Historical

Masks and Moonbeams

by Kanika Singhal

Tropes: characterdriven, dualpov, strongfmc

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To be loved is to be known. Princess Lata moonlights as a vigilante and finds an ally worth dying for. But what does this man have to do with her good-for-nothing fiancé? Chakor captures the Moon God. Now she needs to let him go. Or watch him die. To keep her promise to her dying queen, General Ria lives her life under a mask. But an old friend returns, and now she has a choice – lose her heart or break her oath. Chitrani falls in love with a Snake prince as a child. Years later, why does her fiancé look so much like the boy she lost? And Kalindi – the village healer – tries to evict a long-healed warrior from her hut by making him do housework. She doesn’t know he is a prince. “... being truly seen beneath expectations, titles, and carefully guarded secrets.” – Amazon Reviewer, Canada “The romances are tender without being cheesy and the mix of mythology and folklore gives it personality.” – Amazon Reviewer, Spain In this collection of clean fantasy romance, five women find themselves seen — truly seen — by the last person they expected. Five stories. Five happy endings. No cliff-hangers. Masks and Moonbeams is the first book in the Of Queens and Rascals series — fantasy romance rooted in Indian mythology, folklore, and history — fierce heroines, heroes who earn their place, and love that sees through every mask. “... a shiny gate to escape from the reality of modern, fast-paced life.” – Amazon Reviewer, Germany [Read More]

Redemption's Fatal Grace

by Felipa Toglynd

Tropes: slowburn, forcedproximity, characterdriven

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To bring a crumbling manor back to life, she had to wake a spectre... but the cost of his resurrection is a debt written in frost. Two centuries of silence. One final performance. A love that demands the ultimate price. When twenty-eight-year-old Sarah d’Entrecasteux arrives at the long-abandoned D’Seye Manor, she brings nothing but a suitcase, a fierce streak of Antipodean optimism, and a profound grief she cannot shake. Her plan to reclaim the dilapidated 18th-century estate and transform its grand hall into a vibrant community theatre is a beautiful distraction—but the manor is not empty... Gerard d’Seye is a cold, arrogant gentleman, a spectre bound to the house by the curse of a young housemaid dying in labour with his child. To him, vibrant, paint-stained Sarah is an unwelcome, disruptive intruder. Yet, as Sarah’s rehearsals echo through the halls, fragments of witty Restoration comedies and rebuilding and refurbishing running apace, her unwavering enthusiasm cracks his centuries-old aristocratic armour of disdain. What begins as a localized chill deepens into an intimate, breathless partnership. With a mismatched theatrical ensemble of local builders and eccentric performers gathered around them, Sarah’s drive achieves the impossible: drawing Gerard out of the shadows, making his physical form warm, solid, and pulsing with real human life. But every fairy tale has a hidden cost, and the housemaid's 200-year-old curse operates with a lethal mechanism. As opening night approaches and Sarah's and Gerard's heartbeats align under the glare of the stage lights, a strange, unnatural winter frost begins to take root inside the manor's walls. To protect Sarah and the fragile household she has built, Gerard must choose between the safe, frozen distance of his past isolation or stepping onto the stage to face a final, irreversible and tragic reckoning. Yet love's legacies remain, and love's work continues. [AI assisted, not AI generated] [Read More]

Little Wild Thing

by Freyja Dunkirk

Tropes: slowburn, forcedproximity, firstperson

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Hiding had been the only way to stay free—until Wulf found me. Now I don’t know if I still want to run. I don't trust the Red Mountain Clan, least of all Wulf, an overgrown fleabag who won't leave me alone. I hate his voice. His calm. His presence. I do! The moment my bones are mended, I'm gone. I have to be. I need to leave before Cain gets here and forces a claim. No one has ever protected me. Why should Wulf be the first? An adult paranormal romance set in a gritty early medieval world. When a solitary wolf shifter is injured and forced into the care of a fiercely protective clan warrior, survival gives way to trust, healing, and an intense slow-burn romance. [Read More]

An Improper Arrangement

by M.J. Fallon

Tropes: forcedproximity, characterdriven, dualpov

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In 1849 England, widowed governess Rose Sutton comes to Godwin House for security and finds herself falling for its formidable mistress. Philippa Godwin has no use for convention, but loving Rose may cost them both. Philippa has built her life around work, duty, and the fierce protection of what is hers. A wealthy mill owner and mistress of a sprawling northern estate, she has little patience for society’s expectations and even less interest in surrendering her independence to a husband. Rose arrives seeking stability for herself and her daughter, expecting little more than respectable employment. Instead, she finds a household still carrying old wounds, a boy in need of patience, and a woman whose carefully ordered life leaves very little room for tenderness. What begins as a practical arrangement slowly becomes something far more intimate. Rose brings warmth into Godwin House, while Philippa offers Rose and her daughter the kind of safety neither has known in years. As affection deepens into desire, both women are forced to consider what it would mean to build a life together in a world that has no proper place for what they are becoming. Class, reputation, family, and Philippa’s public position all threaten the fragile happiness they have created. Loving one another may be the easiest part. Protecting that love, and choosing it openly within the limits of their world, will require something far more difficult. An Improper Arrangement is a full-length adult sapphic historical romance featuring a slow-burn butch/femme pairing, an age gap, employer/governess dynamics, found family, domestic intimacy, explicit open-door scenes, and a guaranteed happy ending. [Read More]

The Raven and the Wolf

by Dezmond Moon

Tropes: slowburn, firstperson, characterdriven

Four years. Two boys. One promise. Aurelian doesn't know the boy hiding behind the hay is heir to the duchy. Cory doesn't care that Aurelian is a farmer's son. Together, they grow up through fire, loss, first love, and a kiss neither of them is ready to say goodbye after. Then the world catches up. A king's edict pressures "traditional" marriages on the nobles of the land. Aurelian seeks an unwanted marriage to secure his family's farm. Cory is pressured to find a marriage he doesn't care for. Years apart, neither knows if the other remembers, or if what they had as children has survived who they've become. Found behind masks at a duke's masquerade, they get a second chance. For three nights, they can be anyone they want. But loving each other now means defying a king, two duchies, and the rules neither of them ever agreed to in the first place. This is a Cinderella-inspired childhood-sweethearts-to-lovers queer romance for anyone who loves to watch two people grow up together, be torn apart, and still refuse to let go. [Read More]

His Captive Luna

by Sophi Liddell

Tropes: slowburn, forcedproximity, firstperson

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When the Alpha King pins me to the ground, declaring that I will be his new bride, I know I must obey. But if this brutal King ever discovers my secret life, he’ll kill me instantly. Which means my only choice is to run, and unfortunately, the King’s son, Auden, is hot on my trail. But Auden and I? Yeah. We know each other. Auden doesn’t remember the Midwinter night we spent together, and I’ve spent years making sure the secrets I carried away from that evening stay hidden. Now the Prince I’ve avoided ever since is the one chasing me down, intent on dragging me back to a marriage I cannot survive. Will I be able to keep my secrets safe? Or will the forbidden chemistry between us make Auden crave the one thing he can never have: his father’s bride? ★★★★★ For readers who love: Wolf Shifters Forbidden Royal Romance Forced Proximity One-Night Stand Secret Children ★★★★★ Full Disclosure: SLOW BURN book 1 within a series -- NO SPICE until later books!! (But worth it when it comes!) [Read More]

Hearts and Hairpins

by Kanika Singhal

Tropes: characterdriven, dualpov, strongfmc

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We all hide. And we all deserve to be seen. Princess Sindhu enters enemy territory to save a man she has long been in love with. Except, he doesn’t know her. Veena finally has the undivided attention of Sardar Vindhya. So what if he is the most ruthless teacher in the military academy, and she is his only student? Archer Ratna and Mage-Prince Shyamak are the best in their fields. Unless they are around each other. The Queen of Malinivan offers her husband the mercy of forgetting, and quietly refuses it for herself. Tarini has disguised herself as a man for years. Then she is ordered to take a diva prince through the Himalayas. Five new stories from the world of queens, princes, rascals, and divas — and the inconvenient people who see right through them. Five stories. Five happy endings. No cliff-hangers. No exceptions. Just love, in all its stubborn, spectacular inconvenience. Hearts and Hairpins is the second book in the Of Queens and Rascals series — fantasy romance rooted in Indian mythology, folklore, and history — fierce hearts, worthy loves, and the impossible relief of being truly known. [Read More]

The Runaway Prince

by Kanika Singhal

Tropes: slowburn, characterdriven, dualpov

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She broke up to save him. He ran to find her. Yaksha prince Samar is trapped – by his own curiosity – in the mortal world after his engagement with Jansthan’s princess Chandra ended. Anywhere else would have been acceptable, but he is stuck by the cruel princess’ side. As her maid. Princess Chandra doesn’t know that the new maid she hired is none other than the fiancé she left behind. So when she expects the maid to wait on her… Well, Prince Samar’s ego has never taken such a battering. Neither has his self-control. Worse, the princess seems to have taken a liking to her new maid. Samar gets treated like a Sakhi – Chandra’s dearest woman friend. He’d better not let the Yakshas find out about his humiliation. And yet, he can’t bring himself to leave. The Jansthan kingdom is starving under a spell that blinds its people to the truth. The queen they trust isn't who she pretends to be, and every day she rules, she drains more of the land's magic for herself. Chandra must break the spell before there's no kingdom left to save. She manipulated Samar into breaking their engagement. All to protect him from the queen's greed. No one can know, least of all Prince Samar, that Princess Chandra hides a secret – she is in love with her ex. Myths and Mortals: Book 1. A clean fantasy romance. No cliffhangers. HEA guaranteed. [Read More]

Ribbons and Royals

by Kanika Singhal

Tropes: characterdriven, dualpov, strongfmc

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What is divine without the devotee? Even the most powerful beings yearn to be truly seen. Five new stories from the world of gods, tyrants, princesses and rascals — and the one person in the world they cannot hide from. The princess of Mithila names her imaginary friend Vish, and tells him to come marry her. The princess who has decided the kindest thing she can do for the man she loves is make him hate her. The woman who lets a snake with an attitude into her house, and now he won’t leave. The princess of Chandanpur who recognises her childhood friend behind his disguise — and decides to have some fun with him. The tyrant who loses his entire reputation for tyranny because of one woman. Five stories. Five happy endings. No cliff-hangers. No exceptions. Gods and mortals, curses and kingdoms, love that outlasts every disguise. Ribbons and Royals is the third book in the Of Queens and Rascals series — fantasy romance rooted in Indian mythology, folklore, and history — fierce hearts, worthy loves, and the impossible relief of being truly known. [Read More]

The Red Spring

by P M Fox

Tropes: slowburn, characterdriven, foundfamily

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Lizzy Stone loves her little Cornish island. She rises with the sun and she dances with the moon. She dives with the gannets and bathes with the seals. Her worship is hot and red. The Devil covets Lizzy’s island. He wants nothing more than its consumption, its integration into His calculating, mechanical designs. His desire is synthetic and bottomless. When the Devil comes a storm always comes with Him. Sort of a tradition. Only this time it will be different. THIS time His covetousness will be satiated. This time He’ll take the island for His own. Lizzy, new initiate into the order of sacred whores who protect the island, isn’t going to let Him. She’s fallen in love with Percy, a fellow apprentice. No one gets to threaten Percy’s first real home. And no one’s taking Lizzy's little sister away either, hopelessly dazzled by the glittering mainland lights as she may be. A storm will rage. Telephone poles will fall and bridges will be washed away. Say good night to the electrics and the moon and the stars. Lizzy and Percy were born in darkness, but even they’re not prepared for what’s coming. [Read More]