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November 2026

  1. November 3, 2026

    A Conspiracy of Charming Monsters: Illustrated Tales from Elfhame

    Holly Black · Set in The Folk of the Air

    SweetRomantasy · Young adult

    Six illustrated faerie stories, two of them new, including one where the High King has to get back the girl he loves to hate from the Undersea.

    New to the series? Start with The Cruel Prince

  2. November 3, 2026

    Defy the Dusk

    Danielle L. Jensen · Book 1 of The Sundering Duet

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Adult

    Twenty years after Lirien's magic broke the world, the king of the people left behind abducts her, and she decides seduction is her way back.

  3. November 3, 2026

    East of Envy

    Nikki St. Crowe · Book 2 of The Great and Terrible Land

    Spice not known yetDark romantasy · Adult

    Dorothy teams up with a heartless Tin Woodman for hire to take down the Wizard who used them both, in a dark Oz retelling.

  4. November 3, 2026

    Lightwing

    Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti · Book 2 of Crown of Hearts and Chaos

    Spice not known yetDark romantasy · Adult

    Trapped in the castle of the Fae lord who has marked her for death, she has a task from the Great Elm to finish and a sister to find.

  5. November 17, 2026

    The Wrath Gods Reap

    Abigail Owen · Book 3 of The Crucible

    SteamyRomantasy · Adult

    This time Hades is the one running the gods' trials, and you watch from the sidelines while someone called the Deceiver works against Team Underworld.

    New to the series? Start with The Games Gods Play

  6. November 24, 2026

    Pen Pal: Afterlife

    J. T. Geissinger · Book 2 of Pen Pal

    Spice not known yetParanormal romance · Adult

    Aiden and Kayla found each other again after death, and the sequel to Pen Pal asks what was waiting for them on the other side.

  7. November 24, 2026

    The Fall of the Crowned King

    Amber V. Nicole · Book 5 of Gods & Monsters

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Adult

    Dianna and Samkiel's story heads into its last war, now against monsters instead of gods, with Dianna stuck in a reality that isn't hers.

December 2026

  1. December 8, 2026

    Anastasia

    Sophie Lark

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Adult

    The lost Romanov princess is the only royal without a gift, until her forbidden closeness to a young Cossack rebel wakes a magic she shares with Rasputin.

January 2027

  1. January 5, 2027

    Arkana

    RuNyx · Book 0 of The Verenmore Volumes

    ExplicitDark romance · Adult
    GothicA curse

    A healer on the run takes a job at the University of Verenmore and finds that its stern dean is not the only thing in the castle that needs saving.

    New to the series? Start with Gothikana

  2. January 5, 2027

    Infernal Vow

    Tigest Girma · Book 3 of Immortal Dark

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Young adult

    The last Immortal Dark book: Kidan's love has turned to hatred, and she has to decide how much more she'll break to save a world she has already doomed.

  3. January 12, 2027

    A Court of Forgotten Melody

    Sarah J. Maas · Book 7 of A Court of Thorns and Roses

    SteamyRomantasy · Adult

    Prythian's alliances are coming apart and the Inner Circle scatters to find any edge against Koschei, in the second half of the Valkyrie Cycle.

    New to the series? Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses

  4. January 12, 2027

    A Storm of Swallows

    S. F. Williamson · Book 3 of A Language of Dragons

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Young adult

    The end of the A Language of Dragons trilogy pulls Viv deep into the enemy's court while dragon-kind is at war with itself over an occupied London.

March 2027

  1. March 2, 2027

    Blade of Honey

    Hafsah Faizal · Book 1 of The Lion & the Bee

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Young adult

    You enter a competition to marry the king so you can get close enough to kill him, and he has to wed by the next full moon or die.

  2. March 2, 2027

    Coiled at the Roots

    Scarlett St. Clair · Book 2 of Blood of Lilith

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Adult

    The second Blood of Lilith book takes you back to Lilith in Nineveh, the neon-lit city where she found her relic, her lover and her prophecy.

  3. March 9, 2027

    Seven and the Swift

    Devney Perry · Book 3 of Shield of Sparrows

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Adult

    The last Shield of Sparrows book, for readers who have followed the slow burn since the first one and want to see where it ends.

  4. March 16, 2027

    Oracle Bay

    Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti · Book 4 of Sins of the Zodiac

    Spice not known yetDark romantasy · Adult

    The chains that held them have broken, the secrets are out, and your narrator now has to choose between a new alliance and a war she isn't sure they can win.

  5. March 16, 2027

    Tidebound

    Sophie Lark · Book 1 of Midnight Duet

    Spice not known yetDark romantasy · Adult

    Sophie Lark starts a two-book dark romantasy built on dangerous magic, a forbidden attraction and sharp-edged court politics.

  6. March 30, 2027

    Ashes of the Fallen

    Olivia Rose Darling · Book 3 of Fear the Flames

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Adult

    The war is won, but Elowen is lost to a darkness and Cayden will let kingdoms bleed to get his wife back.

April 2027

  1. April 6, 2027

    A Bittersweet Spell

    Rebecca Ross

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Adult

    To transcribe a cursed manuscript, a shopkeeper has to find the mage he once held a knife to and told to run, the one everyone believes is dead.

  2. April 6, 2027

    A Dark Inheritance

    Amber V. Nicole · Book 1 of The Bluebeard Chronicles

    Spice not known yetDark romance · Adult
    RetellingGothic

    A married couple fakes being single to claim an inheritance from a benefactor in the Romanian mountains, who turns out to be much more than he seems.

  3. April 6, 2027

    A Forbidden Hunger

    Katee Robert · Set in The Bluebeard Chronicles

    Spice not known yetDark romantasy · Adult

    The last of a line of monster hunters walks into Gentian House looking for his brother's killer and finds Lilith, who is close to finishing a cursed bargain.

  4. April 6, 2027

    A Vow Fatale

    Harley Laroux · Set in The Bluebeard Chronicles

    Spice not known yetDark romantasy · Adult
    RetellingGothic

    A sword swallower and his new wife are invited to his father's misty estate, and the woman narrating this one is the person who will tear the family apart.

  5. April 6, 2027

    The Belles of Wrath

    Jaysea Lynn · Book 2 of Hell's Belles

    Spice not known yetParanormal romance · Adult
    Demons

    Penny sends herself to Hell, gets a job at the Hellp Desk and meets the quiet demon who runs the level for irredeemable souls.

  6. April 20, 2027

    Her Dark Empire

    Elizabeth Helen · Book 1 of The Savior Prophecy

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Adult
    Captor / captiveAssassins and hitmen

    The princess whose life force shields her city is taken by the storm-wielding rebel sent to kill her, who decides to keep her instead.

  7. April 20, 2027

    Stormside

    Alex Aster · Book 2 of Starside

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Adult

    The sequel to Starside, Alex Aster's first adult romantasy, from the author of Lightlark.

May 2027

  1. May 18, 2027

    The Wolf Queen

    Lauren Palphreyman · Book 3 of The Wolf King

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Adult

    The Wolf King trilogy ends with a heroine who refuses to be a pawn again and a villain who tells her they are the ones moving the pieces.

June 2027

  1. June 22, 2027

    Battle for Hercules

    Jasmine Mas · Book 3 of Villains of Lore

    ExplicitRomantasy · Adult

    War comes to Rhodes Olympian University, Hercules's husbands are stalking her again, and Medusa gets bodyguards she can't stand.

    New to the series? Start with Blood of Hercules

July 2027

  1. July 13, 2027

    The Shrike

    Cora Reilly

    Spice not known yetDark romance · Adult
    Serial killersForbidden love

    A criminal profiler and the criminologist who waited four years for her to graduate, as a killer who leaves bodies pierced with thorns starts work.

  2. July 20, 2027

    Infernal City

    Kate Golden · Book 3 of Harker Academy

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Adult
    Deadly trialsDemonsMagic academy

    Viv is stuck in Hell with Deacon Graveheart, and the only way out is a gauntlet of seven trials neither of them is ready for.

  3. July 20, 2027

    Queen of the Last World

    Elise Kova · Book 3 of Arcana Academy

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Adult
    Magic academy

    Clara set out to make the world better and remade it instead, and now an ancient evil has taken hold of Prince Kaelis's heart.

August 2027

  1. August 24, 2027

    Holy Monsters

    Imani Erriu · Book 3 of Heavenly Bodies

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Adult

    To stop the Dark collecting her Stars' hearts, Elara has to ally with her worst enemy in a frozen kingdom where mercy counts as weakness.

September 2027

  1. September 7, 2027

    Fae & Alchemy Book 3

    Callie Hart · Book 3 of Fae & Alchemy

    ExplicitRomantasy · Adult

    Saeris and Fisher's story ends here, after Quicksilver and Brimstone, with the two of them finding out how their fates are tied together.

    New to the series? Start with Quicksilver

  2. September 7, 2027

    Tyrant

    Victoria Aveyard · Book 2 of The Lyrian Sea

    Spice not known yetRomantasy · Adult

    The second and last Lyrian Sea book picks up Cat Rose, Valerian Kane and Jasper Fell where Tempest left them.

Date to be announced

  1. Spring 2027

    Hunting Season

    Brynne Weaver · Book 3 of Seasons of Carnage

    ScorchingDark romance · Adult

    Harper Starling sets out to hunt down the ex who betrayed her, and ends up striking a bargain that breaks her most sacred vow.

    New to the series? Start with Tourist Season

  2. Date to be announced

    The Lords: Title TBA

    Shantel Tessier · Set in The Lords

    ScorchingDark romance · Adult

    A new Lords book is on the way, with the title, cover and couple still under wraps.

    New to the series? Start with The Ritual

  3. Date to be announced

    The Throne of Bone and Ash

    Jennifer L. Armentrout · Book 7 of Blood and Ash

    SteamyRomantasy · Adult

    Poppy and Cas's final book; the novella A Crown of Ruin covers what happened between it and The Primal of Blood and Bone.

    New to the series? Start with From Blood and Ash

  4. Date to be announced

    Untitled Crowns of Nyaxia book 6

    Carissa Broadbent · Book 6 of Crowns of Nyaxia

    SteamyRomantasy · Adult

    The second half of the Bloodborn Duet, which follows The Lion & the Deathless Dark and closes the Crowns of Nyaxia series.

    New to the series? Start with The Serpent & the Wings of Night

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