Genre: Magic

Go Luck Yourself by Sara Raasch Series: Royals and Romance #2 Genres: Adult, Contemporary Romance, Fantasy, Fiction, Holiday, LGBTQ+, Magic, Romance Published by Bramble on March 10, 2025 Format: eBook Pages: 314 It’s enemies to lovers in this sexy and delightful holiday mash up that pairs the spare prince of Christmas with the crown prince of St. Patrick’s Day!  Someone has been stealing Christmas’s joy, and there’s only one clue to the culprit—a single shamrock.  With Coal busy restructuring Christmas—and their dad now having a full midlife crisis in the Caribbean—Kris volunteers to investigate St. Patrick’s Day. His cover: an ambassador from Christmas to foster goodwill. What could go wrong?  Everything, it seems. Because Prince Lochlann Patrick, Crown Prince of St. Patrick’s Day, happens to be the mysterious student that Kris has been in a small war with at Cambridge. They attempt to play nice for the tabloids, but Kris can’t get through one conversation without wanting to smash Loch’s face in—he’s infuriating, stubborn, loud, obstinate, hot—  Wait—hot?  Kris might be in some trouble. Especially when it turns out that the mystery behind Christmas’s stolen magic isn’t as simple as an outright theft. But why would a Holiday that Christmas …

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros Series: The Empyrean #2 Genres: Adult, Dragon, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Romantasy Published by Entangled Publishing on November 6, 2023 Format: eBook Pages: 895 Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.  Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.  Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits—and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.  But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.  Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College—and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end. This book …

Voyage of the Damned by Frances White Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Magic, Mystery Thriller, Romantasy Published by Mira Books on January 17, 2024 Format: eBook Pages: 496 For a thousand years, Concordia has been able to maintain peace between its provinces, protected by a wall known as the Bandage. To mark this incredible feat, the emperor’s ship embarks upon a twelve-day voyage to the Goddess’s mountain.  Aboard are the heirs of the twelve provinces of Concordia, each graced with a unique and secret magical ability known as a Blessing.  Except one: Ganymedes Piscero – class clown, slacker, and all-round disappointment.  When a beloved heir is murdered, everyone is a suspect. Stuck at sea and surrounded by powerful people without a Blessing to protect him, odds of survival are slim.  But as the bodies pile higher, Ganymedes must become the hero he was not born to be. Can he unmask the killer and their Blessing before this bloody crusade reaches the shores of Concordia? Or will the empire as he knows it fall? Frances White’s debut novel Voyage of the Damned is an ambitiously plotted story that smoothly crosses over across a variety of different genres outside of its main …

The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch Series: Royals and Romance #1 Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary Romance, Fantasy, Fiction, Holiday, LGBTQ+, Romance Published by Bramble on October 7, 2024 Format: eBook Pages: 304 Red, White & Royal Blue meets The Nightmare Before Christmas in a sexy, quirky rom-com where the golden-hearted Prince of Christmas falls for the totally off-limits Prince of Halloween.  Nicholas “Coal” Claus used to love Christmas. Until his father, the reigning Santa, turned the holiday into a PR façade. Coal will do anything to escape the spectacle, including getting tangled in a drunken, supremely hot make-out session with a beautiful man behind a seedy bar one night.  But the heir to Christmas is soon commanded to do his he will marry his best friend, Iris, the Easter Princess and his brother’s not-so-secret crush. A situation that has disaster written all over it.  Things go from bad to worse when a rival arrives to challenge Coal for the princess’s hand…and Coal comes face-to-face with his mysterious behind-the-bar Hex, the Prince of Halloween.  It’s a fake competition between two holiday princes who can’t keep their hands off each other over a marriage of convenience that no one wants. And …

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Series: The Locked Tomb #1 Genres: Adult, Adventure, Dark Academia, Fiction, Gothic, LGBTQ+, Magic, Mystery Thriller Published by Tor on September 9, 2019 Format: eBook Pages: 479 The Emperor needs necromancers.  The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.  Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit.  Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won’t set her free without a service.  Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon’s sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die.  Of course, some things are better left dead. Necromancers, cavaliers, copious amounts of magic and challenges, oh …