I Hope This Email Finds You In Hell by Mackenzie Reed Genres: Adult, Chick Lit, Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Paranormal, Romantasy, Romance, Road Trip Published by Berkley on August 31, 2026 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 352 Source: Netgalley When staying late at the office leads to witnessing an exorcism, Brie Benson’s mundane life takes a hellish turn…literally.  After her parents’ death, twenty-seven-year-old Brie has mastered the art of compartmentalization to survive her mind-numbing routine as a receptionist at a life insurance company. But when she accidentally catches her hot, uptight boss, Luke, performing an exorcism on Debra from accounting, her carefully ordered world implodes.  Swearing Brie to secrecy, Luke reveals he’s from a line of demon hunters and that demonic activity is spiking. But when her emotional support coworker vanishes, Brie is determined to find her. With nothing left to lose, she convinces Luke to let her join his rescue mission.  The problem? Their destination is hell. And the entrance is in Times Square.  Now Brie and Luke must navigate a corporate underworld of monsters and bureaucratic nightmares while racing to save their colleague and repair a tearing veil between worlds. All before their growing feelings become irrelevant and hell claims …
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Fan Service by Rosie Danan Genres: Adult, Chick Lit, Paranormal, LGBTQ+, Romance, Contemporary Romance Published by Priatkus on March 10, 2025 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 412 Source: Afterlight The truth is stranger than fan fiction in the new sexy, paranormal romcom from the bestselling author of The Roommate and The Intimacy Experiment.  The only place small-town outcast Alex Lawson fits in is the online fan forum she built for Arcane, a long-running werewolf detective show. Her dedication to archiving fictional supernatural lore made her Internet-famous, even if she harbors a secret disdain for the show’s star, Devin Ashwood. (Never meet your heroes – sometimes they turn out to be The Worst.)  Ever since his show went off the air, Devin and his career have spiralled, but waking up naked in the woods outside his LA home with no memory of the night before is a new low. It must have been a coincidence that the once-in-a-century Wolf Blood Moon crested last night. The claws, fangs, and howling are a little more difficult to explain away. Desperate for answers, Devin finds Alex – the closest thing to an expert that exists. If only he could convince her to stop hating …
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An Arcane Inheritance by Kamilah Cole Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Dark Academia, Paranormal, New Adult, Ghosts Published by Poisoned Pen Press on December 29, 2025 Format: Hardcover Pages: 417 Source: Aardvark Book Club A modern-day dark academia fantasy with a twist, perfect for fans of Babel and A Deadly Education. Warren University has stood amongst the ivy elite for centuries, built on the bones―and forbidden magic―of its most prized BIPOC students…hiding the rot of a secret society that will do anything to keep their own powers burning bright. No matter who they must sacrifice along the way. Ellory Morgan is determined to prove that she belongs at Warren University, an ivy league school whose history is deeply linked to occult rumors and dark secrets. But as she settles into her Freshman year, something about the ornate buildings and shadowy paths feels strangely…familiar. And, with every passing day, that sense of déjà vu grows increasingly sinister. Despite all logic, despite all reason, despite all the rules of reality, Ellory knows one thing to be true: she has been here before. And if she can’t convince brooding legacy student Hudson Graves to help her remember a past that seems determined to slip through …
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Deathly Fates by Tesia Tsai Genres: Adventure, AAPI, Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Magic, Romantasy, Young Adult Published by Wednesday Books on April 14, 2026 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 368 Source: Netgalley A sweeping debut inspired by the Chinese folk practice of necromancy, Deathly Fates is perfect for fans of Descendant of the Crane, The Bone Shard Daughter, and A Magic Steeped in Poison. As a priestess paid to guide the deceased home, Kang Siying has never feared death. But when her beloved father collapses, Siying realizes that even she is not free from the cruel grasp of mortality. Desperate to provide her father with the medical aid he needs, Siying accepts a dangerous job that promises a generous commission, and travels to a hostile state to retrieve the corpse of a missing prince. But the moment Siying places her reanimation talisman on the dead prince’s head, rather than make the corpse obedient to Siying’s commands, the talisman brings the prince back to life. Worse, he won’t stay alive for long—not unless he absorbs enough qi, or life force, to keep his soul anchored to his body. In return for a reward worth twice her original commission, Siying agrees to aid the …
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Sophie Kim: The God and the Gumiho Review
by JefferzThe God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim Series: Fate’s Thread #1 Genres: Adult, Asian Literature, AAPI, Korean Literature, Fantasy, Fairy Tale, Fantasy Romance, Paranormal, Romantasy, Urban Fantasy, Folklore, Mystery, Ghosts Published by Hodderscape on May 31, 2024 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 419 Source: FairyLoot In this sly and dazzling contemporary fantasy, the most notorious nine-tailed fox in Korea pairs up with a trickster god–turned–detective to track down a wrathful demon . . . before it can destroy the mortal world. Kim Hani has retired from a life of devouring souls. She is, simply put, too full. Once known as the infamous Scarlet Fox, she now spends her days working in a coffee shop and annoying a particularly irritating, if unfairly handsome, trickster god as often as she can. That god is Seokga the Fallen. Exiled from the heavenly kingdom of Okhwang, he now begrudgingly resides in the mortal realm, working toward his redemption and suffering through his interactions with the particularly infuriating, if sneakily charming, gumiho barista at his favorite café. But when a powerful demon escapes from the underworld and threatens to end all of humanity, Okhwang’s emperor offers Seokga an enticing bargain: Kill this rogue creature, …
