Fantasy Romance

Swordheart

T. Kingfisher’s fantasies often having charming romantic subplots, so it’s a thrill to see Swordheart, a previously self-published cozy fantasy, get a traditional release. The novel follows Halla, a woman who unexpectedly inherits an estate and accidentally frees an immortal warrior when she unsheathes an old sword that was hanging on the wall of her new home.

T. Kingfisher’s fantasies often having charming romantic subplots, so it's a thrill to see Swordheart, a previously self-published cozy fantasy, get a traditional release. The novel follows Halla, a woman who unexpectedly inherits an estate and accidentally frees an immortal warrior when she unsheathes an…

Sweet Obsession

By Katee Robert

There are many, many Greek god-inspired romances out there (and yes, most of them are Hades and Persephone), but Katee Robert’s Dark Olympus books are both some of the most successful and surprising. Her latest galaxy-brain pairing in a series that has seen such highlights as Achilles, Patroclus and Helen? Icarus and Poseidon. Long may she reign.

I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com

By Kimberly Lemming

Of the many, many self-published romance series that have gone viral on BookTok, Kimberly Lemming’s fantasy romances easily have the most incredible titles. See: That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon or That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf. Now, with I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com, Lemming is hopping subgenres to science fiction romance, following a biologist who, yes, gets abducted by aliens alongside an honest-to-god lion, then crash-lands with said lion on a mysterious planet full of dinosaurs where she also meets not one, but two dreamy alien love interests. Take a look back at that sentence. Magnificent.

The Enchanted Greenhouse

By Sarah Beth Durst

Yes, Sarah Beth Durst’s new fantasy romance is set in the world of her bestselling The Spellshop and yes, it seems like a cottagecore fantasy come to life, but the real question is this: Is that a kitten with wings on the cover?! A kitten cherub, if you will? We’ll take 12, please.

A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping

By Sangu Mandanna

Sangu Mandanna’s darling debut, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, was one of those books that slowly but surely became omnipresent, recommended for lovers of rom-coms and paranormal romances alike. Her eagerly awaited follow-up stars an innkeeper who was once one of the most powerful witches in Britain on a quest to reclaim her magic with the help of a very hot and very grumpy historian. We can’t wait to check in (sorry).

The Songbird & the Heart of Stone

By Carissa Broadbent

In The Songbird & the Heart of Stone, Carissa Broadbent marries a thoughtful look at religious and family trauma with epic adventure and romance.

The Courting of Bristol Keats

By Mary E. Pearson

Bestselling author Mary E. Pearson launches a new series with this romantic fantasy about a young woman who’s pulled into a dangerous, magical world as she attempts to uncover family secrets.

Confounding Oaths

By Alexis Hall

The fairy world intersects with Regency London in Alexis Hall’s clever and sexy Confounding Oaths.

Desperate Measures

By Katee Robert

Those who have burned through Katee Robert’s viral Dark Olympus series will already know that there’s plenty more where that came from. The author has an extensive backlist of both traditionally and self-published titles, and one of her most infamous and popular self-published series is finally getting a traditional release. Taking inspiration from Disney’s iconic fairy-tale films, the Wicked Villains books are dark romances where characters such as Ursula, Captain Hook and Hades get a happy ending after all. Case in point: Desperate Measures stars Jafar . . . and a love interest clearly inspired by Princess Jasmine.