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Cover Reveal: The Forgotten Dawn – Laura A. Blake

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We are proud to present the cover for Laura A. Blake’s debut, The Forgotten Dawn. Make sure you pre-order this beauty right away!

The Forgotten Dawn

Expected Publication Date: June 5, 2025

Genre: Romantic Fantasy

  • Forbidden Love
  • Fated Mates
  • Sorting Ceremony
  • Bookish Human FMC
  • Fae
  • Forgotten Gods
  • Trials
  • Touch Her & 💀
  • Magic
  • Morally Gray Characters
  • Throne of Glass & Fourth Wing Vibes

Where lies are currency, the price of truth is blood.

Brida Larrow has no right to be among the Fae Courts, but she’s willing to risk everything to save her dying father. Armed with a forged invitation and a fierce determination, she enters the treacherous Fae Trials, a deadly contest crafted to break even the strongest Fae. One misstep, and the truth of her identity could be her undoing—and cost her the cure she so desperately needs.

With enemies around every corner, Brida must rely on her wits and cunning to survive. But when Dainan, the enigmatic Prince of Shadows, takes notice of her, the stakes grow even higher. Betrothed to her most dangerous rival and a master of secrets himself, Dainan sees through her every deception. His dark allure stirs something within her, sparking a forbidden attraction that could either ruin her or become her greatest weapon.

Caught in a web of deception and desire, Brida walks a fine line between ambition and survival. In a world where alliances shift like shadows and betrayal is the currency of the Courts, she must find the strength to face not only the ruthless Trials but also the dangerous emotions Dainan awakens. One wrong move could doom her to failure—or reveal a side of herself she never knew existed.

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Blog Tour: The Trials of the Elysian – Reese Sherron

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We’re celebrating the release of Reese Sherron’s brand-new dystopian fantasy, The Trials of the Elysian! Read on for more details and visit our Instagram for a chance to win a copy of the book PLUS character art!

The Trials of the Elysian (The Elysian Series #1)

Publication Date: November 30, 2024

Genre: Fantasy/Dystopian Fantasy

Hunger Games meets Divergent meets The 100

🔥 Slow slow burn
🔥 Lovers to enemies
🔥 Enemies to lovers / friends to lovers
🔥 Dystopian vibes
🔥 Family obsession
🔥 Lies + betrayals
🔥 Naïve FMC turns fierce
🔥 Deadly battle games
🔥 Mind tricks
🔥 Turns & twists
🔥 Touch her & die by both men

Disobey the City & die – Obey the City & live

Welcome to the six trials of the Elysian.

Will you live a life that is predestined and controlled from your first breath of air?
A life full of darkness, destruction, and pain. Where your existence is owed to the survival of humanity.

Welcome to the Six Trials of The Elysian.
In a futuristic world founded to cope with the effects of a famine that altered the course of humanity, there are certain commandments to follow to live a prosperous life. Faye steps into the City with unanswered questions. All she has is a mysterious symbol to find her soulmate, who was predestined at birth. Not knowing who her symbol will light up for, she must trust her judgment or her destiny. What will she choose?
Not understanding the truth of the wickedness of the City walls, Faye is pushed to uncover the truth. The Trials push them to their limits and only those strong enough to make their City better will survive the tests. Either succeed in their trials or perish outside of the walls.
Her rebelliousness leads her to uncover a disturbing truth about the City. Along with her mentor, Faye is determined to find the missing pieces and bring justice to herself and her family. She becomes fearless and not afraid to challenge those who are in power. But has her whole life been a lie? Will she uncover the truth of why she was born?
Does she fight to be with the love of her life or follow the City, and let the City guide her to her symbols pair?
Faye must decide.

Your mentor falls. So do you.
He’s the eyes. The ears of the City. Disobey him. You’re disobeying the City.

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Cover Reveal: When the Stars Were Devoured – Stephanie Blair

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We’re thrilled to present the cover for When the Stars Were Devoured by Stephanie Blair! Seriously, how gorgeous is this?!

When the Stars Were Devoured

Expected Publication Date: Feb 18, 2025

Genre: Romantasy

  • Enemies to lovers
  • He falls first
  • Captor becomes the Captive
  • Forced Proximity
  • Shadow Daddy
  • Anxiety Rep
  • Star Crossed Lovers
  • Touch her and die
  • “Darcy Hand Clench”

The skies are darkening with rebellion in Noxia. A tyrannical king rules with madness and the only thing stopping him?

A Rebellion Leader

Civil war left everyone in the kingdom of Noxia both destitute and dejected, but Alora refuses to watch her people continue to suffer. Magic comes with a price, and with her power of illusion considered a rarity, she joins with the cause to assassinate the ruthless king. Alora quickly finds her plans derailed when she unexpectedly captures the king’s favored warrior and it becomes apparent that more than her freedom is on the line.

The Royal Executioner

With the power to destroy souls, The Devourer is as ruthless as his magic. As the king’s right hand killer, The Devourer must hunt down and eliminate every threat to the king’s reign. But when he finds himself captured by the very group he hunts, Kassiel will begin to question if his fate to be alone is truly set, or if his hardened heart could actually begin to feel again.

When the Stars were Devoured is the first book in an adult fantasy romance series following a broody, morally grey warrior who loses more than just his freedom to the fierce woman who ensnares him.

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Trigger Warnings:

  • Self-harm Tendencies and Ideation
  • Attempted Sexual Assault
  • Murder (talked about from past events)
  • Sexual Explicit Scenes
  • Death or Dying
  • Violence
  • Mild Torture
  • PTSD Episodes
  • Chattel Slavery
  • Anxiety/Panic Attacks
  • Language
  • Misogyny

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Blog Tour: The Whispering Night – Susan Dennard

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In this swoon-worthy conclusion to the New York Times instant bestselling Luminaries trilogy, Winnie continues her fight against the monstrous nightmares of Hemlock Falls and finds answers about her past.

Winnie Wednesday’s future is looking bright. Hemlock Falls is no longer hunting the werewolf, she and Erica Thursday are tentative friends, and Winnie finally knows exactly where she stands with Jay Friday.

With everything finally on track, Winnie is looking forward to the Nightmare Masquerade, a week-long celebration of all things Luminary. But as Luminaries from across the world flock to the small town, uninvited guests also arrive.

Winnie is confronted by a masked Diana and charged with an impossible task–one that threatens everything and everyone Winnie loves.

As Winnie fights to stop new enemies before time runs out, old mysteries won’t stop intruding. Her missing father is somehow entangled with her search for hidden witches, and as Winnie digs deeper into the long-standing war between the Luminaries and the Dianas, she discovers rifts within her own family she never could have imagined.

What does loyalty mean when family and enemies look the same?

The forest is more dangerous than ever as secrets are revealed in this highly-anticipated, swoon-worthy conclusion to the bestselling Luminaries trilogy.

My thoughts: I don’t agree with the above blurb writer, I don’t think this book is “swoon-worthy” whatever that means. It is however, very good.

Winnie and her friends finally start to unravel all the secrets and mysteries in Hemlock Falls, they might finally unmask the Dianas and find out what happened to Winnie’s dad.

But first they have to get through the Nightmare Masquerade, for reasons she never understand Winnie is made the sort of mascot, like a prom queen, for the event, which is her worst nightmare. She hates the attention, she can’t be off the cuff funny, and it makes sneaking around looking for clues really tricky, oh and she can’t wear her beloved Save the Whales hoodie.

Erica has to do a lot more snooping, and Jay is in trouble, Winnie needs to get away from the spotlight to solve this thing once and hopefully, for all.

There’s lots of action and racing against the clock craziness, the Dianas launch their own plan, Winnie gets put under a spell that means she can’t tell anyone what’s going on, Jay gets kidnapped (don’t you love it when the macho stereotype is the damsel in distress) and Winnie breaks out of jail.

This was a lot of fun, with lots of plot, lots of tying up loose ends, answers finally about what happened to Erica’s sister and Winnie’s dad, and the door left open for more in the Luminaries’ world…

*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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Blog Tour: Anarchist Underground – Nicole Rowles

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Anarchist Underground is a stand-alone romantic fantasy political intrigue following a strong and tortured heroine drawn into a sinister world of criminal gangs, warring kingdoms, betrayal and revenge. Aela Rinn embarks on a dangerous journey to foil a treasonous plot, confront her demons and battle against her heart as she falls for a man she knows she shouldn’t love.

Anarchist Underground: A Romantic Fantasy Political Intrigue

Publication Date: November 25, 2024 (Physical Edition)

Genre: Romantasy

  • Fantasy action adventure
  • Political intrigue
  • Warring kingdoms
  • Enemies to lovers romance (+ spice)
  • Found family
  • Betrayal and revenge
  • Criminal gangs
  • Sword fighting
  • Tension and banter
  • Vivid world building
  • Standalone

Tension, twists, betrayal and revenge. Anarchist Underground is a fast-paced fantasy with political intrigue, enemies to lovers romance and perilous adventures that will grip you from beginning to end.

King Saban of Dunwyn is dead. They say his son Bryn is the one who killed him. They say Prince Bryn is an anarchist.

Commander Aela Rinn is the hero of a war she wishes had never ended. She no longer recognises the country she gave up everything for. Driven into exile, she discovers a man with blood on his hands.

Across Dunwyn’s border, Nielle is stirring, on the cusp of re-igniting two centuries of hostility between enemy nations. But the rules of the game are changing. If Aela wants to bring Dunwyn back from the brink of destruction, she will have to overcome the impossible: trusting a person whose treachery has destroyed everything she loves.

With Aela’s life unravelling and the fate of a nation at stake, all roads seem to lead to the same place, the insidious criminal underbelly of Dunwyn. Anarchist Underground.

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Cover Reveal: Her Cruel Redemption – Hailey Jade

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We’re thrilled to reveal the cover of the final book in The Dark Reflection Series! Pre-order Her Cruel Redemption by Hailey Jade today!

Her Cruel Redemption (The Dark Reflection Series Book 3)

Expected Publication Date: June 2, 2025

Genre: Dark Fantasy

“When you’ve known love to slip through gentle hands, you’ll grip it with teeth and claws.”

Now a queen in hiding, Rhiandra has taken refuge in the Yawn with Gwinellyn, tolerated but never truly welcomed by the princess’s new friends. Driven by a thirst for vengeance against the man who betrayed her, Rhiandra struggles to master a dangerous power that no one wants her to wield. But she must learn control, for Draven is hunting her.

When word of war between Brimordia and Oceatold reaches them, Gwinellyn can no longer stand idly by as her people suffer. Determined to reclaim her birthright, she needs Rhiandra’s help to retake the throne. But as they journey through a battle-scarred land, both women are haunted by secrets—Gwinellyn wonders if she can trust her stepmother, while Rhiandra hides truths that could shatter their fragile alliance. Many of those secrets centre on her tumultuous relationship with the man now calling himself king.

If they want to win this fight, blood and lives will not be the only price.

The epic finale of The Dark Reflection series tests the boundaries of love, power, and destiny. When lovers turn enemies and vengeance becomes obsession, the lines begin to blur between justice and tyranny. Loyalties will be tested and kingdoms will tremble as Rhiandra treads the path of redemption—but whose? And what will it cost them all?

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Blog Tour: Vice and Void – Sadie Hewitt

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The day has finally arrived! Vice and Void by Sadie Hewitt is now available! Read on for more details!

Vice and Void (The Savage Wolves Brotherhood Book 1)

Publication Date: November 19, 2024

Genre: Adult Fantasy/ Motorcycle Club Romance

✨Second chance romance
🖤Vigilante motorcycle club
✨Stolen blood magic
🖤Banished gods
✨Science vs. alchemy
🖤Touch her and 💀
✨He has her name tattooed on him

Dakota Montgomery knew she should have steered clear of The Savage Wolves Brotherhood. Now with a promising start to her career, the vow she made twelve years ago to keep her distance remains stronger than ever. But when her best friend suspiciously disappears, and her father dismisses her concerns, Dakota is forced to seek help from the vigilante motorcycle club and its second-in-command: her former flame, Callum Reynolds.

Callum Reynolds, still bearing the scars of nine wrongful years in prison, has his own reasons to assist Dakota Montgomery. A feud for territory with the club’s rival has caused a severe setback: the loss of their distillation warehouse. With Dakota’s Alchemist skills, there’s a chance to restore the stock before the Vanguard Syndicate comes to collect. In return, Callum pledges to use his network to investigate the disappearance of her best friend. However, any connection with Dakota or her Iron Guard father could jeopardize his hard-earned freedom.

The agreement with the Brotherhood thrusts Dakota into a treacherous underworld, where illicit alchemy and experimental magic fuels a dangerous game of depravity and addiction. Dakota must race against time to unravel the mystery of her best friend’s disappearance before it consumes her entirely–or worse, entangles her with Callum Reynolds and the Brotherhood for good.

Set in a modern-day world where the blood of extinct mythical creatures advances the creation of distillations, Sons of Anarchy meets occult science in this second-chance adult fantasy romance.

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Blog Tour: Sins of Light – Melissa Curtis

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Sins of Light is the first in a New Adult Romantasy series. This debut novel has a prophecy deadline, unique magic, fated mates, spice, and a dual POV featuring a badass female main character and a hot mess male main character.

Sins of Light

Publication Date: September 2, 2024

Genre: NA Romantic Fantasy

Vera Valdara knows how to hide, tucked away in a chemistry career with her magic sealed up tight. The blades she carries were sharpened the day she was born, her head taught to be on a constant swivel. Because normal doesn’t exist when mercenaries hunt for your treasonous family, not when their employer has no concept of forget.

But living and breathing defense only take her so far when a birthday surprise goes horribly wrong. The walls she worked so carefully to build are torn apart, and she is thrust into a conflict that has the continent divided. Hidden factions come to light, and each of them are racing against the same deadline, chasing the same prophesied blood. But they all want differing outcomes. Spilling that fated crimson will reopen the portals to her realm, but five centuries of propaganda blur what waits on the other side – and why it was sealed to begin with.

Beakers and burners won’t solve the mysteries of the gods, but Vera’s ex and some unlikely allies might.

The countdown tolls. The lies unravel. The prophecy awaits.

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Cover Reveal: A Secret Shared With Sirens – Ariella Isabella

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We’re so happy to present the beautiful cover for A Secret Shared with Sirens by Ariella Isabella!

A Secret Shared with Sirens

Expected Publication Date: January 16, 2025

Genre: Dark Fantasy Romance

– Dual POV
– Gods & Monsters
– Shadow Magic
– Underworld
– Political Intrigue
– Magical War
– Man-eating sirens

“She was the endless darkness between life and death. Bitter, and consuming. A poison I couldn’t stop drinking, and a cold lake I wanted to drown in. Their souls were one, but Isolde had taken everything Evlyn’s life had to give and sharpened it into power.”

Isolde:

Being pulled from the wreckage of an elven ship by bloodthirsty sirens, I was now surrounded by an entirely different set of creatures with claws and teeth. Achelous, the Father of Sirens and son to the blood mage Medea shines a light on Caspian’s hunt for the mythical blade, the God Killer. His finned daughters are nothing like how I had imagined them, they’re worse, and they are weary of my foul magic. Achelous is reluctant to join the war on the continent, but when the siren’s home is attacked by the Elf King, he’s Helbent on revenge.

Everyday the darkness grows louder and more corporal, and I swear that I can feel its frigid breath on my neck when it whispers its sweet promises of power and revenge. After traveling with Cadmael, the messenger god who followed me overboard and onto the Elven ship, and the siren Thelxi to the City of Souls, we find out that Silas’ depravity knows no bounds.

If we usurp the treacherous Queen Athalia, who will sit on the Arramorian throne? Who will be the voice of humans, in a war wielded by villainous gods and wicked creatures?

Death:

Watching Isolde die the first time was painful, and every other time was like ripping my heart in two. She now knew that I had taken her first life in a twisted deal with the darkness, but what she didn’t know was the depth of her attachment’s powers. This ancient, unfathomable being is manipulating her in front of my eyes and all I can do is plead with her to push it away. To not take the deal I did.

The greatest fear of a creature who’s claimed power is that someone more cunning and vicious will steal it from him, and Isolde just might be that creature, but she still doesn’t know the whole truth. Her world with Caspian is a lie, and the truth might not set her free.

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Blog Tour: Dohva – Sophie Haeder

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Embark on a journey to the enigmatic realm of Dohva, where elemental magic reigns supreme and ancient secrets lie buried beneath the mountains. 

In the isolated land of Dohva, where souls are trapped in an endless cycle of rebirth by an ancient elemental sphere, a malevolent force wields the forbidden dark magic of the demon prince Agthod. 

Avala, a rebellious air sorceress haunted by the loss of her closest friend, is driven to unravel the mysteries that have long plagued her world. She finds unlikely allies with three anti-heroes, a colourful and diverse cast who each struggle with their own demons and desires for redemption.  

But as the shadows deepen and the threat grows, Avala and her newfound companions must set aside their differences and forge an uneasy bond. But can they confront this powerful enemy force that threatens to consume their world and change their destiny forever?

Dohva: The Land Within by Sophie Haeder is available from all good bookstores

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My thoughts: Meet a disparate group of protagonists, who must come together to end the darkness and save their world.

For thousands of years ago a powerful wizard sacrificed his life to protect the land of Dohva by creating a great bubble around it, leaving the countries floating as islands in the sky. Every decade lives are given to maintain this protection, but should that come to an end? People live new lives beyond death, reincarnated, struggling with their memories.

When darkness descends and the monsters arise to take over, our heroes must do all they can. Handily they have a dragon.

Adventurous, intelligent, and gripping fantasy writing, packing an awful lot into one slim book. I loved the characters who often felt conflicted and, therefore, more real, the complex nature of the world they live in, and the two very different magic systems. I’d really like a sequel looking at the impact of their actions and the changes it brings when they rejoin the world beyond Dohva.

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