New and Upcoming Releases
What just came out and what's worth pre-ordering. Ratings for books that aren't out yet are based on the author's own notes and the earlier books in the series, and get updated once we've read them.
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Out now
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The Last King of Faerie
Out November 3, 2026
Dru Blackthorn gets kidnapped from a nightclub and held prisoner in Faerie by Ash Morgenstern, while Kit and Ty have to stop sulking at each other long enough to go on a quest. The start of the last Shadowhunters trilogy. YA heat, out November 3.
- Fae
- Captor and Captive
- Forbidden Love
- Found Family
Content warnings
Kidnapping, Graphic violence
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Captive Traitor King
Out November 3, 2026
The sequel to Warrior Princess Assassin, out November 3. Kemmerer still writes slow, tense politics and characters who keep circling each other for chapters before anything happens. Low on spice, heavy on yearning.
- Court Intrigue
- Enemies to Lovers
- Assassins
- Slow Burn
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder
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A Court of Splintered Harmony
Out October 27, 2026
The first book of the new Valkyrie Cycle. The Night Court has to patch itself back together while Koschei stirs in the human lands. Shorter than you'd expect from Maas at around 350 pages, and book seven is only months behind it.
- Fae
- Found Family
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
Graphic violence, War
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With Hearts of Flame
Out October 20, 2026
Book four takes the Bloodwing crew out of the classroom and into a dwarven quest, a shaky revolution and an old prophecy. More war story than school story now, which works if you've stuck with it this far.
- Vampires
- Academies and War Colleges
- Found Family
- Deadly Trials
Content warnings
Graphic violence, War, Death of a loved one
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This Shattered Tempest
Out October 6, 2026
Talasyn and Alaric, torn apart again, trying to get back to each other before their nations go to war for the last time. Still the most Reylo thing on the shelf, and it ends the trilogy properly.
- Enemies to Lovers
- Arranged Marriage
- Forbidden Love
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
War, Graphic violence, Physical or emotional abuse, Death of a loved one
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Lover Enthroned
Out September 29, 2026
Book twenty-four, and Ward is still going. A computer genius and a princess stuck choosing between duty and each other. You know exactly what you're getting with BDB by now, and this delivers it.
- Vampires
- Forbidden Love
- Possessive Hero
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder
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Threshing Day
Out September 29, 2026
Not book four. It's thirteen short stories about the riders and their dragons, including one from Xaden. Good for tiding you over, but don't expect the main plot to move.
- Dragons
- Academies and War Colleges
- Found Family
Content warnings
Graphic violence, War, Death of a loved one
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The Wretched Divine
Out September 22, 2026
Grace's adult debut: a knight bonded to an angel has to team up with a demon to find a cure. Way darker than Belladonna and a bit overstuffed, but the emotional core is the most complicated thing she's written.
- Demons
- Forbidden Love
- Enemies to Lovers
- Morally Gray
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Death of a loved one
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The Sweetest Fiend
Out September 22, 2026
Pied Piper retelling. The Piper clears a plague from her city and takes 130 people as payment, her included. The first half is plague and survival, the back half gets very explicit, and it ends mid-fall.
- Fairy Tale Retellings
- Fae
- Captor and Captive
- Deals and Bargains
Content warnings
Kidnapping, Graphic violence
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Kiss of the Black Flame
Out September 22, 2026
A bookbinder gets traded to immortal warriors and told to restore a living book. The craft details are lovely and the bargain with Archer has real heat. It's long, though, and the middle loops one time too many.
- Deals and Bargains
- Captor and Captive
- Slow Burn
Content warnings
Graphic violence
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The Emperor's Enemy
Out September 15, 2026
Zora Ravenal, a knight mage from the north, gets forced into a partnership with a terrifying Royal Mage in the middle of a war. Real enemies to lovers with great banter. The secret-keeping gets repetitive, and the warnings are heavier than you'd guess.
- Enemies to Lovers
- Forced Proximity
- Morally Gray
Content warnings
Graphic violence, War, Murder
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Burn of the Everflame
Out September 8, 2026
After years of delays, Diem and Luther are finally back, with rival crowns forced into an alliance while war hits the realm. It was worth the wait if you liked the slow political build of the first three.
- Gods and Mythology
- Court Intrigue
- Forbidden Love
- Slow Burn
Content warnings
Graphic violence, War, Murder, Death of a loved one
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The Knave and the Moon
Out September 1, 2026
The second half of the Knight and the Moth duology. A captive queen teams up with a fighter who's lost his memory to take down a tyrant king. Gillig's eerie, fairy-tale-gone-wrong mood with barely any spice, which is how her fans like it.
- Slow Burn
- Curses
- Gods and Mythology
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder, Death of a loved one
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Daggerbound
Out August 25, 2026
Back in the Swordheart world, a scholar accidentally wakes an immortal warrior bound to a blade. Kingfisher's dry humor and decent people trying their best, with real fights but very little heat. The cozy pick on this list.
- Slow Burn
- Forced Proximity
- Curses
Content warnings
Graphic violence
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Immortal Rose
Out August 18, 2026
Viola is the illegitimate Rosebourne heir and a perfumer, roped into making the one scent that could save Albion's king while a royal spymaster watches her every move. Regency gloss with some grit underneath. Ends on a cliffhanger, fair warning.
- Court Intrigue
- Forced Proximity
- Morally Gray
- Slow Burn
Content warnings
Murder, Graphic violence
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Bedeviled
Out August 18, 2026
Selene and Memnon's last round. If you liked the first two for the unhinged sorcerer husband energy, this one doesn't tone him down. Steamy, silly in places, and a satisfying finish.
- Fated Mates
- Witches
- Possessive Hero
- Curses
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder
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Earthbound
Out August 11, 2026
Lettle and Alder go digging into where Alder really comes from while Yeeran tries to make a fae and elven peace treaty stick. A fitting end to the trilogy, and the sister story still lands harder than either romance.
- Fae
- Forbidden Love
- Enemies to Lovers
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
War, Graphic violence, Death of a loved one
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These Vile Hearts
Out August 11, 2026
Maddox is type 1 diabetic, just lost her job and her insurance, and makes a deal with a dryad queen: kill the Redwood King and get cured. Then she mistakes his cursed brother Castor for him. Funny, angry about real healthcare, and a very good debut.
- Deals and Bargains
- Curses
- Enemies to Lovers
- Forbidden Love
Content warnings
Murder
Coming soon
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The Wrath Gods Reap
Releases November 17, 2026
Lyra and Hades finish what The Games Gods Play started, and Owen has been promising a burn-the-world-down ending. Out November 17. The trials and the banter are what kept people reading, so expect more of both.
- Gods and Mythology
- Deadly Trials
- Enemies to Lovers
- Slow Burn
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder, Death of a loved one
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The Fall of the Crowned King
Releases November 24, 2026
Book five of Dianna and Samkiel's saga, out November 24. The series has only gotten bloodier and more explicit since The Book of Azrael, so plan for both.
- Gods and Mythology
- Enemies to Lovers
- Morally Gray
- Touch Her and Die
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Gore, Torture, Death of a loved one
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Infernal Vow
Releases January 5, 2027
The finale of the Immortal Dark trilogy, out January 5. Ethiopian-inspired vampire politics and deals that never cost what you think they will. It's YA, so the heat stays low, but the stakes don't.
- Vampires
- Deals and Bargains
- Enemies to Lovers
- Morally Gray
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder, Death of a loved one
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A Court of Forgotten Melody
Releases January 12, 2027
Out January 12, the second Valkyrie Cycle book, landing less than three months after Splintered Harmony. Listings put it near 900 pages, so this is where the real story is. No synopsis yet, so it's safest to finish book six before reading anything about it.
- Fae
- Found Family
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
Graphic violence, War
