– Werewolf shifters – Hidden identity – Forced proximity – Found family – Slow burn – Touch-and-d!e energy (both ways) – Pack politics
Forced into the home of an unyielding Alpha, a grieving girl bent on revenge ignites a slow-burn werewolf romance where loyalty is law—and legends burn.
Her brother is dead. Her freedom stolen. And her greatest danger may be the Alpha werewolf sworn to guard her.
Aloka Tutten never asked to live among the pack. To them, she’s just a human girl—too small, too fragile, an unwanted liability. Her unwilling protector, Stark Lamont, makes no effort to hide that he doesn’t want her in his territory.
But the walls between them aren’t as strong as they should be. His quiet strength pulls her closer. His touch lingers too long. And beneath the heat of his gaze, the truth inside her threatens to break free.
Aloka isn’t what they believe. And as war looms, her secret will rise—either to save them all…or set their world on fire, even if it burns her too.
We’re thrilled to be touring A Night of Falling Stars by Lucia Damisa this week! This is the book three in the Desert of Bleeding Sand series!
A Night of Falling Stars (A Desert of Bleeding Sand Series Book 3)
Release Date: July 8, 2026
Genre: Epic Romantasy/ Young Adult
Covert Artist: Olha Volkov
War descends upon Thalesai in a storm of falling stars and growing darkness.
I never sought command, yet I, Dathan, have been chosen to lead our soldiers against the relentless Wraith Kingdom. But before the first horn sounds, I am already fighting a battle of my own.
Zair—my brave, stubborn, beautiful Zair—has been attacked by our enemies. The thought of losing her shatters me more than any blade. I would burn kingdoms for her.
And rising from the shadows is the man who once threatened all I hold dear. Cloaked in a magical disguise only I can see through, he seeks my title, my past exposed, and my family’s ruin.
With danger hunting Zair and wraiths stalking my dragon, every step forward feels like a war in itself. With Aine, a conflicted wraith spy, at our side, Zair and I must lead our people into a battle that could save our realm… or cost us everything.
Cover Artist: Edward Bettison Secret powers Secrets coming to light Self-discovery Forced proximity Assassins Time travel (Soft) enemies to lovers True slow burn Corrupt government Found family Powerless office assistant Olivia Ramirez’s only desire is to stay safe in her pod—sixteen floors above a world where superpowers run amok and neon ads flash over ruined cities. When soldiers surround her building, the last person she expects them to hunt is her—the ex-telekinetic who blew up her future eight years ago when she accidentally triggered a deadly riot and lost her power.
Olivia escapes with a ragtag crew of bounty hunters—including Kaz, the team’s resident hothead and irritable ex-assassin. Their first heated run-in unleashes something new in her: powers she can’t control when Kaz is present. With every new power released against Kaz, one terrifying possibility emerges: she may be someone’s secret weapon sent to terminate him. Olivia’s not some juiced-up assassin, though. She’s an assistant! Right?
The only person who can help Olivia gain control and unravel the mystery behind her powers is the one man who thinks she’s plotting to kill him. Trusting Kaz won’t be easy. Trusting herself again might be even harder.
Today sees the release of the cover for Richard Swan’s next book – The Anguished Earth.
It is winter in the Empire of the Wolf, and the town of Eisbrück burns with plague. Whilst physicians struggle to contain the pox, the atmosphere thickens with recrimination and rumour: talk of inauspicious constellations, and a demonic witch filling the streets with bodies and black magick. Amongst the chaos, Sir Konrad Vonvalt must recover a dangerous fugitive-a child murderer who has escaped from Blackmarsh Insane Asylum. But with winter’s bite closing and plague spreading like wildfire, finding the killer may be the least of his problems.
The book will be published October 19th 2026 by Grimdark Magazine.
Welcome to the tour for Becky Jane Fox’s slowwww burn fantasy romance, Veins of Power!
Veins of Power (Threads of the Fifth Realm Book 1)
Release Date: January 2026
Genre: Epic Fantasy Romance
Slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers tension
Morally grey MMC
Forced proximity & dangerous bargains
Dragons in exile & forbidden magic
A fierce, flawed heroine who would rather set the world on fire than bow to it
Your Next Obsessive Slow-Burn Fantasy Romance: Dragons, Forbidden Magic, and Unbearable Tension!
Meet Lyra Bloom—a sharp-tongued redhead with a quick mind and a volatile vein of magic she can’t quite control.
Raised scraping by in the lawless Outerlands, survival meant learning to fight, lie, and rely on no one but herself until one fatal mistake changes everything.
Captured crossing the border into the Inner Lands, Lyra is dragged into the very world she’s spent her life resenting—and forced into service under the power she swore she’d never bow to.
Inside the walls of the Citadel, her magic grows stronger. Wilder. But so does something else: a rising lust and desire for something she doesn’t truly understand. Something shadowed. Something dangerous. Something that threatens to unravel her—and everything around her.
And as whispers of rebellion spread and dragons strike from exile, Lyra must decide whether she’ll be forged into the weapon the Citadel wants… or become the spark that burns it all down.
This novel is intended for adult readers (18+). It contains explicit sexual content, strong language, violence and peril, injury detail, psychological manipulation, and references to self-harm and suicide. It also includes implied off-page rape and on-page non-consensual sexual contact (kissing, touching). If you are sensitive to any of these themes, please take care while reading.
🐙 Monster Romance ❤️ Leviathan x Human 🐙 Sapphic ❤️ Plus Size FMC 🐙 Hurt/Comfort ❤️ Touch Her and Die 🐙 Tentacles ❤️ Insta-Love
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The plans were perfect. Her dress was a froth of white lace. Her maid of honor had just finished pinning her veil in place. The buzz of excitement and fizz of champagne filled her ears. She just wanted to take a breath alone to soak it in before the emotion of the day blurred her mind. What she couldn’t have planned was the pain lying in wait on the other side of her hotel room door ready to topple it all.
When Georgia runs from the picture-perfect life she had meticulously built, taking her honeymoon trip alone, she prays the secluded seaside resort will wash away her shame. The private beach surrounding her villa offers her seclusion and peace, but the grief and betrayal threaten to drown her. And each night, the quiet cove tucked behind no trespassing signs whispers her name, calling for her to slip into the glittering blue water.
The creature had lived in this cove for centuries and never had she seen a human alone and with such an endless stream of tears. Styx watches the broken woman as she lounges on the sand and moves like a ghost around the small house just beyond the boundaries of her cove. Quietly, she calls to her, desperate to find out what stole her spirit. She wants nothing more than to hold the woman in the lull of the waves as she rips the source of her grief from the world. As obsession rises like the tide, Styx finds herself desperate to fix the fragile human.
But all vacations end, and as Georgia’s past comes hunting her down, the only way to survive may be to call to the storm beneath the surface and let its vengeance consume her entirely. She’ll have to stare into the depths and grapple with the fear that trusting a monster may be taunting the same fate that already burned her.
Love is an anchor that drags you into the deep…where even the tides have teeth.
We’re proud to present the cover for Valaztein, an upcoming dark fantasy release by Emilia Ramos!
Valaztein
Expected Release Date: August 23, 2026 (Paperback)
Genre: Dark Fantasy
What to Expect: Enemies-to-Lovers Dragons World Travel Sailboats Slow Burn Dark Magic Found Family Sirens Royal Houses Poetry & Music Theaters, Grottos, & Enchanted Libraries
A kingdom whose deadliest secrets live only in its memories.
After two years, Naomi escapes the dungeons of the very castle where she was once a princess. Exiled and cursed with Dark magic, Naomi has one chance to retake her throne and save her kingdom from her tyrannous mother.
She crafts her crew—a curious array of thieves, assassins, and young royals. They sail to the edges of the known world in search of an army, from frozen fighting rings on the dark side of the moon to siren grottoes, dragon caverns, and camel races across upside-down deserts.
And then there’s Ez.
The man she loved… and the traitor whose choice lost her the last war.
We’re celebrating the release of Songbirds of the Veil by Steven McClellen – Available August 4th!
Songbirds of the Veil Release Date: Aug 4, 2026 Genre: Edwardian Historical Fantasy/ Young Adult
• Portal Fantasy / Hidden World
• Labyrinthine Jungle Expedition
• Fierce / Scamp Heroine
• Grandfather-Granddaughter Bond
• Fountain of Youth Mystery
• Ticking Clock
• Survival Quest
• Missing Journal Pages
• Dystopian Resource Control (Tyrannical Authority)
• Enemies to Allies
• Magical Artifact / Talisman
To save her grandfather, she’ll have to survive the Amazon. To find the truth, she’ll have to cross the Veil.
In 1908, fifteen-year-old Ramona Grey lives a quiet, scamp-like existence in Key West, caring for her dying grandfather. As the legendary explorer who first discovered a miracle serum within the Amazon Rainforest, he now relies on that very medicine to live. But now, the world’s supply is gone.
The tyrannical Authority has hoarded the final drops, leaving cities in darkness and the sick in despair. When the U.S. Navy and the Authority launch a covert expedition to find the hidden source-a magical portal buried deep in the labyrinth of the Amazon-they coerce Ramona’s grandfather into leading the way. Used as leverage in their deadly bargain, Ramona is thrust headfirst into a perilous journey.
SONGBIRDS OF THE VEIL is an upmarket, lyrical YA crossover historical fantasy combining the rich, atmospheric worldbuilding of Alix E. Harrow’s ‘The Ten Thousand Doors of January’ with the high-stakes survival and dark adventure of G. Willow Wilson’s ‘The Bird King.’
Welcome to the tour for newly released dark fantasy, Forgotten Skye by Roz Maclaren!
Forgotten Skye (The Ruined Skye Book One) Release Date: July 17, 2026 Genre: YA Dark Fantasy
• Dramatic Scottish setting
• Forced proximity
• St@bby FMC
• Only soft for her
• Slow burn
• Enemies to lovers
• Touch him and d!€
• Zero spice / only kissing
She wants to destroy his world. He’s sent to destroy her.
Centuries after a radiation leak on the Isle of Skye wiped out thousands, the mutated survivors developed God-like powers. Led by power-hungry Queen Creyta, they’re determined to drive the few remaining humans to extinction.
Seventeen-year-old Vesper, one of the unmutated, is determined to go down fighting. Prince Hunter, the queen’s ridiculously handsome son, might just be the key to his mother’s undoing. But the closer Vesper gets to Hunter, the more she realises he’s just as trapped as she is. Now she’s torn between taking down Creyta and protecting the boy she’s grown dangerously close to.
One wrong move and she won’t just lose Hunter. She’ll lose everything.
Themes of dehumanisation, persecution and attempted eradication of a marginalised group • Hunting scenes (both of animals and humans) • Derogatory language, including body-shaming • On and off-page deaths (including of parents, children and family members) • Violence (including graphic depiction of murder, blood, threats of violence and weapon use) • Mild language
When Nancy Sullivan accepts a situation as under housemaid to the famous inventors, George and Douglas Abernathy, she is resigned to a life of domestic drudgery as the price for escaping past mistakes. Naturally bright and curious, she intends to exist quietly amongst the house’s other occupants and hide her intelligence. But fate has other ideas…
Nancy unwittingly ignites a passion in the heart of one of her masters, and becomes the inspiration for their latest project: a mechanical maid for the mass market. Matters are only further complicated when Douglas remodels the prototype maid to create Jezelle, an electric-powered girl capable of feeling every human emotion – including love.
The ensuing chain of events sends shockwaves across England and beyond, threatening to destroy everything the Abernathy family hold dear.
Emily Owen studied English Language and Literature at the University of Leeds, and completed her Masters by Research in 2018. Her debut novel The Mechanical Maestro was released in 2020, the first book in her series following the adventures of the Abernathy family and their clockwork creations. The second book in the series, The Copper Chevalier was released in 2022, followed by Mr Gearhart in 2023. She lives in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
My thoughts: This is the last book in the Abernathy series and it brings change to the whole family, human and android.
I have really enjoyed this series, it’s a steampunk/historical/adventure and a lot of fun, the characters felt very real and I especially liked the Colonel (the Copper Chevalier himself) and Pirouette’s relationship, proving that perhaps these androids are pretty close to human.
In this final installment, Nancy accepts a position as a housemaid, despite it being a step down for her, but she needs a job, and unlike their previous maids, is made of sterner stuff, in the eccentric Abernathy household. She takes the unusual family in her stride, accepting the Colonel, Pirouette and the other mechanical members as naturally as the human ones.
Her duties aren’t too heavy and she soon finds herself assisting George in his work, her mathematical brain quickly working through the calculations he needs to develop his newest invention.
Meanwhile Douglas is harbouring a secret in his rooms and Molly might finally start planning her wedding to the ever patient Arthur.
But unfortunately for the Abernathys, anti-android sentiment is growing and as things reach a terrible head, the family may all be in danger, not least from one of George’s creations gone horribly wrong. Can they weather the storm?
There are some heart-wrenching moments as the androids and the human family members (including the staff) have to make decisions about their futures and literally fight for their lives. And as the book ends the brothers must decide whether to continue their business or go their separate ways and find new avenues.
However, the epilogue gives me hope that somewhere, in the alternate universe where the Abernathys live, they find a way to go on creating and come together as a family, a rather unusual one, but mechanical or flesh, always together.
The book is out now which means you can buy the entire series and start from the beginning or simply complete your collection.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, all opinions remain my own.
