Solving the Murders. Saving the World.Sir Brannon Kesh thought he'd left the name Bloodhawk (and the wartime reputation that went with it) behind but when the King's cousin is murdered, duty forces Brannon to take on a dangerous task. Solving the crime is the only way to save his country – and himself.The disturbing crime scene suggests dark magic and clues point to the Nilarian ambassador, an alluring woman with secrets of her own. Kalanon barely survived the last Nilarian onslaught. Another war will mean disaster.As bodies pile up and political ramifications escalate, Brannon must join forces with a vain mage with a mysterious dragon tattoo, a socially awkward priest, and a zombie-raising shaman to solve the murders and prevent the impending chaos. The Risen are the greatest danger Brannon has ever faced. If he and his team of misfits cannot stop the killer then all of Kalanon - and the world - will descend into darkness.

For readers craving second chances, cozy shops, dragon friends, found family, low-stakes magic, small town charm, slow-burn romance, and chocolate solving most problems in life.A knight hangs up her sword. A sassy dragon steps behind the counter and will not stop taste-testing. And the kingdom is about to be undone by a box of bonbons.Dassia Temperton has a secret, well, not a secret so much as a bold, ongoing misunderstanding that she refuses to correct in the kingdom. For years, she's been a woman disguised as a knight… because honestly, have you seen how they get treated? Hot meals. Personal space. Significantly fewer marriage proposals from balding merchants.Dassia has been living in borrowed armor and even more borrowed confidence, dodging questions and keeping her feelings locked up tighter than a royal vault. But when her captain sends her on a quest to slay a dragon, Dassia meets Etchling: a chocolate-obsessed dragon with a flair for the dramatic and zero interest in being slain.What starts as survival becomes something unexpected: a friendship, a business partnership, and a cozy chocolate shop in a village where nobody asks too many questions.Etchling has demands (snacks), opinions (many), and a talent for poking directly at Dassia's emotional armor. Add a charming bookshop mage who has the nerve to see right through her, and Dassia’s defenses begin to melt.But some meltdowns are how hearts grow softer, especially when chocolate is involved.A heartwarming and humorous cozy fantasy about found family, second chances, and discovering that the bravest thing you can do is let yourself be loved without your armor.For fans of Legends & Lattes and The Spellshop and Assistant to the Villain

A new dark and spicy epic romantasy debut, perfect for fans of Shield of Sparrows and Rose in Chains.Every decade, thirteen humans from the Isles of Tarlor are forced to compete in a series of challenges called the Mortal Trials. Hosted by the elven, each one is more dangerous than the last. If you lose, you’re dead. But winning means immortality and everlasting glory – a feat only ever accomplished by one person.Mistaken for someone else, Lirah is thrust into a foreign land to compete for her life. Survival won’t be easy, but she’s paired with a powerful mentor, Kilian Valhan, who is tasked with guiding her through the Trials.Everything about Kilian is infuriating. He is brooding, intimidating and purposefully provoking. Even then, Lirah cannot deny the flame of attraction that burns bright between them.The gods are stirring, and dark secrets will draw Lirah into the underbelly of elven conspiracy. And though enduring the Trials might tempt death, falling in love will prove fatal.

"Great fantasy that deserves recognition" - Reedsy Discovery.On the edge of war, three soldiers uncover something their kingdom was never meant to remember.Leonard has trained his whole life to earn his place in the Ravenblood Pact, the only family an orphan boy has ever known. Beside him stands Saran, fighting to protect what she’s made of herself. Watching over them both is Darum, a scarred veteran who returned from the Karthian war carrying wounds he’s never named.When a border patrol turns up bone-laced raiders and an ancient relic that should not exist, the trio pulls a thread nobody wanted pulled. What they drag into the light reaches back centuries, into the founding of their kingdom, the doctrine of its mages, and the hidden rot already moving through the Pact itself.But the deeper they dig, the more the kingdom itself seems determined to bury them beside its secrets.Ravenblood: Shadows in the Stone is the first book of a duology, and delivers a complete, character-driven arc.

Obey the curfew. Never fly past Elysia’s boundaries. Above all — never speak to humans. For twenty-one summers, Sylvia has evaded the ironclad rules set by her village, driven by an insatiable curiosity to know the world beyond the confines of the willow her fellow fairies call home. Her ventures often lead her to the vacant human mansion beyond Elysia’s forest, where ghosts whisper and ancient treasures beckon in the darkness.Her exploration is shattered by a bullet through her wing— courtesy of Jon and Cliff, seasoned monster hunters who suspect her involvement in gruesome disappearances. A harrowing captivity transforms into an unlikely alliance when Sylvia saves Jon’s life by sealing a magical pact with the enigmatic Ancients— fae powers who demand a cryptic price. Sylvia is left with no choice but to stay by Jon’s side while he and Cliff hunt for a ruthless werewolf, determined to free herself from the Ancients’ settlement.As the dangerous hunt unfolds, Sylvia finds that not all legends about hunters are true. She realizes she and Jon may have more in common than she ever could have imagined— and icy hostility melts into forbidden attraction.But it doesn’t matter how he begins to look at her— it can’t matter. If Jon discovers her secret, Sylvia knows her fate is sealed. With the full moon's ominous countdown away, Sylvia and the hunters race against time with the fate of countless lives—including Sylvia's—hanging in the balance.After all, killing a monster is easy compared to falling in love with someone you shouldn’t. Perfect for fans of SUPERNATURAL and R.J. Anderson’s KNIFE, SHOT IN THE DARK is an action-packed urban fantasy novel that explores the courage it takes to embrace our true identity entwined with haunting themes of forbidden love and found family.

"Two days ago, I was an unemployed nurse. Now I’ve found out London is populated by hidden monsters."Hannah Chadwick used to save human lives—until she blew the whistle on corporate malpractice and found herself barred from working at every hospital in the city. Broke and desperate, she accepts a job at a nondescript surgery hidden in a London side street. Her employer, the eccentric Julius Wayworthy, treats patients with "curious physiologies."But these conditions aren’t just rare. They’re impossible.Deep beneath the streets, fueled by a magical energy called linether pulsing through the tunnels of the London Underground, exist the LineFolk. This secret society of elegant haemovores and brutal shapeshifters has survived for centuries by hiding in plain sight. They are bound by one absolute law to maintain their human disguises: Stay on the lines.When Hannah’s colleague, Axton Flynn, undergoes a bone-snapping transformation into a seven-foot feline to save her from a mugging, the veil is torn. Hannah realizes she is the only human working in a hidden world of monsters. And in the Underground, witnesses have a very short shelf life.With a rogue transport detective circling the surgery and a shadowy killer stalking the tunnels, Hannah must uncover why Wayworthy really hired her. Because her predecessor didn't just disappear.She was hunted.Welcome to a London you were never meant to see. This British urban fantasy is fast-paced, atmospheric, and perfect for fans of Rivers of London and Neverwhere.Welcome to the Underground. Just don’t stray from the lines.