Novella

Fallen Crowns

by Sapphire Rae

Tropes: firstperson, foundfamily, strongfmc

Leto: War gathers at my borders and my people look to me for protection. I will bargain, kneel, give whatever she demands. A future king does what is necessary to save his people. Ruen: I was forged in an eastern assassin academy where mercy was stripped away and discipline replaced it. When I heard of a goddess who answers violence with power, I arranged my own capture to reach her. I meant to test her strength. She shattered everything instead. Varo: They say I'm the most irresistible man in the kingdom, and she chose me, but not for the reasons I thought. She sees through laughter and demands truth. To stand at her side, I must face the past I buried beneath music and charm. Serina: I was promised to a prince at twelve and punished when he refused me. I have never wanted a man's touch. When I heard of a goddess who builds her court on choice instead of obligation, I chose her over a crown. Gaia: I became mortal to restore balance to a violent world. I did not expect devotion. I did not expect to need it. But the world is unraveling, and the people I claimed as my own are the only thing standing between this world and ruin. Some sacrifices are made on thrones. Others are made in silence, in the dark, by people who never learned how to ask for what they need. I am Gaia. I protect what is mine. And I decide who stands at my side when crowns begin to fall. Fallen Crowns is a high-spice reverse harem dark romantasy featuring a morally gray assassin undone by love, a prince willing to sacrifice everything, a charming bard with a broken past, and a sapphic princess choosing herself and the goddess who answers cruelty with lust and power. For mature readers. Every book in the World of Gaia delivers a complete story. No cliffhangers. Perfect for fans of Katee Robert's Neon Gods, K.A. Knight's Court of Nightmares, and Invi Wright's The Female. [Read More]

Missionary

by Magda McQueen

Tropes: firstperson, humor, novella

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He had a calling. She was in need. The Lord works in mysterious ways. Shortly after his engagement to the prettiest girl at Brigham Young University, God called the elders of the Church with a message for Aaron: It was time to serve as a missionary—just for the summer. But Aaron must have been doing a really good job, because God kept calling to extend his mission. Years later and painfully homesick, twenty-two-year-old Aaron is sent to the affluent neighborhood of Sterling Heights. When he knocks on the door of Ivy St. Clair, a stunning 39-year-old former model and neglected trophy wife, he is encouraged by just how eager she seems to receive the Good News. But Ivy has a few teachings of her own to share with Aaron. Because Ivy sees what the elders and everyone but him can: He's a man now. Missionary is a literary dark satire and tongue-in-cheek, cougar-induced cumming-of-age story exploring the intersection of faith and corruption through one young man's very unorthodox journey to spiritual awakening. [Read More]

Dashing Through Her Heart

by Bea Pearce

Tropes: forcedproximity, dualpov, foundfamily

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Her inn needed a Christmas miracle. It got Santa’s lead reindeer, crash-landed on her frozen lake. Holly Spruce is days from opening her family’s aging inn for Christmas, buried beneath a never-ending to-do list, and determined to handle every problem herself. Then a glowing, half-naked man falls out of the sky. His name is Dasher. Yes. That Dasher. Leader of Santa’s Eight. Immortal reindeer. Ridiculously large. Alarmingly helpful. In the North, Christmas magic is failing, and Dasher has been sent to Mistletoe Ridge to help restore it. Somehow, Holly is the key. His solution? Spend every spare hour before the holidays helping with everything she refuses to let anyone else carry. That would be easier if Holly hadn’t already learned what happens when you trust someone to stay. Dasher has spent centuries doing exactly what duty requires: arrive, serve, leave. Until Holly. Until her inn. Until leaving starts to feel less like duty…and more like losing the first home he has ever chosen. Dangerous creatures are slipping through the weakening barrier between worlds, and Christmas Eve is coming. When the North calls Dasher home, saving Christmas may require him to break the very heart he was sent to heal. Perfect for readers who love: forced proximity, acts of service, hyper-independent heroines, devoted protective heroes, small-town Christmas magic, supernatural danger, open-door romance, and guaranteed HEAs. Santa’s Eight, Book One [Read More]

My Sister's Husband: A Forbidden Desire

by Annabelle Layne

Tropes: firstperson, forbiddenlove, suspense

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She's wanted him for eight years. He's her sister's husband. And she's running out of reasons to stop. The first time she met Daniel, she felt it. That particular pull that vibrates through every inch of you when you lock eyes with someone you have absolutely no business wanting. He was guarded, magnetic, entirely comfortable in his own skin – and completely forbidden. For eight years she watched him from a careful distance. Family dinners, wedding days, crowded rooms. Brief exchanges. Fleeting eye contact. Always someone else's husband. Always her sister's. Then fate handed her an opportunity. One hour alone with him. A dress that needed zipping. And eight years of slow-burning want that had finally, quietly, run out of patience. What begins as a single stolen moment becomes something neither of them can stop. Taboo, consuming, and impossible to walk away from. My Sister's Husband is an explicit, emotionally charged forbidden romance – a story of dangerous choices and the particular madness of wanting someone you can never have. Until, one day, you can. [Read More]

Let Me Count the Ways

by Laurel Osterkamp

Tropes: characterdriven, strongfmc, humor

It was impulsive of me, sleeping with Theo; he’s a rule-obsessed sheriff who’s SO not my type. Then again, Theo’s got this knack for making me feel seen, heard, and desired… I’m Emma Jacobs, owner of The Pretty Pinecone, a romance-only bookstore. I can sell you the perfect love story, but I can't seem to write my own happy ending. When a rival bookstore threatens my beloved shop’s survival, I decide to offer wine tastings and poetry nights. There’s just one problem—Theo Baird, Sugar Pine's infuriatingly handsome yet uptight new sheriff. He’s determined to shut me down over every minor infraction. Good thing that Theo’s good looking, because his personality is desperate need of a glow-up. And yet, no one challenges me the way Theo can. As my Valentine’s Day event approaches, featuring anonymous love confessions and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s passionate verses, our boundaries begin to blur, and I wonder if maybe I’ve misread Theo all along. But then disaster strikes, and I must decide if I’m brave enough to risk my heart on the most daring venture of all—falling in love. LET ME COUNT THE WAYS is a sparkling, small-town romance about finding courage in poetry, passion in the unexpected, and the one person who makes breaking the rules worthwhile. [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]

Lights On: A Spicy Married-Couple Romance

by Lana Wexler

Tropes: steamycontemporary, adult, womensfiction

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Fifteen years married. One lit window across the courtyard. And tonight, Margot does not want to watch anymore. She wants to be watched. For months she has caught herself looking at the man who reads by lamplight across the way. Then one ordinary Tuesday she tells the one person who matters, her husband, and Theo does not laugh, does not flinch. He reaches over and opens the blinds. What starts as a confession becomes the most honest night of a very good marriage: lamps on, curtains up, fifteen years of shorthand turned all the way up. Nobody strays. Nobody is touched but each other. A marriage catching fire from the inside, with the lights on. [Read More]

Can I Ask You Something?

by Nameless Astray

Tropes: firstperson, characterdriven, humor

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A standalone contemporary romance in the Astray Chronicles series. She spent ten years asking him every question except the one that mattered. Claire has been in love with her best friend for a decade. She asked whether he was single. Whether he liked anyone. What she meant to him. She never asked if he loved her. When he introduces her to his fiancée, Claire's carefully protected hope finally shatters. One terrible night later, she wakes up in her Toronto apartment with a quiet stranger named Luca watching over her—and absolutely no idea why she trusted him enough to bring her home. Luca never pressures her. He never plays games. Whenever Claire asks him a question, he simply answers. Soon, he is staying for dinner. Sleeping beside her. Meeting her coworkers. And whenever someone asks if they're dating, he simply says yes. There is only one problem. Claire never realized they were. After spending ten years waiting for someone else to define their relationship, Claire must finally ask what she wants—and decide whether she is brave enough to say it first. A tender, fast-paced, cinematic, dialogue-driven contemporary romance with brief narration and playful banter, featuring a shy heroine who finds herself accidentally dating a devoted hero, navigating cultural misunderstandings, and learning to say exactly what she means. A closed-door romance where passion runs deep, but intimate moments fade to black. A guaranteed HEA. [Read More]