Cozy Up with Fantasy (2025)

For centuries, an ancient secret has remained hidden, but now that secret is about to reveal itself…

Ethan West knows what it means to be different. With a haunted past and a strange sixth sense he sometimes can’t control, Ethan’s in search of a better future. However, fate has a different plan when he falls victim to a vicious supernatural attack. Narrowly escaping a horrific end, Ethan re-emerges as an immortal being known as a “Lorn.”

These mysterious harbingers from beyond carry the ancient and dangerous secrets of their existence—a burden Ethan now bears. With the help of the powerful Lorn Rue and the organization known as the Alliance, Ethan hopes for answers, yet finds further doubts.

Torn between two opposing factions of Lorns, Ethan struggles to understand his new identity and abilities. And what he learns has Ethan questioning his past, his purpose, and his sanity.

To reveal the truth behind the Shadow Forest’s legends, the heir must rise.

There are those that tell stories about the legends of the Shadow Forest, of magical waters that grant your deepest desires, and of times long ago when ancient sorcerers wielded unnatural power.

After the death of her family and the appearance of strange physical changes she cannot explain, seventeen-year-old Nyla begins to wonder if she might be cursed with magic herself. Without a home and longing for the family she’s lost, Nyla retreats into herself.

But when her new plan for answers brings her to a crossroads with a fellow traveler named Xander—whose own painful past is also a mystery—Nyla must decide if she can trust a stranger. But even if she can learn to trust, could her very connection to Xander place them both in peril?

With an ominous force gaining power in Nyla’s homeland, she must choose how far she is willing to go to find answers when not only her fate—but possibly all of Tenebris—depends on it. Fire & Flight is Brianna R. Shaffery’s debut novel and the first novel in the epic young adult fantasy trilogy, Heirs of Tenebris.

To Speak with the Stars by K.V. Wilson (Dark high fantasy)

A reluctant mage reborn in flames.

A passionate princess fleeing her fate.

A powerful telepath at the mercy of the world’s thoughts.

A spirited goddess craving adventure.


With Penumbra on the brink of an ice age, Eos dreams of helping to create the False Star each dawn to ensure the survival of his people. But there’s just one problem: he cannot speak the star’s name.

In the eye of the storm, Rysa was raised to rule at her mother’s side. But a terrible secret has been kept from the princess—one that will tear her life apart.

Deep within the molten Heart of Penumbra, a secret society gathers. Elves, dwarves, fauns, ice dragons, and magma merfolk prepare to seize the stolen throne and end the enchanted storm before it devours the realm.

Witches burned. A village in fear. A lie waiting in the ash.

When seasoned Witch Hunter Elijah Lynton arrives in the remote town of Mullingen, he’s expecting a simple case of missing heirlooms. Instead, he finds a smouldering pyre—and a stranger who wears the seal of his Order. But something doesn’t add up.

Beneath the ashes lie secrets the flame was meant to erase. Justice demands answers. And not everyone claiming the light speaks the truth.

Dark, gripping, and morally charged, The Witch Hunter’s Lie will keep you questioning right and wrong until the very last page.

SHE WILL RISE. KINGDOMS WILL CRUMBLE.

Abandoned by her human father to be raised among the fae healers of Duje, half-breed Katya prefers to keep to the shadows and far away from her stepfather’s cane. When he is suddenly called to court, her stepfather forces Katya to come along and spy on the crown. His instructions are simple: watch, listen and don’t get killed.

But nothing about court life is simple, and Katya soon finds herself thrust into the center of a political storm, her every move monitored by the prince’s fearsome head of guard, Aemon Cregg.

Aemon is as deadly as he is beautiful. He’s also cocky, hotheaded, and intent on infuriating Katya any chance he gets. But though he sets her temper aflame, the heat that burns between them is undeniable.

Yet even Aemon can’t protect her when the king calls for Katya’s arrest. Terrified and alone, she taps into a forbidden magic to escape. Now, she’s running for her life, and Aemon is hot on her trail.

But in the depths of the mountains, an even more insidious threat awaits them both, one that will bring into question everything Katya thought she knew about her kingdom, her people and herself.

Dawn of the White Witch is the first book in a gritty, dark fantasy romance series. It does end in a cliffhanger, but rest assured the couple will get their HEA… eventually. This series is perfect for readers who enjoy steamy romance, unique magic systems, morally gray heroes, and witty banter. This enemies-to-lovers romantasy will appeal to fans of The Serpent and the Wings of Night, From Blood and Ash and A Court of Thorns and Roses.

Some loves are bound by vows older than the gods.

For fifteen years, Professor Ilija Dragovic has hidden from the gods who marked him as their own. His quiet life shatters when Danica Madsen, a student with impossible knowledge, arrives bearing a relic from a past he can’t remember-and a love that has defied lifetimes.

Her arrival awakens not just his memories, but his enemies. A shadow empire serving a jealous goddess is erasing history, branding truth as heresy, and its soldiers will stop at nothing to capture Ilija. Hunted and haunted, they are thrust into a war for the soul of memory itself.

To save their future, Ilija and Danica must reclaim the primordial power they once shared-before the goddess severs their bond and binds his soul for eternity.

Perfect for fans of Circe, The Bear and the Nightingale, and Uprooted, The Heir of Ash and Thunder weaves Slavic, Celtic, and Norse mythology into a sweeping tale of fated love, ancient magic, and the battle between man and god.