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Cover Reveal: The Frost Witch – Emberly Ash

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R&R Book Tours proudly presents the cover for The Frost Witch by Emberly Ash! You can pre-order this gorgeous dark romantasy now!

The Frost Witch (The Covenants of Velora Book 1)

Expected Release Date: August 5, 2025

Genre: Dark Romantasy

  • Enemies to lovers
  • Why choose
  • Witches
  • MCs bonded against their will
  • Dragons
  • Slow-burn spice
  • Found family
  • Shifters
  • Tall/Short MMC/FMC
  • Deadly trials
  • Meddling gods
  • Mental health rep
  • Forbidden love
  • Fae

Witches are not born. They are made.

I died alone in a frostbitten forest. It was not heroic. I did not die defending an innocent or hunting to feed my loved ones. I died because I was stupid and cowardly. I died running away. And that would have been the end of my story. Until the witches found me and made me one of their own.

Outcast by her coven more than three hundred years after her resurrection, Koryn faces certain doom. Without her coven’s magic to sustain her, she will wither away to nothing. But earning back their trust means betraying the last living member of her family—the family whose downfall came at Koryn’s own hands.

Offered a bargain she cannot refuse…

Four hundred years ago, the gods sentenced the continent of Velora to death. Now Koryn must make a desperate final bid to save Velora—and herself—by passing each test posed at the Seven Gates. Nothing less will prove her worth to her coven or save her family.

To make matters worse, she finds herself bound against her will to Garrick the Red, a legendary bounty hunter with a secret that makes him not just her rival, but her bitter enemy. She does not need him to protect her—Koryn stands alone.

But when an adolescent dragon appears from the forest and declares herself Koryn’s familar, her understanding of the world begins to shift. Koryn’s choices do not just affect her, but all the residents of a dying, desperate land.

Faced with a devastating choice…

For every gate she conquers, Koryn’s world grows more precarious. A deadly warrior turned bonded protector and forbidden lover. An adolescent dragon entrusted to her care. A powerful male from her past calling in a debt she is not ready to pay. And vengeful gods who demand their due, and force the frost witch to choose—her coven, her love, her dragon… or her soul.

Emberly Ash returns with an all new dark romantasy series perfect for fans of Sadie Kincaid, Carissa Broadbent, and Raven Kennedy. THE FROST WITCH is an epic dark fantasy romance with enemies to lovers, multiple bonded love interests, witches, an adolescent dragon, slow-burn spice, found family, and an expansive world of gods, shifters, and blood magic. The heat builds with each installment in this trilogy—have a cold drink ready. This universe is not for the faint of heart.

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Triggers: starvation, dystopian world, prostitution, anxiety, murder, profanity, references to past sexual assault (not MCs), explict sexual content, graphic depictions of death, violence, and torture.

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Blog Tour: Hate to Haunt You – Alli Temple

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We’re celebrating the release of Hate to Haunt You this week with a tour! Follow along for reviews and other great content –  #rrbtHatetoHauntYouTour

Hate To Haunt You (Afterlife Incorporated Book 2)

Release Date: June 16, 2025

Genre: Sapphic Urban Fantasy

  • Slow burn
  • Hurt/comfort
  • Ghosts
  • Grim reapers

You always haunt the ones you love.

First, I got stuck as a ghost in the suburbs of Toronto. Now my reaper roommate is dying. Dying! Reapers aren’t even supposed to get the sniffles.

Turns out, we’re connected, and I don’t just mean a shared love of pineapple on pizza. Kelly and I have a rare and dangerous bond that’s draining my favourite reaper’s very essence away. If we don’t figure out how to break the link, Kelly is headed for a permanent sabbatical.

Now we’re exploring creepy corners of Afterlife, making risky deals with paranormal weirdos, and—worst of all—I might be falling for the reaper I’m literally haunting to death.

Being dead has never been easy, and there’s no way in hell I’m facing it alone. It’s time to save Kelly, even if it means breaking my own heart in the process.

Hate to Haunt You is the second instalment in the Afterlife Incorporated urban fantasy trilogy. It cannot be read as a standalone. Kelly and Ember’s romance? Still a work in progress.

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My thoughts: I loved the first book in this series and was so excited to read this, I fell off my bed when I opened the email with my copy attached! Honestly, I am that clumsy.

After the crazy events of book one  things have started to improve in Afterlife, and Ember is bored of all the constant meetings to discuss things. She wants to start getting things done, but none of the reapers have signed up to help.

Luckily her roommates and Kelly, her personal reaper and friend, are there to keep her spirits up, they’ve even got a new cat, that hopefully isn’t secretly a god-like being (aren’t they all, at least in their own minds?)

But something is very wrong with Kelly and it might be the connection between ghost and reaper that’s causing it. Their journey to uncover the problem and find a solution will take them to all sorts of new (to Ember, anyway) parts of Afterlife, bring them face to face with a soul-sucking ghoul, and stretch their connection to its limits. Also Ember might be falling in love with Kelly, if that’s even possible.

I really enjoyed this secret outing for Ember, Kelly and their friends, which was definitely darker than book one, but really gave the characters room to grow, for us to see more of Afterlife, and set up book three (yes!) to be even more shocking and probably make me cry. Kelly’s apathy about what’s happening to them was a bit frustrating and I felt for Ember, trying to do everything she could to save her friend, with Jupiter and X trying to help, even though as living people there were places they couldn’t go. I think after however long Kelly has been undead (I don’t know how reapers see themselves) they’re just not sure how to react anymore.

Roll on book three!!


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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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Book Blitz: The Last Dragon of Oz – Whitney L. Spradling

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Wizard of Oz but make it ‘Why Choose’!

Check out The Last Dragon of Oz, a Wizard of Oz reimagining by Whitney L. Spradling

The Last Dragon of Oz

Release Date: March 3, 2025

Genre: Fantasy/ Why Choose Romance

  • Why Choose
  • Fated Mates
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • MFMM
  • Spice
  • Multi POV
  • Ace Rep
  • Disability Rep
  • Italian Myth/Folklore
  • Light Mafia Vibes
  • Baby Dragon
  • Standalone
  • HEA

There is no place like home. And sometimes, home isn’t a place at all.

Daciana DeRosa is content to live her pampered life, spoiled by her father. But when she finds a baby dragon in her yard, in a world where magic has long since disappeared, she has no other choice but to team up with three unlikely allies.

Nicolai Morelli, the Tin Man, is from a rival family. He wants nothing to do with Daci, but his ties to Oz are the only way she can get the baby dragon back to its home.

Matteo Rossi, the Scarecrow, goes along for the ride. Always looking for adventure and fun, he doesn’t expect to find himself in such a serious and troubling situation.

Leith Morgan, the Cowardly Lion, keeps everyone at arm’s length. As they journey through Oz, he finds it harder to keep away from Daci.

Their journey to the Emerald City is fraught with adventure, dangers, magic, fate, and a growing connection none of them can ignore. As they travel down the yellow brick road, Daci learns she’s not as in control of her life as she once thought. But fighting fate turns out to be harder than it seems, and it’s a lesson all four of them must learn.

*The Last Dragon of Oz is a Wonderful Wizard of Oz re-imagining. It is a why choose romance, meaning the main character will end up with three men at the end of the book. Please check content warnings as some themes may not be suitable for all ages.

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Blog Tour: The Gloom Sundered – Dana C. Brentson

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We have another amazing fantasy coming out this week! The Gloom Sundered by Dana C. Brentson! Get it June 17th!

The Gloom Sundered: A Tale of Celuthia

Release Date: June 17, 2023

Genre: Epic Fantasy/ Dystopian/ Why Choose

⚡️Ordinary MCs in a Magical World
⚡️Plus-size FMC
⚡️Golden Retriever MMC
⚡️Friends to Lovers
⚡️Why Choose Spicy Romance
⚡️Political Intrigue
⚡️Magic Storms

The Storm is rising.

The Gloom is destroying Vortheim. These storms of unpredictable magic ravage the continent, swallowing anything they touch. Isalie Wylshard is a Still, an ordinary woman meant to serve the Ambient—the only ones with magic to protect against the Gloom. But Isalie won’t fit into the mold they’ve made for her, choosing instead to follow her best friend as he pursues his dangerous calling, even though he’s never noticed she’s in love with him.

Jentien Themori’s calling is to save people, battling the twisted creatures that emerge from the Gloom. When the opportunity to track these volatile storms arises, he and Isalie don’t hesitate to join the team. They expected danger, but they didn’t expect to be caught inside a city lost to the Gloom.

Stills are going missing, the Ambients’ protection is wearing thin, and Isalie is in the eye of a new storm—one pitting Ambient against Still—that will determine the fate of an entire city.

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Content Warning:

This book is an adult fantasy novel. Some Content may not be suitable for all readers

Violence (gore, death, blood, mutilation, physical assault, torture) drowning, imprisonment grief, anxiety, explicit sexual content, discrimination, segregation, drug use, and human experimentation.

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Book Blitz: Death Twitch – Carter Pugh

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Happy release day to Carter Pugh! The next book in the Death Book series, Death Twitch is now available! If you are looking for a series to add to your Pride TBR, we can’t recommend this one enough!

Death Twitch (Death Book #2)

Release Date: June 13, 2025

Genre: Dark Romantasy

  • Forced Proximity
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Slow Burn
  • Fae
  • Shadow Mommy
  • Found Family
  • Second Chance
  • Sapphic
  • Fated Mates
  • Romantasy

One wakes in a strange land; the other waits in the dark, and a rescue turns into a reckoning.

In the second book of the Death Book series, the line between life and death blurs, and evil forces conspire against Clarke and Alison, putting their friendship to the ultimate test.

Clarke Carpenter awakens in the mysterious realm of Teleran. She’s haunted by a dream of Alison imprisoned in a dark dungeon, a dream that she quickly learns is reality. Determined to rescue her friend, Clarke teams up with a band of fae, racing against time to unravel the secrets of this enchanting yet treacherous world.

Meanwhile, Alison Villareal finds herself trapped in a gloomy cell, convinced that a grave mistake has been made. As she wrestles with her outrage and frustration, she can’t shake the feeling that Clarke is somehow to blame for her predicament.

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Cover Reveal: Wolfsbane Hall – Hazel St. Lewis

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This cover is such a vibe!

We’re proud to present the cover for Wolfsbane Hall by Hazel St. Lewis. You can pre-order this beauty now!

Wolfsbane Hall

Expected Release Date: October 21, 2025

Genre: Adult Romantasy-Thriller

-Hidden Identities

-Shadow Daddy

-Three Villain Daddies

-Dueling Phantoms

-Love Square

-Forced Proximity

-Sentient House

-Twists

An actress at a magical murder mystery party where everything is real—including the murder—is poisoned and must unmask her killer by the end of the show or stay dead forever.

Actress Celestine Sinclair works at the infamous Wolfsbane Hall, a 1930s San Francisco murder-mystery nightclub. The shows are designed by the Specter, the cloaked owner of the club and the source of all its magic. His den of nightmares is governed by one rule: every murder must be solved, for then and only then will the dead come back to life. Every night, someone dies and, hopefully, is also resurrected.

One night Wolfsbane Hall is taken over by the Specter’s nemesis, who intends to destroy everything the Specter loves—including Celestine. As part of his twisted game, he poisons and challenges Celestine to unmask the Specter’s true identity before the poison destroys her. Only, Wolfsbane Hall has existed for hundreds of years without anyone uncovering its owner’s name.

The three prime suspects are all handsome, socialite gentlemen who are just devilish enough to be the Specter or his nemesis. Unfortunately, Celestine cares for all three gentlemen–one is her lover, one is her nemesis, and one is her best friend–but one of them has already betrayed her. Worse, she only has three hours to receive the antidote, or she will die and stay dead forever.

WOLFSBANE HALL is an adult romantic fantasy thriller and it will appeal to fans of Butcher and Blackbird’s twisty, dark romance and Belladonna’s manor-house mystery. It is a mash-up between Phantom of the Opera, Moulin Rouge, and Knives Out. If you enjoy books with hidden identities, forced proximity, villain daddies, betrayal, a haunted house, and love squares, you will love this story.

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Blog Tour: Stormvalor – Starr Z. Davies

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We’re celebrating the release of epic fantasy Stormvalor by Starr. Z. Davies! There’s also a stunning deluxe hardcover edition coming out this month that is a collector’s dream!

Stormvalor: A Noblebright Fantasy (Divica Stormborn Chronicles # 1)

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We’re celebrating the release of epic fantasy Stormvalor by Starr. Z. Davies! There’s also a stunning deluxe hardcover edition coming out this month that is a collector’s dream!

Stormvalor: A Noblebright Fantasy (Divica Stormborn Chronicles # 1)

Release Date: June 9, 2025

Genre: Epic Fantasy

  • Friends to lovers
  • Fake Dating
  • Strong female lead
  • The Bachelorette vibes
  • Rich fantasy world
  • Dangerous assassin
  • Gladiator-like tournament
  • Spice
  • Empire in decline
  • Gods are gone
  • Evil imperial overlord
  • Noble sacrifice
  • Lost prophecies
  • Court intrigue
  • Multicast POV
  • Touch her and die
  • She falls first, he falls harder

In the heart of a tournament, where legends are born and destinies forged, the fate of kingdoms hangs in the balance.

Aethan Starkling, a lord with dreams as vast as the realm itself, has long yearned to prove himself in the prestigious Stormvalor Tournament.

Aslyn Kiernan, destined to ascend the throne of Novavito, faces her own dangerous trials. An ambitious suitor from the Emperor’s court schemes to force her into a marriage that would jeopardize her kingdom’s future. Confronted with treachery, Aslyn must navigate the perils of the tournament to secure her destiny—or risk losing everything she holds dear.

As the tournament unfolds, Aethan & Aslyn’s path intersect—pushed together by parents who seek a strong marriage match, and drawn together by the threads of fate. Together, they discover that strength and honor alone are not enough to secure victory. The price of winning is far higher than they ever imagined.

Bast Blackblade, a hardened assassin, lives by the edge of his lethal blades, dismissing the notions of gods and friendship. But when his final payment for a completed job vanishes, Bast embarks on a treacherous journey that leads him to the heart of Stormvalor, where he seeks to disrupt the budding romance between Aethan and Aslyn for his own purposes.

As alliances shift and secrets unravel, Aethan, Aslyn, and Bast must confront the truth of their own beliefs and the price they are willing to pay for victory… and for love.

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Content Warnings:

This book contains coarse language, blood, graphic violence, dismemberment/decapitation, murder, psychological manipulation, minor physical assault, on-page consensual sex.

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Cover Reveal: The Fall of Valenna – A.M. Portman

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We’re proud to present the cover for the next book in Legends of Andolin series, The Fall of Valenna!

The Fall of Valenna (The Legends of Andolin #3)

Expected Release: Fall 2025

Genre: Dark Fantasy/ Epic Fantasy

  • Strong Female Lead
  • Ancient Prophecy
  • Slow Burn Romance
  • Enemies-to-Lovers
  • Morally Grey Hero
  • Found Family
  • Magical Artifact
  • Dark Lord
  • Sea Monsters

    • IN THE HEART OF BATTLE

    As tensions between Valenna and Sornia reach their breaking point, Prince Matei unleashes a devastating new power that threatens to change the course of the war. With the Queen missing and the kingdom of Valenna left vulnerable, Lady Adella Grimless and her allies must fight against impossible odds to protect everything they hold dear.

    OLD CONFLICTS RESURRECTED

    Torn between her past and present, Adella finds her heart caught between her old flame, Captain Declan, and her burgeoning feelings for Kol, her loyal companion on the war front. But when old rivalries and unspoken truths come to light, the two men are set on a collision course—one that will reach its deadly culmination in the midst of battle upon the waves.

    TEAR THEIR WORLD APART

    With war encroaching on multiple fronts, Adella and her allies must navigate treachery, shifting alliances, and a threat unlike any they have ever faced. But as the final battle looms and the rising sea tears apart the landscape, one thing remains certain:

    Nothing will ever be the same again.

    Triggers: Violence, War, Gore, Death, Dark Magic

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Book Blitz: The Saltwater Curse – Avina St. Graves

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The Saltwater Curse is now available and if you love the Hades and Persephone, Avina St. Graves has given us a beauty inspired by it but with a whole lot more tentacles!

The Saltwater Curse

Release Date: June 5, 2025

Genre: PNR/ Monster Romance

🐙 Hades & Persephone inspired
🐚 Stuffing
🐙 POVs from the animal companion
🐚 Captive x Captor
🐙 Fated Mates

A woman escaping her past…

Kristy Gallagher has slayed a monster before. When she could no longer live with her husband’s abuse, she plunged a knife into his neck. Then, she fled his family’s criminal empire—changing her name and traveling to the far reaches of the world, before finding her safe haven in Bali.

She’s used to looking over her shoulder but nothing could prepare her for the monster that lurks beyond the shore. Sharp claws, grasping tentacles—Krakens are real, and their King has decided she’s to be his bride.

A monster trying to end a curse…

Ordus is King of the Dead Lands, the last Kraken of his bloodline, and the final hope to break a terrible curse that plagues his lands. He must find his destined bride, his soul mate, and marry her to save his kingdom.

His fated mate shouldn’t be a human, but something about her calls to him like no other creature ever has. He drags her to his island, kicking and screaming, begging to be returned to the mainland.

Ordus must convince her he’s not a monster to be feared, but her soul mate who will protect her from anything and anyone who means her harm.

Including his own people.

A dark and delicious tale about what makes a monster—THE SALTWATER CURSE is inspired by the Hades/Persephone myth. Only with a lot more tentacles.

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Stretching, sex, unconsented voyeurism, cannibalism (Depending on how you look at it), murder, gore, death by tentacles, shark attack (kind of?), kidnapping, health issues, toxic characters, trauma, PTSD, racism (by krakens toward humans).

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Cover Reveal: The Great Library of Tomorrow – Rosalia Aguilar Solace

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Tomorrowland, known globally for their larger-than-life themed music festivals and organizer of the second biggest social media live entertainment event in the world after the Olympics, have penned a fantasy trilogy to bring the unique magic of the festival alive in story form, together with their core values of unity, hope, love and nature.

Teaming up with genre publishing experts Black Crow, they will be working on building their brand in the publishing sphere, working closely with booksellers, influencers and readers who love fantasy fiction.

The Great Library of Tomorrow, book 1 in the trilogy, is out now in HB, audio and ebook, with the paperback scheduled for September, just ahead of the November release of the sequel, The Sky of Sacrifice.
More info/pre-order: www.thegreatlibraryoftomorrow.com

THE GREAT LIBRARY OF TOMORROW – Book 1 in The Book of Wisdom trilogy – Helia has served as the Sage of Hope for the Great Library of Tomorrow for centuries. She is one of the chosen few who embody and protect the values of humanity across the numerous realms of Paperworld, which are connected within the Library itself via magical Portals controlled by the Book of Wisdom. But even Helia’s hope is tested when attacked and confronted by a deadly figure known as the Ash Man. Surrounded by destruction in the famous Rose Garden of Silvyra, and its dragon protector missing, Helia must return home to warn the other Sages. But there she finds the Book of Wisdom—always a guide to the Sages—eerily silent. With the Ash Man gaining strength, Helia soon finds herself in a race against time, searching for clues to the origins of their foe—and any possible way to defeat him. THE SKY OF SACRIFICE – Book 2 in The Book of Wisdom trilogy – As the Great Library of Tomorrow prepares for a momentous celebration Nu embraces both newfound love and her role as the Sage of Truth. However, if fresh nightmares prove to be the harbingers of Suttaru’s malevolent forces, romance must take a back seat to her responsibilities. When a savage act sends shockwaves through the Great Library, the return of an old friend brings to light a hidden relic from the Book of Wisdom’s past. To stop the enemy, the Sages must pursue multiple paths. For Nu and Robin, this means travelling the realms in search of a mysterious figure from long ago. Meanwhile Veer and his companions brave a realm of darkness and despair, where even the strongest can become undone. . .