Genre: Romantasy

The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley Series: Dearly Beloathed #1 Genres: Adult, British Literature, Fantasy, Dark Academia, Gaslamp Fantasy, Romantasy Published by Orbit on July 7, 2025 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 398 Source: Illumicrate A slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romance featuring a scholarly healer and a gentleman assassin, set in an exquisite fantasy world.  Osric Mordaunt, member of the Fyren Order of assassins, finds himself in dire need of an expert healer. As fate would have it, that very healer is Aurienne Fairhrim, a member of his enemy Order, the Haelen.  Aurienne is desperate for funding to heal the sick, so desperate that when Osric breaks into her office to offer her a bribe for her healing services, she must accept. Even if she loathes him.  A forced collaboration ensues: the brilliant Woman in STEM is coerced into working with the PhD in Murders – much to Aurienne’s disgust. Despite being enemies thrown together, as Osric and Aurienne work together to solve not only his illness, but the mysterious reoccurrence of a deadly Pox, they find themselves ardently denying their attraction which seems to only fuel the heat between them. This book may be unsuitable …

The Second Death of Locke by V.L. Bovalino Series: The Hand and the Heart #1 Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, High Fantasy, Magic, Romantasy Published by Orbit on September 22, 2025 Format: ARC, eBook, Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 480 Source: Illumicrate, Netgalley Love. Loyalty. Sacrifice.  Grey Flynn has dedicated her life to her mage, Kier. She will be his blade on the battlefield, his healer and protector. The deep well of raw power inside her is Kier’s to wield. They are bound together by blood and magic, but there is one truth Grey dare not reveal . . . not even to Kier.  When a quest to protect the child of an enemy kingdom pulls them into a dangerous mission, Grey will need to decide what she’s willing to sacrifice to protect her secret.  For Grey is no ordinary magical well, and if she dies, all magic dies with her. This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence. The following review is based on a complimentary ARC provided by Forever, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing. A powerful female knight and …

The Crimson Throne by Sara Raasch, Beth Revis Series: Spy and Guardian #1 Genres: Fantasy, Fae, Historical Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Magic, Romantasy, Fiction, Folklore, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Scottish Literature Published by Sourcebooks Fire on October 6, 2025 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 368 Source: Netgalley From the New York Times bestselling authors of Night of the Witch comes an enemies-to-lovers romantasy set in the dazzling and dangerous Scottish court where a fae guardian of the realm falls in love with a charming Elizabethan spy who could also be the key to her world’s undoing.   Samson Calthorpe’s curse has isolated him from everyone he has ever cared about. So, when the opportunity arises to break the curse, he grabs it. All he has to do for his freedom is risk his life and become a royal spy, using every bit of the skills and resolve he’s picked up on the streets of London to infiltrate the court of the Scottish Queen and uncover a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.   For years, Alyth Graham has been protecting Mary Queen of Scots from threats both physical and magical, including the Queen’s own husband, Lord Darnley. Alyth is more than meets the …

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 …