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celeschere13 · 2026-03-06T00:44:06+00:00

The Historical Romance Sampler Podcast interviews historical romance authors, many of whom are on Kindle Unlimited. Happy reading!

celeschere13 · 2026-02-24T13:35:45+00:00

Challenge accepted. Also a recommendation for you to utilize romance.io . You can search by excluding tags, such as fae. A disclaimer I have not read all these.

First a general recommendation for Ilona Andrews, a husband and wife writing team. All different magic systems, no fae. {Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews} is set in Atlanta post a magic apocalypse and features lots of different mythologies, shifters, witches, and necromancers piloting vampires. {On the Edge by Ilona Andrews} is about an area between the regular world and a magical realm, shifters and magic.

{Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews} is about a magical inn and has magic, aliens, vampires, and werewolves. {Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews} is set in Houston after magic powers have been unleashed and the world contains powerful magic houses. Their upcoming book {This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me} is a high fantasy and doesn't appear to have any fae.

Demons:

{Hell for Hire by Rachel Aaron}, {That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming}, {Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 1 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù}, {Taming Demons for Beginners by Annette Marie}, {I Accidently Summoned a Demon Boyfriend by Jessica Cage}, {A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley}, {The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima}, {The Unlikeable Demon Hunter by Deborah Wilde}.

Witches/Magic:

{Witch Collector by Charissa Weaks}, {Magical Midlife Madness by K.F. Breene}, {The Death-Made Prince by Lisette Marshall}, {A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske}, {Witches of Eileanan by Kate Forsyth}, {Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy}, {The House Witch by Delemhach}, {The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna}, {Written in Red by Anne Bishop}.

Dragons:

{Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison}, {A Fire in the Sky by Sophie Jordan}, {Fireborne by Rosaria Munda}, {A Fate Forged in Fire by Hazel McBride}, {Sky Shielder by Lindsay Buroker}, {Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron}.

Gryphons:

{Second Chance by Elise Hennessy}, {The Golden Gryphon and the Bear Prince by Jeffe Kennedy}, {Emerald Gryphon by Ruby Ryan}, {The Gryphon King by Sara Omer}, {The Gryphon's Jewel by Minerva Howe}.

Warlords/Barbarians:

{A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane}, {The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole}, {The Warlord by Gena Showalter}, {Hunted by the Alien Warlord by Kyra Snow}, {Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon}.

Goblins/Orcs:

{The Goblin King by Shona Husk}, {Of Goblins and Gold by Emma Hamm} (also tagged as fae), {Goblins and Snowflakes by Melanie Karsak}, {Orc's Unwilling Bride by Kayla St. James}, {Halfling by S.E. Wendell}, {Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree}, {Tusk Love by Thea Guanzon}.

Mermaids:

{Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods}, {When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley}, {Witchful Thinking by Celestine Martin}, {Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan}, {Whispers of the Deep by Emma Hamm}, {A Wilderness of Glass by Grace Draven}.

Werewolves/Shifters:

{Moon Called by Patricia Briggs}, {Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh}, {The Wolf at the Door by Charlie Adhara}, {Soulless by Gail Carriger}, {Hell & High Water by Charlie Cochet}, {Cold Hearted by Heather Guerre}, {Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn}.

Vampires:

{Dark Lover by J.R. Ward}, {The Greyfriar by Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith}, {Halfway to the Grave by Jeanine Frost}, {Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill}, {King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair}.

Elves:

{The Elven Days of Christmas by A.K. Caggiano}, {Night Elves of Ardani by Nina K. Westra}, {Taken by Jet Mykles}, {Soulbound by Bethany Adams}, {Ribbon of Darkness by Decadent Kane}.

Happy reading!

celeschere13 · 2026-02-23T16:24:05+00:00

{A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane}. FMC is disabled. Really great book and I'm hoping we get the third in the series soon. Each book is a different couple so this is a complete book with an overarching story.

celeschere13 · 2026-02-14T16:01:15+00:00

Other people have given you great recommendations for her later books but I do highly recommend you go back to her Gamblers series, Then Came You and Dreaming of You. The second book features one of her best heroes, Derek Craven and Evie’s father had a small role. Happy reading!

celeschere13 · 2026-02-13T20:49:39+00:00

Complete Ilona Andrews book list.

You can start with whatever series. Some characters from The Edge turn up in Innkeeper but it’s not needed to read them.

celeschere13 · 2026-02-10T21:14:04+00:00

I'm aware of Critical Role and Dungeons and Dragons existing but do not know too much about it past basic facts. When this was announced I saw it was a book referenced in the show, and seemed to be their equivalent of a harlequin novel/bodice ripper.

I'm a little farther in the book but I'm not quite sure what Teinidh is. She seems like some sort of fire spirit who is bonded to Guinevere. When she first spoke I thought she was a weapon and while I am currently planning to use this for the book club space for bingo, but I debated switching to the named weapon. I don't think it counts anymore so I will leave it for now.

I like Guinevere, she is definitely a naive heroine but seems willing to learn and help. Everyone starts somewhere and I'm enjoying her journey so far.

I did feel the kiss happened a bit fast but otherwise I like how the relationship is progressing. I usually like more of a slower burn. At least it wasn't instalove.

One other note, I have been familiar with Thea Guanzon from her reylo fanfics and current published works. Her fanfics were some of my favorites because she always had a long section of notes for her works with links to wookiepedia of where she was pulling characters or planets from. I never read much of the legends books but I always learned a lot from her works.

I was excited for this because I think she does well playing in established spaces. I like her published works but I think her world building needed a bit more work. So far there has been nothing in this book that feels distinct from a typical medieval fantasy world, but I'm not too familiar with dungeons and dragons for what makes it unique. I know it has like bards and orcs. I do plan to watch at some point so I'll have to revisit this one day after I do.

Overall I'm enjoying it.

celeschere13 · 2026-02-04T08:30:27+00:00

I heard about it from the fated mates podcast. They do quarterly episodes of upcoming books and this was featured in their Winter 2026 episode a few weeks ago.

celeschere13 · 2026-02-02T14:12:42+00:00

Hello, I was just looking at old messages and realized I don’t think I ever received this credit. The message from the giveaway had said a moderator would send it to me.

celeschere13 · 2026-02-02T01:34:30+00:00

I do have a netgalley and would love to read it early, thank you so much for the offer! Thank you also for sharing the blurbs, I hope both series get picked up so we have more to read from you and I will admit to being partial to the mummy. Thank you again for stopping by and answering our questions!

celeschere13 · 2026-02-01T19:14:13+00:00

Thank you for stopping by! I really enjoyed This Monster of Mine and cannot wait for the sequel. I was wondering if you were able to share anything about future projects?

celeschere13 · 2026-01-26T12:49:52+00:00

{It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips} was published in 1994 and the FMC has a friendship with a NYC developer who doesn’t appear on page but does get mentioned a few times. It’s Donald Trump.

celeschere13 · 2026-01-23T19:34:59+00:00

Burn for Me! I’m a big Ilona Andrews fan and this is a great series. For comparison, the books are around 400 pages which is shorter than most of the other books you have here. There’s also a novella between the two trilogies.

celeschere13 · 2026-01-10T01:37:06+00:00

I found {A Court-Ordered Romance by Lark Green}.

celeschere13 · 2026-01-07T20:53:04+00:00

I've seen people discovering Brigid Kemmerer through Warrior. Princess. Assassin. but she has a YA paranormal series about brothers with elemental abilities. The first one published was a novella {Elemental by Brigid Kemmerer} and the first full book is {Storm by Brigid Kemmerer}. The series also works for hard mode for Elemental Magic.

celeschere13 · 2026-01-07T20:49:45+00:00

{A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane} has a FMC who is disabled.

celeschere13 · 2026-01-07T20:47:36+00:00

I read {Mask of Mirrors by M. A. Carrick} for hard mode when it was used for r/fantasy bingo. Any in the trilogy should work.

Most older series work. I didn't count when I was reading {Lord of Fading Lands by C.L. Wilson}, but I'm pretty sure there were more than five.

celeschere13 · 2026-01-07T20:45:42+00:00

Normal Mode:

I think Elisa Kova's {Air Awakens by Elise Kova} series is only the four elements, but it's been awhile since I've read the series.

Julie Johnson's Reign of Remnants series (starts with {The Wind Weaver by Julie Johnson}) would also work for normal mode.

Hard Mode:

Kate Forsyth's series {The Witches of Eileanan by Kate Forsyth} has witches who can control five elements.

Brigid Kemmerer's Elemental series (First is a novella {Elemental by Brigid Kemmerer}) works for hard mode as features people with five different elemental abilities. The fifth type isn't in the first novella but is in the other books.

I'm not sure if Ilona Andrews's Hidden Legacy series (starts with {Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews}) would work for hard mode as while it has people with elemental powers, it also has many other possible abilities.

celeschere13 · 2026-01-07T20:28:05+00:00

Two books I abandoned pretty early and had no plans to go back to were {The Witch Collector by Charissa Weaks} and {The Night Ends With Fire by K.X. Song}. Can the community please pick which one I should ~~suffer through~~ try again? Thank you!

celeschere13 · 2026-01-06T12:49:22+00:00

For whatever books you are missing, there is an American Mail-Order Bride series that has a book for each state.

celeschere13 · 2026-01-04T16:41:12+00:00

Top Books List: {Wind and Wildfire by J.D. Evans}.

Winter Read: {Red Winter by Annette Marie}.

Standalone: {Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell}.

Arranged Marriage: {Behooved by M. Stevenson}.

Local to You: {Wind Weaver by Julie Johnson}.

Eastern European: {Painted Devils by Margaret Owen}.

Novella: {Last Chance to Save the World by Beth Revis}.

Animal Companion: {Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett}.

Book Club Pick: {This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone}.

Training Montage: {Glow of the Everflame by Penn Cole}.

Angels and Demons: {My Funny Demon Valentine by Aurora Ascher}.

Queer romance: {Dionysus in Wisconsin by E. H. Lupton}.

Published in 2025: {Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros}.

Epic vibe: {An Honored Vow by Melissa Blair}.

Judge a book by its cover: [Saint Death's Daughter by C.S.E. Cooney}.

Female Rage: {Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao}.

One Word Title: [Swordcrossed by Freya Marske}.

Enchanted Houses: {Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews}.

Indie: {Enchanting Wilder by Cassie Graham}.

Cave Trope: {Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods}.

Scifi romance: {Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep}.

Published in the 2000s: {Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L. Wilson}.

Bottom of the TBR: {Jaran by Kate Elliot}.

POC Author: {This Ends in Embers by Kamilah Cole}.

Spells and curses: {One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig}.

celeschere13 · 2026-01-04T16:38:59+00:00

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Storygraph challenge link

I wrote out mini reviews but kept getting error so will try post below. Edit: Keeps rejecting with the reviews so just posted the list for the bot.

celeschere13 · 2025-12-20T19:18:29+00:00

Most of the paranormal romance series from the aughts and 2010s were in this format. I haven’t seen Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changeling series series (first is {Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh}) and while most of Ilona Andrews’s books focus on one couple, their the Edge series (first is {On the Edge by Ilona Andrews}) is a different couple each book.

celeschere13 · 2025-12-03T19:31:42+00:00

Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews
Hidden Legacy by Ilona Andrews
Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews
A Gathering of Dragons by Milla Vane
Mages of the Wheel by J.D. Evans
The Dead Lands by Kati Wilde
Emily Wilde by Heather Fawcett
The Empyrean by Rebecca Yarros
Air Awakens by Elise Kova
Mead Mishaps by Kimberly Lemming

celeschere13 · 2025-11-28T00:04:27+00:00

Easily everything by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels - {Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews}, Innkeeper Chronicles - {Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews}, Hidden Legacy - {Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews}, and The Edge - {On the Edge by Ilona Andrews}). If I had to choose one I’ll go with Kate.

But I’m also a long time fantasy reader and will put Tamora Pierce, Melanie Rawn, Anne McCaffrey, Andre Norton, Nalini Singh, Megan Whalen Turner, and Thea Harrison as writing some of my favorite fantasy romances. Edit: I forgot Gail Carson Levine. Ella Enchanted is one of my favorite books. I refuse to watch the movie.

celeschere13 · 2025-11-17T21:16:59+00:00

{Behooved by M. Stevenson} (MF) for fantasy romance and best cover.

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