Genre Spotlight


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    Romantasy

    This genre blend combines romance and fantasy. Love is a key ingredient whether it involves dragons, time travel, or superpowers. 


      Fourth wing

      Rebecca Yarros

      Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general--also known as her tough-as-talons mother--has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don't bond to "fragile" humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother's daughter--like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She'll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

      Assistant to the Villain

      Hannah Nicole Maehrer

      With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn's most infamous Villain results in a job offer--naturally, she says yes. But just when she's getting used to severed heads suspended from the ceiling and the odd squish of an errant eyeball beneath her heel, Evie suspects this dungeon has a huge rat...and not just the literal kind. Now Evie must not only resist drooling over her boss but also figure out exactly who is sabotaging his work...and ensure he makes them pay. After all, a good job is hard to find.

      Immortal Longings

      Chloe Gong

      Princess Calla Tuoleimi plans to take down her family's monarchy but must decide between her kingdom or her new lover, in an adult fantasy epic from the New York Times best-selling author of the YA Secret Shanghai novels.

      A Broken Blade

      Melissa Blair

      Keera is a killer. As the king's Blade and his most gifted assassin, she is called upon to hunt down a mysterious figure called the Shadow who is moving against the Crown. She tracks the Shadow into the magical lands of the Fae, but the Faeland is not what it seems, and neither is the Shadow. Keera is shocked by what she discovers and can't help but wonder who her enemy truly is...

      Once More Upon a Time

      Roshani Chokshi

      FANTASY ROMANCE A fairy tale prince and princess get a second chance at getting what they truly desire in this dazzling tale as they embark on an enchanted road trip and encounter a delightful cast of magical characters. Imelda and Ambrose have forgotten why they got together in the first place. After a whirlwind courtship and a fairy-tale wedding, they embark on life together as royalty of Loves Keep. But when Imelda is in trouble, Ambrose sacrifices their love to save her life, little knowing that theloss of their love will jeopardize the entire kingdom...

      The Serpent & the Wings of Night

      Carissa Broadbent

      The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya, to become something more than prey, enters a legendary tournament held by the goddess of death herself and, to survive, forms an alliance with a mysterious rival to whom she is oddly drawn.

      The Foxglove King

      Hannah Whitten

      Thrust into the Sainted King's court, a debauched and opulent society, Lore, who has a secret power to raise the dead, tangles in politics, religion and forbidden romance as she attempts to find out who is responsible for wiping out entire villages on the outskirts of the country. 

      From Blood and Ash

      Jennifer L. Armentrout

      Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy's life has never been her own. The entire kingdom's future rests on Poppy's shoulders, something she's not even quite sure she wants for herself. And when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard enters her life, destinyand duty become tangled with desire and need. Forsaken by the gods and feared by mortals, a fallen kingdom is rising once more, determined to take back what they believe is theirs through violence and vengeance. Poppy is not only on the verge of losing her heart and being found unworthy by the gods, but also her life when every blood-soaked thread that holds her world together begins to unravel.

      Brass Carriages and Glass Hearts

      Nancy Campbell Allen

      Detective-Inspector Oliver Reed is assigned to guard social activist Emme O'Shea on her trip to Scotland where she will speak at an important summit on Shifter rights, but getting her there safely will be a challenge-especially when the two of them realize they might be falling in love with each other.

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