Top new fantasy books out this week: 21 Dec - 27 Dec 2025
Last updated:
December 27, 2025
This week featuring new releases by James Islington, Mary Calmes, Julie Saman, Roseanna M. White, Roseanna M. White, Nicole Fiorina, M.J. May, Vawn Cassidy, Layla Fae, Nicole Scarano and many more.
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![Raven in Midwinter by Mary Calmes]()
Raven in Midwinter by Mary Calmes
Sometimes the most frightening thing is not the wind howling through the trees…but what’s lurking there.Xander Corey is certain that what his husband, Lorne MacBain, the chief of police in their little town of Osprey, is seeing outside their kitchen window is nothing to worry about. It’s concerning that whenever Xander looks, there’s nothing there, but really, it could be anything...romance · mlm · paranormal · fantasy · magic · witches-wizards · time-travel · contemporary · small-town · law-enforcement -
![Cursed King by Julie Saman]()
Cursed King by Julie Saman
A deliciously steamy, suspenseful, and darker contemporary royalty Beauty and the Beast retelling about a grumpy single dad and the woman who brings him to his knees. Welcome to the cursed kingdom of Messalina…When my sick father wanders into the off-limits palace where the widowed king of Messalina lives with his three children, I know we're in trouble...romance · forced-proximity · royalty · audiobook · suspense · fantasy · age-gap · enemies-to-lovers · boss-employee · retellings -
![Celebrated: An Awakened Novella by Roseanna M. White]()
Celebrated: An Awakened Novella by Roseanna M. White
Come celebrate Christmas in the palace under the sea…Ninety years ago, when the Black Tail Rebellion ended in her brother’s death and a crown placed on her own head, Electra swore to serve the Atla Mer and lead them to peace and a renewed faith. And she has done just that. But ruling is a lonely business, especially when she outlives the friends who once brought laughter and joy into her life...romance · siblings · friendship · friends-to-lovers · fantasy · christian · spirituality · fiction · book · adult -
![Captivated: An Awakened Short Story by Roseanna M. White]()
Captivated: An Awakened Short Story by Roseanna M. White
Brenn dreads the day when she’ll become queen of Daryatla, but it seems the time is coming as her father’s health begins to fail. Desperate for advice, she dives down to the mer kingdom, hoping her cousin who sits on the throne of the Sunken Kingdom will be able to guide her... -
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![Ghost of Nova Graves by Nicole Fiorina]()
Ghost of Nova Graves by Nicole Fiorina
COMING THIS...romance · gothic · fantasy · paranormal · season-autumn · spooky · action-adventure · fiction · book · adult -
![Deadly Arrogance by M.J. May]()
Deadly Arrogance by M.J. May
Necromancer Erasmus Boone’s life is on hold—every shadow suspect, every trip outside his warded home a gamble. Afraid of bringing more attention to already wary necromancers, Erasmus has stopped hunting for his own kind. Unwilling to place an even larger target on his back, Erasmus has even delayed his own wedding... -
![The Little Shop of Curiosities The Music Box - Part 1. by Vawn Cassidy]()
The Little Shop of Curiosities The Music Box - Part 1. by Vawn Cassidy
The Music Box - Part 1.Despite being raised and well loved by his two adoptive fathers Harrison Ames has always felt alone. As an incredibly powerful witch he’s never come across anyone else who can do the things he can. Moving to London from Devon, he’d hoped that if he finally gathered the courage to confront the biological mother who’d given him up as a baby, he might finally have some answers... -
![Devil's Dance by Layla Fae]()
Devil's Dance by Layla Fae
Slawa’s gods are at war, and I am the prize they fight for.I am broken. A piece of my soul burned away, leaving me hollow and unfeeling. I wander the caverns of Nawie, the only place that’s not entirely unsafe. When I can’t stand the boredom of a life with no meaning, I amuse myself watching Woland’s pitiful attempts to atone.He grovels. He begs. He brings me gifts... -
![Postmortem of a Poem by Nicole Scarano]()
Postmortem of a Poem by Nicole Scarano
Book 6 in the Autopsy of a Fairytale Series...romance · fantasy · fiction · female-mc · alpha-mc · retellings · mystery · law-enforcement · police-procedural · crime -
![Liam by Minerva Howe]()
Liam by Minerva Howe
Liam Calhoun has been looking up the mountain he lived at the bottom of for years, but in the last six months or so, the feeling has become urgent. Not only is his brother, Rory, up there with a pack of werewolves, but the old homestead at the edge of the treeline is calling to him.Something up there needs him, what he finds there when the snows clear changes Liam’s life forever...romance · mlm · shapeshifters · paranormal · urban-fantasy · fantasy · omegaverse · supernatural · found-family · fated-mates -
![Curse The Heart by Emily Blackwood]()
Curse The Heart by Emily Blackwood
Curse The Heart coming...romance · fantasy · new-adult · fated-mates · fiction · dark · horror · military · action-adventure · book -
![The Vampire Bat Shifter's Mate: A Gay Monster Romance with Fangs by Delaney Rain]()
The Vampire Bat Shifter's Mate: A Gay Monster Romance with Fangs by Delaney Rain
Wiley Winslow is having a shit night that only gets worse when masked agents abduct him and throw him into a cage with a giant, hungry man bat.Hamilton Fawkes is having an awesome night now that his fated mate’s blood has given him the strength he needs to escape the government lab that’s imprisoned him for far too long...romance · vampires · shapeshifters · mlm · fantasy · lgbtq · paranormal · monsters · contemporary · fated-mates -
![The Shoemaker by Megan Derr]()
The Shoemaker by Megan Derr
Once upon a time…there was a lonely elf who lived in an old crate in a dingy alleyway. Every day he watched the shoemaker across the street, who once was so happy and vivacious, but now is heartbroken and despondent...romance · fantasy · mlm · lgbtq · supernatural · high-fantasy · paranormal · cozy · historical · retellings -
![Love by Tentacles: Waves of Fate Short Story by Drea Roman]()
Love by Tentacles: Waves of Fate Short Story by Drea Roman
Gerard is a sweet water dragon. He swims around the seven seas, making friends at every port of call. But poor Gerard is lonely and has no family, no clan, and no mate. Today he stops to watch the octopi dance and touch, mesmerized by their beauty and grace. Devin is just like every other octopi shifter, very tactile and quite happy to participate in the annual octopi mating season in Elliot Lake...romance · mlm · shapeshifters · paranormal · dragons · fantasy · lgbtq · contemporary · mermaids · fiction -
![Wrath of the Fae Queen by Rosa Heart]()
Wrath of the Fae Queen by Rosa Heart
She sold herself to the enemy to protect her mate. He cannot save her, not without defeating an order of assassins and their horde of monsters first.Keira finally earned her freedom from her lifelong villain, only to be snatched by the High Chancellor Titania, who sits upon Aldrin’s throne...
