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.
Welcome to the tour for Dracula in Love by Karen Essex. It’s time for Mina Harker’s story!
Available in all formats
Dracula in Love
Release Date: February 2026
Genre: Gothic Romance
Dracula in Love is a lush, sensual reimagining of Bram Stoker’s classic, told through the eyes of Mina Harker. In Essex’s version, Mina is no passive maiden besieged by darkness, but a woman divided between the life Victorian society demands of her and the dangerous, erotic, supernatural truth awakening inside her.
As Mina is drawn into Dracula’s world, she discovers that desire, memory, and identity are far more complicated than the men around her will admit. The novel transforms the familiar tale of the vampire count into a story of female hunger, forbidden love, and the terrifying cost of self-discovery. At once gothic, romantic, and psychologically intimate, Dracula in Love asks whether the monster is truly the creature in the shadows, or the world that demands women
dampen their own power.
With the dark romance and gothic atmosphere of Anne Rice, the feminist revisionism of The Mists of Avalon, and the erotic, mythic charge of A Discovery of Witches and The Historian, Dracula in Love is perfect for readers who love seductive historical fantasy, dangerous love stories, and classic tales retold from the woman’s point of view.
For fans of Anne Rice, Deborah Harkness, Elizabeth Kostova, Madeline Miller, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and readers who believe Mina Harker deserved the last word.
Welcome to the tour for Capicú Summer by Luna K. Wicked – Now Available!
Capicú Summer: A Summer Barrio Second Chance Romance
Release Date: August 8, 2026
Genre: Romance/Latino/Hispanic
Rivals to lovers
Return to hometown FMC
Family Feud
Love at first sight… again
Forced Proximity
Found Family
Love Triangle
At Altura, summer brings the heat… and the past you thought you left behind.
Five years after she swore she’d never come back, Adriana Santos returns to the block that raised her and to the man who never left it. Yael Cruz still carries the weight of one choice that shattered them both. But when her dying grandfather forces them to work together, old wounds resurface demanding to felt. What starts off as simmer turns into a fire leaving them exposed to their truth.
Porque donde hubo fuego, las cenizas siempre quedan.
And as the summer heat rises, so do the stakes, because the last game has just begun.
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.
Black Ledger (Furyverse: Volume 1) Expected Release Date: September 24, 2026 Genre: Dark Romance/ Mafia
*Childhood Friends to Lovers to Enemies to Lovers *Second-Chance Romance *Female Serial Killer *Ruthless Mafia Boss *Cat & Mouse *He’s Hunting Her—She’s Hunting Him *She kidnaps him *Obsessive MMC
They destroyed me, and they will die.
Ten years ago, members of a powerful cult carved their sins into my body and called it holy. They thought I would disappear.
Instead, I learned how to break them.
I study my targets until I know how they breathe, whom they love, and what keeps them awake at night. Then I begin—quietly dismantling their lives until paranoia replaces sleep and fear replaces air. By the time I strike, they’re grateful to die. Every name goes into my black ledger. One name is saved for last.
Severin Volkov.
My ex. The heir to the Russian mafia and the man who betrayed me. When his turn comes, I won’t be merciful.
For years, powerful men in the Russian underworld have been disappearing without a trace. It looks random—until I inherit my father’s empire and uncover a pattern.
Someone is hunting us.
Whoever is behind it knows our secrets—and how to destroy us from the inside. I will find her. And when I do, she will learn exactly what kind of man I am. I expect resistance. I don’t expect obsession.
As the truth unravels about my father, my empire… and her, one thing becomes clear:
This war won’t end in surrender. It will end with one of us on our knees.
BLACK LEDGER is a dark romance featuring a female serial killer hunting the men who destroyed her life. This is an episodic series with five shorter books that combine to tell one larger story. Perfect for readers who loved the psychological intensity of the Mindfck Series* and the dark mafia power dynamics of the Dark Verse series.
Explicit sex, BDSM/dom-sub dynamics, rough sex, choking, toys, light stalking (the fun kind), sexy obsessive MMC, sexy obsessive FMC, hunter/prey, serial killer protagonist.
Kidnapping/captivity, confinement, restraint (not the fun kind), deprivation, rape/sexual assault (mentions, flashbacks and mostly fade to black, not by MMC), Torture (physical and psychological), severe trauma and PTSD, murder, embroidery (not the pretty kind), physical abuse, most of the sexual violence is backstory/flashback, not the main present-day plot.
Revenge Driven Triggers: murder/attempted murder, dismemberment, mutilation, gore, amateur surgery, actual surgery, multiple dick dismemberments, and gun, knife, and weapon violence.
Rite of Unity Release Date: August 6, 2026 Genre: Dystopian
The Bachelor meets The Handmaid’s Tale
• Dystopian • Love Triangle • Morally Grey Love Interest • Deadly Trials • Forbidden Romance • Slow Burn • Oppressive Patriarchal Society • Arranged Matching • Deadly Trials • Not a traditional HEA • Standalone
You have until twenty-eight to be chosen. Marry or die.
In the Covenant States, marriage isn’t a choice. It’s a countdown. Every woman is watched, ranked, and evaluated until a man selects her or her time runs out.
Maryn Veil has always known the rules. She just never expected to be chosen by him.
When Elias Hale, the president’s son and the most powerful bachelor in the nation, selects her for his Rite of Unity, Maryn finds herself in a world of televised trials, formal balls, and twelve women competing for the same future. The prize is safety. The cost is everything she thought she was.
Elias is not what she expected. Thoughtful, genuine, and desperate to be better than his father, he’s the kind of man she could almost believe in. But someone else is watching from the shadows, and he sees Maryn far more clearly than she’s comfortable with.
As the trials tighten and the stakes become impossible to ignore, Maryn begins to understand that surviving the rite and surviving the Covenant are not the same thing. And that the most dangerous thing she can do, in a system built on compliance, is want something for herself.
Rite of Unity is a dystopian standalone with a slow-burn love triangle and a world where the wrong choice doesn’t just cost you everything. It erases you entirely.
We’re thrilled to present the cover for The FBI Agents Who Stole Me by Heather Nicks – Available September 29th!
The FBI Agents Who Stole Me (The Stolen Series Book 3)
Expected Release Date: September 29, 2026
Genre: A Dark MFM Romantic Suspense
Cover Artist: Infix Graph Designs
Tropes: MFM Romance FBI Secrets & Conspiracies Forced Proximity Protective Heroes Found Family Morally Gray Choices Guaranteed HEA Micro Tropes: Breeding Kink Touch Her and Die Lady-Napping Forced Proximity Morally Gray Heroes I’D RATHER DIE WITH THE TRUTH THAN LIVE WITH THE LIE.
THE MEN WHO STOLE ME HAVE OTHER PLANS.
I’m the FBI agent who breaks every rule to chase the people responsible for my sister’s death.
I’ve lied, stolen, and burned bridges most people wouldn’t dare touch.
Now those same powerful people want me erased.
My investigation just detonated.
My partner betrayed me.
And two men stand between me and my revenge, both claiming they’re trying to save me.
Julian is the brilliant surgeon with a god complex and a terrifying willingness to break every oath he’s ever taken if it keeps me breathing.
Elliot is my golden-boy partner, the man I trusted with my life, who’s been investigating me from the start.
I should hate them both.
I should run.
Instead, I’m trapped between them, drowning in their obsession, their protection, their lies.
The deeper we dig, the more I realize I’ll have to choose between facing my enemies…
Or letting the two men who stole me pay the price for my choices.
This is a dark MFM romance. The main characters will end up with more than one love interest. Triggers to be mindful of: sexual content, rough sex, choking play, gagging, anal play, fisting, MFM/group scenes, voyeurism, weapon play, breeding/pregnancy/lactation kink, pregnancy sex, forced drugging/sedation, kidnapping/forced proximity, stalking, hidden surveillance, and birth control tampering. Additional content includes gun violence, blood, torture/graphic injury, murder, death of a sibling, grief, addiction/overdose, trafficking/sexual exploitation references (off page), forced marriage/breeding-rights threats (off-page).
Blending the emotion of Romeo & Juliet with the raw impact of American History X, Graffiti delivers a fearless story about love, identity, & breaking cycles – Available Spring 2027!
Graffiti contains mature and disturbing themes and topics. Please read through the content warnings carefully!
Graffiti
Expected Release Date: April 2027
Genre: Dark Contemporary Romance
Cover Artist: @kjaspersendesigns
Secret Romance
Forbidden Romance
She Stalks Him
Family Drama
Dangerous Family
Touch Her and D**
Hate is heavy, but love is louder
To hate.
To be hated.
To commit heinous acts in the name of hate.
There is one thing everyone knows about hatred. It is like a disease—the kind that works its way into your system slowly before it takes over your entire body.
Cyril Jergen has had enough of the hatred he’s been forced to live with for most of his life. With white supremacists as parents, Cyril knows they expect him to follow their hateful regime. Despite believing in equality, he also knows that if he doesn’t make a move soon, he won’t have a future. He’ll end up in prison—or even worse, dead.
Cyril uses painting as an escape. Painting murals and graffiti on the old, abandoned buildings in his town is the one thing that allows him to release his pent-up frustrations. More than that, it allows him to express himself. Through his art, he shows the world what he envisions: a world full of love, beauty, and truth.
Bedelia Steinberg has been fascinated with the street artist Cyril Jergen for months. His work is emotional and brilliant, and she is determined to seek him out. She is determined to help him realize his potential greatness. After all, everyone deserves to have someone who believes in them.
Together, Cyril and Bedelia begin to indulge in a secret, forbidden romance. They have never felt such a strong connection to anyone else in their entire lives, and Cyril is hell-bent on keeping Delia safe from his parents and brother.
Cyril knows the time to bring down the hateful organization destroying so many lives is now. He enlists the help of Delia, determined to make the world see, that love always outshines the hate.
Note from Author:
Dear Reader,
Sometimes in life, we have to face uncomfortable truths in order to educate ourselves. That’s what this book is. One, big, uncomfortable truth.
While I was writing this novel, I decided that I did not want to sugarcoat things. I asked myself: would a white supremacist care about hurting people of a different ethnic background? They would not. Would a white supremacist care about their feelings? They would not. Because of this, there are some things in this novel that might disturb you. I urge you to read the content warnings, and read them carefully. If any of the warnings listed below would trigger you, your mental health is important so please do not proceed with the reading of this novel.
I think the most important thing to remember here is that we can all do our part to combat hate. And if you’re in an envirOnment that condones that kind of hate and supports it, there are many resources out there that can help you get out of it. Always remember that love always outshines the hate, and change starts with you. Gandhi said: Be the change you want to see in the world. The rest is up to you.
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