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Blog Tour: The Nymph King – Jacquelyn Gilmore

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We’re thrilled to be touring The Nymph King this week! This is the 3rd book in The Plot of the Six Saint Series by Jacquelyn Gilmore.

The Nymph King (The Plot of the Six Saint Series Book 3)
Release Date: September 21, 2026
Genre: Dark Fantasy

• Shadow Mama & Fire Daddy
• Villain Queen
• Court Intrigue
• Witch Hunts
• Stolen Throne
• More Betrayal
• Royal Heist
• Sentient Forest
• Trials
• Corrupted Magic
• Enemy-to-Lovers

Hunted and crowned in blood, the queen rises from the ashes of her ruin—and she’ll set the world on fire before she kneels.

When Imani returns to Essenheim, her kingdom is no longer hers and barely recognizable.

Fractured magic hums through the air, unstable and alive. Fabric events tear open the sky, riots ignite across the territories, and mercenaries and covens scour the land for the missing heir, offering her head to the imposter king who now rules with unholy strength.

Tanyl, once Imani’s closest friend, has crowned himself savior and tyrant, purging dissent and binding witches to his cause under pain of death. Whispers coil through the streets that he is gathering magic wielders to forge a weapon powerful enough to rewrite the realm’s balance. And Kiran’s final warning—of the allies standing behind Tanyl’s throne—echoes in Imani’s mind like a curse she cannot outrun.

When wanted posters bearing her face appear across the kingdoms, and an unholy alliance between Essenheim and Niflheim moves to destroy her, Imani’s last refuge vanishes. To reclaim her throne and save what remains of magic itself, she must defy exile and enter the realm’s most dangerous territory—the Draswood Forest.

There, in the seat of Vathis, the elusive High Sentinel of the Norn elves will decide her fate.

Crown her.
Condemn her.
Or force her to become something far worse.

The Plot of the Six Saints series is an antihero saga that grows darker—and more ruthless—with every book. Perfect for readers who crave morally black heroines, manipulative love interests, weaponized magic, and court romance where love is leverage and loyalty is a liability. The Nymph King is the third book in the series, perfect for readers who love the morally gray tension of Game of Thrones, the possessive intensity of Amelia Hutchins and Ella Fields, and the villain-era heroines of Melissa Roehrich’s Legacy series.

Note: This is book three in a four-part dark-fantasy romance series best enjoyed in order, as each book ends on a cliffhanger. This book is for adult readers and contains mature and explicit content. See the author’s website blog for a complete list of trigger warnings.

Recommended Reading Order:

The Elf Witch
The Serpent Prince
The Nymph King
The Eldritch Queen (Coming December 18, 2026)

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Blog Tour: Damiana – Lilly Manning

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We’re celebrating the release of Damiana by Lilly Manning – Available October 22nd!

Damiana (The Sigils Series)

Expected Release Date: Oct 22

Genre: Gothic Horrormance

  • Gothic dread at a luxury wellness retreat
  • Female friendship with teeth
  • A high-heat romance where the hero isn’t the threat
  • Coven politics, bad contracts, and worse cacao
  • A guaranteed HEA, earned rather than manifested

THE RETREAT PROMISED THE OTHER HALF OF HER SOUL.

It was a promise with a waitlist: black-sand beaches, redwood fog, luxury glamping, ceremonial cacao, and a bonfire where every guest casts a sigil for the kind of love she’s been waiting her whole life to find.

DRAW THE SYMBOL. FEED IT TO THE FLAMES. HE’LL COME.

Marlowe only attends because her boss pays for her to go. It’s all nonsense, she tells herself. An evening of designer spirituality for women desperate enough to believe the lie.

Then every woman’s wish starts coming true. Including hers.

Damian is everything she asked for—patient, devoted, ruinously handsome—and the only person trying to convince her not to sign up for the next retreat.

Because the fire wasn’t symbolic. The women didn’t manifest anything. Every wish was answered by design.

Now the retreat’s charismatic founder and the secretive sisterhood behind her wellness empire expect Marlowe to honor a bargain she never knew she made.

And walking away has never been part of the program.

THE FIRE DOESN’T FORGET WHAT WAS PROMISED.

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Blog Tour: Written in Sin – E.K. Dusk

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Welcome to the tour for Written in Sin by E.K. Dusk. You can also grab the second book in the series Bound by Sin now!

Written in Sin (The Desecrated Doctrine Series Book 1)

Release Date: October 2025

Genre: Dark Romance

  • Body Worship
  • Found Family
  • Forced Proximity
  • Touch her and die
  • Secret Society

He was born to serve the fellowship.

She was dragged in fighting.

He had nothing else to lose.

She became the one thing that could either pull him from the dark or bury him for good.

In a world where obedience is the price of self-preservation, she chose defiance.

He was never afraid of her conviction, only her silence.
And once she’s his, he’ll tear down every wall she’s built until she’s lost in the shelter only he can provide.

All he wants is to set her free—but only from his father.
He’ll never let her go… even if it costs him his redemption.

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Trigger Warnings:

  • Humiliation
  • Assault
  • Religious trauma/manipulation
  • Misogyny
  • Cult
  • Coercion
  • Traumatic flashbacks
  • Murder
  • Improper disposal of a corpse
  • Suicide (in the form of a flashback)
  • Child Abuse (flashback) (mental/emotional)
  • Captivity
  • Anxiety
  • Verbal, emotional and physical abuse
  • Corporal Punishment
  • Religious abuse
  • Violence
  • Grief

 

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Blog Tour: Feral Born – K.V. Meadows

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Release Date: October 12, 2026

Genre: Gothic Fantasy/ Romantic Fantasy

Cover Designer: @selkkiedesigns
Gothic fantasy setting
Heat and knotting
Chosen mates
Bite for bite
Vampire x lycan
Green flag alpha
Loathed to lovers
Alchemy

Bonds are stronger than blood.

Aurelia “Aura” Nygaard was raised as a Primal Born vampire, the blood of an ancient, powerful family running through her veins. Yet alongside it runs a damning secret—the blood of a lycan. Hybrids have been hunted for centuries, but that’s not the only reason that being a bloodwolf is a death sentence for Aura. She’s running out of time to find a cure for the disease that will pull her into a feral madness before killing her, as it has other lycans.

After the loss of his brother, Sylvan De Lacy has secretly taken on the role of pack Alpha. Grieving and desperate for the rules of the pack to change, he seeks answers about the disease that took his brother’s life and has tarnished the reputation of lycans across the land.

When Aura wakes up in a confused haze in Sylvan’s pack territory, teeth are bared, but Sylvan makes a deal with her: he’ll aid her cure research in exchange for access to the university library. If Aura is to survive, and if Sylvan is to ensure the longevity of his pack, they’ll have to set aside their innate hatred for one another and work together. But lurking beneath their impulse to bite lies a far more primal desire that soon—despite the destruction it could reap for them both—neither of them can ignore.

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Triggers:

• Crude language and profanity
• Mention of sexual assault
• Blood drinking
• Blood and violence (mild gore)
• Syringes and needles
• Parental manipulation and mild violence
• Snakes (pets)
• Explicit sexual and sensual content (list of spicy chapters can be found here


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Blog Tour: Whiskey and Werewolves – Carly Spade

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Whiskey and Werewolves: A Vampire Werewolf Fated Mates Romance

Release Date: September 30, 2026

Series:  The Mythical Mates of Arcane Cove
Forced proximity
Alpha hero
Age Gap
Blo@d play
Claiming/Biting/Marking
He “takes care of her”
Animal Companion
Kn@tting
Touch her and d!e
Dual POV
Aurora

Restraining from feeding on humans doesn’t mean I won’t bite the infuriating shifter who came to fix my bar. I’m no damsel in distress. This princess has fangs. It’s been centuries since I stole back my independence and ditched my maker.

The only pet I need is my zombie pup, not a wolf whose scent makes my stomach flutter faster than his whiskey eyes. But now there’s a threat, and Harkin might not like me but he wants me, safe or under him. I’m not sure.

The Alpha wolf demands my safety, but as the stakes increase I fear the man in my bed is the true danger. After all, the best way to kill a vampire is a blow to the heart, and Harkin’s southern charm is more destructive than any weapon my stalker could use.

Harkin

No one said being the Alpha of the largest wolf pack in Plena Falls was an easy ride. Luckily for me I’ve never been afraid of getting my hands dirty. Enforcing respect, separating the brawling pups and ensuring our enemies stay down, wasn’t without bloodshed.

A gig at a vamp-owned bar should have been an easy job. But I didn’t realize the drink served was going to be the intoxicating spitfire I’d crossed in Texas a quarter century ago. Aurora burns like pure spirit and goes to my head twice as fast. When an altercation triggers my instinct to protect, the vampire I’d never forgotten suddenly becomes mine.

Mine to protect.

Aurora can hate it, but neither of us have a choice. Not when the threat escalates to a sinister presence and those in my pack who want her dead. It doesn’t matter that the only true woman in my life has two wheels and hits speeds over a hundred. My ancient beast is clawing to claim the pretty vamp tangled in my sheets once and for all.

And he’s the monster everybody fears.

An enemies to lovers vampire x werewolf romance. For readers who loved the Sookie Stackhouse series (True Blood) and Bride/Mate by Ali Hazelwood.

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TWs
Biting, Claiming, Tearing, Marking.
Death of animals (act not described in detail).
Animals consumed for sustenance and in a sexy way.
Blood play.
Explicit Sexual Content that involves:
Knotting, bipedal wolf form, more biting.
Forced vampirism (don’t worry he gets his)

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Blog Tour: Storm – R.A. Raine

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Storm (She Who Is Wild Book 1)

Release Date: Oct 1, 2026

Genre: Dystopian Romance

Enemies to hate to lovers
”Don’t touch me and I won’t touch you.”
Breeding to boost numbers
Elemental magic + a secret 5th
Angry hate spice
“Fae blood” rituals to extend life
Only soft for her = “Take your hands off my wife.”
Matriarchy vs. Patriarchy

The enemy commander has claimed her, an unworthy lightning farmer, as his wife.

In the land of Halo, Storm is just another poor slave to the chosen people, the hollows. Until they find themselves on the edge of extinction due to the war with the creatures in the neighbouring territory—a race filled with magic and possibilities Storm has always dreamed of running towards, away from the cruelty of her land.

In need of breeders, the keepers of Halo go in search of women who have enough solence to give them the offspring they desire. To Storm’s dismay, she has just enough to be brought before the devastatingly handsome commander, leaving her brother and mother for dead. Instead of giving her to one of his soldiers, he declares he’ll keep her for himself.

But there’s one catch: he promises to never touch her. Not unless she asks for it—or runs.

With grief crashing over her, all Storm has left is an uncontrollable rage and lust for the man she now calls her husband. The man she proclaims she will hate until her last breath… unless she can escape him first. 

Storm, book one in the She Who is Wild duet, is an epic dystopian fantasy romance. You will find a heaping of open door spice, corrupt governments, messy characters in their thirties and beyond, pregnancy (aka a mother who will do anything for her children) and a lot of angsty emotional turmoil within the pages of this story.

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TWs:
Family illness
Mentions of rape (past)
Death of family members
Character navigating grief
Suicide ideation
Oppressed and oppressor dynamics
Early-stage miscarriage (past)
Discussions of infertility through-out
Birthing complications related to blood loss (past and present)
Pregnancy (past and present)
Discussions of war
Blood rituals
Torture
Murder
Graphic sexual content
Graphic language

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Book Blitz: Feral – Cassandra Aston

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Who’s ready for a dark, yearning-filled, fated-mates version of Little Red Riding Hood?

Feral by @cassandra.aston.author

Release Date: Oct 9th

Genre: Dark Fairytale Retelling
One sided enemies-to-lovers / captor-captive romance
Fated mate bond neither of them asked for
Possessive, unhinged reluctant alpha hero
Sharp-tongued fae princess with a secret bloodline
Forced proximity, one-bed tension, a blood oath he can’t break
Fairytale reimagining (Red Riding Hood)
Dark fantasy world of fae courts and shifter packs
Fully standalone HEA, with a door left open for more

Red was my prisoner.

Oh, I know. The irony isn’t lost on me.

It all began with an apple, a murdered queen, and a blood oath neither of us should have made.

Her grandmother is dead, and I got her out before whoever did it came back to finish the job. She doesn’t see it that way. She’s convinced I’m the killer, that I stole her the night I saved her life, and every proof I offer just makes her trust me less.

She thought I’d stolen her to claim her the way every man in her life eventually tries. I swore an oath to prove I hadn’t: I won’t touch her unless she asks.

I didn’t plan on the bond. I didn’t plan on falling for the one person in the kingdom who thinks I’m a murderer.

She was raised to be a crown, not a woman. I was raised to be a weapon, not a mate. She still thinks I’m the monster in this story. I’m not going anywhere until she stops believing it.

FERAL is a dark, fae-shifter romance: one-sided enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, one bed, one bargain, and a hero who doesn’t ask twice. Interconnected standalone with a HEA you won’t stop thinking about.

Intended for readers 18+. Dark themes, morally gray characters, and spice that earns every bit of the “vicious” in the series title.

Feral is part of The Vicious Villains Anthology, a shared-world series featuring interconnected stories by multiple authors.

Books in the Series:

Incarnate by Charlotte Mallory
Feral by Cassandra Aston
Darkling by Isabella Khalidi
Timeless by Amber Bunch
Delirium by Dawn Darling

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Book Blitz: Incarnate – Charlotte Malory

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When the Villain has a Happy Ever After…

Incarnate (Vicious Villains Anthology Book One)

Author: Charlotte Mallory

Release Date: October 5, 2026

Tropes:
Clingy Demon King
Fated Mates
Gothic Underworld
Obsession/Yearning
Reincarnation Romance
What if demon kings had a heart, somewhere deep within? What if they were obsessive, possessive, and yearnful? Once upon a time, there existed such an entity, and he was not one to share what he deemed his…

My name is Penelope, and upon my death, I awoke in the Otherworld. I was processed as normal. Introduced to my new life. Told that I’d slowly forget my earthly memories… until I saw his painting. Kallúm, the demon king that we owe allegiance to.

His eyes followed me.

It was easy to ignore, assuming it was a facet of this world. Until I’m led to a deeply subterranean statue of him, where every newcomer makes an obligatory offering of fruit. His carved figure was surrounded by small, sweet, colorful signs of devotion–markings of every soul that had pledged allegiance before me, whether by reverence or by force. I placed mine at his feet, and his stone lids opened.

I can feel that he saw me.

Apparently, my soul has been here before, and he was hungry to catch me then. Now I’ve returned, except as far as I know, I’m just Penelope.

Come to me, tempest…


Book 1 of the Villainous Retellings Anthology, because why does the hero always get the happy ending?

Book 1 Incarnate Charlotte Mallory October 5, 2026
Book 2 Feral Cassandra Aston October 9, 2026
Book 3 Darkling Isabella Khalidi October 12, 2026
Book 4 Timeless Amber Bunch October 16, 2026
Book 5 Delirium Dawn Darling October 19, 2026

FULL STANDALONE, guaranteed HEA.

Please visit http://www.charlottemallory.com for trigger warnings… it does contain spice, graphic language, graphic depictions of battle, and being captured.

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Charlotte Mallory @cmalloryauthor
Cassandra Aston @cassandra.aston.author
Isabella Khalidi @isabellakhalidiauthor

Amber Bunch @amber.bunch_author
Dawn Darling @dawndarlingauthor

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Blog Tour: Hunted by Darkness – Kyla Rose

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When she inherits her grandmother’s vast gothic mansion, Alyssa expects dust and family secrets—not the dangerously magnetic neighbor, Detective Nathan Hale, who watches her a little too closely. He’s possessive, protective, and her every instinct tells her to run…

Yet she keeps being pulled back to him. The town surrounding the mansion is steeped in fear. Women are disappearing, rumors of a serial killer spread like rot, and the clues uncovered inside the mansion’s forgotten rooms suggest her new home is tangled in something far more sinister.

Caught between desire and danger, Alyssa must decide whether Nathan’s her greatest threat or the only one who can save her.

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Kyla Rose is the penname for Louise Mullins, the international best-selling thriller author. Check out her other titles sold by Amazon, Waterstones, and Blackwell’s.

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My thoughts: Alyssa moves into her grandparents’ old house, but almost immediately local cop Nathan is warning her not to stay there. There’s been a series of abductions recently and a young woman alone in a remote place is at risk. But she doesn’t believe him, until it becomes clear someone else is living in her house. 

Nathan moves her out, and into his own house, while the police investigate. Problem is sparks are flying and he could lose his job if he gives into how Alyssa makes him feel, she’s a victim of crime and he’s the lead detective.

This isn’t a very long read, but it gets very spicy very quickly. Which in a crime thriller dealing with human trafficking is a lot. Just try to separate the plots. One is romantic/sexy stuff and the other is the crime thriller detective/potential victim one.

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, just more of a heads up if you’re not comfortable with that mix. The characters are mostly fantasising about each other until it’s appropriate for them to act on their feelings, her house has been made safe and the creep who was watching her is under arrest.

I liked the ending, where “natural justice” deals with the bad guys and Alyssa and Nathan can relax and enjoy getting to know one another….in all ways!

*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 Unravelling – Beronika Keres

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Title: The Unraveling

Author: Beronika Keres

Release date: October 2, 2026

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Genre: Gothic vampire horror, romantic tragedy

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Vampires do not get sick.

Thirty years ago, that was the promise Dr. Victor Todd made when he gifted Isla Davis the antidote to mortality, trading her terminal human life for an undying eternity at his side. But when Isla wakes disoriented and bloody beside a corpse she doesn’t recognize, their Victorian home becomes the stage for a claustrophobic nightmare.

Isla’s preserved body is now wracked by the violent return of human frailty. Her mind, once a fortress, is crumbling—weeks as Victor’s patient and decades as his wife collapsing into a fractured, bleeding present. And for the first time in over a century, Dr. Victor Todd has become a patient too.

Trapped in the maze of their own unraveling, as their memories slip through their fingers and the clock they thought they’d conquered begins to tick once more, Isla and Victor are left to face a devastating truth:
Eternity is fading one agonizing heartbeat at a time.

Tropes:
Gothic & Medical Horror
Romantic Tragedy
Victorian Vampire Doctor
Amnesia & Memory Loss
Doctor x Patient
Established Couple
Found Family

Triggers:
Graphic depictions of body horror, medical distress, violence, death and dying
Grief
Terminal Illness and Cancer