Imprisoned for a crime she didn’t commit, Samara is bullied by guards and tormented by the screams of her fellow prisoners. She’s resigned herself to enduring her fifteen-year term…until she learns the freedom she’s been promised is nothing but a cruel lie.
Now Samara is faced with a brutal choice: die within the cold walls of Castle Greymere or do the unthinkable and escape. But no one leaves Greymere alive. So to break out, she’ll need help from one of the undead.
Raphael is the worst kind of monster: a vampire with a thirst for blood—and the same breed that killed her mother. He’s also unspeakably powerful, his supernatural strength tamed only by the enchanted cuffs forced on him. Most importantly, he is Samara’s only chance at a life outside the prison walls.
The deal is simple: Samara unlocks his shackles, and Raphael helps her escape. But he never promised to let her go once they flee the castle…
A Bargain So Bloody
Vasilisa Drake · 2026
🔥 BookTokdark fantasyromantasyprison settingvampiresenemies to loversdark
When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, it's an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordered life. Though Diana is a witch of impeccable lineage, the violent death of her parents while she was still a child convinced her that human fear is more potent than any witchcraft. Now Diana has unwittingly exposed herself to a world she's kept at bay for years; one of powerful witches, creative, destructive daemons and long-lived vampires.
Sensing the significance of Diana's discovery, the creatures gather in Oxford, among them the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, a vampire geneticist.
Diana is inexplicably drawn to Matthew and, in a shadowy world of half-truths and old enmities, ties herself to him without fully understanding the ancient line they are crossing. As they begin to unlock the secrets of the manuscript and their feelings for each other deepen, so the fragile balance of peace unravels . . .
What’s a vampire to do when the fae who made her an orphan is searching for a wife?
Make him choose her and end his life on their wedding night, of course.
Brynleigh has been carefully planning this for years. Her plan is simple: date Ryker Waterborn, the Fae Representative’s son, make him fall in love with her, and kill him after they say, “I do.”
Unfortunately, it won't be that easy. She won’t be the only one going after Ryker’s hand. Far from it. Two dozen men and women are competing in the Choosing, each searching for their perfect partner. The catch? It’s a blind selection process, and contestants won’t see each other until they have made their choice.
Nothing will stand between Brynleigh and her revenge, not even a competition for love.
A Game Of Love And Betrayal
Elayna R. Gallea · 2024
romantasyhigh fantasyvampiresenemies to loversepic
A Betrayal…
Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was falling in love with. Thrust among those who see her as a symbol of a monstrous kingdom, she barely knows who she is without the veil of the Maiden. But what she does know is that nothing is as dangerous to her as him. The Dark One. The Prince of Atlantia. He wants her to fight him, and that’s one order she’s more than happy to obey. He may have taken her, but he will never have her.
A Choice….
Casteel Da’Neer is known by many names and many faces. His lies are as seductive as his touch. His truths as sensual as his bite. Poppy knows better than to trust him. He needs her alive, healthy, and whole to achieve his goals. But he’s the only way for her to get what she wants—to find her brother Ian and see for herself if he has become a soulless Ascended. Working with Casteel instead of against him presents its own risks. He still tempts her with every breath, offering up all she’s ever wanted. Casteel has plans for her. Ones that could expose her to unimaginable pleasure and unfathomable pain. Plans that will force her to look beyond everything she thought she knew about herself—about him. Plans that could bind their lives together in unexpected ways that neither kingdom is prepared for. And she’s far too reckless, too hungry, to resist the temptation.
A Secret…
But unrest has grown in Atlantia as they await the return of their Prince. Whispers of war have become stronger, and Poppy is at the very heart of it all. The King wants to use her to send a message. The Descenters want her dead. The wolven are growing more unpredictable. And as her abilities to feel pain and emotion begin to grow and strengthen, the Atlantians start to fear her. Dark secrets are at play, ones steeped in the blood-drenched sins of two kingdoms that would do anything to keep the truth hidden. But when the earth begins to shake, and the skies start to bleed, it may already be too late.
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2020
romantasyenemies to loversvampiresmarriage of convenienceepic
Samara wakes in a prison cell as her worst nightmare: She’s a vampire, cursed with bloodlust that horrifies her. And though she now has the magic she’s always desperately craved, it’s a secret she must guard with her undead life.
Because this same magic marks her as an enemy of all vampires. Especially Raphael—their king.
Now, as a vampire, Samara is haunted by an inescapable thirst. In her sleep, she claws at her throat, trying to ease the pain. But when she’s around Raphael, her fangs ache for a deeper reason she can’t explain.
A mystical bond ties Samara to Raphael as her sire, preventing her from fleeing before he can discover her identity as the very witch he’s been hunting for centuries. Instead, she must journey with him to the Southern Vampire Kingdom. A journey that has her sharing both his carriage… and his bed.
There, Raphael offers her another bargain: Yield to her vampire nature and master her abilities, and he will help her break the bond.
But if she lowers her guard too much, if her control over the powers she barely understands slips and Raphael learns she’s the necromancer…
He’ll be forced to kill her.
A great primal power has risen. The Queen of Flesh and Fire has become the Primal of Blood and Bone—the true Primal of Life and Death. And the battle Casteel, Poppy, and their allies have been fighting has only just begun. Gods are awakening across Iliseeum and the mortal realm, readying for the war to come.
But when Poppy falls into stasis, Cas faces the very real possibility that the dire, unexpected consequences of what she is becoming could take her away from him. Cas is given some advice, though—something he plans to cling to as he waits to see her beautiful eyes open once more: Talk to her.
And so, he does. He reminds Poppy how their journey began, revealing things about himself that only Kieran knows in the process. But it’s anybody’s guess what she’ll wake to or exactly how much of the realm and Cas will have changed when she does.
I came to Alaska for a fresh start.
Instead, I found fated mates, forbidden bonds, and a conspiracy that could destroy us all.
Most freshmen stress about classes and making friends. I’m just trying to survive a shifter academy I didn’t know existed—and control powers I never asked for.
Too many hot men. Fated mates.
✓ Luca – My dorm’s golden-boy RA whose touch sparks fire under my skin
✓ Professor Tomlinson – Forbidden doesn’t begin to cover what we feel
✓ Ash – The professor’s wild younger brother who makes danger taste delicious
The shifter world has rules:
• Faculty-student bonds are forbidden.
• Multiple mates are suspicious.
• Hybrids with unknown bloodlines are dangerous.
I’m breaking every single one.
Students vanishing. Are rogues recruiting? Did my mother die for the secrets she kept? And why does crossing the Arctic Circle feel like waking up for the first time?
Training sessions explode out of control. Forbidden touches leave glowing marks on my skin. And the Council’s investigator? He’s been watching me since I arrived, for reasons that have nothing to do with his job.
Just when I think I understand the game, I’m kidnapped. Now I have a choice: return to the Council’s cage of control, or risk everything for a freedom that might destroy the very bonds I’m desperate to keep.
Arctic Bonds
Jaye Marellen · 2025
romantasyreverse haremenemies to loversshiftersepic
A thrilling novella by #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews, set in the spellbinding Hidden Legacy World.
Augustine Montgomery is an Illusion Prime, the highest rank of magic user. The people who have seen his real face can be counted on the fingers of one hand. The people who've witnessed the full extent of his power are dead. Illusion isn’t just his brand of magic. It’s become his lifestyle.
One day Diana Harrison walks into the office of Augustine’s premier PI corporation. Diana is also a Prime, a mage who bonds with animals through her magic and prefers their company to humans. Something precious has been stolen from House Harrison. Something Diana must recover at all costs before it perishes.
Augustine is cold, rational, and calculating. He doesn’t get emotionally involved, but something about Diana disturbs the careful balance of Augustine’s inner world. She asks for his help, and he can’t refuse.
Neither Augustine nor Diana are who they appear to be. Both would die to keep their secrets. But the enemy they face is unimaginably powerful, and saving the life at risk will demand the ultimate price, one neither ever expected to pay – complete honesty.
The darker the woods, the bigger the secrets…
Ruby Bellerose lives on the edge of the woods, in a cottage more akin to a fairy tale than modern day life. Her love life is practically non-existent, and she keeps away from the whispered gossip that travels through Maple Hollow.
Until a chance encounter with Rafe.
As mysterious as he is brooding, Ruby is drawn to the woodsman, curious to find out about the stranger who lives deep within the woods.
But Rafe is hiding a secret. And with something lurking in the shadowy forest, will Ruby find that Rafe is her knight in shining armor, or something altogether more dangerous…
Big Bad Wolf
Laurie Gilmore · 2026
paranormalromantasysmall town romancefated matesgrumpy mmccosy
Emma Osborne is determined to make her mark at Doxlothia University—home to the most elite vampire and werewolf communities. She dreams of joining the culinary club, and culinary prodigy, Dacre Everhart, seems to be the only thing standing in her way. As she and her sisters make themselves known on campus, their blood is drawing new, unwelcome attention.
Everything in Dacre Everhart’s life is exactly how it should be. He’s well on his way to becoming the heir his family desires until he discovers a troubling truth: He is scent-matched to Emma, the stubbornly optimistic baker he can’t seem to escape. The journey to the top is hard-won, and it’s even harder when the opposition is biologically attractive.
In a world that wants to tear them apart, who will rise above the secrets and lies for a chance at sweet success? Or will their greatest craving turn out to be each other?
When disgraced interior designer William Frank is hired to renovate a ballroom in the secluded city-state of Bloodgrove, he sees one last chance to save his reputation.
Once celebrated in the capital, Will’s career collapsed after he was accused of practicing magic. Bloodgrove should be an escape: a private commission, a wealthy patron, and enough distance from scandal to begin again.
But Duchess Elodie Ormonde is no ordinary client. As the last of her bloodline, she is locked in a ruthless struggle against the city’s noble houses for the coveted title of the King’s Red Hand. Her most dangerous rival is Eric Arcos—merciless, brilliant, and, most dangerously of all, beautiful.
As Bloodgrove’s dark halls reveal their secrets, Will is drawn deeper into a world of ruthless ambition and treacherous desires. Caught between Elodie and Eric, he must face his magic before Bloodgrove devours him whole.
Supernatural Bounty Hunter isn’t the sort of thing you see on LinkedIn. But with a rare type of magic like mine, I don’t have many options. So dangerous or not, the job is mine. And it was going fine, until an old as sin vampire stole my mark, and with it, my pay day.
Knowing I’m poor and desperate, he has offered me a job. I’ll have to work by his side to help solve a top secret case. Everyone knows not to trust vampires. Especially a hot elder vampire. But without any other jobs coming up, I’m stuck.
As I uncover a web of lies and treachery, revealing an enemy I didn’t know existed, the truth of my identity is threatened. I might make it out alive, only to end up in a gilded cage.
On the run from the facility that experimented on her, Cherry pushes herself to the brink… until her body gives out. When she wakes, she’s certain she’s been caught again.
Instead, she finds herself surrounded by five alpha wolf shifters who seem intent on helping her.
They refuse to let her out of their sight. Their kindness confuses her, not just because she hasn’t seen a glimpse of it in over a decade, but because she feels an equal pull to all five of them.
Which is impossible.
Everyone knows a wolf shifter can only have one fated mate, which is revealed when they lock eyes in their human forms.
But what happens if Cherry can never shift, and she’s stuck as a wolf forever? Worse, what happens when the males she’s starting to trust discover the truth?
That the facility didn’t just torture her.
They killed her.
Over and over again.
When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved?
To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, a tumultuous year of temptation, loss, and strife have led her to the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or to pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fates of two tribes hangs.
This astonishing, breathlessly anticipated fourth book of The Twilight Saga illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this heart electrifying romantic epic.
Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast—again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange—again...
Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It’s clear from the way he tracks Misery’s every movement that he doesn’t trust her. If only he knew how right he was….
Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what’s hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory…alone with the wolf.
Bride
Ali Hazelwood · 2024
paranormalvampireswerewolvesmarriage of conveniencedark
Duty, blood, honor, power.
Saeris Fane never craved the crown, and she certainly never wanted her name to be the focus of every whisper in the Blood Court. But as the newly anointed queen, she is quickly learning that a sovereign's life is no longer her own. The weight of leadership is a heavy burden, and the responsibilities are starting to pile up.
Her brother and her ward are desperate for her return to the desert heat of her homeland, but the very magic that has empowered Saeris has also created a lethal vulnerability. Born under the scorching sun, she now faces a certain death if she attempts to cross through the frozen Quicksilver. For the first time, the Queen of the Blood Court is trapped, forced to send others to fight the battles she cannot reach.
"Keep your mouth shut. Stay in the shadows. And for the love of all seven Gods, do NOT crack any jokes."
Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate has faced down entire armies and survived the most visceral horrors of the Fae realms, but his current mission might be his undoing. Traveling back to the desert city of Zilvaren with the insufferable Carrion Swift is testing his legendary patience, mostly because the smuggler simply refuses to be quiet. As they navigate the treacherous, narrow alleyways of the Silver City, they are met with hidden dangers and secrets that threaten to upend everything they know. Fisher must manage his chaotic companion and secure their objectives quickly, because every moment spent in the sand is a moment away from the mate he is desperate to protect.
Nevada Baylor runs a small detective agency in Houston, Texas, taking on everyday cases like exposing cheaters, catching scammers, and handling minor criminals, all while relying on her unique magical ability to detect lies. Though highly skilled, she finds herself in over her head when she is forced to track down a dangerous pyrotechnic who can control fire at will. To stand any chance of success, she must team up with someone far more powerful and far more dangerous.
Connor “Mad” Rogan, a former combat mage with devastating telekinetic abilities and a reputation forged in war, comes from one of the most influential magical families in the world. With his nephew kidnapped by the very man Nevada is hunting, he sees her as the key to finding him, but unlike Nevada, Connor has little regard for laws or restraint and is willing to destroy anyone who stands in his way. As they are drawn together by necessity, their clashing morals and methods spark constant tension, even as an undeniable attraction grows between them. Meanwhile, the fugitive they pursue is entangled in a far-reaching conspiracy that threatens not only Houston, but also the fragile balance of power maintained by the world’s elite magical families.
Burn for Me
Ilona Andrews · 2014
urban fantasyurban fantasyenemies to loversmysteryepic
The wild is calling.
The war is raging. Our leaders are lying.
And I’m starting to play treason all too often in my dreams.
The land is rife with secrets which whisper to me on the wind and the destiny I had so long desired is souring now that I’ve claimed it.
I want to follow the path that has been laid out for me but with every step I take down it, my gut twists with doubts and my heart pounds to a traitorous beat.
There is a secret in the heart of our lands. I don’t know who’s keeping it and I don’t know what uncovering it will mean, but I find myself wanting to unveil it for all to see.
I’m torn between the life I’ve always claimed to want and the truth which is calling out for me to discover it. But if I allow myself to entertain these doubts which are rising in the corners of my mind then I may find myself a traitor to all I’ve ever been.
Not that my heart minds treachery. It races for a man I should hate, thunders at the promise of his touch, pounds at the thought of his kiss.
I shouldn’t ache for him the way I do. I shouldn’t want any of the things I yearn for in the dead of the night. But my eyes still find him in every room, my mind lingers on him when we are parted and my soul burns for him in every waking moment.
He can’t be mine. I won’t be his. But perhaps fate has different designs in mind for us…
Cinder Vale
Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti · 2026
romantasywar collegeacademy settingenemies to loversdark
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder, much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. And she’s more than a little startled when the body disappears into thin air.
Soon Clary is introduced to the world of the Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of warriors dedicated to driving demons out of our world and back to their own. And Clary is introduced with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a grotesque monster. How could a mere human survive such an attack and kill a demon? The Shadowhunters would like to know…
Cherry survived the impossible. Escaped the facility that tortured her and found safety with five alphas who refuse to let her face the world alone. But survival is only the beginning.
Although they’ve figured out a way to help her shift, and she can finally start to communicate with them, it comes with complications that stop her from shifting on her own.
And getting her voice back only raises more questions. Why does death refuse to take her? What did the facility do to her? And what is the powerful bond forming between her and the five males who refuse to leave her side?
A bond that shouldn’t exist.
Their plan is simple: leave Westgrove behind and search for Starfall Haven, a sanctuary where supernaturals can live in peace.
But Cherry’s past isn’t done with her.
Someone is watching from the shadows. Leaving gifts meant only for her. Twisted reminders that the nightmare she escaped might not be over after all.
Because the person hunting Cherry doesn’t just want her back.
He believes she belongs to him.
My whole world changed when I stepped inside the academy. Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it. Here I am, a mere mortal among gods…or monsters. I still can’t decide which of these warring factions I belong to, if I belong at all. I only know the one thing that unites them is their hatred of me.
Then there’s Jaxon Vega. A vampire with deadly secrets who hasn’t felt anything for a hundred years. But there’s something about him that calls to me, something broken in him that somehow fits with what’s broken in me.
Which could spell death for us all.
Because Jaxon walled himself off for a reason. And now someone wants to wake a sleeping monster, and I’m wondering if I was brought here intentionally―as the bait.
All Gemma Bellefleur wants is to leave her past behind and forget the day scandal broke her heart. But when she’s captured by a trickster fae king who threatens to hold her for ransom, she’ll find herself at the top of the gossip column yet again.
Unless…
Plagued by a curse that will soon claim his life, the human-hating King Elliot will do anything to save himself. And if Gemma can use that to her advantage, she might be able to bargain her way to freedom. All she has to do is help him break his curse.
There’s just one hitch—to do so, they’ll have to trick someone into falling in love with the beastly, brooding Elliot.
With a devious alliance made, their scheme begins, bringing Gemma and Elliot into very close quarters. Soon, an unexpected desire stirs where once there was only hate. But Gemma must fight it. For when the curse is broken, Elliot will return to his true form—a wolf—and be lost to her for good.
Can Gemma sacrifice her budding feelings to save the king’s life? Or will love force her to give up something even greater...her heart?
Curse Of The Wolf King
Tessonja Odette · 2021
young adult romanceYAromantasybeauty and the beast retellingepic
As the world’s only purebred vampire and the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who killed his parents centuries ago. But when his most trusted fighter is killed—orphaning a half-breed daughter unaware of her heritage or her fate—Wrath must put down his dagger and usher the beautiful woman into another world.
Racked by a restlessness in her body that wasn’t there before, Beth Randall is helpless against the dangerously sexy man who comes to her at night with shadows in his eyes. His tales of the Brotherhood and blood frighten her. Yet his touch ignites a dawning new hunger—one that threatens to consume them both....
The sky is burning.
The Reapers are keeping secrets. Vampires roam the wastes.
And I’m headed down a path of destruction which can only end in death.
I’m a soul cast adrift on a tide of grief and lies. A clock ticking down the moments to my inevitable destruction, and all I can do is race towards it.
The nations are caught in this endless battle for supremacy and it’s hard to see myself as anything other than a pawn in the twisted games I’m helpless to control.
The Waning Lands are screaming, soaked in blood for so long that even the rivers run red with it. But those screams are whispering riddles that only some of us can hear, begging us to see the signs and listen to the meaning beneath the words we chant so obediently.
What if there is something more to this war? What if winning isn’t what actually matters? What if our magic isn’t the thing that truly divides us?
My heart is hardened to the wants of the world and all who occupy it, yet still I hear them call my name. Perhaps it’s time I started listening and found out why the stars have set us this fate. Or if not the stars, then who?
Something is rotting at the heart of our lands. So now I have a choice to make. Will I seek out the decay and work to destroy it? Or will I join it in its destruction of this world in vengeance for all the suffering it has offered me?
I’m starting to want things I shouldn’t want. Desire a man I should hate. Care for a warrior I should only wish to harm. The point is, I’m beginning to feel like more than just another pawn in this endless game. But if I want to be the one who rolls the dice then I’m going to have to pay the price of playing for real.
I only wanted to claim revenge for what I’d lost.
Maybe Destiny isn’t done with me yet.
Echo Fort
Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti · 2025
romantasyacademy settingwar collegeenemies to loversdark
As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob—knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf.
With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death?
From holy cup comes holy light;
The faithful hand sets world aright.
And in the Seven Martyrs’ sight,
Mere man shall end this endless night.
It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness.
Gabriel de León is a silversaint: a member of a holy brotherhood dedicated to defending realm and church from the creatures of the night. But even the Silver Order could not stem the tide once daylight failed us, and now, only Gabriel remains.
Imprisoned by the very monsters he vowed to destroy, the last silversaint is forced to tell his story. A story of legendary battles and forbidden love, of faith lost and friendships won, of the Wars of the Blood and the Forever King and the quest for humanity’s last remaining hope:
The Holy Grail.
A Maiden…
Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. But the choice has never been hers.
A Duty…
The entire kingdom’s future rests on Poppy’s shoulders, something she’s not even quite sure she wants for herself. Because a Maiden has a heart. And a soul. And longing. And when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard honor bound to ensure her Ascension, enters her life, destiny and duty become tangled with desire and need. He incites her anger, makes her question everything she believes in, and tempts her with the forbidden.
A Kingdom…
Forsaken by the gods and feared by mortals, a fallen kingdom is rising once more, determined to take back what they believe is theirs through violence and vengeance. And as the shadow of those cursed draws closer, the line between what is forbidden and what is right becomes blurred. Poppy is not only on the verge of losing her heart and being found unworthy by the gods, but also her life when every blood-soaked thread that holds her world together begins to unravel.
From Blood And Ash
Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2020
romantasyenemies to loverschosen oneforced proximityepic
Amie doesn’t have a wolf. It makes her broken and weak to some.
They don't know her.
On her eighteenth birthday, her worst fear comes true, James, the Alpha’s son and her fated mate, rejects her in front of the entire pack. Shattered, Amie runs, carving out a new life among humans where no one knows what she is… or what she’s missing.
Years later, Alpha Finlay finds her. He knows she isn’t his mate, but something about her calls to him. Against her will, Amie is drawn back into pack life, where, at last, her wolf awakens.
For the first time, Amie feels like she belongs. She has friends, family… and a dangerous pull toward the Alpha she shouldn’t want. But with the Games approaching, the brutal contest that decides every pack’s rank for the next decade, old enemies return, and dark threats rise.
Now Amie must face the pack that rejected her and the mate who broke her heart. And when destiny collides with desire, she’ll discover that strength isn’t just about the wolf within, it’s about choosing who you truly are.
Orphaned heiress Kidan Adane grew up far from the elusive society of vampires she was born into, where human bloodlines gain power through vampire companionship. She is obsessively protective, mildly nihilistic, and willing to do anything to save her loved ones. When her sister, June, disappears, Kidan is convinced a vampire stole her—the same vampire bound to her family bloodline, the cruel yet captivating Susenyos Sagad.
To find June, Kidan must infiltrate the elite Uxlay University—where students study to inherit their family fortune and select vampire companions. Kidan must study an arcane philosophy, work with four enigmatic students, and survive living with Susenyos—even as he does everything to drive her away. It doesn’t matter that Susenyos’s wickedness speaks to Kidan's own violent nature and tempts her to surrender to a life of darkness. She must find her sister and kill Susenyos at all costs. When a murder mirroring June’s disappearance shakes Uxlay, Kidan sinks further into the ruthless underworld of vampires, risking her very soul. There she discovers a centuries-old threat. And June could be at the center of it. To save her sister, Kidan must bring Uxlay to its knees and either break free from the horrors of her own actions or embrace the dark entanglements of love—and the blood it requires.
In Calathea, there are three laws punishable by death.
For Lady Emory Valorian, these have carved her a life of solitude, hunting monsters within the dark stretches of Bartane Forest, holding her family close and her secrets closer.
That is, before—before a vampire slipped through her fingers, before it murdered her family, and before she vowed vengeance, no matter the cost. Now, she’ll do whatever it takes to reclaim blood owed. She’ll fight in a Legion, befriend an old flame, work with witches—all in the name of revenge.
But one thing remains as important as ever, her lethal trove of secrets must stay far from sight, even as the eyes of the kingdom fixate upon her, or she may not survive to see her plan through.
And her story is not one of tragedy.
It’s one of sharp, brutal revenge.
Incandescent Fates is an epic fantasy romance and the first novel in the A Destiny of Creatures series. This story features a morally grey FMC, a kingdom of dwindling magic and fierce monsters.
Doxlothia University is home to the most elite vampire and werewolf communities and Olivia Osborne—an ambitious human ballerina—has come to university with her sisters. There’s just one problem—they aren’t in the blood donation program and their sweet blood puts a target on their backs. Insert Parker Owens, one of the most sought after men on campus, and a vampire/werewolf hybrid. His solution? Convincing her to fake date him to satisfy his pack and give her and her sisters the protection they need.
After ensuring her sisters are safe, Olivia gets to focus on her own desires, but that’s hard when Parker keeps making appearances in her dreams, and both of them have an unexplained attraction to each other.
Is the relationship really fake if they can’t keep their hands off each other when they’re alone?
Owned by a ruthless Assassin Lord, Scarlett Monrhoe and her two sisters have been trained since they were children to torture and take life. They are the most feared trio on the continent, but they are also wild and unpredictable. A tragic night has Scarlett finding herself locked away in a noble’s household, trapped and forgotten, until she is ready to fall in line.
Until the day she is presented with a job. If she completes the assignment, her payment will be something she has coveted for ten years: revenge against the Fae Fire Prince who brutally killed her mother. Is she willing to sacrifice her ideals for retribution?
But when children begin disappearing from her home, all her plans are put on hold as she races to save the most innocent. With the help of old friends, a jilted lover, and a mysterious newcomer who claims the magic of the Fae is possible in the mortal lands, Scarlett delves into the darkest corners of the world. Forgotten secrets will come to light, and she will discover the darkness extends far beyond her own kingdom.
Lady of Darkness
Melissa K. Roehrich · 2021
dark fantasyromantasyassassin fmchidden identityfaedark
Serena Paris is orphaned, pack-less, and one of a kind. Coming forward as the first Human-Were hybrid was supposed to heal a centuries-long rift between species. Instead, it made her a target, prey to the ruthless political machinations between Weres, Vampyres, and Humans. With her enemies closing in on her, she has only one option left—if he’ll have her.
As Alpha of the Northwest pack, Koen Alexander commands obedience. His authority is so absolute, only a fool would threaten his mate. It doesn’t matter if Serena doesn’t reciprocate his feelings, nothing will stop him from keeping her safe.
But power-hungry Vampyres and Weres are not the only threats chasing Serena. Sooner or later, her past is bound to catch up with her—and Koen might be the only thing standing between her and total annihilation…
As the daughter of a witch and a hunter Natalie grew up knowing in her very being that vampires are evil, merciless killers. When she agreed to spend her summer in Switzerland interning with her godfather as a vampire hunter, she didn't quite picture herself stalking two vampires falling in love though.
But as Andrew and Sebastian navigate their lives as vampires in a world slowly losing its magic, Natalie starts questioning everything she ever learned. The image of a ruthless monster just doesn't match up with these two lovesick idiots. They haven’t even figured out that they’re both vampires yet!
Perhaps it's not all as black and white as she was taught to believe...
Modern Vampires
Jane Ravenscroft · 2026
urban fantasyopposites attractmm romancerich x poorsteamy
The dragons are lost.
The elements are at war. Enlisting isn’t optional.
And I’m falling for a man who wants me dead.
I’m a wielder of hearts and summoner of corruption. Heir to nothing and born to a fool in the wrong damn month.
But I’m also one of only two Fae in this divided land of hellions who might be starting to see through the lies we’ve swallowed for so long.
In the year we turn twenty-one, conscripts from across the warring nations of air, fire, earth and water are sent to Never Keep – the only place in our besieged continent where our magic can be Awakened.
But something is wrong inside Never Keep. Something which might extend far beyond the reaches of this desolate fortress. Within the gothic walls of this frigid castle in the snow, we’re left to hold our own against the brutal Fae from the opposing lands.
The Reapers are merciless. The Royals are lying. The Werewolves run rampant and Vampires roam the wastelands in bloodthirsty covens. But even though death lurks in every shadow of the Keep, it’s the least of my worries.
I’m delving into secrets the stars don’t want me uncovering, making alliances with Fae born to be my enemy, falling for a sinner while promising my heart to a different heathen and somewhere amid it all, I’m supposed to win a war.
I thought the only thing I had to do was survive my magical instruction.
Turns out, fate doesn’t favour the wicked.
Never Keep
Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti · 2024
romantasywar collegeacademy settingenemies to loversdark
For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella could ever have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning.
Bella and Edward face a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy's reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi.
Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampiric love story has reached literary immortality.
Welcome to Bloodwing Academy.
Expect ancient magic, expect cutthroat competition, expect a staggering amount of blood.
I never asked for this. Being a half-fae in a prestigious institution crawling with highblood vampires isn't just a challenge, it’s a death warrant. I’m Medra Pendragon, allegedly the last of the legendary dragon riders. The problem? Dragons have been extinct for centuries. There isn't a single scale left in the world, yet the vampires have decided I’m a prize worth hunting, capturing, and caging.
Now, I’m a "blightborn" prisoner at Bloodwing, where the elite run the show and people like me are treated as nothing more than livestock or pawns in their sadistic political games.
Then there’s Blake Drakharrow. He’s cold, impossibly arrogant, and far too attractive for someone who spends his free time tormenting me. Thanks to a archaic ritual I never consented to, we are now officially betrothed. He acts like he owns my soul, and while he expects me to bow, I’m sharpening my claws.
At Bloodwing, the curriculum is a battlefield. If you aren't strong enough to seize power, you’re just another body in the dirt. Between lethal trials, secrets that could get me executed, and the shadow of a dragon,shaped legacy looming over me, survival is the only grade that matters.
But as the game turns deadly, I’m realizing the greatest threat isn't the academy or the vampires, it’s the dormant power waking up inside me. They think they can break me, they think they can use me. But they’re about to find out exactly what happens when you corner a Pendragon.
And Blake? He might be the one to push me over the edge, or the only one standing when the world burns.
On Wings Of Blood
Briar Boleyn · 2025
🔥 BookTokromantasyenemies to loversdragonsacademy settingdark
The stars are mocking us.
The mask has fallen. Chaos reigns in the untamed lands.
And I’ve lost sight of the woman I was in the face of the one I’ve decided to become.
A truth more all-consuming than we could have ever prepared for has fallen into our laps. The chains which bound us to this place have shattered. And we are faced with the threat of a new alliance or scorning it in favour of a fresh war. One which I don’t trust we could win.
Many secrets have been revealed to us at last but the full weight of them is more than any of us can bear. Everything we have lived and died for was in payment to this lie. And vengeance now calls my name like the baying call of a bloodhound.
It is a call I will answer.
We’ve come too far to back down now. I only worry what following this path to its conclusion will cost us. Because I’ve just realised that I want to claim my future after all.
It calls to me with dark eyes and a shadowed soul. I never should have let myself fall into the trap of him. But here I am in his cage with no desire to free myself from it. All hail the coming of a new dawn, for when the sun rises next, it will illuminate far more than we have ever seen before…
Oracle Bay
Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti · 2027
📅 Mar 16, 2027
romantasywar collegeacademy settingenemies to loversdark
Conrad Lawrence has lost nine nannies in three years.
There was Nanny Franny McFine (four days). Marie Von Fire, who claimed she'd once worked for a duke. Mrs. Corrinna Rainer, who lasted until Billie released crickets into her suitcase. Mademoiselle Joella Frosty, who called his kids "creatively hostile" and blocked his number before she reached the end of the driveway.
So when nanny #10 walked through the door, Conrad wasn't expecting much. Then Winnie shows up.
She's calm where his house is chaos. Patient where his kids are relentless. And she sees the grief he's been quietly carrying for three years without flinching from it — because she's been carrying centuries of her own.
Winnie has survived two hundred years by never staying long enough to be found. But this house, this impossible family, and this exhausted, good-hearted father are the first things she's wanted to keep in longer than she can remember.
She should have known better. Because the past doesn't let go that easily — and hers is coming to collect.
Her brother is dead.
Her freedom stolen.
And her greatest danger may be the Alpha werewolf sworn to guard her.
Aloka Tutten never asked to live among the pack. To them, she’s just a human girl—too small, too fragile, an unwanted liability. Her unwilling protector, Stark Lamont, makes no effort to hide that he doesn’t want her in his territory.
But the walls between them aren’t as strong as they should be. His quiet strength pulls her closer. His touch lingers too long. And beneath the heat of his gaze, the truth inside her threatens to break free.
Aloka isn’t what they believe.
And as war looms, her secret will rise—either to save them all…or set their world on fire, even if it burns her too.
The world of Faerie never disappeared; it merely went into hiding, continuing to exist parallel to our own. Secrecy is the key to Faerie's survival: but no secret can be kept forever, and when the fae and mortal worlds collide, changelings are born.
Outsiders from birth, these children spend their lives fighting for the respect of their immortal relations. Or in the case of October 'Toby' Daye, rejecting the fae completely. Toby has retreated into a 'normal' life - spending her nights stocking shelves at a San Francisco grocery store and her days asleep in her downtown apartment.
But when Countess Evening Winterroseis murdered, Toby finds herself drawn abruptly back into the world she thought she'd left behind. It's going to take everything she's got just to stay alive, and the stakes are higher than anyone has guessed
They told me turning eighteen meant freedom. They never said it might kill me.
All I wanted was cake, candles, and a fresh start after aging out of the group home I've been stuck in for six years.
What I got instead? A vampire crashing my party and trying to drain me dry.
Apparently, vampires are real and I can sense them.
Right before I become dinner, a gorgeous, broody vampire hunter named Asher swoops in and saves me. He tells me I'm not just some orphan with a bad attitude… I'm a legacy. A born Vampire Hunter. And now I've got a full ride to Nightguard Academy, a secret school for hunters.
Training to kill the undead? Kinda savage.
Except there's one problem: I'm hiding a secret so dark it could get me staked before graduation. And in a school full of monsters, secrets don't stay buried for long.
Slayer
Leia Stone · 2026
paranormalyoung adult fantasyacademy settingslow burnenemies to loversepic
Fear. Fury. And Fire.
To Know is Never Enough.
Summer Tuatha De Daanan reluctantly returns to Avalon University for her second year after spending the summer with her vampire best friend in Draculea. She’s a shell of her former self, and the peace promised to her has never felt further from her reach. All Summer wants is to keep her head down and get through the year cloaked in her depression, but looming threats linger, and she quickly finds herself thrust into a dangerous position once again; entangled with a friend turned enemy, the protector of her beloved family, and the target of two very powerful kings.
Unwilling to suffer any further loss, Summer must push through her emotions to prepare herself for the enemies who threaten everything she holds dear. Through runic training with the revered and brooding Headmaster Emrys, combat with the aloof and strong-willed Max, and improving her mental walls with the dark and mysterious stranger, each step pulls her further from the edge of despair. Yet, nothing will be simple for Summer, and the more she trains, the more she discovers who she truly is, forcing her to confront her inner darkness. The beast within that purrs for her enigmatic stalker.
A darkness that is waiting to be explored. A darkness that will not be denied.
I am an object of desire. My powers of seduction are my survival, my weapon, and my curse. I’m no stranger to obsession, but for the first time, I crave it. I love when he watches me, follows me, hunts me.
In the mortal lands, I was safe from him. Navigating a city of ruthless vampires to save my sister from the human slave trade was already treacherous. But with the ruling vampire lord’s unrelenting focus on me, I fear his shadows might never let me go.
Rune
I’ve always watched her. But now I more than desire her; I thirst for her. She is my addiction, my soul, my Little Flame. I tried to let her go, but she found her way back to me, and I’ve taken that as permission. I’ll claim her in front of the whole world if that’s what it takes to protect what’s mine.
As war and upheaval threaten the city I have ruled for centuries, it is this vulnerable, tempting human who poses the biggest threat of all. I might be Scarlett’s worst nightmare, but this little seductress will be my very undoing.
Stalked by Seduction and Shadows
Maggie Sunseri · 2022
dark fantasyromantasymorally greyvampiresobsessive mmcdark
Paul Russo’s wife just died. While trying to get his family’s life back in order, Paul is being tormented by a demon who is holding his wife's spirit hostage on the other side. His fate is intertwined with an old haunted mansion on the north shore of Long Island called Stillwell Manor. Paul must find clues dating back hundreds of years to set his wife's soul free.
When war erupts, heirs from across the continent shelter on sacred ground at the Archives of Avyshla. But our sense of safety is shaken when the enemy king sends his heir to join us.
Voran is not merely a prince but his uncle’s hunter and assassin. And what his uncle seeks belongs to my family—control of the wyverns—the Scale Crown. Although no one can spill blood on sacred ground, I fear the prince’s intentions are as sinister as he seems. He proves as much when danger breaches the isle, and he saves me to have me in his debt.
To survive, I make a secret deal with him.
Except survival soon becomes longing. A hunger for calloused hands, stifled breath, and accented murmurs that doesn’t end with the war. Instead, it blooms into something even more forbidden.
Something that could be my salvation—and the downfall of my kingdom.
Enter a city of forbidden magic… Where falling in love could be the last mistake you ever make.
Nina Veyr has a dangerous secret—illegal magical abilities that could get her killed.
Max Antonin is the most powerful crime boss in Valveron. Cold, deadly, and breathtakingly attractive, he trades in magic that others won’t touch.
For years, Nina has stayed in the shadows, picking pockets and smuggling enchanted relics to get by. Then she steals from the wrong man—Max Antonin.
Now Max has his sights set on Nina, and nothing will stand in his way.
But when Nina is framed for a shocking murder, he offers to help her find the true killers. Following a trail of bodies into the city’s underworld, Nina feels a burning attraction that pulls them closer and closer.
But deals with a devil always come with a cost… Does Nina dare to trust her heart to the city’s most ruthless criminal?
Return to the world of The Poisoner...
In the shadows of 1890s Buffalo, a poisoner’s bite leaves more than just scars—even for the undead.
Two years after fleeing London, Alina Lis has built something she never thought possible: a home. Leading a commune of women like herself, she's found a new, greater purpose; experimenting on the Vipera. But peace, she learns, is as fragile as a spider's web in winter.
Silas Forbes, the Vipera she escaped, hasn’t forgotten. But his thirst for Alina threatens everything he's created in her absence. And he's brought another along for the hunt: Luka Novikov, the man who once betrayed her, now bound to them both by wounds that won't heal and debts that can't be paid.
As human and Vipera worlds violently collide, old poisons surface and new alliances form. In a society where survival means choosing sides, Alina must protect the family she’s built, Silas must decide what price he’ll pay for his obsession, and Luka—marked forever by the poisoner’s kiss—must survive the clash of an immortal’s longing and a woman’s fury.
Some venoms have no antidote. Some hungers can never be satisfied.
In the bloody aftermath of the Kejari, the foundations of Oraya’s world have crumbled into ash. Once a princess, she is now a captive in her own home, grieving a father who is gone and haunted by a betrayal that cut deeper than any blade. With the truth of her heritage called into question, she is left with a singular, freezing realization: in a kingdom of monsters, trust is a fatal mistake, especially when it comes to Raihn.
But the throne is a precarious seat. The House of Night is fracturing under Raihn’s rule, as the high-born nobles refuse to bow to a Turned king who once wore a slave's collar. Meanwhile, the rival House of Blood is circling like vultures, ready to shred the kingdom from within.
When Raihn approaches Oraya with a proposal for a clandestine alliance, she realizes it is her only path to reclaiming her birthright and exacting revenge on the man who broke her heart. To succeed, she must unlock a catastrophic ancient power, one woven into the dark secrets her father took to his grave.
As the shadows close in, Oraya discovers that the history she was taught is a lie. Caught between the ruthless necessity of seizing the crown and a love that refuses to die, she must decide if she is willing to become the very thing she fears to survive. In a world of teeth and shadows, the most dangerous weapon isn't a sword, it's the heart.
The Ashes & the Star Cursed King
Carissa Broadbent · 2023
romantasyvampiresmarriage of convenienceforced proximityepic
At Bloodwing Academy, blood is currency, but a dragon's legacy is priceless, and as dangerous as fire.
I thought surviving my first year in Bloodwing's deadly halls would be enough. I was wrong. I accidentally woke a dragon, a creature of myth, of death, of fire.
Now, every highblood house wants control over me and the dragon's legacy I carry. But here's the truth: I have no control. I'm bluffing my way through every encounter, trying to keep everyone from realizing that I'm not the one pulling the dragon's strings.
And then there's Blake Drakharrow. I thought he was on my side, that I might even be able to trust him. But he betrayed me. Now, I'm his only blood source. How messed up is that? In a place like Bloodwing, where power and survival are everything, this bond may well be the death of us both, unless I can find a way to end it.
In this world of vampires, dragons, and lies, there are no happy endings. Just legends, and the darkness it takes to make them.
She's been the victim and the survivor…
Poppy never dreamed she would find the love she’s found with Prince Casteel. She wants to revel in her happiness but first they must free his brother and find hers. It’s a dangerous mission and one with far-reaching consequences neither dreamed of. Because Poppy is the Chosen, the Blessed. The true ruler of Atlantia. She carries the blood of the King of Gods within her. By right the crown and the kingdom are hers.
The enemy and the warrior…
Poppy has only ever wanted to control her own life, not the lives of others, but now she must choose to either forsake her birthright or seize the gilded crown and become the Queen of Flesh and Fire. But as the kingdoms’ dark sins and blood-drenched secrets finally unravel, a long-forgotten power rises to pose a genuine threat. And they will stop at nothing to ensure that the crown never sits upon Poppy’s head.
A lover and heartmate…
But the greatest threat to them and to Atlantia is what awaits in the far west, where the Queen of Blood and Ash has her own plans, ones she has waited hundreds of years to carry out. Poppy and Casteel must consider the impossible—travel to the Lands of the Gods and wake the King himself. And as shocking secrets and the harshest betrayals come to light, and enemies emerge to threaten everything Poppy and Casteel have fought for, they will discover just how far they are willing to go for their people—and each other.
And now she will become Queen…
Mische gave everything to protect her world, but the cost of her sacrifice was a universe plunged into everlasting night. Now, held captive by the gods and consumed by a cold hunger for vengeance, Asar is a man possessed, willing to tear through the heavens to find her again.
When a goddess presents them with one last, treacherous path toward redemption, Asar and Mische are reunited for a final, desperate mission. Together, they must hunt the core of the god of death’s power, a force that would allow Asar to achieve the impossible: ascending to true divinity.
Their journey spans the fragile mortal lands and the terrifying reaches of the immortal realms, forcing them to fight alongside long-lost allies and the very enemies who once hunted them. But as the foundations of the underworld begin to crumble and the gods arm themselves for a war that could end existence, Asar and Mische face an agonizing choice. They must determine what they are truly willing to lose for the strength to defy the grave. In a game played by vengeful deities and fueled by ancient betrayals, they may finally discover that some debts are too heavy for even love to repay.
As dark forces gather on the horizon, Princess Aurora finds herself caught in a lethal tug-of-war between two of the most powerful Alphas in the realm.
She may have escaped the immediate clutches of the Wolf King, but the monarch has no intention of letting his prize go, and he is coming to reclaim her. To survive his wrath and seize the throne for themselves, Aurora and Callum are forced into a desperate, razor-thin alliance with Blake, one of the most feared and unpredictable Wolves in the Kingdom.
But this isn't just a political pact; it’s a death bond. Through a twist of dark magic, Aurora’s life is now inextricably tethered to Blake’s. If his heart stops beating, hers will too.
As they navigate the treacherous path to power, Aurora finds herself fighting a magnetic, unwanted connection to the very man she should loathe. Blake is a master of shadows, and Aurora suspects he is playing a much deeper game than a mere grab for the Wolf Throne, a game that threatens to consume both the human and werewolf kingdoms alike.
With enemies closing in from every border, Aurora realizes she isn't just a pawn in a civil war; she is the only shield against an ancient, rising evil that has been waiting for centuries to strike. To save her world, she must finally choose where her loyalties lie, and decide which Alpha truly holds the key to her heart before the darkness claims them all.
To err is human. To avenge is Divine.
Every person Harlow Carrenwell kisses dies immediately, and that’s the way she likes it. The poison-lipped youngest daughter of Lunameade’s magical founding family has used her power to annihilate their opposition.
Her first husband is in the ground. Her new betrothed is next.
But the merry widow has a secret. When she’s not acting as an assassin at her parents' whims, she moonlights as a vigilante for abused women in their walled-off city.
Meet a man. Lure him in. Kill him with a kiss. Until one night Harlow kisses a mark and he doesn’t die.
Worse, her invincible partner in passion is her new betrothed, Henry Havenwood, and now he knows about her double life. Instead of selling her out and bringing the rival families to blows, he does something much more sinister—whisks her away to wed in his wild mountain fort.
Harlow doesn’t trust Henry, but the only way to protect her family and the city of Lunameade is to figure out what his family is planning.
Cursed with a husband she can’t kill and trapped in a fort miles of vampire-infested woods from home, Harlow’s survival requires her to do the impossible: Make the man who knows she’s a killer fall in love with her anyway.
The Poison Daughter
Sheila Masterson · 2025
dark fantasyromantasydark fantasyenemies to loversmarriage of conveniencedark
“Have you ever wondered how long it would take for a lethal dose of arsenic to kill you?
Thirty-five hours, twenty-nine minutes, and fifteen seconds.
I should know. I counted myself.”
Amidst the gaslit alleys and cobblestone streets of Victorian London, two killers find themselves entangled in a waltz they cannot escape.
Alina Lis, a botanist and hobbyist poisoner, has a pastime of killing unsavory men in her twisted sense of poetic justice. When she targets the conceited playboy, Silas Forbes, only to find him in her apothecary the following week, she discovers human men are the least of her problems.
The pair’s unlikely association sparks gossip among affluent society. As their mysterious bond deepens, a chilling truth emerges, concealed identities, lurking foes, and questions as plentiful as the hydra’s head brew within this haunting Gothic tale of violent passion.
Will Silas and Alina find themselves in each other's arms, or will the shadows of their past keep them apart?
In the shadows and flames, Primals will fall…
And from the blood and ash, new gods will rise.
What was dreamt.
Poppy was never meant to awaken, and the consequences are devastating and far-reaching, stirring ancient powers from their slumber and transforming Casteel and Kieran in ways even the Fates couldn’t have foreseen. But what that means is the least of their concerns. For now.
What was foreseen.
The Blood Crown has fallen, but what has risen is a far greater danger than they’ve ever faced. From flesh and fire, the Great Conspirator has returned to the mortal realm, and he wants only one thing. They must stop the true Primal of Death before he regains his strength, and it won’t be easy. Even weakened, his influence is undeniable. His power, unthinkable.
Has come to be.
While the future of the realms rests upon them, they won’t stand alone. The gods have awakened—each harboring their own blood-soaked secrets. But they must navigate an unbalanced realm, where every choice—past and present—has the potential to not only undo everything they’ve fought for but also destroy the very bonds that have Joined them together.
For the Harbinger and the Bringer of Death and Destruction has risen.
In the brutal reality of humans and vampires, the laws of survival never change: never trust, never surrender, and always, always, protect your heart.
As the adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya has spent her life carving out a precarious existence in a world that views her as nothing more than a snack. Her only path from prey to predator is the Kejari, a legendary, blood-soaked tournament hosted by the goddess of death. To win is to be granted a wish that could change her life; to lose is to die.
But the Kejari is a meat grinder of the most vicious warriors from the three vampire houses, and Oraya is the only one without fangs. Survival demands an unlikely alliance, and she finds herself tethered to a mysterious rival who is as captivating as he is lethal.
Raihn is everything she should fear. He is a cold-blooded killer, a rival for the goddess’s favor, and a direct threat to her father’s throne. Yet, as the trials grow more sadistic, Oraya realizes that Raihn might be the only person who truly understands the darkness she carries. In a kingdom where a brewing war is about to tear her home apart, their electric attraction is a liability she can't afford. In the Kejari, there is no prize for compassion, and Oraya is about to learn that in a den of monsters, love is the deadliest weapon of all.
A siren born without a tail.
A song meant to drown pirates.
A pirate ready to drown for her.
Hunted for her blood and the scales that grant humans magic they should never wield, Eryse flees the hunters and climbs aboard a vast black ship. The crew is cursed, and in the darkness, ghosts roam the deck. As she steps aboard, a silver thread of light appears — the Glim. Believing she may be the key to breaking the curse, the captain does not let her go.
Caught between a curse that tightens its grip and a sea that never forgives, Eryse cannot live in water and cannot live without it. To claim the tail she was never given, she is forced to confront her own voice and follow a path that leads straight through a pirate who may be just as dangerous as the sea itself.
Mische’s world ended the moment she was forcibly Turned. In one violent stroke, she lost her home, her mortality, and the divine grace of the sun god she had spent her life worshiping. Now, branded a murderer for slaying the vampire prince who stole her humanity, she is facing a death sentence with no hope for absolution.
Her execution is interrupted by Asar, the scarred bastard prince of the House of Shadow, who offers her a fate arguably worse than the grave. He recruits her for a desperate pilgrimage into the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself. However, Mische is carrying a hidden burden: a secret command from her sun god to play along with Asar’s mission, only to betray him at the final moment by assassinating the deity they are meant to save.
The road to the abyss is a gauntlet of lethal trials, ancient monsters, and the literal ghosts of their own traumas. But the physical dangers pale in comparison to the magnetic, forbidden pull Mische feels toward Asar. Their connection is a spark in the deep dark, one that threatens to draw the ire of the heavens.
As they descend further into the shadows, the weight of her looming betrayal becomes a suffocating pressure. With restless gods watching her every move, Mische is forced to decide where her soul truly belongs: in the cold, redemptive light of the sun, or within the dangerous, seductive embrace of the darkness.
Descended into darkness . . .
Wronged beyond comprehension, and grieving, Dianna is hellbent on revenge against those who betrayed her. As a legendary Ig'Morruthien, she thirsts for blood and can take any form. But her true form is the most terrifying of all. As the last shred of her humanity is ripped from her, she decides to embrace her monstrous side and set the worlds alight.
Only love can bring her back . . .
Samkiel, an immortal God, was once the sworn enemy of Dianna and her kind. Yet now he alone refuses to believe that the woman he loves has become the monster whom everyone else sees—and he'll do anything in his power to save her from herself, even if it means losing her forever.
With every realm now at risk from Kaden's army, and a myriad of new threats on the horizon, Samkiel can't afford to let his guard down. Only he can pull Dianna back from the brink of damnation. And as Dianna's thirst for blood only increases, he is running out of time to save them both.
The Throne of Broken Gods
Amber V. Nicole · 2023
romantasyurban fantasyurban fantasygodsenemies to loversdark
War is only the beginning...
From the desperation of golden crowns...
Casteel Da''Neer knows all too well that very few are as cunning or vicious as the Blood Queen, but no one, not even him, could''ve prepared for the staggering revelations. The magnitude of what the Blood Queen has done is almost unthinkable.
And born of mortal flesh...
Nothing will stop Poppy from freeing her King and destroying everything the Blood Crown stands for. With the strength of the Primal of Life''s guards behind her, and the support of the wolven, Poppy must convince the Atlantian generals to make war her way-because there can be no retreat this time. Not if she has any hope of building a future where both kingdoms can reside in peace.
A great primal power rises...
Together, Poppy and Casteel must embrace traditions old and new to safeguard those they hold dear-to protect those who cannot defend themselves. But war is only the beginning. Ancient primal powers have already stirred, revealing the horror of what began eons ago. To end what the Blood Queen has begun, Poppy might have to become what she has been prophesied to be-what she fears the most.
As the Harbinger of Death and Destruction.
The night's chaos left us breathless, but now the real nightmare begins.
A second dragon has awoken, her heart tainted and her power commandeered by two ruthless highbloods whose cruelty knows no bounds. My dearest friend teetered on the brink of death, and while a dragon saved her, she is now tied to him in a way I can scarcely understand. I have to wonder what this new bond will do to the woman I've come to love as a sister.
And then there’s Blake. Once my relentless tormentor, he betrayed me again, nearly condemning Nyxaris to a cursed, stone,cold fate. Now, something has shifted in him. His gray eyes hide a secret he’s desperate to keep, and though I saved his life despite everything, my every heartbeat questions where we go from here.
With Bloodwing Academy in turmoil and a new headmaster no one saw coming, only one thing is certain: this is going to be one hell of a term.
The Wings That Bind
Briar Boleyn · 2026
romantasyacademy settingvampiresenemies to loversdark
When a centuries-old grudge between humans and werewolves finally ignites into all-out war, Princess Aurora finds her gilded life reduced to a strategic pawn on a bloody chessboard.
On the eve of her high-profile wedding, a union designed to fortify her father’s throne, Aurora catches the eye of the last man she should ever notice: Callum, a powerful and ruthless Alpha. Driven by the belief that the princess is the ultimate leverage to end the slaughter, Callum infiltrates the palace and abducts her, vanishing into the jagged, lawless wilds north of the human border.
In the heart of the wolf-run territories, the propaganda Aurora was raised on begins to unravel. Surrounded by a pack she was taught to fear, a forbidden heat begins to stir between captive and captor. Just as Aurora starts to realize that the "monsters" are more human than she ever imagined, Callum uncovers a chilling truth: the greatest threat to Aurora’s life isn't the war outside, but the internal betrayal brewing within his own inner circle.
With bloodthirsty hunters on their trail and lethal predators waiting in the shadows of the pack, their connection becomes a match dropped in a powder keg. As the world burns around them, Aurora must decide if her heart belongs to the crown she left behind or the Alpha who stole her away. She set out to find a way home, but in the arms of her enemy, she has to ask the most dangerous question of all:
Does she even want to go back?
The Wolf King
Lauren Palphreyman · 2025
🔥 BookTokromantasyenemies to loversforbidden lovewerewolvesdark
I wasn’t created to love, only to destroy, but fate doesn’t ask permission.
I wake to a world in chaos, the taste of stardust on my tongue and fragments of galaxies burning behind my eyes.
No name, past, or idea of how I came to be here.
In the ruins of a battlefield, four kings of this new world find me abandoned and alone. Each of them desperate to decipher who I am, and why I’ve been thrust into their war. They claim they have the power to protect me and help me discover who I am.
A wraith whose shadows’ ignite sparks that dance beneath my skin.
A fae with a silver tongue and lips I ache to trust.
A vampire who drinks desire like wine and vows to ruin me sweetly.
And a shape-shifting predator whose hungry gaze makes my pulse race.
They circle me like wolves, drawn to a power and vulnerability they can’t resist. Their heated glances and whispered promises awaken something inside me...a longing that dances on the line between defiance and need.
While I may feel the pull of each of them, I know deep down that I wasn’t made for their cages, gilded or otherwise. However, in a fractured world at war between humans and magic, I’ll need allies as I uncover who—and what—I truly am.
As their sweet whispers tangle with my thoughts and their searing touches threaten to unravel me, fragments of my memories begin to surface. Each of them swears they’ll never let me go, but they’ll soon learn that love was never meant for me.
Some call me death. Others, salvation.
When I rise, the world will remember what it means to fall.
Isabella Swan's move to Forks—a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington—could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn.
So far, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Isabella, the person Edward holds most dear. The lovers find themselves balanced precariously on the point of a knife—between desire and danger.
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.
Nobody is just a cat lady.
Kit McCafferty's life is quiet, unremarkable and filled with cat hair. In the magical city of Coldstream, located on the border between Scotland and England, Kit is viewed as little more than mildly eccentric and mostly harmless. She passes her days caring for her family of five cats, feeding the local feral moggies, and maintaining relatively good relations with her neighbours.
All that changes, however, when a teenage werewolf shows up at her door in the desperate hope of renting out a nearby vacant flat. Kit knows that the smart move is to tell him to leave. The last thing she needs is to become embroiled in complicated shapeshifter politics. But something about the secretive young werewolf tugs at her heartstrings.
It's not long before Kit ends up caught in a maelstrom of mysterious crime and magical wrong-doing. Fortunately, there's far more to Kit McCafferty than meets the eye and she has a few dark secrets of her own.
Of course, anyone with an ounce of intelligence knows that you underestimate a cat lady at your own peril.
The closer the proximity, the stronger the spark…
Phoebe never expected to fall in love, and especially not with the annoyingly handsome werewolf she’s been hanging out with for years.
Theo has spent his life comparing himself to his brothers, never quite matching up to his father’s expectations. But in Maple Hollow, everything is different. Theo finally has a life of his own and a chance at redemption and he’s reluctant to risk it for anything, or anyone.
But after years of fighting their attraction to each other, Phoebe and Theo find that denying their feelings is no longer possible. Especially when they end up on a road trip that might change everything…
Wild Wicked Mate
Laurie Gilmore · 2026
📅 Oct 20, 2026
paranormalsmall town romancefated matesfriends to loverscosy
As a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn can see the future when her skin is cut, a gift that feels more like a curse. Meg’s Controller keeps her enslaved so he can have full access to her visions. But when she escapes, the only safe place Meg can hide is at the Lakeside Courtyard, a business district operated by the Others.
Shape-shifter Simon Wolfgard is reluctant to hire the stranger who inquires about the Human Liaison job. First, he senses she’s keeping a secret, and second, she doesn’t smell like human prey. Yet a stronger instinct propels him to give Meg the job. And when he learns the truth about Meg and that she’s wanted by the government, he’ll have to decide if she’s worth the fight between humans and the Others that will surely follow.
Paranormal Fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy that focuses on supernatural beings and unexplained phenomena existing alongside or interacting with the human world. These stories often feature characters such as vampires, werewolves, ghosts, witches, demons, or other mystical creatures, and explore magical abilities, curses, alternate realms, and ancient powers that shape the plot. Common themes include hidden supernatural societies, destiny, transformation, and the struggle to balance human emotions with otherworldly instincts.
Popular Paranormal Fantasy Authors
Sarah J Maas
Author of ACOTAR
Rebecca Yarros
Author of Fourth Wing
Cassandra Clare
Author of Mortal Instruments
Stephanie Meyer
Author of Twilight
J.R Ward
Author of Fourth Wing
Richelle Mead
Author of Vampire Academy
Paranormal Fantasy FAQ’s
Paranormal fantasy frequently includes creatures such as vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, witches, ghosts, angels, demons, and psychics. Many stories also invent new supernatural species or reinterpret traditional folklore. These beings may live secretly among humans or exist in hidden supernatural societies.
Common themes include secret supernatural societies, humans discovering hidden magical worlds, conflicts between different paranormal species, and individuals learning to control newly discovered powers. Stories often explore the tension between ordinary life and supernatural responsibility.
Paranormal fantasy is popular because it blends familiar modern settings with mysterious supernatural elements. Readers enjoy exploring hidden worlds filled with magical creatures while still recognizing aspects of everyday life. The genre also offers suspense, adventure, and imaginative interpretations of folklore and mythology.
Paranormal fantasy can include dark or suspenseful elements, but it is not always meant to be frightening. Some stories lean more toward adventure or mystery, while others include horror elements depending on the tone and themes of the book.
Some of the most popular paranormal fantasy books are Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, Dark Lover by JR Ward and City of Bones by Cassandra Clare.
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