In Vakeeli, trust will get you killed…

After being betrayed by one of the few people he trusts, Caz has become a prisoner in his own mind. For once, he can’t work his way out of a deadly situation…but with a mate like Willow, there’s always a way.

With an ancient, powerful being like Decius, Willow has her work cut out for her, and after working with an old friend to cast a powerful portal spell, she winds up on Earth…with Caz at her side. But just because they’re on Earth doesn’t mean they’re safe. Though weaker, Decius still has the power to haunt them, and he will not stop until he has Caz in his clutches again…even if that means killing every single member of Caz’s Blackwater clan.

With lives on the line and the clock ticking, the tethered couple must use earthly resources to find a way back to Vakeeli—without encountering Decius—so they can wake the Regal Selah and have her kill him for good. As they take this new journey, they’ll soon discover that not all Vakeeli history is true. Just as there are evil beings out to tarnish their Cold Tether, there are noble forces willing to aid them, and they go by the names Korah and Hassha, two Regal goddesses with more power in their pinkies than Decius will ever have.

Caz and Willow only have one shot at a peaceful life. With Decius out of their way, they’ll be able to live freely as soulmates and without their Cold Tether in jeopardy. But as with any bold decision to work with powerful people, there are buried secrets and grueling consequences to face…and they’ll soon find out that Decius was only the start of their problems.

Wicked Ties is the heart-pounding, romantic, and gut-wrenching second installment of The Tether Trilogy.

",{"_426":44,"_33":96,"_493":494,"_495":67},"Platinum Queen Press LLC",540,"November 16, 2023","November 16","B0BRBW4RGT","#181808",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/6723i/6f07dd53-1cee-43b8-bd61-e5b955abbf94/1788637775.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F6723i%2F6f07dd53-1cee-43b8-bd61-e5b955abbf94%2F1788637775.jpg","The Tether Trilogy","3ee964eb-0aa6-4300-9af7-a6161be0e040",{"_426":743,"_33":378,"_458":744,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":745,"_505":746,"_507":48},"e80e58d8-5f1a-4f4e-ab7a-00f0e7330e9a","260-shanora-williams",33,[508],"f83873e8-5ce7-4e4c-a25c-0e75fce08938",3241,"4.08",122,[],[774],"I Accidentally Summoned a Demon Boyfriend","f14b277f-0c00-44a8-9724-8e287ce12e47",{"_21":772,"_426":773,"_498":42},"May 2024","2024-05-24","3258-i-accidentally-summoned-a-demon-boyfriend","Open a book. Read a spell. Whoop, there he is... a demon.
The last single friend in her group and tired of being stood up by her girls, a drunken Rayna turns to her first love, a book. After jokingly casting a spell her favorite character used to conjure a loving boyfriend, the results aren’t nearly as funny.

Because the damn spell worked, just not in the way she thought it would!

Now she has a brooding demon who she needs to sever the magical bond with if she ever wants to live a normal life again.

Lovers of monster romance will enjoy this new book from USA Today Bestselling Author, Jessica Cage!

Order your copy today!",{"_426":44,"_33":96,"_493":494,"_495":67},"Caged Fantasies Publications, LLC",321,"May 24, 2024","May 24","9781958295489","B0CQHX614P","#812f2e",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/3241i/f14b277f-0c00-44a8-9724-8e287ce12e47.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F3241i%2Ff14b277f-0c00-44a8-9724-8e287ce12e47.jpg","Accidents Happen","e8590a7e-8516-45bf-9077-adc922d6b4d3",{"_426":775,"_33":374,"_458":776,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":777,"_505":778,"_507":48},"69c2847f-c837-4769-b036-c5a659a3c254","258-jessica-cage",27,[508],"ed802815-c5d5-4749-bd5d-b424303376c4",9381,[],[801],"Illusions of Fire","a3c67c1d-bb53-4ff9-8551-49c1e46fb360","Feb 2025","2025-02-04","9770-illusions-of-fire","Unlike most of her classmates, Laila Bansal doesn’t roll out of bed and head to school. Instead, she wakes up early and trains in hand-to-hand combat with her adopted aunts who, when not tending to their thriving vineyard, are immortal Rakshasi demons sworn to protect Laila. Laila was born into a mythological bloodline—one infused with magic and entrusted with Lord Krishna’s secrets of the universe. By all appearances, though, Laila leads a peaceful, protected life.

Then Ahvi, the new boy in town, arrives and immediately seeks out Laila. He happens to be a descendant of a demi-god. Both his and Laila’s origin stories (found in the Mahabharata, an ancient Hindu epic poem about the great war between demi-gods, witches, and demons) come crashing to the forefront. Magical powers are activated, dark forces converge, and it looks like Laila’s quiet town in upstate New York might be the setting of the next epic battle.

Author Nisha Sharma deftly weaves together romance, magic, and mythology in this contemporary young adult urban fantasy novel.",{"_426":53,"_33":94,"_493":565,"_495":67},"Union Square & Co",368,"February 4, 2025","February 4","9781454947776","1454947772","#087868",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/9381i/a3c67c1d-bb53-4ff9-8551-49c1e46fb360/1789274588.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F9381i%2Fa3c67c1d-bb53-4ff9-8551-49c1e46fb360%2F1789274588.jpg",{"_426":802,"_33":357,"_458":803,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":42,"_505":804,"_507":48},"901a2a67-89ba-46e6-855c-3055ef0e8d2d","1576-nisha-sharma",[508],"53f7b983-cc63-492c-9de2-f2dd804bc638",9397,"4.75",[],[830],"Master of Souls","0db8f077-0e70-4058-ab67-63f056a60420",{"_21":828,"_426":829,"_498":44},"Apr 2023","2023-04-11","9913-master-of-souls","A king with a score to settle.
A demon driven to rebel.
A girl who holds the power of the gods.

Arrah has paid many prices in her battle against the Demon King. Now, she must decipher the legacy of her past and weave an uneasy alliance between her beloved Rudjek, the Demon King, and the remaining orishas, hoping to restore peace to all their worlds. But as Arrah’s half-demon sister regains her strength and resumes her quest for destruction, peace may require the ultimate sacrifice.",{"_426":53,"_33":94,"_493":565,"_495":67},"HarperTeen",432,"April 11, 2023","April 11","9780062871169","0062871161",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/9397i/0db8f077-0e70-4058-ab67-63f056a60420/1789275918.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F9397i%2F0db8f077-0e70-4058-ab67-63f056a60420%2F1789275918.jpg","Kingdom of Souls","fc953bce-4e98-46ef-a827-cef733cc25a5",{"_426":831,"_33":361,"_458":832,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":44,"_505":833,"_507":48},"d18f61ae-903e-4d9a-9b8f-6378cb05b99f","1581-rena-barron",[508],"b13b8c14-218d-4422-bcb5-debe5751cfdd",9664,"3.0",[],[857],"Divine Oaths","60d29043-de9e-4214-a524-8be06cc18ad7","Sep 2026","2026-09-01","10299-divine-oaths","Ninth House meets Legendborn in this thrilling dark academia debut following a new student fueled by questions about her prestigious university and the haunting answers she uncovers as her heart pulls her in two different, dangerous directions.

Westfield University was supposed to be Sianna Adu’s dream school. But just when she’s on the cusp of attending the elite academic institution hidden in Virginia’s swampland, an unexpected tragedy changes everything. In one day, Sianna loses her family and gains an extraordinary power—the ability to see lifelines and witness other people’s pasts and futures.

With all she’s lost, Sianna puts her college dreams on pause and spends her days navigating dead-end jobs and a not-so-secret crush on her coworker. But when Kasem Saint James, the undeniably handsome heir of Westfield, approaches her with a strange request, the future Sianna has long deferred becomes a dangerous new reality. Worried that her powers are now tied to Kasem, she has no choice. Fate has called her to Westfield.

At an academy where secret societies abound, connections are everything, and an ominous history—stretching back centuries—determines the future, Sianna and Kasem must piece together the past to undo a curse that binds them to each other.

With a swoony romance and jaw dropping twists, this layered dark academia novel introduces a university where nothing is quite as it seems.",{"_426":42,"_33":92,"_493":565,"_495":67},"Requited",384,"September 1, 2026","September 1","9780316601269","0316601268","#081818",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/9664i/60d29043-de9e-4214-a524-8be06cc18ad7/1789409986.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F9664i%2F60d29043-de9e-4214-a524-8be06cc18ad7%2F1789409986.jpg",{"_426":858,"_33":336,"_458":859,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":42,"_505":860,"_507":48},"2199a431-c75f-44cc-8c17-478571503d49","1700-elizabeth-agyemang",[508],"42664e8a-6d95-4a1b-9a10-ea255af6550a",9763,"3.85",22,[],[885],"Blood Moon","7dfa49d9-8a6c-40d3-81d0-5efb947e3d1e",{"_21":656,"_426":657,"_498":42},"Sep 2025","2025-09-09","10400-blood-moon","Eighteen-year-old Mirabella “Mira” Owens grew up in Timber Plains, Kansas hearing all about the local legend—that werewolves had, many years ago, traveled to their small Midwest town to protect humans from the growing threat of a vampire enclave. Just a story of course, a fairy tale, one Mira had stopped believing in when she was young—just like she stopped believing in the idea of her mom returning, after she up and left without a trace when she was only thirteen.

Mira is grown up now, starting freshman year at the nearby Lakeland University. College feels normal, exactly the thing she’s been craving most... except for one particular classmate: Julian Santos, a mysterious boy with long hair, golden eyes, and a coldness that seems directed exclusively at Mira for reasons she can’t understand and he won’t explain.

When Mira receives an unaddressed letter from her mother, she’s told the world isn’t as it seems. She suspects her mom might be telling the truth when she stumbles across strange animal tracks on a hiking trail, and when she’s miraculously saved from a twenty foot drop by the one and only, Julian Santos.

The problem? Julian would have had to jump the length of the cliff to catch her, making him incredibly fast and strong beyond belief. When she confronts him about this, he denies everything.

But when a Blood Moon rises, Mira soon finds herself caught in the middle of an ancient, magical war, with Julian on the other side of the line. She discovers there’s much more truth to the old town legends than she could ever have anticipated—and her family’s historic role in it will change her world forever.

BLOOD MOON is a dark and thrilling, intensely romantic ride, a fresh take on a werewolf love story for a new generation of paranormal romance readers, and is the first book in a series. It is set against a high-stakes paranormal backdrop—a world ripe with secret identities, rich supernatural lore, and a forbidden romance... that comes with a deadly bite.",{"_426":53,"_33":94,"_493":565,"_495":67},"Page Street YA","September 9, 2025","September 9","9798890032294","B0CZWLLPF6","#280808",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/9763i/7dfa49d9-8a6c-40d3-81d0-5efb947e3d1e/1789429007.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F9763i%2F7dfa49d9-8a6c-40d3-81d0-5efb947e3d1e%2F1789429007.jpg",{"_426":659,"_33":368,"_458":660,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":208,"_505":886,"_507":48},[508],"248878c2-4861-4924-9674-178193cdfaa1",10345,"4.1",39,[],[911],"The Grim Reaper's Lawyer","2ec3516e-8b08-42d1-9099-8802ca4e96a0",{"_21":909,"_426":910,"_498":42},"Dec 2022","2022-12-20","11044-the-grim-reaper-s-lawyer","When having to decide between spending her afterlife in hell or as the Grim Reaper’s Lawyer, it's not even a hard choice for Joyce Parker.

Of course she’d choose hell.

Joyce thought her prayers were finally answered when her client killed her. Yes, she knows, it's morbid. But, so is being a lawyer. Now dead, Joyce thought it was blue skies, angel wings, mimosas and Jesus. Well, she was embarrassingly wrong. The insufferable, but good-looking Grim Reaper needs a favor. He needs her to represent him in the newly formed Reaper’s Court. That is, of course, if she wants to go to heaven rather than to hell, which is exactly where she was heading.

What starts off as a favor turns into a whirlwind of chaos with Joyce and the Grim Reaper being in the center of it all. Not only does Joyce have to help the grumpy Reaper, but she also has to save the whole Afterworld—a job she most definitely did not sign up for. Joyce’s life on earth was boring, but her afterlife ends up being the most alive she’s ever felt. Trials, secrets, evil reapers, missing souls, traitors, stolen mimosas and unexpected romance—all the elements for one hell (literally) of a life after death.",{"_426":44,"_33":96,"_493":494,"_495":67},354,"December 20, 2022","December 20","B0BHF789K4",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/10345i/2ec3516e-8b08-42d1-9099-8802ca4e96a0/1789623465.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F10345i%2F2ec3516e-8b08-42d1-9099-8802ca4e96a0%2F1789623465.jpg","Life After Death","c5d789f7-9224-4ed7-99e2-7b1df43e6350",{"_426":912,"_33":360,"_458":913,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":550,"_505":914,"_507":48},"cb97a71f-eeb8-4017-ba55-4df721df3224","1814-mea-monique",[508],"3b9b9d5a-0632-4284-8762-e21c10e8c26a",10835,"4.5",[],[936],"Flamebound: Draegonhart Bonds","f01a1871-28f2-4887-b8f4-988b6bec3ab7","Jun 2026","2026-06-07","11540-flamebound","Joya Rae Martin doesn’t have time for fairy tales. A brilliant scientist from Chicago, she has built her future around one saving her father from a rare and devastating disease.

Then a trip to New York changes everything.

After witnessing a supernatural battle in Central Park, Joya comes face-to-face with demons, witches, vampires, shifters, and dragons. But nothing shakes her more than Prince Xavian Draegonhart, the powerful dragon who drops to his knees and calls her his mate.

Xavian has waited decades for the mate The Mother made for him. Joya is his future, his flamebound love, but she isn’t a woman to be claimed by pretty words or ancient bonds. If he wants her trust, he’ll have to earn it. Because Xavian may be a dragon prince, but Joya is no damsel waiting to be saved.

When the truth about her father’s illness leads them to a hidden enemy with roots older than anyone imagined, Joya must use her science to confront a horror built on control, corruption, and stolen power. And Xavian will burn down anything that stands between his mate and the family she’s trying to save.

Flamebound is a spicy Black romantasy set in the Protector’s Claim Universe, featuring a possessive dragon prince, fated mates, dragonfire, supernatural secrets, family healing, and a love hot enough to rewrite everything.",{"_426":44,"_33":96,"_493":494,"_495":67},397,"June 7, 2026","June 7","B0GZK4SYND","#080878",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/10835i/f01a1871-28f2-4887-b8f4-988b6bec3ab7/1789749221.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F10835i%2Ff01a1871-28f2-4887-b8f4-988b6bec3ab7%2F1789749221.jpg",{"_426":937,"_33":341,"_458":938,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":279,"_505":939,"_507":48},"ed4064ab-1691-461f-9bf5-b6b1f4dc2e0e","1298-september-knight",[508],"e0346b71-6939-4efc-a66d-d31a54fe14c8",11143,"3.67",[],[965],"House of Marionne","5f62520a-626e-46a9-b2d2-051e2ed025c4",{"_21":945,"_426":964,"_498":42},"Aug 2023","2023-08-29","11859-house-of-marionne","Rich is the blood of the chosen

17 year-old Quell has lived her entire life on the run. She and her mother have fled from city to city, in order to hide the deadly magic that flows through Quell’s veins.

Until someone discovers her dark secret.

To hide from the assassin hunting her, and keep her mother out of harm’s way, Quell reluctantly inducts into a debutante society of magical social elites called the Order that she never knew existed. If she can pass their three rites of membership, mastering their proper form of magic, she’ll be able to secretly bury her forbidden magic forever.

If caught, she will be killed.

But becoming the perfect debutante is a lot harder than Quell imagined, especially when there’s more than tutoring happening with Jordan, her brooding mentor and— assassin in training.

When Quell uncovers the deadly lengths the Order will go to defend its wealth and power, she’s forced to choose: embrace the dark magic she’s been running from her entire life or risk losing everything, and everyone, she’s grown to love.

Still, she fears the most formidable monster she’ll have to face is the one inside.",{"_426":53,"_33":94,"_493":565,"_495":67},"Razorbill",400,"August 29, 2023","August 29","9780593527702","0593527704","#181818",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/11143i/5f62520a-626e-46a9-b2d2-051e2ed025c4/1790111340.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F11143i%2F5f62520a-626e-46a9-b2d2-051e2ed025c4%2F1790111340.jpg","a53c98bb-0a84-45d9-8c0e-555582706473",{"_426":966,"_33":366,"_458":967,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":53,"_505":968,"_507":48},"edf7bc33-9d2d-4136-a381-0c67fd50f38d","2098-j-elle",[508],"87dc04a6-9d3c-4202-be34-8c006306e7aa",11173,"5.0",[],[995],"Heavy is the Head: Love & War (Heavy is the Head: the Duology)","d321b77a-2396-4ded-b686-eb6474c2183c",{"_21":993,"_426":994,"_498":42},2021,"May 2021","2021-05-08","11889-heavy-is-the-head","Paths cross. Love blooms. War rages.

\"By order of His Majesty the king...\" These words changed Calla Emery's life forever. With her father missing and her mother falling ill, Calla is forced to enter the world of nobility to leave her family's commoner status behind to land a wealthy husband - despite her family's messy history with the royal family. Little does she know, beyond her wildest dreams, that there's magic that lies behind the castle walls, both good...and evil. And she's going to get more than she bargained for.

\"The sun will never set on the kingdom of Dragoon.\" Prince Mekai Okoro would do anything for his father. He would fight in any war, at any cost - or so he thought. With a civil war looming in the realm, a fight for the royal crown brewing, and dragon magic coursing through his veins, Prince Mekai must decide if he will be his own man or will he be who his father wants him to be, a warmonger.

And, what will Calla and Mekai do when they realize that love is their greatest adversary...and ally?",{"_426":42,"_33":92,"_493":565,"_495":67},410,"May 8, 2021","May 8","9798996264704","B0H965C4HW","#f86838",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/11173i/d321b77a-2396-4ded-b686-eb6474c2183c/1790118044.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F11173i%2Fd321b77a-2396-4ded-b686-eb6474c2183c%2F1790118044.jpg","Heavy is the Head","1bbf933d-895c-4e3f-be68-364edd4b401a",{"_426":996,"_33":339,"_458":997,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":53,"_505":998,"_507":48},"472c7a96-ff0f-47eb-8f99-d846b94e8fea","2114-katrina-n-lewis",[508],"d8081915-ce1e-430f-a2da-c499d8a63b90",11330,"4.0",[],[1019],"The Perfect Unicorn: An Enchanted Forest Novella","f0099fcd-49bf-4126-b13a-03145dfac017","2025-09-04","12051-the-perfect-unicorn","What happens when perfection meets sin?

Iliyana Sanctitas has followed the commandments of the First Unicorn without fail for ninety-nine years. Just a few weeks before she receives her horn, she overhears her older sister blaming her for the illness of their Sacred Tree. Desperate for her sister's approval, she sets out on a quest to retrieve the Seed of Life to save the tree and redeem herself in her sister's eyes. Before she can find it, she meets a demon who makes her want to break every commandment ever written. Will Iliyana maintain her virtuous lifestyle to become the perfect unicorn, or give in to temptation and risk losing everything along the way?

The Perfect Unicorn is a cozy, fairytale romantasy with forbidden romance and open-door spice.",{"_426":44,"_33":96,"_493":494,"_495":67},145,"September 4, 2025","September 4","B0F99G2L5Q","#e8c8e8",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/11330i/f0099fcd-49bf-4126-b13a-03145dfac017/1790287526.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F11330i%2Ff0099fcd-49bf-4126-b13a-03145dfac017%2F1790287526.jpg",{"_426":1020,"_33":369,"_458":1021,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":53,"_505":1022,"_507":48},"dd4f49e0-b1ba-46e1-90a6-170a3de264f9","2143-k-j-bradford",[508],"5ff27e98-8514-4f52-bcac-bc57a7ded72f",11374,[],[1045],"Wicked Endeavors","77e82ec3-9ff4-4ec1-9827-f98fe4a282a0",{"_21":1027,"_426":1044,"_498":42},"2026-09-08","12096-wicked-endeavors","Perfect for fans of The Shadows Between Us and Powerless, this high stakes romantasy follows a vengeful teen who cons her way into an elite society of tyrannical witches. But her warring feelings for two people—an enemy prince and her childhood friend—could ruin everything.

Caya was once the ward of Coventry’s royal family…until they were killed by the three witch Houses that now rule the peninsula.

Now eighteen, Caya plans to infiltrate the witches' glittering world to enact justice. With the help of a mysterious benefactor, she adopts the persona of Marisol Vinyet, a disarmingly beautiful aristocrat. As Marisol, she'll attend the annual Coronet, a cutthroat social season during which witches increase their power by binding new members to their Houses. The Coronet will draw even the prince of neighboring Domingo—Tomás Castellan—to the peninsula just in time for “Marisol” to kill him. After all, his family set the witches upon Coventry in the first place.

But Tomás is more charming than Caya ever anticipated. Worse, her estranged childhood friend, Bas Arroyo, is the prince’s protector, and she struggles to control her complicated feelings for him.

To take down the witches from within, Caya will have to keep both her identity and her desperate heart under Although she’s made herself a weapon, she might be the one to bleed.",{"_426":53,"_33":94,"_493":565,"_495":67},336,"September 8, 2026","September 8","9780316594219","0316594210","#082838",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/11374i/77e82ec3-9ff4-4ec1-9827-f98fe4a282a0/1790375650.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F11374i%2F77e82ec3-9ff4-4ec1-9827-f98fe4a282a0%2F1790375650.jpg","ee73e10c-8b03-4efb-93ce-2470bca8fa81",{"_426":1046,"_33":370,"_458":1047,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":90,"_505":1048,"_507":48},"3c4efdf8-075c-4d11-9fd3-290f32dcb010","363-kamilah-cole",[508],"a0d97ca1-7374-4606-a5d5-7d73d815c242",11517,[],[1070],"The Maid and the Crocodile","88a61067-1d51-45a8-a8e9-a2bda80ecffd","Aug 2024","2024-08-13","12239-the-maid-and-the-crocodile","The smallest spark can bind two hearts . . . or start a revolution.

In the magic-soaked capital city of Oluwan, country bumpkin Small Sade needs a job—preferably as a maid, with employers who don’t mind her unique appearance and unlucky foot. But before she can be hired, she accidentally binds herself to a powerful god known only as the Crocodile, who is rumored to devour pretty girls. Small Sade entrances the Crocodile with her secret: she is a Curse Eater, gifted with the ability to alter people’s fates by cleaning their houses.

The handsome god warns that their fates are bound, but Small Sade evades him, launching herself into a new career as the Curse Eater of a swanky inn. She is determined to impress the wealthy inhabitants and earn her place in Oluwan City . . . assuming her secret-filled past—and the revolutionary ambitions of the Crocodile God—don’t catch up with her.

But maybe there is more to Small Sade. And maybe everyone in Oluwan City deserves more, too, from the maids all the way to the Anointed Ones.

Fans of the Raybearer series, Howl's Moving Castle, and Beauty and the Beast will enjoy The Maid and the Crocodile–no prior knowledge of the Raybearer series necessary.",{"_426":53,"_33":94,"_493":565,"_495":67},"Harry N. Abrams",304,"August 13, 2024","August 13","9781419764356","1419764357",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/11517i/88a61067-1d51-45a8-a8e9-a2bda80ecffd/1790444831.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F11517i%2F88a61067-1d51-45a8-a8e9-a2bda80ecffd%2F1790444831.jpg",{"_426":1071,"_33":350,"_458":1072,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":44,"_505":1073,"_507":48},"a9e2ca73-9ea6-4514-8ec3-5f13cf5d6b8a","478-jordan-ifueko",[508],"b7b90f97-b14f-4764-97df-3980237c0db5",11834,[],[1094],"Jonah's Ghost (Myths, Legends, and Monsters)","28225c3b-00a7-476a-bbdc-a83ceae01a83","2022-10-31","12559-jonah-s-ghost-myths-legends-and-monsters","

Taryn Hopkins and her husband, Oliver, recently bought and moved into their first home, an old Victorian in small-town Pennsylvania. However, when her airline pilot husband is away, Taryn is visited by a dark-haired male apparition who appears in unlit hallways and, eventually, her dreams.

Jonah’s so real, she can touch him.He calls her by the name “Odette” and strokes her like his long-lost love.But soulmates don’t simply travel through time in search of one another to reclaim a tragic past. Prophecies that claim she’ll meet her true love, and that he’ll be wearing gold, live only in old black-and-white romantic films.

That's why, when Special Agent Asher Renaud shows up on her porch, touting a gold badge, she doesn’t pay it much mind. There’s also the fact that Asher looks exactly like Jonah, but that doesn’t mean she’s Asher’s Odette.

Neither does it mean that their souls were destined to find each other, over one hundred years later, to solve Odette's mysterious disappearance, finally giving the lovers a chance to finish their story.

",{"_426":44,"_33":96,"_493":494,"_495":67},"Sage Hill Romance",320,"October 31, 2022","October 31","B0B5Y5L4FN","#081838",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/11834i/28225c3b-00a7-476a-bbdc-a83ceae01a83/1790527197.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F11834i%2F28225c3b-00a7-476a-bbdc-a83ceae01a83%2F1790527197.jpg",{"_426":1095,"_33":345,"_458":1096,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":1097,"_505":1098,"_507":48},"c725222e-8036-465e-9566-c6cd0c938688","2276-k-alex-walker",32,[508],"e3bcc861-def2-4c20-a181-0dbb39f87420",12119,[],[1121],"Covenant of Crowns: A Standalone Why Choose Primal Romantasy (Clans of Yassir)","d61ff43e-62af-4bc8-b692-ac8dc64c9061","Dec 2025","2025-12-09","12848-covenant-of-crowns","

A queen with no heir. A prophecy she cannot outrun. And four men who could destroy her—or save her.

Bound by a fruitless marriage contract and pursued for her crown, Safa flees her kingdom with the only allies she has her fiercely loyal best friend, her cold but duty-bound husband, and the assassin who’s always watching from the shadows.

To protect her people, she must forge an alliance with a ruthless enemy king who wants more than power. But as danger closes in, the lines between ally, enemy, and lover begin to blur. Secrets unravel. Loyalties fracture. And the prophecy that haunts her future looms ever larger.

The warrior burns for her.
The assassin would kill for her.
The husband hides his heart—and something darker.
And the enemy king may be the most dangerous of all.

There’s no room in a queen’s life for love. But with every forbidden touch, every stolen moment, Safa’s walls begin to crumble. Can she survive the weight of her prophecy, or will the love she never expected to find be her undoing?

Covenant of Crowns is a standalone novel in the Clans of Yassir series, a first-person, multi POV, reverse harem fantasy romance featuring MMFMM scenes and an epic journey toward a happily ever after. Events in Covenant of Crowns take place 200 years before the events in With a Vengeance, but readers can start with either book. Each novel is perfect for fans of fierce heroines, primal bonds, and slow-burning passion that ignites into a wildfire. See Content Note at the beginning of the book for full warnings.

The current release date is a placeholder and will be moved up.

",{"_426":44,"_33":96,"_493":494,"_495":67},"Romance Alchemist Publishing",588,"December 9, 2025","December 9","9781763542310","B0FDJLMF71","#684838",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/12119i/d61ff43e-62af-4bc8-b692-ac8dc64c9061/1790833809.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F12119i%2Fd61ff43e-62af-4bc8-b692-ac8dc64c9061%2F1790833809.jpg",{"_426":1122,"_33":362,"_458":1123,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":53,"_505":1124,"_507":48},"44f20198-203f-4d0f-991b-20ca50a73f6d","2359-anne-grove",[508],"ccce823c-63e3-44df-ae60-c6fccd7af8eb",12131,[],[1148],"Firstborn of the Sun","c40bded9-8442-4c29-bc8b-e2f392ec393d",{"_21":1129,"_426":1147,"_498":42},"Oct 2025","2025-10-23","12860-firstborn-of-the-sun","

A HEART-POUNDING YORUBA INSPIRED FANTASY NOVEL SET IN AN EPIC WORLD OF COURTLY INTRIGUE AND FORBIDDEN POWER . . .

‘Absolutely Radiant’ BEA FITZGERALD
‘A Dazzling Debut’ ANDREA STEWART
‘Enthralling and epic’ ANNA DAY
‘Readers are going to LOVE THIS BOOK!’ ANGELA MONTOYA

In Oru L'ore has a secret. She is the only one without agbára – the ability to harness power from the sun. On pain of death she must conceal it from everyone. Including her best friend, Alawani.

But when the gods declare Alawani an Àlùfáà – a great honour where he will serve the gods and the Kingdom – he must be stripped of his power in a brutal trial likely to kill him. Unwilling to bear his death, L'ore vows to rescue him.

When she desperately attempts to channel agbára an icy shadow magic instead pours from her hands; a power she learns originated from a forbidden, secret land beyond the six rings of Oru.

One where she and Alawani must now seek sanctuary and discover a secret that could bring the Kingdom to its knees . . .

_____________

‘Absolutely radiant. Anson has created a captivating, intricate world with characters who will stay with me for a long time. A perfect balance of political machinations and aching romance, wrapped up in a fast-paced action packed adventure. I loved it!’ BEA FITZGERALD, author of Girl Goddess Queen

'A dazzling debut, with characters that leap off the page and burrow into your heart. Filled with love, betrayal, and questions of loyalty, the twists and turns this story takes will keep you reading late into the night' ANDREA STEWART, author of The Gods Below

‘Fierce, exciting and utterly original, Firstborn of the Sun is an enthralling and epic fantasy, with a beautiful and tender romance at its center’ ANNA DAY, author of The Girl who Grew Wings

‘A rich and confident fantasy with expansive world building and a magic system as vicious as it is unique. Filled with intricately woven twists and action from beginning to end, readers will have a hard time putting this book down. Readers are going to LOVE THIS BOOK!’ - ANGELA MONTOYA, author of Sinner’s Isle and A Cruel Thirst

",{"_426":53,"_33":94,"_493":565,"_495":67},"Penguin Michael Joseph",615,"October 23, 2025","October 23","9780241705056","0241705053",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/12131i/c40bded9-8442-4c29-bc8b-e2f392ec393d/1790834746.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F12131i%2Fc40bded9-8442-4c29-bc8b-e2f392ec393d%2F1790834746.jpg","d275b8c8-b916-4e89-8112-f2f68dea42b7",{"_426":1149,"_33":333,"_458":1150,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":42,"_505":1151,"_507":48},"82d02dee-eb0f-421b-8933-da39bd24c430","2364-marvellous-michael-anson",[508],"f8e710b9-6502-41dc-895f-10f2809599da",12150,[],[1172],"Greed of Giants (Forbidden Bonds)","d40c97c0-d57a-4eea-a29c-1aa419b90cb0","Jul 2026","2026-07-07","12883-greed-of-giants-forbidden-bonds","

A forbidden love. A sleeping fire god. A scholar who dares to wake him.

Exiled for breaking too many rules, scholar Ilaris is sent to catalog the forgotten runes of the fire giants, a race erased from history.

Then the earth splits open.

She awakens Killian: a chained fire giant prince, furious, achingly beautiful, and dangerous enough to destroy kingdoms. His touch burns. His freedom could end the world. And a blood oath has bound them together on an impossible quest.

But the one thing they both crave—to touch—is the one thing that could destroy them.

And desire is not the only danger waking beneath the earth.

Killian is only the beginning.

Ancient powers are waking. The gates are weakening. And the Unmaking are coming.

Bound by magic and forbidden desire, Ilaris and Killian must choose what they are willing to sacrifice and whether love is worth burning for.

For readers who love slow-burn yearning, forbidden fantasy romance, mortal/immortal romance, elemental magic, mythology-rich world-building, morally gray heroes, fierce heroines, and impossible quests with heart-wrenching stakes.

Greed of Giants is Book One in the Forbidden Bonds Collection. A multi-author fantasy romance collection where forbidden love, fire magic, and high-stakes danger collide. Featuring standalone romantasy adventures with smoldering tension, impossible choices, elemental magic, and lovers who should never be together. Each book is a standalone and can be read in any order.

",{"_426":44,"_33":96,"_493":494,"_495":67},346,"July 7, 2026","July 7","B0H2B7B7DZ","#e8b8a8",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/12150i/d40c97c0-d57a-4eea-a29c-1aa419b90cb0/1790919496.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F12150i%2Fd40c97c0-d57a-4eea-a29c-1aa419b90cb0%2F1790919496.jpg",{"_426":1173,"_33":344,"_458":1174,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":42,"_505":1175,"_507":48},"35c45458-850e-4ee4-b559-7b4e470a7862","2384-angela-j-ford",[508],"abc439e7-7c42-4c27-834f-d18e85771559",12596,[],[1196],"Demon for a Knight","34a8e23a-cc58-476a-8b36-21b084cad941","2026-09-29","13349-demon-for-a-knight","After spending over two decades disguising herself as a man to fulfill her father’s dream of having knighted sons, Lark Hawthorne is offered time away. She prefers to keep busy, but a stay at the duke’s estate might offer Lark a moment alone with the demon she’s been secretly pining over for a decade. Sinclaire is employed as a lady’s maid to the duke’s daughter and Lark has cherished every stolen glance from her over the years.
While gathering flowers to present to Sinclaire, Lark catches the woman of her affections in the middle of a terrible crime. Scandalized by what she’s seen, Lark is prepared to spurn her feelings to do the right thing, but before she’s successful, the demon threatens to reveal Lark’s secret and ruin her knighthood. It may have been her father’s decision, but becoming a knight has been the only thing standing between Lark and a loveless marriage.
When forced to choose between honoring the oath she made to the duke, or keeping her sword, she chooses her sword.
Spending her vacation perverting the course of justice is the last thing Lark expected, and she begins to wonder if it’s the sword she wants so desperately to keep at her side or Sinclaire.

KJ Bradford's Demon For A Knight is part of Goblin Presents: A Vacation Anthology, a bundle of five short and memorable novellas written to fulfill your wanderlust and satiate all your romantic desires.

It is set in KJ Bradford's Enchanted Forest world.",{"_426":44,"_33":96,"_493":494,"_495":67},"KJ's World-Smithing",146,"September 29, 2026","September 29","B0GX2PTZYY","#781818",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/12596i/34a8e23a-cc58-476a-8b36-21b084cad941/1791416492.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F12596i%2F34a8e23a-cc58-476a-8b36-21b084cad941%2F1791416492.jpg",{"_426":1020,"_33":369,"_458":1021,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":53,"_505":1197,"_507":48},[508],"934fd7c7-c459-4b37-9b26-1d9e5ddabca3",12601,"3.5",[],[1222],"The Autumn Leaf Bookshop","d9c21e2c-2164-4dfa-846d-09191af4004f",{"_21":1220,"_426":1221,"_498":42},"2025-09-16","13354-the-autumn-leaf-bookshop","The Autumn Leaf Bookshop is set in the cozy, fall season with small-town vibes and magical elements. This romantasy is the perfect opposites attract, spicy romance for the fall season.

Raene Hart doesn't do fall.

Give her beaches, sun-soaked pages, and barefoot days under thunderstorm skies and she's golden. But when her beloved grandmother needs care, Raene trades her coastal condo and bestselling romance career for six weeks in Everly Hollow, a cozy town full of enchantment, magic and where not all beings are human.

Sylas Ashvale is everything she doesn’t need right now. He’s tall, too handsome for his own good, and the owner of The Autumn Leaf Bookshop. He’s the literal embodiment of fall with his cozy sweaters, fall magic, and cinnamon-scented charm. Oh, and did I mention he’s Fae with a bonded miniature dragon?

Raene is a summer-loving author. Sylas is autumn incarnate.

But sometimes, the season you hate… becomes the one that changes everything.

Will Raene survive pumpkin season without losing her mind or her heart?

Tropes:
Opposites attract
Spicy
Forced proximity
He Falls First
Cozy, enchanted small-town vibes
Fall season romance
Bookstore romance",{"_426":44,"_33":96,"_493":494,"_495":67},334,"September 16, 2025","September 16","9781969395017","B0FN6FWCFL","#f8c878",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/12601i/d9c21e2c-2164-4dfa-846d-09191af4004f/1791416722.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F12601i%2Fd9c21e2c-2164-4dfa-846d-09191af4004f%2F1791416722.jpg","Everly Hollow","d1883feb-d5f7-4c66-99d1-8a495f5f29b4",{"_426":1223,"_33":354,"_458":1224,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":42,"_505":1225,"_507":48},"1d75cc44-6aaf-4228-a265-d628a5224713","2504-kay-michaels",[508],"fe03b1b5-c029-49ff-8e12-7bba2a360298",12621,"4.85",[],[1251],"A Vow of Shadow and Blood","07dd6e11-fbf2-4a76-813b-2944974764af",{"_21":1249,"_426":1250,"_498":42},"2025-10-15","13374-a-vow-of-shadow-and-blood","An enemies-to-lovers romantic fantasy perfect for fans of Penn Cole, Sable Sorensen, and Rebecca Yarros.

In the Kingdom of Kalyn, humans are good for two things. Hunting and owning.

Adina Barron was bred to serve the ruling-class vampires. Owned from birth by Blackwood House, her only desire has been to keep herself and her sister safe. But Adina harbors a dark secret. She possesses the power to turn her blood into a deadly poison that kills vampires. An ability she swore never to use until she learned that her sister was dying. After discovering that vampire venom can extend life, Adina has spent the last year risking exposure and execution to hunt and kill the creatures she was born to obey.

But desperation leads to foolish mistakes, and when she accidentally reveals her power to a mysterious stranger, she is forced to make a difficult choice. Use her ability to assassinate the Crown Prince or watch her sister die.

The decision is easy, and it’s not long before Adina manages to use her wits and cunning to embed herself into the prince’s life. But making the kill is not as simple as she anticipates, especially when fate seems hell-bent on drawing the pair together. And when whispers of a war start to arise, Adina realizes that there may be bigger issues than just saving her sister.

But time is closing in, and soon she will be forced to make a choice. Her sister? Her kingdom? Or her heart? Because one thing is clear, she cannot save them all.

\n This is book one in Charlene’s slowburn, romantic fantasy series, Blood Vows. \n",{"_426":44,"_33":96,"_493":494,"_495":67},"Lotus Ink",512,"October 15, 2025","October 15","9781068260001","B0DWBNY84G","#380808",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/12621i/07dd6e11-fbf2-4a76-813b-2944974764af/1791417458.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F12621i%2F07dd6e11-fbf2-4a76-813b-2944974764af%2F1791417458.jpg","Blood Vows","8327fd81-0e78-410b-b806-3a169475b931",{"_426":1252,"_33":338,"_458":1253,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":42,"_505":1254,"_507":48},"4abbe572-0e2f-4c12-a336-1586e391d3f3","2510-charlene-antrobus",[508],"00dc024f-518b-46ac-a6cf-03239d5f353f",12635,[],[1277],"The Vampire King","779831a5-735c-4576-98bd-a56be659cf74",{"_21":1275,"_426":1276,"_498":42},"2023-04-28","13388-the-vampire-king","Escape into the Vampire King—a steamy, high-octane paranormal.

As a human domina, Camille's only purpose in life is to birth vampire children for the powerful the Quiet King. Trapped within the castle walls under strict rules and constant surveillance by guards, Camille has spent the last two years, witnessing the brutal slaughter of innocent babies and insurmountable atrocities to other women.

Camille decides to take matters into her own hands and plans to escape with the help of a vampire Path Finder named Xander, who is known for aiding many humans out of slavery.

But as Camille and Xander embark on their adventure, she soon discovers that Xander holds secrets that could change their world forever.

Together, Camille and Xander navigate a dangerous and thrilling journey filled with romance, mystery, and edge-of-your-seat action.",{"_426":44,"_33":96,"_493":494,"_495":67},294,"April 28, 2023","April 28","B0BSG38TV5","#281808",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/12635i/779831a5-735c-4576-98bd-a56be659cf74/1791417555.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F12635i%2F779831a5-735c-4576-98bd-a56be659cf74%2F1791417555.jpg","The Immortal Crown Saga","b3f63112-920b-493f-a5ae-0935b8ef471c",{"_426":1278,"_33":355,"_458":1279,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":1280,"_505":1281,"_507":48},"07150911-241a-4757-9ca4-a93b311000af","2305-kenya-wright",68,[508],"7739affd-fa16-41d0-995d-40f327afee12",13066,[],[1302],"The Promise Born (The Lunaterra Chronicles)","2f2e2185-dda8-401f-90bf-463eab34866c","May 2025","2025-05-22","13910-the-promise-born-the-lunaterra-chronicles","

When the dragon prince kidnaps a false bride to spite the queen an ancient rivalry is reborn.

To escape his mother’s relentless matchmaking, fire Dragon Prince Asante makes a desperate choice—he plucks a hard-headed baker from a small village and declares her his fiancée. It’s a harmless ruse, meant only to buy him time. After all, what threat could a woman with flour-dusted hands pose to the throne?

But Kiala is no ordinary baker. She is the lost Ice Dragon Princess, a woman thought to have perished an avalanche. Hiding in plain sight, she has spent years concealing her identity, waiting for a day when she could truly be free.
When Asante unknowingly pulls her into his world, she sees an opportunity—one that could change her fate forever.

As the lines between deception and desire blur, Asante finds himself enchanted by the woman who was never meant to be his. And when enemies from their people’s shared past resurface, threatening to destroy them both, he must will he protect his kingdom, or risk everything for the woman who just might be his destiny?

",{"_426":44,"_33":96,"_493":494,"_495":67},156,"May 22, 2025","May 22","9781958295663","B0F3DMYPQN",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/13066i/2f2e2185-dda8-401f-90bf-463eab34866c/1791943018.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F13066i%2F2f2e2185-dda8-401f-90bf-463eab34866c%2F1791943018.jpg",{"_426":775,"_33":374,"_458":776,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":777,"_505":1303,"_507":48},[508],"229b5f63-cdea-4a05-a755-d96d7ae40caf",13826,"3.43",[],[1329],"The Last One","b8f5f671-90d1-489d-8e3f-5953c6121bab",{"_21":1327,"_426":1328,"_498":42},"Dec 2024","2024-12-03","14819-the-last-one","

Explosive and enthralling romantasy debut from New York Times bestselling author Rachel Howzell Hall...

Thrown into a desolate land of sickness and unnatural beasts, Kai wakes in the woods with no idea who she is or how she got there. All she knows is that if she cannot reach the Sea of Devour, even this hellscape will get worse. But when she sees the village blacksmith fight invaders with unspeakable skill, she decides to accept his offer of help.

Too bad he’s as skilled at annoying her as he is at fighting.

As she searches for answers, Kai only finds more questions, especially regarding the blacksmith who can ignite her body like a flame, then douse it with ice in the next breath.

And no one is what—or who—they appear to be in the kingdom of Vinevridth, including the man whose secrets might be as deadly as the land itself.

",{"_426":53,"_33":94,"_493":565,"_495":67},"Entangled Publishing, LLC (Red Tower Books)",496,"December 3, 2024","December 3","9781649374400","1649374402",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/13826i/b8f5f671-90d1-489d-8e3f-5953c6121bab/1792157150.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F13826i%2Fb8f5f671-90d1-489d-8e3f-5953c6121bab%2F1792157150.jpg","Vallendor","c08b7f90-aec1-4810-b774-682794bdce8a",{"_426":1330,"_33":335,"_458":1331,"_502":-5,"_503":-5,"_504":631,"_505":1332,"_507":48},"65d78127-071e-409e-8333-21c433f1fce7","1921-rachel-howzell-hall",[508],"c2d549f5-646b-44cb-842a-a1d0042bcf39",14138,[],[1355],"His To Haunt","ef9ba65c-62d9-4210-8865-3c9b8f3c8a51",{"_21":1353,"_426":1354,"_498":90},"Aug 2025","2025-08-31","15181-his-to-haunt","

A soul divided. A love resurrected. A monster obsessed.

Celeste Monroe’s life was ordinary—until the blood test.

Promoted to Vice President of a powerful tech firm overnight, Celeste finds herself pulled into a world she can’t explain. Her new boss watches her too closely. Her bodyguard knows things no man should. And every night, her dreams are haunted by fire, blood, and a name she’s never spoken: Seraphine.

What she doesn’t know is that her soul has lived before.
As Seraphine, she was the chosen bride of Lucien, a vampire lord who still longs to complete the ritual that will bind her to him forever.
As Talia, she was the mortal wife of Alaric Æthelwulf—a warrior who died trying to protect her and rose again as something… other.

Now reborn as Celeste, she is caught between two ancient forces:
One who wants to possess her.
And one who wants to save her—whether she wants him to or not.

As her forgotten past claws to the surface, and her blood becomes the center of a supernatural war, Celeste must choose who she truly is—and whether her heart still belongs to a man who’s already died for her once.

Some love stories refuse to die.
Some monsters refuse to let go.

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I’m Tierra Cox, a romance author and cross-genre novelist devoted to stories where we, Black women, are seen, desired, and worshiped out loud.

By day, I navigate the corporate communications world—but by night, I build realms where monsters kneel, empires burn, and love is never ordinary.

Armed with an overpriced English degree and an imagination that refuses to stay quiet, I write across fantasy, paranormal, sci-fi, and gothic romance—all bound by one promise: Black women at the center of passion, power, and possibility.

Every world I create asks the same question—what does it look like when a woman like us is the story’s beating heart?

When I’m not writing (which is rare), you’ll find me somewhere in Georgia watching bad sci-fi, dreaming about alien royalty, or wandering through my next world before it’s written.

My entire collection is available on NOIR PAGES, in paperback on Amazon and in collections on my website!

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PRE-ORDER FOR JULY 27, 2027

Dove Mordrake is a sanctuary for dangerous men.

Beautiful, commanding, and touched by an ancient dragon-borne curse, she inspires a devotion that follows her beyond death. Three men already remain at her side—jealous, obsessive, and eternally hers—serving as both weapons and proof of what happens when a man surrenders himself completely.

As a mercenary and entity hunter, Dove accepts only the contracts she considers justified. So when she’s offered a fortune to assassinate weapons developer Kiyoshi Watanabe, she investigates her target—and refuses. Kiyoshi isn’t the monster she was promised. More troubling is the desperation of whoever wants him dead.

Before Dove can uncover the truth, the Entity Containment Protocol Society sends its most enigmatic agent to bring her in. Agent 3 is composed, perceptive, and strangely resistant to the pull that makes other men unravel around her. He should be another obstacle. Instead, he may be the only person who understands the war gathering in the shadows.

Then Dove’s home is breached and her beloved cousin, Fern, is taken.

The vampires responsible don’t merely want Kiyoshi’s work destroyed. They want the secret behind Dove’s immortal devotees—and they’re willing to use the only woman she loves to claim it.

To bring Fern home, Dove must form an uneasy alliance with a man who’s been ordered to contain her, enter a conflict capable of reshaping the supernatural world, and confront the question no one has survived long enough to ask:

If Dove can turn devotion into a weapon, what happens when someone finally earns hers?

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When Dravengarde’s armies conquer her homeland, royal physician Nerida Biko becomes a reluctant prize of war. Sharp-minded, unyielding, and sworn to heal, she is bound to serve the very king who razed her city—Einar Aesir, a battle-hardened monarch with a secret devotion that burns beneath his brutal exterior.

But as court intrigues fester and old alliances fracture, Einar names Nerida his Princess Paramour, upending every rule of power, loyalty, and propriety. Her heart, once guarded, falters. His enemies sharpen their knives.

Meanwhile, Kåre, the queen’s brother and Einar’s former ally, seeks to turn crown and country against them both.

In a kingdom poised to collapse under the weight of war, plague, and betrayal, one woman must choose: heal the man who destroyed her world, or let the realm burn.

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What happens when 11-year-old Ciro sells his mother to an Archivist named Sulien for a new game system?

Sulien, Archivist of the 12th Layer, his realm is over free will, wildcards, deviation from fate. His purpose is to hold the rarest and most dangerous contracts—ones made in defiance of the system. Often called the “Layer of No Return.”

He thinks the deal will be an easy one, but Ciro is no ordinary child, and just as Sulien thinks he knows what he wants, Ciro and his mother Dahlia make him realize that what he values most is to be seen beyond his nature.

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A powerful knight and her handsome squire must stop the deadly schemes of a savior king in this romantic fantasy of dark deeds and court intrigue.

Calliope’s wish has always been to become a knight, an elite healer and protector who uses music to summon magic. Yet despite her exceptional skill, she’s stuck lifting up her talentless cousin, whose family begrudgingly took Cali in as a child. But when an opportunity to become the royal knight of the immortal God King arrives, Cali finally gets a chance at a fairytale life - until her cousin blackmails her.

Forced to bring her cousin to court so she won’t share Cali’s shameful past, Cali immediately snubs Beric, the alluring, handsome squire tending to her. Now she must contend with his ire, even while feeling helplessly drawn to him. If that wasn’t enough, her duty means accompanying the king into The Dark, a demonic entity that only the king’s magic is powerful enough to battle - a fight he has been waging for centuries. She must also keep the king’s secret under pain of death: He’s not a god at all, and the only thing keeping him alive is the magic held by the royal knight. It seems serving the God King isn't a fairytale at all, and when people start dying around her, she and Beric realize that they have no choice but to take their fate - and that of an entire kingdom - into their own hands.

In Lauren Blackwood's thrilling fantasy, Knight of the God King, a knight's power and her squire's love are the only things that can help her defeat a man playing at being a god.

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