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Thieves of AurionSeries
series1 book2009
Fantasy, emotional in tone, about fae and enemies to lovers.
“Mara Sheppard has no love for the Fae, but to free her brother from prison, she'll do whatever the treacherous Queen Nalia asks.”
from the catalogue
Start with Lover Enslaved →
GrishaverseUniverse
universe19 books2012
Fantasy.
“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue
Start with Six of Crows →
includes Six of Crows, The Nikolai Duology, The Grisha
Adrian x IsoldeSeries
series3 books2021
Romantasy, dark in tone, about vampires.
Start with Born of Flames and Sacrifice →
The Poppy WarSeries
series4 books2018
Grimdark and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.
“The Poppy War follows Rin, a war orphan who tests into an elite military academy and discovers a talent for shamanic power tied to a pantheon of vengeful gods.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Poppy War →
More Than HumanSeries
series1 book2016
Fantasy, emotional in tone.
“A human woman falls in love with a shifter, a beast known as the Other to the few remaining humans, and must decide if she will accept his offer of a new life among the dangerous world of shifters.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ella & the Beast →
Witches Steeped in GoldSeries
series2 books2021
Fantasy and dark fantasy, dark in tone.
Start with Witches Steeped in Gold →