In a kingdom where constellations mark the skin of the born—remnants of a people once meant to walk the stars—rebellion has left them bound to one world. A girl despised by caste and mage alike. A prince who invokes a forbidden engagement rite long erased from law. Prophecy is spoken. The Veil stirs. Blood-magic answers. And war is inevitable.
Tamsyn Russell’s The Book Dragon & The Teapot
Dr Valentine Marshall — conflict archaeologist, vending machine survivor, and man with exactly one and a half pairs of clean socks — had been on the brink of surrendering to Thursday. But salvation arrived just in time in the form of strong tea, ginger biscuits, and a woman who knows how to use both properly.
Gabriel Tesone’s Chains of Solitude
An ancient enemy has returned, and Argren is bleeding. Goblins, ogres, and the undead march under the banner of a shadowy power, and the northern frontier is the first to burn. Sir Ronigren, a cynical knight and Sabine, a girl of impossible height and a forgotten lineage, thrown together by fate, must lead a band of outcasts on a desperate quest to awaken a forgotten magic before the world is plunged into eternal silence. But in a war fought with steel and sorcery, the deepest wounds are caused by betrayal, and the enemy is already inside the gates.
Sara da Encarnação’s The Dark Healer
Liora, a Lightborn healer sworn to sanctity, is exiled from the sacred Choir after breaking the First Commandment of her order: Do not touch the darkness. Her crime? Healing a dying enemy: a shadow beast feared by all, a man named Kael who should have been her undoing. But when her light touched his wound, it didn’t burn. It bonded.
Rowan Beck Anderson’s Regrets
Lovely! I really enjoyed Gabriel's storytelling, too!!