. But the King demands absolute loyalty: Temple must take a wife from their ranks or lose the king’s favor.

Diana Chester possesses the right pedigree to please the king. She’s intriguing, too, and with her own reasons for a hasty marriage.

A convenient binding.
Complicated by desire.
Made almost impossible by a city divided.

The might of metal. The glitter of glamours. Diana and Temple belong to different sides of London. Love can bind them, but is it enough to bridge their dueling worlds?

Forbidden love, class difference, and a marriage of convenience makes for binge-able reading in this historical fantasy romance brimming with magic and a touch of steampunk.

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Cover Reveal: Rose Red Undead – Vic Sinclair

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We’re thrilled to present the cover for the next installment in the Fablenoir series, Rose Red Undead by Vic Sinclair!

Rose Red Undead (Fablenoir #2)
Expected Release Date: Early 2026
Genre: Dark Fairytale/ Urban Fantasy

Tropes: Morally gray characters, sapphic romance, coming-of-age, antiheroes, dark fairy tale retellings, grimdark undertones, multiple POVs, urban fantasy with epic scope, hidden worlds, found family

After descending into the terrifying underbelly of magickal New York and uncovering unspeakable crimes, Detective Jackson Slade and the fierce outlaw Goldilocks must face a whole new level of death and destruction festering from a strange world below the earth.

Meanwhile in Los Angeles, an orphan nicknamed Snow White reunites with her black-winged guardian angel Lucifer as he appears during her shift in the night cafe. When the archangel convinces Snow her magickal abilities are needed to stop the darkness consuming New York City, harrowing memories are brought to the surface as she’s forced to face the demonic creatures from her past.

As paths of chaos cross and uncertain alliances are tested, the reanimated sorceress known as Rose Red stands at the center of a decaying world, leaving utter destruction in her wake.

With the wolves closing in and the butchered bodies piling high, it’s up to Jack, Goldilocks, and Snow to try and put an end to this nightmare of a fairy tale.

Read Fablenoir while you wait! Get it on Amazon!

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Triggers: Drug addiction, kidnapping, allusion to sexual assault, themes of human trafficking, body horror, injury detail, alcoholism, emotional abuse


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Blog Tour: Daughters of Nicnevin – Shona Kinsella

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Mairead and Constance, two powerful witches, meet in the early days of the 1745 Jacobite uprising. While the men of the vilage are away fighting, the vilagers face threats from both the Black Watch and raiders, and the women are confronted with their vulnerability. They enlist the help of Nicnevin, fae queen of witches, to bring men made of earth to life to help protect their vilage. But just who do they need protection from? And what will happen when the vilage men return?

Shona Kinsela is a British Fantasy Award nominated author who lives and works in Scotland. Her works include the Vessel of KalaDene trilogy, industrial fantasy novela, The Flame and the Flood, and dark Scottish fantasy novela Petra MacDonald and the Queen of the Fae. She is the Chair of the British Fantasy Society.

My thoughts: Mairead is drawn to the village of Kilmartin by the power of Constance, an unhappy woman, and another witch but far more powerful. The men have gone off to join the Jacobite army, leaving their homes and families unprotected, the harvest not gathered in.

Constance finds herself leading the villagers in her husband’s stead, and needs a solution to the lack of safety and the workload. With Mairead she summons the fae queen of witches – Nicnevin, and they create men of the earth, who they call Albans, to aid them. 

But this great use of magic is bound to their lives and those of the village, and should they misuse it, Nicnevin will take her revenge. As danger grows closer and the rebellion fails, will the two women distort the magic between them and use it for ill? 

Clever, intriguing and with two interesting protagonists in Mairead and Constance, not to mention the mysterious Nicnevin, this historical fantasy weaves a spell all of its own.

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