Speed Reads for the Impatient Bookworm

A defiant human woman. A dark fae prince. Bound to a marriage that could doom them both. Reyna, a slave imprisoned by the Gold Court her entire life, seizes her chance to escape when the palace falls. But her freedom comes at a cost—she’s captured by the Shadow Court’s deadly prince. And he wants one thing: her. Forced into an engagement she doesn’t understand, Reyna must escape before she’s trapped forever. Yet the prince isn’t what she expects—dangerous, beautiful, and more than just a monster. He needs her, but for what? As secrets unravel, Reyna must fight to break free. But if she fails, she risks more than her life—she risks losing herself to her captor. Can she resist before it’s too late?

People lived because she killed. People died because he lived. Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to feed her people. Nasir is the Prince of Death, assassinating those foolish enough to defy his autocratic father, the sultan. If Zafira was exposed as a girl, all of her achievements would be rejected; if Nasir displayed his compassion, his father would punish him in the most brutal of ways. Both Zafira and Nasir are legends in the kingdom of Arawiya—but neither wants to be. War is brewing, and the Arz sweeps closer with each passing day, engulfing the land in shadow. When Zafira embarks on a quest to uncover a lost artifact that can restore magic to her suffering world and stop the Arz, Nasir is sent by the sultan on a similar mission: retrieve the artifact and kill the Hunter. But an ancient evil stirs as their journey unfolds—and the prize they seek may pose a threat greater than either can imagine.

Fenna Terrigan never thought her quiet life in a seaside bookshop would be shattered by a pirate—especially one cursed to walk on land only one day every seven years. When her desperate brother drags her into his mess, Fenna takes on his debt to the brooding Captain Devlin Cato, boarding his haunted ship, The Phantom Night. But life at sea isn’t just stormy skies and outlawed magic. As Fenna’s loyalty to her brother clashes with her growing passion for Devlin, she uncovers a secret that could topple the continent’s fragile peace—and paint a target on her back. Can she break the captain’s curse without losing her heart, or will the waves claim her soul? Set sail on this high-stakes, steamy adventure today!

Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood, she’s had no choice. Her tattered copy of Angharad—Emrys Myrddin’s epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, then destroys him—is the only thing keeping her afloat. So when Myrddin’s family announces a contest to redesign the late author’s estate, Effy feels certain it’s her destiny. But musty, decrepit Hiraeth Manor is an impossible task, and its residents are far from welcoming. Including Preston Héloury, a stodgy young literature scholar determined to expose Myrddin as a fraud. As the two rivals piece together clues about Myrddin’s legacy, dark forces, both mortal and magical, conspire against them—and the truth may bring them both to ruin.

Who is Last? Fame is rare in Driftwood—it’s hard to get famous if you don’t stick around long enough for people to know you. But many know the guide, Last, a one-blooded survivor who has seen his world end many lifetimes ago. For Driftwood is a strange place of slow apocalypses, where continents eventually crumble into mere neighborhoods, pulled inexorably towards the center in the Crush. Cultures clash, countries fall, and everything eventually disintegrates. Within the Shreds, a rumor goes around that Last has died. Drifters come together to commemorate him. But who really was Last? Lying liar, or heroic savior? A mercenary, a charlatan, a legend? A man, an immortal—perhaps even a god?

The small, were-ruled kingdom of Aydori has long kept to its own ways, living under the protection of the powerful Hunt Pack and the wisdom of the Mage Pack, who have mastery of the six disciplines—air, fire, water, earth, metals, healing. It is these very gifts that have drawn the wrath of the rapacious Emperor Leopald, whose soothsayer has prophesized a threat to his dominion about to be born from Aydori. Launching an all-out assault against the shapeshifters, he kidnaps five members of the Mage Pack who are with child, including the wife of the Pack Leader. With the Pack engaged by the Emperor’s army, the kidnappers believe they have a clear escape. But they are already being harried by the unlikeliest of hunters—young Mirian Maylin, whose true magical potential has yet to emerge, and Tomas Hagen, the reckless younger brother of the Pack Leader. Both have much to prove to themselves and each other—and both are willing to risk everything to do so. Their pursuit will take them into perils unknown and deep into the black heart of the Empire, where the fate of their people will be decided by the strength of their courage, sacrifice, and loyalty in this “seamless mix of steampunk, epic fantasy, and paranormal romance” (Publishers Weekly).

There’s a princess trapped in a tower. This isn’t her story. Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she was stolen from her family by the fairies, but she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters of faerieland. Once an adult though, the fae ask a favor of Toadling: return to the human world and offer a blessing of protection to a newborn child. Simple, right? But nothing with fairies is ever simple. Centuries later, a knight approaches a towering wall of brambles, where the thorns are as thick as your arm and as sharp as swords. He’s heard there’s a curse here that needs breaking, but it’s a curse Toadling will do anything to uphold…

Emi has spent her entire life hiding from the creatures that hunt her. The savage earth spirits are determined to kill her before she can become the living host of a goddess, so she stays hidden–until the day she saves the life of one of her hunters. Shiro isn’t the harmless fox spirit she thought he was. He’s mysterious, cunning, unpredictable … and now hers to command. He’s sworn to pay his debt to her, but he doesn’t know who she is. If he finds out, he’ll kill her. But she can’t send him away–not yet. Her future isn’t what she thought. The lies surrounding her fate have begun to unravel, and she needs answers before time runs out–answers that lie in the spirit realm. Shiro can take her there … if she dares to trust him. And only then will she find out how deep the gods’ treachery runs.

The estate chooses its ruler. And it has a mind of its own. Hetta Valstar fled her family’s magical estate years ago, determined to forge her own path. But when her father dies, duty calls her back home. She just has to survive the funeral, the family drama, and the Choosing—the ceremony where Stariel will pick its next lord. Everyone assumes the estate will choose her cousin or brother. But when Stariel makes its decision, the entire household is thrown into chaos. Because for the first time in history, the estate has chosen a woman. Ruling Stariel is hard enough, but with the fae returning to the Mortal Realm for the first time in centuries, Hetta’s real troubles are only beginning. A cozy, romantic fantasy perfect for fans of magical estates, meddling families, and the fae.

He needs my help, but he’ll be my downfall. A prince by morning. A cretin by noon. A beast by nightfall. There is a curse on his blood, an ailment that, if revealed, could destroy his kingdom. The only one who can help him is me, a human with average healing abilities. It’s what the Envoy told him, and her word is law. I’m his only hope. He sends his blue-blooded friends to kidnap me so I can join their quest to Mount Ruin, the only place where I can heal him. The path is terrifying, and the prince is lying, hiding things from me. To make matters worse, he isn’t always nice. A Fae prince isn’t supposed to lust for a human, especially when she’s his prisoner. And a human girl isn’t supposed to burn for someone so out of her league. The quest might kill me, but it’s my heart I’m worried about.