Recs for Necromantasy and Great 2024 Releases!
Pucker up, buttercups! Today, I’m serving up two great dark magic romances and two wonderful 2024 romance releases worth a second glance.
Bookish Goods
Dark Romance Tarot Card Lightbox by KnitAndPrintbyTia
Dark romance, lightbox: This cute little shelf light shines LED lights in rainbow colors behind its tarot card design, and tells everyone who sees it that dark romance is in the cards. $25 with USB charger (or $30 with a battery pack.)
Isn’t It Necromantic?
Spooky reading season is upon us, so why not (pumpkin) spice up your fall reading with two seasonally-appropriate series starters featuring necromancers?
Death’s Dancer (Grace Bloods Book 1) by Jasmine Silvera
Hold me closer, necromancer: Dancer Isela Vogel has the ability to summon the attention of the gods, and she does it for pay. But a debilitating hip condition is making it harder and harder for her to bring in the money. So when she’s offered a lucrative position working with Azrael and the Allegiance of Necromancers, she jumps at the chance. She immediately begins working closely with the moody, broody Azrael to find who is killing his kind. Isela is now surrounded by the supernatural and the sparks that fly between them. But can anything good come from the attraction between a mortal dancer and a necromancer?
The Necromancer’s Dance (The Beacon Hill Sorcerer) by SJ Himes
Wanted, dead or alive: And this is a fun start to an MLM series. (Which could also stand for men loving magic!) Angelus Salvatore is the only necromancer in the city of Boston. Years after an attack by the undead that Angel and his brother barely escaped, he now teaches magic. But the darkness isn’t done with Angel, and he discovers old enemies have resurfaced. As he works to keep himself and his brother safe from the evil that killed the rest of their family, Angel finds himself drawn to the ancient vampire Simeon. The vamp smolders, and he’s not even out in the sun. Could Angel give his heart to an undead being, or are the memories of the loss of his family too much to bear? Either way, before he can make a decision, he’s going to have to figure out who is trying to kill him.
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Two 2024 Romance Releases Worth Checking Out!
Hit the rewind button just a little to go back and take a look at these recent releases!
Marriage and Masti by Nisha Sharma
This Twelfth Night-ish rom-com is the third book in Nisha Sharma’s Shakespeare-inspired trilogy. Veera Mathur is having a bad year. While her friends found soulmates, the man she loves found another woman. And she found herself unemployed after selling the family company. Veera needs to get her life back on track. Deepak Datta is also in a tough spot. The marriage he needed to secure the spot of CEO at his family’s company fell through, and now he needs a new plan. You’re probably thinking, marriage of convenience or meet cute, right? Nope, try literal shipwreck, followed by lots of alcohol and an impromptu wedding on the beach. When the drinks wear off, they realize that sticking with their marriage might be what they need to get back at the company that jilted them first. But somewhere in all the pretending, real romance just might ruin their plans.
Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto
You had me at cello: All I really need to say to get you to pick this up is three words—the cello scene. But if you want a little more, this is an antagonists-to-lovers story about two people in the Manhattan Pops orchestra. Violinist Gwen has worked too hard to let obnoxious rock star and cellist Xander distract her from her goals. When she gets the coveted position of first chair, Xander is steamed. But it soon turns from steamed to steamy when the two of them must work together closely. Bow-chicka-bow-bow. (That’s a violin/cello joke.) The heat between them is practically visible from space, but can they keep the fires burning and continue to work together? Or will their growing attraction be spoiled by success?
Romance Books Links:
Myah Ariel shared the cover reveal of her second romance, No Ordinary Love, coming in April 2025.
The trailer dropped for the third season of Heartstopper on Netflix.
And you get an Emily Henry adaptation! And you get an Emily Henry adaptation! And…
I Got a Galley of I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming and I am So Excited. (This isn’t even a humble brag, just a brag-brag. I’m a monster, lol.)
That is all for me today, love lovers! Je t’aime. I had a blast talking about kissing books with you. (Okay, at you.) If you want to hear about more romance books, or all sorts of other genres, be sure to subscribe to All the Books! Until next time, see ya, hope you get your HEA.
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