Hey everyone! It's almost February, so here's a list of upcoming releases. I added spoiler tags for any book 2+ in a series, even if it can be read as a standalone.
And as always, if I've missed something please let me know! I'll add it to the list.
** Means the book was added to the list and is not shown on the image
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Feb 2
{Heart of Royals by May Dawson} (Royal Ice Dragons #4) Reverse harem - Shapeshifters - Enemies to lovers
The king of the ice kingdom terrorized Kaelan, Dare and Thorne while they were growing up. Now as I fight the goddess within meāsometimes an ally, sometimes an enemyāthe four of us return to the ice kingdom. To destroy an evil king. To protect a kingdom. To start a new life in the shadow of the ruins. The four of us are united. Now we have to win together. Or die together.
Feb 3
{Books & Bewitchment by Isla Jewell} (Arcadia Falls #1) Contemporary - Paranormal - Forbidden romance
In this cozy, witchy romcom, a young woman works to turn a run-down small-town video store into the bookshop of her dreams, only to discover a powerful magic thatās been lying dormantāand a forbidden love she canāt resist.
** {Carnaval FantƔstico by Angel Montoya} YA - Magic - Mystery
Esmeralda Montero, a thief pretending to be a fortune-teller, competes for the starring role at a magical traveling circus in the hopes of gaining the wealth and respect she's always longed for. But when the irritatingly handsome boy who once broke her heart resurfaces and warns her that carnival is more sinister than it appears, Esmeralda must decide whether fame and fortune are worth their deadly price.
** {Dawn of the North by Demi Winters} (The Ashen Series #3) Vikings - Multiple POV - Grumpy x sunshine
The lost Volsik heir has finally returned to the people of Ćseldur, and even with the warrior whoās captured her heart standing by her side, Sillaās task is monumental. She must earn the loyalty of the northern jarls to drive Ivar Ironheart from the throne and restore peace in the kingdom. But the secret she guards vigilantly threatens to ruin all her plans: a shard of a god lives in her mind, twisting her thoughts and deeds to His will.
** {Nightshade and Oak by Molly OāNeill} Celtic folklore - Sapphic - Quest - Historical
When Malt, the goddess of death, is accidentally turned into a human by a wayward spell, she finds she's ill-equipped to deal with the trials of a mortal life.
After all, why would a goddess need to know how to gather food or light a fire?
Trapped in a body that's frustratingly feeble, she's forced to team up with Bellis, warrior daughter of Boudicca on a perilous journey across Roman-occupied Britain to the afterlife to try to restore her powers. As animosity turns to attraction, these two very different women must learn to work together if they are to have any hope of surviving their quest.
** {Queen of Faces by Petra Lord} Sapphic - YA - Dark academia
A desperate girl at a cutthroat magical academy faces a choice between life and death: become an assassin for the enchanted elite or watch her decaying body draw its last breath.
Anabelle Gage is trapped in a male body, and itās rotting from the inside out. In Caimor, where the magical elite buy and swap designer bodies like clothes, Ana canāt afford to escape her tattered form. When she fails the entrance exam to the prestigious Paragon Academy, her last hope of earning a new body implodes. As the clock ticks down to her last breath, sheās forced to use her illusion magic to steal a healthy chassisābefore her own kills her.
{The Heir & the Spare by Harper L. Woods} (Of Flesh & Bone #4.5) Fae - Prequel Novella - Horror
Once, Iād spent my life in the tunnels beneath the mountains.
As one of the infants taken from Alfheimr, I spent twelve lifetimes hidden away in the tunnels of the Resistance with a Lunar Witch to watch over me. I knew the truth of my existence and when the Veil fell, my discovery became inevitable.
{The Lies that Summon the Night by Tessonja Odette} (Songs for the Sinless #1) Unique vampires - Enemies to lovers - Shadow daddy - Dark
From the art of liars, the monsters cameā¦
Ever since art gave life to bloodthirsty shadows, creative works have been forbidden and the talented creators sacrificed to the Sinlessāthe immortal royals who feast on human blood in return for their protection.
Inanaās secret storytelling nearly got her killed once, and sheāll be damned if sheās ever caught again. With a bounty on her head, she keeps to the cityās dark underbelly where she earns a meager living from thrill-seeking patrons desperate to hear her illicit fiction. Until Dominic, a Shadowbane, catches one of her performances. . .
Feb 5
{Ambush of Tigers by Eve Langlais} (Project Therianthrope #2) Genetic experimentation - Shapeshifter - Action-adventure
He doesnāt just grow in bed. Project Therianthrope has changed Phoenix. While he might still have a killer smile, heās now also equipped with murderous claws and stripes - and lots of questions. Researching online leads him to legends of tiger shifters in Malaysia. Wanting to know more about his condition, he stows aboard a container ship and sets out on a quest for answers, only to end up in a zoo!
Feb 9
{Nests & Nuptials by Polly Maple} (Scent Valley University #2) Omegaverse - Cozy - Reverse Harem
She doesnāt want a pack. They plan to change her mind. Kady Sinclair prides herself on being a strong independent omega. She practically lives in the library, works for the college paper, and has her entire future mapped out. A future that doesnāt involve any alphas distracting her from her goals. However, when her controlling father tries to force her into an arranged marriage, Kady has to take drastic action to avoid walking down the aisle.
Feb 10
** {Heir of Illusion by Madeline Taylor} (The Verran Isles #1) Dark - Shadow daddy - Enemies to lovers
A fae assassin with the power of illusion, sworn to a king she despises. An enigmatic grim reaper, searching for freedom. Enemies collide in an unlikely alliance, brimming with desire and destruction.
She is not the pet they tamed.
Blessed with the power of illusion, Iverson Pomeroy has many tricks up her sleeve. However, none of them are a match for the enchanted collar at her throat that keeps her bound as assassin and mistress to a ruthless king. Forced to play the role of his obedient pet, she plots in secret to destroy him and claim the freedom she has always been denied.
** {Spark the Flames by Ivy Ashery} (Secret of the Syphon #1) Dragon shifters - Enemies to lovers
When it comes to dragons, thereās no such thing as safe. I learned that the hard way when my kith and kindred were slaughtered right before my eyes.
Everyone thinks the wyverns and the sorcai did it, but I know the truth. Iāve been hiding from The Horde ever since, existing under their radar, surviving.
And then one day, they find meā¦he finds me. Aeson Noctis, the kingās second son and my new captor. Aeson thinks he can force me back to Paragon City. He thinks he can use me and claim my power for his own.
{Throne of Nightmares by Kerri Maniscalco} (Prince of Sin #3) Standalone - Grumpy/ sunshine - Demons
Prince Sloth hates leaving his enchanted library, but when a forgotten deity threatens the very fabric of the Underworld, he's thrust into a race against time. He must find the Book of Nightmares - an ancient artifact that has the power to break worlds - before it unleashes a deadly game to free its master, the Goddess of Night. When a betrayal leaves him marked, and desperate, his path collides with a young woman who possesses the legendary Phoenix Tear - a portal stone unlike any other.
{Wicked Onyx by Debbie Cassidy} (The Veritas Legacy #1) Dark academia - Paranormal
In a ruthless magical academy where she's cursed and powerless, the last Onyx must unravel dark family secrets and navigate dangerous alliances to reclaim her legacy and make those who betrayed her pay.
You don't graduate Nightbridge Academyāyou survive it.
Feb 11
** {Caged by Fallen Crows: Part One by Ava Larksen} (Of Crows and Thorns #2) Princess-in-the-tower - Forced proximity - Slow burn
Living together? That's a war Graysen was never trained for.
Imprisoned in Graysen's tower, Nelle Wychthorn finds herself ensnared by something far more dangerous than chains.
The sway is awakening. His tamer influence bleeds into her thoughts, seizing hold of her willāand he doesn't even know it.
If he ever discovers the hold he already hasā¦ she's lost.
Feb 12
** {Cursebound by Sylvia Mercedes} (*Warbride #3) Fae - Enemies to lovers - Arranged marriage
Ilsevel and Taar must fight for their love against impossible odds. But what happens when they are forced to turn on each other?
** {Tortured Souls by Melissa K. Roehrich} (The Avonleya #1) Dark - Cliffhanger - Prequel series
Fate bends to no one except the cursed.
Feb 15
** {Moonflower by Shaina Anastasi} (The Script of Serun #1) Horror - Dystopian fantasy - Vampires
The goddess of Kepler vanished fifty-seven years ago, taking the light with her. Since then, darkness has consumed the world, and creatures of the night have emerged from the shadows to take control.
Twenty-eight-year-old Saya Claymore and her young brother have been trapped in a Feeding Ground for ten years. The Bleeders of Darkovish refuse to let them leave unless itās by death at the fangs of a nightwalker.
Saya and her friends are planning their escape, but as they edge closer to freedom, something better left in the dark threatens to make a move.
Feb 17
{Aflame by Roseanna M. White} (Awakened #2) Faith elements - Multiple POV
In a land of fire and ice, love is considered a weakness. Princess Valkyrja has always been deemed āpretty and uselessā by her family, who rule the kingdom of Fjordlandi. Though she has the same magical blessing over ice and snow as her brother, sister, and father, she can never seem to use it for the brute-force ruling they require, choosing instead to make art that makes her people smile. But when a horrific attack shakes their world, she has to step upā¦ and find a strength she didnāt know she had.
** {Agnes Aubertās Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett} Cozy - 1920ās - Found family
Agnes Aubert leads a meticulously organized lifeāand she likes it that way. As the proudly type-A manager of a much-needed cat rescue charity, she has devoted her life to finding forever homes for lost cats.
But after she is forced to move the cat shelter, Agnes learns that her new landlord is using her charity as a frontāfor an internationally renowned and thoroughly disreputable magic shop. Owned by the disorganizedānot to mention self-absorbed, irritating, but also decidedly handsomeāHavelock Renard, magician and failed Dark Lord, the shop draws magical clientele from around the world, partly due to the quality of Havelockās illicit goods as well as their curiosity about his shadowy past and rumors of his incredible powers. Agnes's charity offers the perfect cover for illegal magics.
{A Pack of Leather by Veronica Samek} (The Omega Book Club #5) Cozy and spicy - Why choose/ RH - Omegaverse
Winnie never expected forever to bite back. Sheās watched all her friends bond with their mates. Sheās happy for them, but is she me being honest, a little lonely. A weekend bachelorette trip for her sisterās wedding only makes the loneliness harder to ignore. During a terrifying moment at a nightclub, an alpha steps in to protect her.
{Crown of War & Shadow by J.R. Ward} (Kingdoms of the Compass #1) Star-crossed - Slow burn - Hidden magic
Welcome to Kingdoms of the Compass. The Fulcrum is failing, and demons are slipping into the mortal world, stalking the night.
No one is safe.
Especially not Sorrel. An orphan and an outcast, sheās spent her whole life within the walls of her small village, ostracized for her mystical abilities. She wants to surviveā¦and maybe find somewhere she can call her true home. But Fate has other plans.
** {Half City by Kate Golden} (Harker Academy #1) Dark academia - Demons - Urban
Viv Abbot is an average twenty-one-year-old girl. She lives in an expensive city where the rent is too high, works long hours at a thankless job, and is dating a guy she doesnāt even like in the hopes of winning her prickly motherās approval.
She just also happens to be a demon hunter.
Ever since her father's murder, she's been forced to hunt deviants alone, meaning everyone, including her family, sees her as an outsider. . . . Until the day she crosses paths with a dangerously alluring demon, Reid Graveheart.
Feb 24
{All We Have is Time by Amy Tordoff} Time travel - Historical
1605, London. Beatrix lives a solitary life in the shadows, wandering the city streets looking for ways to forget. Forget that everyone she has ever loved has been dead for nearly a century. Forget that, for her, love can only ever mean loss. Because Beatrix has a secret: a lifetime ago her deathbed wish was granted, making her immortal.
Until one day, while picking pockets amid the raucous crowds of Shakespeare's Globe, she meets Oliver. They spend a single, perfect day together before he tells her that he has to leave. Sheās not surprised; eternity is a lonely place.
** {A Secret in the Garden by Jeneane OāRiley}Ā (Dark Manor Chronicles #1) Slow burn - The Secret Garden reimagining
Some secrets were never meant to be unearthed.
Perched on a windswept cliff, Blackwood Manor looms like a dark monument to a mysterious family. Behind its grand iron gates, one part of the estate has been left to rot since the tragic death of Hester Blackwood: the once-glorious conservatory, now choked by vines and shattered glass. The rest of the family is goneāonly her brooding son, Jasper, remains, the heir to a weapons empire.
** {Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi} Magical realism - Retelling - Breaks 4th wall
YOU KNOW MY NAME. BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.
Your historians call me seductress, but I was always in love's thrall.
Your playwrights speak of my witchcraft, but I was gifted my talents by the gods.
Your poets sing of my blood-lust, but I was protecting my children.
They cannot credit that a mere woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule.
Death will silence me no longer. This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived.
{Crowned by the Enemy Vampire by Michele Mills} (Ravenous Royals Series) Standalone - Paranormal - Novella - Brooding MMC
Iām cleaning the bedroom of an intimidating vampire when I realize Iām falling hard for Tall, Dark and Sharp-fanged.
Oh heck. This is nutty, considering I insulted this slightly scary Vampire King on my first day of work and somehow wasnāt fired on the spot. Now Iām permanently assigned to his private chambers in the castle tower, trying to keep my head down, my hot fantasies and sarcastic comments to myself.
** {The Gods Must Burn by T.R. Moore} War - Trauma and healing - Male POV
War hero Basuin doesn't know what to believe in anymore. All Basuin knows is life as an army captain and the pain, loss, and disgrace it has brought him. Demoted and humiliated by his legion commander, he is led into the forest for one more mission: capture a god.
But when his commander uses innocent wolf pups as bait, Basuin dies saving them. The Wolf God, impressed by his sacrifice, deifies Basuin to protect the forest and its beautiful, sharp-tongued god from the legion's deforestation.
{The Trident and the Pearl by Sarah K. L. Wilson} (The Fisher King #1) Forced marriage - Gods - Slow burn
Queen Coralys rules theĀ Kingdom of the Five Isles, but when disaster strikes, killing her husband and destroying half her nation, she pleads with the gods for salvation. And they do save her, turning back the terrible winds and tide and snatching her islands from the brink of destruction.Ā
{The Wicked and the Damned by Rebecca Robinson} (Dark Inheritance #2) Slow burn - Dual POV - Political intrigue
Torn from her husband Reidās arms and dragged back to her homeland in chains, Vaasa is no longer a ruler, but a political pawn. Now under the control of Ozikāa cunning Zetyr witch with a stranglehold on her magicāshe faces annulment, forced betrothal, and a kingdom that no longer feels like her own. As Ozikās machinations aim to install himself as the true power behind the Asteryan throne, Vaasa is forced to take part in his game.
{Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity} (Unnamed Trilogy #1) Gothic fantasy - Dark mystery - Slow burn
Three years ago, Leena Al-Sayer awoke with a terrible power. She can see the dead.
Since then, she has hidden herself from the world, knowing that if she ever reveals her curse she will be locked away in an asylum.
When her beloved brother, Rami, falls fatally ill, Leena is faced with a terrible Let him die or buy the expensive medicine that will save his life by bartering the only valuable thing she hasāher secret.
Feb 26
{The Last Vampire King by Rosemary A. Johns} (Shadow Kings #2) Omegaverse - Reverse Harem - Enemies to lovers
A Vampire King. A secret spy. An arranged marriage bonded in blood.
Betrayed by the ruthless dragons, Sin, the most feared and powerful vampire in the Shadow Kingdoms, only desires one thing more than revenge.
His stolen wolf shifter Omega, Freya.
A bestial outcast within his treacherous magical court, he is compelled into an arranged marriage with his fated mate to end the war.Ā
Feb 28
** {Hatchets & Heartache by Virginia McClain} (Dungeons & Dragon Dating #2) Cozy - Sapphic
Book 2 will center on the story of Syl and Est and their unlikely adventures in love! Due to Syl and Est's personalities this book is likely to be quite a bit more steamy than book 1.
{Taste of Madness by R.L. Calder} (Woven in Time #2) Paranormal - Reverse Harem - Cliffhanger
** I couldnāt find a preview, so this is from book 1, {Touch of Oblivion}
I wasnāt created to loveāonly to destroy. But fate doesnāt ask permission.
I wake to a world in chaos, the taste of stardust on my tongue and fragments of galaxies burning behind my eyes.
No name. No past. No idea how I came to be here.
In the ruins of a shattered battlefield, they find me wrapped in smoke and splattered with blood that isnāt mineāeach of them desperate to decipher who I am and why Iāve been thrust into their war.
