Fantasy Romance Novels To Fall in Love With

The St. Bernard women have lived in a house on a hill outside Port Angeles for generations, shepherding the spirits of the dead through to the afterlife. But Yejide is unprepared for the life she’s meant to lead, and when her mother dies without preparing her for the responsibilities she’s about to take over, Yejide is thrown into the deep end. Raised as a Rastafarian, Darwin has always been taught to not interact with the dead. He’s never even been to a funeral. But when his mother grows too sick to work, he takes a job digging graves to provide for them both. It’s there he meets Yejide, among the spirits of the dead. Here, in the oldest cemetery in Port Angeles, the dead lie uneasy. And for Yejide and Darwin, that means their lives — and their fates — will never be the same.

A paladin without a god is nothing. Three years after his god died, Stephen is a broken paladin, searching for something to live for. So when he witnesses a failed assassination attempt, he doesn’t hesitate to dive head first into a web of treachery and lies alongside a woman he just met. Magic, murder, and love can be found even amidst spies, poisoners, and dead gods.

Xingyin grew up on the moon, unaware that she and her mother have been living in exile, hiding from the Celestial Emperor who her mother stole the elixir of immortality from many years ago. But when Xingyin’s magic flairs, she’s discovered and must flee to protect her mother. Alone and afraid, she travels to the Celestial Kingdom in disguise. There, she meets the son of the Celestial Emperor. Soon feelings flare between Xingyin and the prince, but in order to save her mother, Xingyin will have to challenge the Celestial Emperor to end his treachery once and for all.

This historical fantasy romance set in England follows baronet Robin Blythe as he tries to figure out the strange world of magic when an administrative error leaves him working as the liaison to the heretofore unbeknownst to him magical society. If only his counterpart in the magical world, the brilliant but prickly Edwin Courcey, would give him the time of day. But when a magical conspiracy draws them together to solve a mystery, the two begin to see they have more in common than they previously realized.

An imperial lady and an orphan turned pirate become entwined in this story about survival and magic. When Lady Evelyn is taken by pirates en route to an unhappy arranged marriage, she never could’ve guessed that her rescue would come from the young Florian, nor that Florian is also Flora in disguise. Soon the two set out on a daring escape that involves freeing a captive mermaid and teaming up with an opportunistic witch to secure their freedom.

Lazlo Strange is a war orphan turned junior librarian who makes a study of fairytales. Only Lazlo believes they’re more than just stories. Throughout his childhood, he heard stories about an incredible city; a city everyone has now forgotten about, remembered only as “Weep.” When a contingent from the all-too-real land of Weep comes seeking aid from the most brilliant minds, Lazlo’s knowledge of fairytales comes in handy. He is the only one who speaks the language of Weep. And his journey will bring him to a city torn apart by war and godly vengeance, where gods enslaved humans and humans slayed gods. And there, he meets a blue-skinned girl, a girl who meets him in his dreams.