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At Silvercrest Academy, the gifted thrive and the powerless disappear.
Falling Shadows
Romantasy · College Romance · Dark Fantasy · Dark Romance · New Adult
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At Silvercrest Academy, the gifted thrive and the powerless disappear. KC Kean’s Falling Shadows delivers a gripping blend of danger, desire, and dark magic as a void-born heroine battles to survive a world that wants her broken. Readers call it “addictive” with 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon. Enter the shadows, if you dare.
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Shadowmoor taught her to survive in the dark, not to live in the light. Scarred, marked, and forged by cruelty, she’s learned that weakness is fatal. But when her father drags her from the shadows to Silvercrest Academy, a world of privilege and power, she’s forced to face something even more dangerous than monsters, expectation.
Silvercrest trains the magically gifted to serve the Monarchy, but she has no gift, no spark, no magic at all. Every lesson is a test, every rival a threat. Failure means exile. Survival means pretending to be something she’s not.
In a place built on secrets, she’ll need to decide who she can trust before the Academy decides for her. Because at Silvercrest, even the light has teeth.
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Betrayed and left for dead, a fallen princess returns as a ruthless pirate known as Bloody Black.
Bloody Black
Romantasy · Dark Fantasy
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Betrayed and left for dead, a fallen princess returns as a ruthless pirate known as Bloody Black. As vengeance drives her across the seas, capturing a loyal enemy officer complicates everything with desire and doubt. This dark pirate romantasy blends revenge, power, and forbidden attraction and holds 4.4 stars on Amazon with strong reader acclaim.
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He stole her throne, she's come back to reclaim it.
Bloody Black is romantic dark fantasy retelling of the pirate BLACKBEARD, perfect for fans of BOOK OF AZRAEL, A COURT OF SILVER FLAMES, and GAME OF THRONES.
Anne was a reckless, arrogant royal who had never tasted defeat. After a brutal betrayal on her wedding night, Anne vanishes from the kingdom she was meant to rule. Years later, she’s returns from the grave—no longer a princess but a terror of the seas.
Known only as Blackbeard, she’s hunting down the men who destroyed her, one by one.
But vengeance doesn’t come without a cost. Brutal bargains collar her, and bind her to a dark promise. She captures Lieutenant Robb Maynard—a too-handsome, too-calm officer loyal to her enemy—Anne intends to trade him for leverage. Instead, she finds herself locked in a dangerous game of secrets and seduction, where the greatest threat isn’t a blade—but the way he looks at her.
Like she’s still a woman worth loving. And although she knows better than to believe in anything but pain, Anne must decide if love is worth the risk.
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Camilla Bruce’s At the Bottom of the Garden is a wickedly macabre tale praised for its Edward Gorey flair.
At the Bottom of the Garden: A Novel
Horror · Dark Fantasy
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Camilla Bruce’s At the Bottom of the Garden is a wickedly macabre tale praised for its Edward Gorey flair. With 4.0 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this gothic novel reimagines the “wicked stepmother” as a murderess forced to face her ghosts when two unusual girls come to stay. Darkly funny, eerie, and unforgettable, it’s horror at its most delicious.
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Every garden hides secrets, but Clara Woods’ flower bed has a body in it.
Clara is a self-proclaimed killer with no regrets. Her late husband lies beneath the tangled weeds, and she has moved on with ruthless efficiency. When her orphaned nieces, Lily and Violet, are placed in her care, Clara sees only an opportunity. Their inheritance could revive her fortune and fund the sparkling legacy she craves.
But Violet sees more than most. She sees the dead man at the bottom of the garden. She sees all of Clara’s ghosts, and she can summon them back. The sisters soon become Clara’s greatest threat.
Now past victims stir, secrets claw to the surface, and Clara’s careful life teeters on the edge of collapse.
What happens when the hunter is haunted?
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Anne Bishop’s Crowbones, an Editors’ Pick for Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, returns to the haunting world of the Others.
Crowbones
Horror · Dark Fantasy
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Anne Bishop’s Crowbones, an Editors’ Pick for Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, returns to the haunting world of the Others. When Trickster Night turns deadly, Vicki DeVine must solve a chilling mystery before she becomes prey. With a 4.8 out of 5 stars rating on Amazon, this series finale proves why Bishop is a New York Times bestseller.
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Crowbones will gitcha if you don’t watch out.
Vicki DeVine never planned to run a rustic inn in territory ruled by shape-shifters, vampires, and far stranger beings. Yet The Jumble has become her home, a fragile truce between humans and the Others. Hosting Trickster Night should be simple fun, a chance for everyone to celebrate together.
Then a guest arrives masked as Crowbones, the terrifying bogeyman of the Crowgard. The impostor’s death, followed by the murder of a shape-shifting Crow, sparks panic. Whispers spread that the real Crowbones may have come hunting.
Now the Elders and Elementals have sealed the roads, trapping prey and predator alike. Vicki and her allies must uncover who is stirring fear before she becomes the next target.
But what happens when the hunter wants her most of all?
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Howard Andrew Jones’s The Bones of the Old Ones, praised as “a damn good tale” by SF Signal, continues the adventures of Dabir and Asim in a dazzling…
The Bones of the Old Ones
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure
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Howard Andrew Jones’s The Bones of the Old Ones, praised as “a damn good tale” by SF Signal, continues the adventures of Dabir and Asim in a dazzling mix of history and fantasy. Pursued by assassins and sorcery, they must prevent an ancient power from plunging the world into eternal ice. With a 4.5 out of 5 stars Amazon rating, it is epic and enthralling.
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As snow buries 8th-century Mosul, scholar Dabir and swordsman Captain Asim find their quiet lives upended by Najya, a Persian noblewoman fleeing a sinister cabal. Enchanted against her will, she is bound to seek powerful relics known as the bones of the old ones—artifacts capable of unleashing a frozen age upon the world.
To save Najya and stop the cabal, Dabir and Asim embark on a perilous journey through the worst winter in memory. Hunted by a shape-shifting assassin and forced into uneasy alliance with Lydia, a treacherous Greek necromancer, they face dangers that test loyalty, courage, and desire.
But the deeper they go, the more perilous Najya’s fate becomes. If the enchantment claims her soul, the world itself may fall to ice.
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Wen-yi Lee’s When They Burned the Butterfly is a fierce, glamorous fantasy debut where gang wars, migrant gods, and vengeance ignite 1970s Singapore.
When They Burned the Butterfly
Fantasy · LGBTQIA+ · Dark Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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Wen-yi Lee’s When They Burned the Butterfly is a fierce, glamorous fantasy debut where gang wars, migrant gods, and vengeance ignite 1970s Singapore. Blending the sharp intensity of R.F. Kuang with the gritty underworld of Fonda Lee, this novel carries a 4.6 out of 5 stars Amazon rating. A dazzling mix of magic, rebellion, and found family awaits.
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Singapore, 1972. Magic is vanishing under the weight of modernization, but in the back alleys, secret societies still channel the power of migrant gods.
Adeline Siow has always been a loner, content with the fire she can summon at her fingertips. That changes when her mother dies in a blaze marked by the symbol of a butterfly. Hunting for answers, Adeline collides with the Red Butterflies, a fearsome girl gang sworn to a fire goddess and led by her mother in secret.
Now, Adeline’s bloodline holds the goddess’s power, and rival gangs are circling. Bodies are piling up with traces of unfamiliar magic, and a dangerous world demands her loyalty.
Can Adeline claim her place among the Butterflies, or will she burn with them?
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S. T. Gibson’s Savage Blooms launches a new gothic fantasy romance trilogy steeped in faery magic, forbidden desire, and eerie Highland legends.
Savage Blooms
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Occult Horror
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S. T. Gibson’s Savage Blooms launches a new gothic fantasy romance trilogy steeped in faery magic, forbidden desire, and eerie Highland legends. With storm-swept manors, magnetic strangers, and a spell that binds lust to danger, this 2025 release cements Gibson’s reputation as the queen of erotic fantasy. Fans of darkly sensual tales will be utterly enthralled.
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Adam has always felt the pull of his grandfather’s legends, tales of a ruined manor hidden in the Scottish Highlands. When the chance comes to finally see it, he cannot resist. Nicola, his closest friend, follows—hungry for adventure and secretly aching for Adam himself.
The storm that strands them there is only the beginning. Eileen, the manor’s strange mistress, and Finley, her darkly magnetic groundskeeper, welcome them with secrets of their own. Soon, Adam and Nicola realize they are trapped in more than just bad weather. Ancient faery magic coils through the halls, twisting their desires into something neither of them expected.
Entangled in deceit, seduction, and spells, Adam and Nicola must decide if freedom is worth fighting for, or if surrender is sweeter.
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Tad Williams’ The Dragonbone Chair—praised by George R. R. Martin as one of his favorite fantasy series—launched the legendary Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn saga.
The Dragonbone Chair
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy
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Tad Williams’ The Dragonbone Chair—praised by George R. R. Martin as one of his favorite fantasy series—launched the legendary Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn saga. With 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this groundbreaking epic follows Simon, a kitchen boy drawn into a quest of swords, sorcery, and destiny. A modern classic that inspired today’s fantasy greats.
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In Osten Ard, peace shatters with the death of High King Prester John. His passing opens the door to a pact with the Storm King, an undead ruler bent on reclaiming his lost throne. Dark sorcery spreads, kingdoms fracture, and an ancient war threatens to rise again.
Caught in the middle is Simon, a kitchen boy whose world has never extended beyond castle walls. Apprenticed by chance to a scholar of the League of the Scroll, Simon is thrust into a quest bound to the fate of nations. To survive, he must seek three legendary swords, each holding power enough to alter the future.
Beloved by George R. R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, and Christopher Paolini, Tad Williams’ saga redefined modern epic fantasy—and it begins here.
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Clive Barker’s Imajica—celebrated as “a Chinese puzzle box constructed on a universal scale” (Washington Post)—is a masterwork of dark fantasy.
Imajica
Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Occult Horror
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Clive Barker’s Imajica—celebrated as “a Chinese puzzle box constructed on a universal scale” (Washington Post)—is a masterwork of dark fantasy. With 4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this epic blends myth, forbidden love, and otherworldly intrigue as a sensualist, a mysterious woman, and an alien assassin journey through five dimensions toward a revelation that changes everything.
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Art forger John Furie Zacharias—better known as Gentle—lives for indulgence, not destiny. But when he crosses paths with Judith Odell, a woman whose influence over fate runs deeper than she realizes, and Pie ’oh’ pah, an enigmatic assassin from another world, his carefully constructed life begins to shatter.
Their journey unravels the secrets of Imajica, a vast system of five dimensions bound to Earth in ways humanity has long forgotten. Each realm is stranger, darker, and more dangerous than the last, peopled with beings who blur the line between beauty and terror.
What begins as a search for truth spirals into a revelation capable of remaking reality itself. Forbidden passions ignite, betrayals multiply, and Gentle must face the ultimate question: who—and what—is he really?
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Scott Hawkins’ The Library at Mount Char—praised as “wholly original” by The Wall Street Journal—is a darkly funny, genre-defying fantasy.
The Library at Mount Char
Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy
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Scott Hawkins’ The Library at Mount Char—praised as “wholly original” by The Wall Street Journal—is a darkly funny, genre-defying fantasy. With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, it blends horror, humor, and cosmic stakes in the tale of Carolyn, a woman raised by a godlike figure and armed with secrets that could remake—or end—the world.
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Carolyn was once an ordinary American girl. Now she’s something else entirely. Raised alongside her adopted siblings by the man they call Father, she’s spent years locked inside a Library that holds the secrets of creation itself. There, she’s studied rituals, languages, and powers that make her more than human—and maybe less.
Now Father has vanished. Maybe he’s dead. Maybe he isn’t. Either way, the Library and its terrible power stand unguarded, and Carolyn intends to claim it. She isn’t the only one with a plan, and the beings aligned against her could crush her without blinking.
But Carolyn is patient. Calculating. Dangerous. In the coming war to decide who becomes God, she has prepared for everything—except remembering what it means to be human.
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A strong match for readers drawn to historical horror, apocalyptic journeys, religious imagery, and dark fantasy.
Between Two Fires
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Grim Dark
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An instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie bestseller, this medieval horror novel follows Thomas, a disgraced knight escorting a mysterious young girl across plague-ravaged France as a war between Heaven and Hell spills into the mortal world, with a 4.2-star average from more than 103,000 Goodreads ratings. A strong match for readers drawn to historical horror, apocalyptic journeys, religious imagery, and dark fantasy.
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Enter a darker age with USA Today bestselling author Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires, a medieval horror adventure unlike anything on the shelf. The beloved BookTok sensation is now coming to Nightfire.
And Lucifer said: “Let us rise against Him now in all our numbers, and pull the walls of heaven down…”
The year is 1348.
Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that plague is only part of a larger cataclysm—that the fallen angels under Lucifer are rising in a second war on heaven, and that the world of men has fallen behind the lines of conflict. Is it delirium or is it faith?
She believes she has seen the angels of God. She believes the righteous dead speak to her in dreams. And now she has convinced the faithless Thomas to shepherd her across a depraved landscape to Avignon.
There, she tells Thomas, she will fulfill her mission: to confront the evil that has devastated the earth, and to restore to this betrayed, murderous knight the nobility and hope of salvation he long abandoned.
As hell unleashes its wrath, and as the true nature of the girl is revealed, Thomas will find himself on a macabre battleground of angels and demons, saints, and the risen dead, and in the midst of a desperate struggle for nothing less than the soul of man.
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C. S. Friedman’s Black Sun Rising, the first book in the acclaimed Coldfire Trilogy, is a New York Times bestseller that blends dark fantasy and science fiction.
Black Sun Rising
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Grim Dark
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C. S. Friedman’s Black Sun Rising, the first book in the acclaimed Coldfire Trilogy, is a New York Times bestseller that blends dark fantasy and science fiction. With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this haunting tale of fae magic and human survival has been praised by Locus as “stunning” and “a feast for those who like their fantasies dark.”
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The planet Erna was meant to be humanity’s new home. Instead, it became a nightmare.
Settled more than a thousand years ago, Erna is alive with the fae, an elemental force that twists human fears and desires into reality. Nightmares walk in the open, and dreams can kill. Humanity survives only through fragile stalemates and dangerous bargains with power.
Now, the balance is crumbling. As dark fae hordes grow, four unlikely allies are bound together: a priest guided by faith, an adept who walks the line of morality, a young apprentice still learning his power, and a sorcerer who wields the fae at great risk.
Their mission will pit them against a rising evil that feeds on humanity itself.
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