To celebrate the upcoming release of Dragon King, we’re going back to the start. If you haven’t read Dragon Blood yet, we really think you should!
Dragon Blood (Insatiable Series Book 2)
Publication Date: November 2022
Genre: Adult Fantasy Romance w/ Spice
👑Royal Intrigue
❤️🔥Possessive Prince
💋Fated Mates
✨Virgin
🐉Dragon Riders
💞Found Family
💧Elemental Magic
🔥Slow Burn
🕰️Age Gap MF
“You’ve tamed this dragon with just a touch.”
When Alister’s path leads him to his fated mate, he vows to do everything in his power to bring her to his home in Orlean. Even if that means going against the rules of Drakon and the High King’s wishes.
It’s been years since the last great gathering of the various kingdoms of Drakon. Will the High King make his appearance, or will he lose himself to his dreams of a rare beauty?
What royal secrets will be unveiled and will the dark forces of the past triumph in keeping Alister away from his fated mate?
In the darkness of Dunne Valley, an ancient evil has been regaining its strength. Ever watchful of the dragons and the royals as they plan meticulously their next steps to gain more power.
“All he wants … is to control every element in the mortal lands, before he brings down the gods above.”
A Cure for Magic is the first book in a new adult romantic fantasy trilogy, perfect for fans of dark academia and Shadow & Bone on Netflix. It features a disaster bisexual heroine, dark elemental magic, and a hidden royal. This second world fantasy with a romantic subplot will have a guaranteed HEA at the end of the series.
A Cure for Magic (The Ardor Magic Cycle Book 1)
Expected Publication Date: May 28, 2024
Genre: NA Fantasy Romance
💜 a messy bisexual princess
👑 Black royals
📕 dark academia
❄️elemental magic
💖 OT3/throuple
🔮 magic training
🏕️ only one tent
🙊 hidden identity
Marika Cyran is destined to rule, if she survives her own power first.
When rebels attack the royal compound, Marika learns the true price of her family’s legacy. The same deadly magic her ancestors outlawed now runs in her veins, and her royal blood paints a target on her back.
Desperate to learn her powers before they destroy her, she takes shelter at Nella University, hiding her true identity. But it’s not quite the sanctuary she’s hoping for. Argent, the roommate she’s paired with, is a prickly woman who seems to despise her. The same rebels who want her family dead flourish here under the guise of a student society, and their most popular member, Harland, seems a little too interested in her dangerous power…and Marika herself.
When a spark ignites between all three of them, it complicates Marika’s quest for control. To stay is to spit upon her family’s memory. To leave is to forfeit her once chance to corral the unruly magic. And to do nothing is to risk being consumed by the very forces she seeks to understand.
A Cure for Magic is the first book in a New Adult romantic fantasy trilogy featuring dark elemental magic, hidden royals, and a medium-heat romance that is secondary to the plot. Perfect for fans of dark academia and the Netflix adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow & Bone.
Talia lives in the mountains with her gamer husband and two chaotic cat children. When she’s not writing, she’s drinking iced coffee or watching truly terrible horror movies.
Rough Edges by Elsa Jacobs is now available! If you enjoy single parent romance, this one’s for you! Read on for more details!
Rough Edges
Publication Date: April 25, 2024
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cute & Steamy
Princess/ Daddy
Found Family
Teens Play Cupid
Single Parents
Love After Loss
What happens when your son and the brooding widower’s boy bond over their shared passion for basketball? Sparks fly, naturally.
In Meadows Creek, basketball is about to rewrite the tales of two single parents. Teenagers Daniel and Marcus become unlikely matchmakers as their friendship blossoms on the court, igniting a slow-burning connection for their parents, Laura and Bennett.
Peeling back layers of grief, loss, and smoldering desire, Laura and Bennett navigate a path to a shared future, juggling the complexities of their pasts and their children’s emotional well-being. Confronting biases and embracing hope, they discover an extraordinary power in second chances.
For readers craving a blend of spice and emotions, “Rough Edges” promises a rollercoaster of laughter, tears, and the thrill of passion. Will Laura and Bennett overcome their rough edges and seize the second chance fate has woven for them? Join them on a journey that proves the most beautiful love stories arise from unexpected beginnings.
Get ready for a love story with a slam dunk!
For more about the tropes and TW in “Rough Edges,” check Elsa Jacobs Author’s website.
Lady Georgiana Pendlebury is no stranger to breaking the rules of polite society. But when a so-called ‘friend’ invites her to a clandestine party, Georgiana is shocked to discover the event is more scandalous than even she could have imagined. So when a mysterious stranger offers help, she accepts, not realising their encounter will turn her life upside down.
Later that summer, Georgiana is invited to attend a house party at an infamous castle in Yorkshire.
The gathering is a loosely veiled effort to arrange a marriage for the Duke of Northriding, who desperately needs an heir. Duke Gabriel Mauleverer has a terrible reputation as a rake, and Georgiana is happy to be a guest purely for the entertainment, but upon arrival, she is shocked to discover that the Duke is none other than the stranger who rescued her weeks earlier.
As the other ladies vie for the Duke’s attention, Georgiana is desperate to avoid their shocking secret getting out. But she finds herself caught, unable to avoid Gabriel’s gaze. Are they a threat to each other? Or could they be the answer to each other’s greatest desires?
Emma Orchard is the author of several well-reviewed regency romance novels published by Allison & Busby. In her other life she is a literary agent. Her first book with Boldwood is a raunchy romp set in Regency London.
My thoughts: Georgiana and Gabriel are very well suited to each other, despite her determination not to fall for him. But after getting caught in a compromising clinch at the Duke’s ball, they have no choice but to announce their engagement.
But despite feeling like they’ve been forced into it, they can’t deny their feelings and even when threatened at literal gunpoint, they stick together, proving a strong united front that will stand them in good stead as the Duke and Duchess of Northriding.
A fun, frothy, spicy Regency romance with two strong willed protagonists destined to be together.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
Happy release day and congratulations to author Zoey Ellis! Make sure you grab a copy of Scars of His Wrath today!
Scars of His Wrath
Publication Date: April 23, 2024
Genre Dark Romance/ Dark Fantasy
Bound by fate to the man she’s sworn to defy.
Revered for her magical ability, Naya is the most treasured omega in her parents’ empire. Her birth marked the arrival of peace in the land, and her people eagerly await her reign.
But Naya is haunted by a tragedy.
Finding her mate is the key to banishing the shadows plaguing her. Yet no matter how hard she searches, Naya can’t find the one who ignites the profound attraction her mate is destined to arouse.
Then one night, she is stolen.
Akoro, an alpha dominated by vengeance and violence, takes her to a distant land where her powers are useless. A cold-hearted king, he demands she help him conquer her empire.
Naya vows to safeguard her people, but she is horrified when Akoro awakens the primal craving that confirms he is her true mate.
Devastated, she endures his cruelty and growing obsession with her, certain they could never be together.
But Akoro has scars of his own.
His secrets might help her oppose him, but as she digs deeper, the desire between them erupts into an irresistible, heated torment.
Scars of His Wrath is book 1 in a steamy dark romance series set in a dark fantasy world. This book ends in a cliffhanger and contains dark romance situations. Please see author’s note for warnings. For fans of faithful alpha anti-heroes, omegaverse, and captive romances.
Zoey Ellis is a Dark Romance author who unites Epic Fantasy and Omegaverse into intensely primal romances. With her signature blend of high steam, dark angst, and magical worlds, her work satisfies a thriving international community of bold-hearted, antihero lovers.
She lives in London, England, and spends most of her free time with family, collecting pretty fountain pen inks, and wrangling her TBR pile.
Happy release day and congratulations to author V.B. Lacey! The final book in the Elementals of Iona duology is here!
Forever Reign: An Elemental Magic Fantasy Romance (The Elementals of Iona Book 2)
Publication Date: April 23, 2024
Genre: Romantic Fantasy
✨Elemental Magic
✨Ballroom Scene
✨Touch HIM and 💀
✨He Falls First
✨No Spice Romance
Nothing could have prepared Sebastian and the elementals for what occurred on the beaches of Iona three months ago. In the aftermath of loss and betrayal, they’re left to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives, recovering in their separate corners of the world. That is, until the long-lost kingdom invites them back to their shores for a festival of peace.
Isolated to the spirit plane, Isla Vasileia has received a quest from the ancient gods.
Ever since Isla took the magic from the elementals, the balance of nature has been greatly altered. Violent disasters have wreaked havoc across the kingdoms, decimating villages and tearing families apart. To bring the world back into balance, what was taken must somehow be restored.
When Isla finds herself back on the beaches of Iona, she reunites with Bri, Sebastian, and the former elementals, and they are thrust into a world of secrecy, fear, and lies. Danger lurks around every corner, but so does new love and a chance for a happy ending. Isla is once again caught in a game amongst gods, racing against fate and time to save the kingdoms from destruction, forced to make a decision that will change her world forever.
One way or another, the end will come for all.
Forever Reign is the second and final book in the Elementals of Iona duology, an epic fantasy romance that follows the journey of a young woman overcoming loss and anxiety and four immortal beings learning how to forgive and love again after their dark past. This enemies-to-lovers series is full of morally grey characters, witty banter, unique elemental magic, romantic tension, and twists you won’t see coming. The Elementals of Iona duology is perfect for lovers of epic quests and character-driven stories, especially fans of Carissa Broadbent, Elise Kova, and Sarah J Maas.
He wasn’t banking on someone else taking the reins…
Lady Estelle Foxbrooke is done cleaning up the mess left by her wild parents. She’s got a plan: take the reins and save the family estate her way. But then she’s saddled with a business partner she’s hated all her life. He’s her twin brother’s worst enemy and looms in her path like a six-foot-four hurdle.
After a catastrophic business failure, rich and successful James Hunter-Savage has watched his dream life in London crash and burn. Forced to ditch the city for the Somerset countryside, he’s now living with his parents and expected to work with the infuriatingly attractive Estelle. She’s sharper than a whip, pushes all his buttons, and seems determined to break him.
As Estelle and James jockey for position, their explosive personalities combust into passion, sending Estelle’s plans to the edge of ruin. With James’s flimsy reputation in tatters, and the biggest event on the Foxbrooke calendar on the brink of collapse, will they realise their love is worth fighting for? Or are their hearts and hard work heading for the ultimate fall?
The Upper Crush is a laugh-out-loud, enemies-to-lovers, steamy, standalone, small town romantic comedy with a fiery country girl giving a cocky city boy a run for his money. No cheating or cliffhanger, but snort-laughs, swoons and a deliciously happy ending guaranteed in this sparkling and sizzling romcom!
Evie Alexander is an award-winning author of sexy romantic comedies with a very British sense of humour. Imaginative, passionate and frequently called ‘bonkers’ by her friends, Evie’s interests include reading, eating, swearing, saving the world, and dreaming about people who only exist between the pages of her books. Evie lives in the West country of the UK with her family, where she pens her steamy stories from the Smut Hut.
My thoughts: this was a fun, entertaining rom com set in Somerset, where Estelle Foxbrooke is trying to organise a music festival on her family’s estate. But the company that’s supposed to be sponsoring it is now under new management and she’s worried it’s going to all fall apart.
The new CEO is her twin brother’s nemesis from school and in business. How on earth will they work together?
Of course sparks fly, and even her irritating unicorn slippers, horny dogs and Spice Girls cut out don’t seem to be driving James away. What’s a girl to do? Well, apparently fall madly in love with him, fall off her horse and after an almost endless series of misunderstandings and crossed wires, finally admit you were wrong.
It’s a lot of fun getting there, there’s some very steamy sex scenes, both have slightly bonkers parents (I think Estelle’s have the edge) and James really needs to get over himself first, but thankfully he does.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
After losing her job as a book scout, hopeless romantic Evie needs a fresh start. So when she hears that her eccentric grandmother has just taken on a small bookshop in Santorini, Evie jumps at the chance to visit her. But life on the island is not as idyllic as it first seems. Gran has a tempestuous relationship with her landlord and he’s threatening to take the bookshop away from her. So when Gran asks Evie to fake a romance with her landlord’s Greek God of a grandson, Georgios, to keep the family on side, she reluctantly agrees. As the sun sets on Evie’s Greek holiday, can she save the bookshop – and fake date her way to love?
Rebecca Raisin writes heartwarming romance from her home in sunny Perth, Australia. Her heroines tend to be on the quirky side and her books are usually set in exotic locations so her readers can armchair travel any day of the week. The only downfall about writing about gorgeous heroes who have brains as well as brawn, is falling in love with them – just as well they’re fictional. Rebecca aims to write characters you can see yourself being friends with. People with big hearts who care about relationships and believe in true, once in a lifetime love. Her bestselling novel Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop has been optioned for film with MRC studios and Frolic Media.
My thoughts: one of my favourite sub-genres is books about books/libraries/bookshops, something Rebecca Raisin seems to be keen on too.
This time we’re in Santorini, Greece, with Evie, whose just lost her job as a book scout for a film company and is feeling a bit at a loss. Her high flying mum (lawyer) and sister (Broadway performer) insist she head over to Santorini to check in with her gran – on her tenth husband and now owner of a bookshop. They’re worried that Gran’s out of money and her no hoper of a husband has run off on her.
So Evie heads to a beautiful Greek island to spend her time in her grandmother’s bookshop. Oh, what a hardship.
Once there, she makes new friends, helps her gran throw a launch party and “fake dates” the hunky Georgios, who has also just lost his job at a publishing firm and is staying with his grandparents.
Thing is, Evie and Georgios are so clearly meant for each other, the islanders are all delightfully eccentric (Donkey Man, the pig farmer who keeps organising the bookshelves) that it’s not really bad at all. I want to move there.
A charming, fun and funny, rom com on a Greek island with lots of people who seem to love books and a pack of delightful, madcap canines, it’s a delicious dream combo.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
We are thrilled to present the cover and blurb for Katelyn Brehm’s upcoming release, Her Dark Salvation! Visit our Instagram page to find out how you can win a paperback copy!
Her Dark Salvation (Bonded in Blood Book 1)
Expected Publication Date: July 18
Genre: Mafia Romance/ Paranormal
🖤Dark Romance
🖤Paranormal Romance
🖤Mature Characters
🖤Mafia Romance
🖤Protective Hero
🖤Open Door Spice
ANNA
A made man in the Italian Mafia. An immortal blood demon. I never imagined he’d become my dark salvation.
My midlife awakening wasn’t going as planned. I’d wanted to prove I was more than a mousey professor, that I could handle life outside the walls of academia. Turns out, I’d underestimated the real world.
My new boss was arrogant, domineering, and dangerous, and he turned me into a live wire that sparked under his thirsty stare. But he wasn’t just thirsty for my body. He craved my blood.
I should have quit, should have run away screaming. Instead, I ran right into Marco DeVita’s arms.
MARCO
Heritage. Family. Blood. The bonds that had tied me to the Boston underworld for almost a century were unbreakable. Or so I thought.
Someone in my crew had been stealing from me, had betrayed our family. But to ferret out the snake, I’d needed an expert to find proof.
Anna Barone was a distraction I couldn’t afford. Her brilliant mind, hot temper, and even hotter body made my fangs ache with need.
I was trapped between my desire and my duty to protect. Because in my world, everything comes at a price.
HER DARK SALVATION is the first book in the Bonded in Blood series. Each book is an interconnected, standalone Paranormal Mafia Romance with a guaranteed HEA.
Katelyn Brehm writes steamy paranormal romance and romantic fantasy with mature characters. She is an associate member of the SFWA, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, and one of the volunteer event organizers for the Nebulas Conference.
Kat is a second-generation German-American and native of Milwaukee, WI. She grew up watching far too much Star Trek, so much so she decided to dedicate her education and career to space exploration. When she’s not writing about demons and elves or reading romance, Kat works as an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She’s an avid yoga practitioner and classical ballet enthusiast. Kat lives in Pasadena, CA with her husband and two cats, Mini Wheat and Pepper.
We’re celebrating the release of Sin and Betrayal this week, and we think you’re going to want to read this one. Especially if you like enemies to lovers, mafia and dark romance, and anti-heroes!
Sin and Betrayal (Sin and Lies Book 1)
Expected Publication Date: April 11
Genre: Mafia Romance/ Dark Romance/ MMF
Mafia
Dark Romance
MMF
Bodyguard
Antiheroes
Second chance
Hurt you to save you
Enemies to Lovers
Touch her, and you 💀
Boss’s wife
Forced Proximity
Hate to love you
Suspense
Forbidden Love
Super spicy
Voyeurism
Bondage
Princess in a Tower
Captive in a Cage.
There is no Power.
Only Rage.
They promised me love and devotion,
And left me with shattered dreams.
They’re back expecting forgiveness.
But my price is very steep.
Betrayal is a risky business,
Now that I’m the Queen, they wish to keep.
Inspired by her years working in corporate America, Sienna loves to serve up stories woven around confident and successful women who know what they want and how to get it, both in – and out – of the bedroom.
Her heroines are fresh, well-educated, and often find love and romance through atypical circumstances. Sienna treats her readers to enticing slices of hot romance infused with empowerment and indulgent satisfaction.
Sienna loves the life of travel and adventure. She plans to visit even the farthest corners of the world and delight in experiencing the variety of cultures along the way. When she isn’t writing or traveling, Sienna is working on her “happily ever after” with her husband and children.
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