Fantasy Books Releasing in August 2026 (Most Anticipated!)

The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns to the Crowns of Nyaxia world with the first book in a brand-new Bloodborn Duet. Under an endless night, the world has been torn apart by a decade of war between humans and vampires. Kyrene survives as a bounty hunter, armed with a blessed sword gifted by the goddess of justice. But after a devastating loss, she commits a crime that paints a target on her back from mortals and gods alike, and she’s still hungry for vengeance.

Her one shot at survival and revenge is a deal with her enemy, the silver-tongued vampire prince Septimus, who offers her one final job: to hunt and kill the gods themselves. Together, the two must chase the ultimate marks while navigating a treacherous web of prophecy and curses.

Tropes: vampire romance, enemies to lovers, a deal with the enemy, gods and mortals, epic fantasy, vengeance quest

She doesn’t remember her past — but some memories come at a price. Eira Eckhart, a plus-size potions witch, has spent years carving out a quiet life in a small town at the edge of a recently overthrown kingdom. Her memory is fractured and her history a blur, but between her little shop, her loyal rabbit familiar, and a strict policy of only practising the potions magic still permitted under the Iron Empire, she’s managed to stay off the witch hunters’ radar. Then the brash, clever, and infuriatingly handsome Hugo Venton walks through her door, clearly searching for something, and seeming to know more about Eira than she knows about herself.

When a terrifying new breed of soldier puts a price on her head, she has no choice but to join Hugo’s quest for a missing princess, a journey that drags her across the continent and ever deeper into the past she can’t recall. The first in a planned trilogy.

Tropes: outlawed magic, witch heroine, guard hero, enemies to allies to lovers, amnesia, found family

The epic conclusion to the fantasy romance duology that began with A Dance of Lies. Once a court dancer turned reluctant spy, Vasalie Moran sacrificed herself to kill the ruthless King Illian and stop a prophesied war. But Illian’s brother Anton, the king she allied with and was beginning to love, made a desperate bargain with Moranya, goddess of the underworld, to bring Vasalie back. The price was steep: his compassion, his memories of her, and everything that passed between them. Now stripped of the truth, Anton believes his friends betrayed him and has accepted Moranya’s offer to rule the kingdom of the dead.

With his abandoned realm sliding toward civil war and Vasalie’s cruel father threatening invasion, she realises only Anton can hold a fractured kingdom together. To save her world, and the man she was falling for, she’ll have to journey into the underworld and reclaim him.

Tropes: death magic, political intrigue, second chance, memory loss, journey to the underworld, duology finale

From the bestselling author of the Jacksonville Rays hockey romance series comes something entirely new, and just a little haunted. Dáinn the Devourer has spent two centuries of undead existence reluctantly bonded to a dark witch, carrying out her dirtiest work; devouring corrupt souls isn’t satisfying, but it keeps a wraith fed. Sent to Burr Island to consume the soul of a rival witch, the powerful and beautiful Jasper Prescott, Dáinn is mid-feast when he’s stopped cold, by a human.

With a single word, Birdie Rhodes does what no being ever has: she takes his breath away. Now a witch, a wraith, and an oblivious mortal historian are bound together by a dangerous deal and a fate that could end in destiny or ruin, while dark magical forces close in on the island’s shores. Book one in a spicy, MMF “why choose” paranormal trilogy.

Tropes: why choose / polyamory (MMF), wraith and witch, fated bond, a dangerous bargain, island setting, dark paranormal

The witchy finale to the Bewitched series from the USA Today bestselling, TikTok-favourite author. It’s been two thousand years since Selene Bowers first fell in love with Memnon Uvagukis, the sorcerer king of the Sarmatians. So when an unbreakable vow finally binds Selene in marriage to the soulmate she once died for, it should be a dream made real.

But neither of them gets to savour the moment for long, not with demons relentlessly ambushing her, her husband’s own magic seemingly beginning to consume him, the Henbane coven teetering on the edge of collapse, and an ancient menace named Eislyn lurking in the shadows. A spellbinding conclusion to a series readers have been devoted to.

Tropes: witchy romantasy, fated mates, marriage vow, reincarnation / ancient love, demons, series finale

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lore comes a stunningly original adult fantasy, the first in a duology, set in a lush world ruled by magical perfume. The ancient House Rosebourne carries a strange gift inherited from a fairy ancestor: the ability to infuse fragrance with magic powerful enough to manipulate mind, body, and emotion. When a shocking murder leaves the kingdom of Albion vulnerable to a coup, royal spymaster Hugh Thornton seeks out the one person who can help, Viola Lockwood, the last living Rosebourne and secret heir to a fraught legacy.

Furious at the silver-eyed aristocrat who had her thrown in jail to force her cooperation, Viola nonetheless strikes a bargain with him: craft the singular perfume known as Immortal Rose, the one thing capable of saving Albion, and she can finally claim the life and fortune that should have been hers. An achingly slow-burn romance steeped in scent-magic, court intrigue, and political danger.

Tropes: slow burn, magical perfume, royal intrigue, forced proximity, forbidden love, enemies to lovers

The long-awaited return to the charming Swordheart world, from the bestselling author known for cozy, witty, big-hearted fantasy. Four hundred years ago, three warriors were trapped inside enchanted swords and cursed to serve as immortal companions to whoever wields the blade. One of them is the Dervish, a restless, fiery soul who loathes his captivity and his wielders in equal measure, and has never found a way to escape the magic. Enter Learned Edmund, a disillusioned scholar tasked with delivering yet another precious relic from one stuffy temple to another.

When bandits set upon him on the road, Edmund breaks the cardinal rule and grabs the ancient sword in desperation, and instead of a rusted blade, out steps an alarmingly handsome immortal warrior, daggers flashing and temper blazing. Now the Dervish is bound to protect Edmund… and to try very hard not to fall for him.

Tropes: cozy fantasy, m/m romance, grumpy x sunshine, enchanted object, forced proximity, slow burn