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On her twenty seventh birthday, a gifted witch receives forbidden power that threatens her Coven and her heart.
The Knowing Witch
Romantasy · Dark Fantasy
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On her twenty seventh birthday, a gifted witch receives forbidden power that threatens her Coven and her heart. Ena is drawn into a dangerous scheme that reopens old wounds and ignites an enemies to lovers romance. Dark, sensual fantasy with nature magic and second chances. 4.2 stars on Amazon and over 900 Goodreads ratings worldwide.
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A dark gift…
Ena prides herself on being one of the most talented witches in her Coven. She does what is expected of her and stays on her path, serving her Goddess and maintaining the balance of life and death. On her twenty-seventh birthday, like all witches, Ena is gifted a magical power from her Goddess, only to find that her Gift is dangerous and forbidden.
A broken heart…
Ena wrestles with her uncertain future with the Coven as she struggles to overcome a painful heartbreak from her past. Can she finally put it behind her and move on?
A dangerous scheme…
When three strange men show up searching for something in her village, she gets dragged into their schemes. Old wounds are reopened, and Ena begins to question what she knows as she is tempted further and further from the path before her, towards the unknown.
The Knowing Witch is the first book in the Omnis series, a brand new 18+ dark fantasy romance series with second chance, enemies-to-lovers romance, a unique nature-centric magic system, and distinctive world-building perfect for fans of Fourth Wing, From Blood and Ash, and the Broken Kingdoms series.
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This is not the fairy tale you remember.
The Salt Grows Heavy
Fantasy · Horror · LGBTQIA+ · Dark Fantasy · Occult Horror
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This is not the fairy tale you remember. After a kingdom burns and her daughters feast on its ruins, a sharp-toothed mermaid flees into a frozen forest with a plague doctor hiding their own sins. What follows is brutal, lyrical, and unsettling—a dark fairy tale that demands its characters embrace monstrosity to survive.
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“Khaw’s poetic prose and stylish approach to gore make it a blood-soaked, unforgettable gem.” —The New York Times
From Cassandra Khaw, USA Today bestselling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth, comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewitching fairy tale of discovering the darkness in the world, and the darkness within oneself.
A Best Horror Book of 2023 (The New York Times, Library Journal) • A Best Book of 2023 (NPR) • A Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award Finalist! • An Indie Next Pick
You may think you know how the fairy tale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince. But what the fables forget is that mermaids have teeth. And now, her daughters have devoured the kingdom and burned it to ashes.
On the run, the mermaid is joined by a mysterious plague doctor with a darkness of their own. Deep in the eerie, snow-crusted forest, the pair stumble upon a village of ageless children who thirst for blood, and the three “saints” who control them.
The mermaid and her doctor must embrace the cruelest parts of their true nature if they hope to survive.
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In The Wolf and the Woodsman, exile and survival give way to a bond neither character can afford to trust.
The Wolf and the Woodsman
Fantasy · Teen + Young Adult · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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In The Wolf and the Woodsman, exile and survival give way to a bond neither character can afford to trust. After Évike is surrendered for a king’s sacrifice, she is forced into an uneasy alliance with a disgraced captain whose fate is tied to her own. This is historical fantasy steeped in folklore, political tension, hidden magic, and a slow-burn romance shaped by betrayal and belonging.
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In the vein of Naomi Novik’s New York Times bestseller Spinning Silver and Katherine Arden’s national bestseller The Bear and the Nightingale, this unforgettable debut— inspired by Hungarian history and Jewish mythology—follows a young pagan woman with hidden powers and a one-eyed captain of the Woodsmen as they form an unlikely alliance to thwart a tyrant.
In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. The
villagers blame her corrupted bloodline—her father was a Yehuli man, one of the much-loathed servants of the fanatical king. When soldiers arrive from the Holy Order of Woodsmen to claim a pagan girl for the king’s blood sacrifice, Évike is betrayed by her fellow villagers and surrendered.
But when monsters attack the Woodsmen and their captive en route, slaughtering everyone but Évike and the cold, one-eyed captain, they
have no choice but to rely on each other. Except he’s no ordinary Woodsman—he’s the disgraced prince, Gáspár Bárány, whose father needs pagan magic to consolidate his power. Gáspár fears that his cruelly zealous brother plans to seize the throne and instigate a violent reign that would damn the pagans and the Yehuli alike. As the son of a reviled foreign queen, Gáspár understands what it’s like to be an outcast, and he and Évike make a tenuous pact to stop his brother.
As their mission takes them from the bitter northern tundra to the smog-choked capital, their mutual loathing slowly turns to affection,
bound by a shared history of alienation and oppression. However, trust can easily turn to betrayal, and as Évike reconnects with her estranged father and discovers her own hidden magic, she and Gáspár need to decide whose side they’re on, and what they’re willing to give up for a nation that never cared for them at all.
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Sylver Seeker follows Sylver Sezari, an Arch Necromancer who expected death, not reincarnation.
Sylver Seeker
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · LitRPG
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Sylver Seeker follows Sylver Sezari, an Arch Necromancer who expected death, not reincarnation. Reborn into a new world with an unfamiliar System, Sylver sets out to reclaim power on his own terms. As old instincts meet new rules, his second life becomes a darkly driven journey of growth, magic, and ruthless adaptation.
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New World. New System. Same old Necromancer.
After fulfilling the duty all Arch Necromancers are tasked with, the last thing Sylver Sezari expected was to be reborn. He was usually the one reanimating dead things, after all. How ironic.
But reborn he was.
And after crawling his way back into the land of the living, he finds himself in a strange land, a strange time, and with a strange floating screen in front of his new face.
Either through plan or chance, he’s alive again, and planning to enjoy himself to his heart's content.
Don't miss the start of this LitRPG adventure about a reincarnated Necromancer growing in power and finding his way in a new world where the rules have changed vastly since he last "lived."
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The Bystander drops horror fan Riley Lawrence into a town where movie tropes dictate who lives and dies.
The Bystander
Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · LitRPG
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The Bystander drops horror fan Riley Lawrence into a town where movie tropes dictate who lives and dies. Trapped in a deadly game with assigned archetypes, Riley learns survival depends on pretending not to notice the monsters hunting them. As rules bend and danger escalates, he and his friends must exploit horror logic to stay alive.
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In a town where horror movie tropes come to life, one’s only chance to survive is to play their role, in the first book of a spine-tingling gamelit series.
When horror-obsessed Riley Lawrence and his group of college friends arrive in the small town of Carousel for their Centennial Celebration, the few decrepit cars parked in the street don’t scare them. But when they enter a locked building, an animatronic usher hands them each a ticket, and the lights dim, Riley realizes they’ve entered the inescapable patchwork of a horror movie set. And they’ve each been assigned an archetype—Scholar, Athlete, Eye Candy, Final Girl—to play out as the curtains rise.
Assigned the Film Buff archetype, Riley’s doomed to repeat a pattern: knowing exactly who the killer is but never surviving the attacks himself. After all, film buffs may know what’s coming, but they’re always the first to be hunted down. Until, that is, Riley learns he can avoid a death or two by exploiting the Oblivious Bystander trope. It seems monsters and killers won’t harm him as long as he can convincingly pretend he hasn’t noticed them.
To make it through this deadly game, Riley and his friends will need to leverage their tropes effectively to determine what’s trapping them there in the first place. But as the rounds continue and escape seems farther and farther out of reach, they’ll be forced to ask themselves: Would they survive in a horror movie?
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A city drunk on pleasure begins to rot from the inside as ambition pulls one man toward its darkest corners.
The Grand Dark
Dystopian · Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Steampunk · Urban Fantasy
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A city drunk on pleasure begins to rot from the inside as ambition pulls one man toward its darkest corners. In The Grand Dark, Largo chases status, transformation, and escape in a postwar world of automata, engineered beasts, excess, and rising disease, only to find that beauty and decay are inseparable. This dark fantasy with steampunk elements leans decadent, unsettling, and politically charged.
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“A stand-alone heavy hitter that’s more in line with recent deviants like Chuck Wendig’s upcoming Wanderers (2019) and Daniel H. Wilson’s The Clockwork Dynasty (2017). Tonally, this lush novel is closer to Scott Lynch’s pirate fantasy The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006), but technologically it resembles the near-future dystopias of Cory Doctorow or China Miéville […] Wildly ambitious and inventive fantasy from an author who’s punching above his weight in terms of worldbuilding—and winning.”
-- Kirkus (starred review)
From the bestselling author of the Sandman Slim series, a lush, dark, stand-alone fantasy built off the insurgent tradition of China Mieville and M. John Harrison—a subversive tale that immerses us in a world where the extremes of bleakness and beauty exist together in dangerous harmony in a city on the edge of civility and chaos.
The Great War is over. The city of Lower Proszawa celebrates the peace with a decadence and carefree spirit as intense as the war’s horrifying despair. But this newfound hedonism—drugs and sex and endless parties—distracts from strange realities of everyday life: Intelligent automata taking jobs. Genetically engineered creatures that serve as pets and beasts of war. A theater where gruesome murders happen twice a day. And a new plague that even the ceaseless euphoria can’t mask.
Unlike others who live strictly for fun, Largo is an addict with ambitions. A bike messenger who grew up in the slums, he knows the city’s streets and its secrets intimately. His life seems set. He has a beautiful girlfriend, drugs, a chance at a promotion—and maybe, an opportunity for complete transformation: a contact among the elite who will set him on the course to lift himself up out of the streets.
But dreams can be a dangerous thing in a city whose mood is turning dark and inward. Others have a vision of life very different from Largo’s, and they will use any methods to secure control. And in behind it all, beyond the frivolity and chaos, the threat of new war always looms.
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A doomed heist leaves one airship crew with nowhere safe to land and far too many enemies in pursuit.
Retribution Falls
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Steampunk
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A doomed heist leaves one airship crew with nowhere safe to land and far too many enemies in pursuit. In Retribution Falls, Captain Darian Frey and the damaged, secretive crew of the Ketty Jay are framed, hunted, and forced deeper into a conspiracy they barely understand. This steampunk adventure mixes sky piracy, outlaw momentum, and found-family tension with a sharp sense of danger and escape.
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Sky piracy is a bit out of Darian Frey’s league. Fate has not been kind to the captain of the airship Ketty Jay—or his motley crew. They are all running from something. Crake is a daemonist in hiding, traveling with an armored golem and burdened by guilt. Jez is the new navigator, desperate to keep her secret from the rest of the crew. Malvery is a disgraced doctor, drinking himself to death. So when an opportunity arises to steal a chest of gems from a vulnerable airship, Frey can’t pass it up. It’s an easy take—and the payoff will finally make him a rich man.
But when the attack goes horribly wrong, Frey suddenly finds himself the most wanted man in Vardia, trailed by bounty hunters, the elite Century Knights, and the dread queen of the skies, Trinica Dracken. Frey realizes that they’ve been set up to take a fall but doesn’t know the endgame. And the ultimate answer for captain and crew may lie in the legendary hidden pirate town of Retribution Falls. That’s if they can get there without getting blown out of the sky.
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It fits dark fantasy readers who want grim mythology, ruthless politics, and a story steeped in violence, danger, and divine menace.
The Poisonous Crown
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
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A promised alliance turns into bloodshed as gods, monsters, and ambition tear through a brutal kingdom. In The Poisonous Crown, Zorian moves through a world of betrayal, ancient trials, and merciless power struggles as he fights to claim the Golden Throne of Kyvgar. It fits dark fantasy readers who want grim mythology, ruthless politics, and a story steeped in violence, danger, and divine menace.
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“You’ve sacrificed what mattered most. The dominion took its due—you just don’t yet know what it claimed. "
"Handsome, with a will of iron. Quick to act." Her fingers grazed his forearm, her touch impossibly light yet burning. The goddess noticed his grip on the blade, her eyes flickering to it with a smile. "And with a cold heart..." She leaned closer, so close he could feel her breath against his ear. "Men like you," she whispered, "are my weakness."
Under the night sky, a king was secretly waiting for a fleet to come. An army was promised, but instead, a blade touched his throat. That's how everything started...
"The Poisonous Crown" is a dark fantasy forged from the ashes of the land of Oriana, where forgotten religion and ancient fairy tales twist into nightmares.
This tale is no gentle fable—it is cruel, unflinching, and mercilessly real: a world drenched in blood and betrayal, where torture and injustice reign, and monstrous beings walk beside us—some cloaked in human flesh, others clawing their way from realms long hidden. Here, the gods are no saviors, and they always demand their due.
This is a story for the brave. The main character, Zorian, would do whatever it takes to claim the Golden Throne of Kyvgar and make sure his name is not forgotten.
Fans of "The Witcher" and "Game of Thrones" would love it.
"Should Helgi prove the three sacred trials—loyalty unbroken, courage unyielding, and devotion to his purpose—and, above all, should he live to see the sunrise, then the mantle of chieftain shall be his. And when dawn breaks, the Rikars will stand behind him."
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A strong match for readers drawn to dark epic fantasy, demon-haunted worlds, magical defenses, and sweeping series.
The Warded Man
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Grim Dark
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Three young survivors of vicious demon attacks leave the fragile protection of magical wards in a quest to recover lost knowledge that could help humanity fight back, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 7,100 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to dark epic fantasy, demon-haunted worlds, magical defenses, and sweeping series.
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As darkness falls after sunset, the corelings rise—demons who possess supernatural powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity.
For hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the human herd that shelters behind magical wards—symbols of power whose origins are lost in myth and whose protection is terrifyingly fragile. It was not always this way. Once, men and women battled the corelings on equal terms, but those days are gone. Night by night the demons grow stronger, while human numbers dwindle under their relentless assault. Now, with hope for the future fading, three young survivors of vicious demon attacks will dare the impossible, stepping beyond the crumbling safety of the wards to risk everything in a desperate quest to regain the secrets of the past. Together, they will stand against the night.
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She survived an attempt on her life and returned as a prosecutor who can detect lies.
This Monster of Mine
Romantasy · Dark Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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She survived an attempt on her life and returned as a prosecutor who can detect lies. Assigned to a brutal judge she believes is a killer, Sarai plots revenge while fighting a dangerous attraction. Ancient Rome inspired romantasy filled with manipulation, power, and forbidden desire. This Monster of Mine has 4.4 stars on Amazon and over 4,000 Goodreads ratings.
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She knows the taste of death. He’ll stoke her hunger for it.
Sarai doesn’t know why someone tried to kill her four years ago, but she does know that her case was closed without justice. Hellbent on vengeance, she returns to the scene of the crime as a Petitor, a prosecutor who can magically detect lies, and is assigned to work with Tetrarch Kadra. Ice-cold and perennially sadistic, Kadra is the most vicious of the four judges who rule the land—and the prime suspect in a string of deaths identical to Sarai’s attempted murder.
Certain of his guilt, Sarai begins a double life: solving cases with Kadra by day and plotting his ruin by night. But Kadra is charming and there’s something alluring about the wrath he wields against the city’s corruption. So when the evidence she finds embroils her in a deadly political battle, Sarai must also fight against her attraction to Kadra—because despite his growing hold on her heart, his voice matches the only memory she has of her assailant…
A dazzling Ancient Rome-inspired romantasy debut, This Monster of Mine is a bloodbath of manipulation, deception, and forbidden love.
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A hidden queen is forced into marriage with a ruthless conqueror while the man who loves her wages a war he never wanted.
Dawn of the Darkest Day
Romantasy · Dark Fantasy
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A hidden queen is forced into marriage with a ruthless conqueror while the man who loves her wages a war he never wanted. Dawn of the Darkest Day weaves epic fantasy, romance, and moral sacrifice into a story of power, survival, and impossible choices. Rated 4.2 stars on Amazon and 4.0 on Goodreads by hundreds of readers.
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An artist plagued by a violent past. An heir destined never to take her own throne. A tyrant bound to life, consumed by his bloody trail.
Dawn breaks over a dying land.
Ever since surviving the bloody coup that cost Ara her home and Stedd his family, they’ve found solace in each other’s arms, dreaming of a life where Ara can cultivate her gardening and engineering talents while Stedd flourishes in his art. But the old magic that once held Evenia together has long faded, and when King Vayne Savant learns of Ara’s godly heritage and royal bloodline, she turns from a budding engineer into a reluctant bride, and a pawn in his cunning plan to dominate the continent amid its technological collapse.
Desperate to escape her husband’s bloodstained grasp, Ara strikes a dark deal with the king: a child—the heir to two thrones—in exchange for her freedom. Her plan should have been simple, but in between sieges, squabbling, and sessions of pleasure are nights spent waking to assassins’ blades at her throat and the threat of sinister societies formidable enough to outsmart even Savant’s cunning.
Unwilling to lose Ara, Stedd sets down his paintbrush and picks up a blade, entering a war he doesn’t understand. But the line between love and hatred is a thin one, and Stedd soon finds himself torn between rescuing the love of his life or pursuing revenge on the man who destroyed it.
The fate of the continent lies in the hands of a ruthless conqueror and a pacifistic queen, their destinies far more than they understand. If they can find common ground, Evenia may be saved. But the obstacles that lie in their wake are more than they can anticipate, and the consequences for failure greater than they could imagine.
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As Sør Sevier’s fanatical army advances, the Five Isles brace for conquest.
The Forgetting Moon
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Grim Dark
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As Sør Sevier’s fanatical army advances, the Five Isles brace for conquest. In Gul Kana, royal siblings Jondralyn and Tala confront court intrigue and dangerous secrets, while a disillusioned knight and an assassin with conflicted loyalties question the war they serve. Far from the throne, the orphan Nail may hold the key to salvation. The Forgetting Moon launches Brian Lee Durfee’s sweeping, unpredictable epic.
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A massive army on the brink of conquest looms large in a world where prophecies are lies, magic is believed in but never seen, and hope is where you least expect to find it. The first book in Brian Lee Durfee's Five Warrior Angels series!
Welcome to the Five Isles, where war has come in the name of the invading army of Sør Sevier, a merciless host driven by the prophetic fervor of the Angel Prince, Aeros, toward the last unconquered kingdom of Gul Kana. Yet Gault, one of the elite Knights Archaic of Sør Sevier, is growing disillusioned by the crusade he is at the vanguard of just as it embarks on his Lord Aeros’ greatest triumph.
While the eldest son of the fallen king of Gul Kana now reigns in ever increasing paranoid isolationism, his two sisters seek their own paths. Jondralyn, the older sister, renowned for her beauty, only desires to prove her worth as a warrior, while Tala, the younger sister, has uncovered a secret that may not only destroy her family but the entire kingdom. Then there’s Hawkwood, the assassin sent to kill Jondralyn who has instead fallen in love with her and trains her in his deadly art. All are led further into dangerous conspiracies within the court.
And hidden at the edge of Gul Kana is Nail, the orphan taken by the enigmatic Shawcroft to the remote whaling village of Gallows Haven, a young man who may hold the link to the salvation of the entire Five Isles.
You may think you know this story, but everyone is not who they seem, nor do they fit the roles you expect. Durfee has created an epic fantasy full of hope in a world based on lies.
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