Ruskhazar is a high fantasy world in which several epic series of are set. It is a mountainous peninsula and the home of both men and elves, who are united under a tenuous peace. However, a cult of necromancers threatens to bring about the end of the world and use the dead to destroy all that is living.
Gods of the Dead
Vampires, crime families, and ancient spellbooks. Three sisters raised by a vampire assassin lord work to further their father’s criminal empire. And wind up finding love along the way.
Trapped by Magic
Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince and those who always wanted to see Draco end up with Hermione, this enemies to lovers fake dating romance with vampires is sure to entice.
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Trapped by Magic is the 2nd book in Of Seas and Tides, a multi-author series of romantic fantasy novellas designed to be read in any order (but read mine first, haha!). Each standalone features a villain who gets their happily ever after in a swoony, swashbuckling romance. Browse the whole collection
This Hollow Heart
A seasonal dark tale about a necromancer and a ghost hunter falling for each other while attempting to solve a murder mystery. This Legend of Sleepy Hollow reimagining is perfect as a Halloween read.
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This Hollow Heart is the first book in the Seasons of Legend series, a multi-author collection of romantic fantasy novellas designed to be read independently. Each standalone features a different season and retelling with an enemies to lover’s twist. Browse the whole collection.
To Sway a Rogue
A story about rival thieves and innkeeping; about a newly wedded couple, each with their own secrets, trying to solve a murder mystery while snowed in at the family inn.
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Genres: High/Epic Fantasy, Romance
Tropes: enemies to lovers, fake engagement, vampire/human Romance, Dramione vibes, cozy adjacent/guaranteed HEA, villain wins it all, necromancer and ghost hunter, secret romance, cozy setting high stakes, secret romance
Content: Violence (blood/killing/gore), Romantic elements (kissing/slight innuendos), Use of fantasy curse words, Cults and cultic practices (including human sacrifices and necromancy), Monsters (mild horror and frightening scenes)
About Trapped by Magic
For fans of The Cruel Prince and those who always wanted to see Draco end up with Hermione, this enemies to lovers fake dating romance is sure to entice.
A crime lord’s daughter, a vampire with a secret, and the bed of lies that will seal their fate.
Though her father is a powerful crime lord and leader of a reclusive assassins guild, Bronwyn has always had to work hard to get what she wants.
The ancient spellbook she has her eye on is no exception.
She will do what it takes to get her hands on that kind of power, even if she has to pretend to be a student to earn the trust of its caretaker.
But when she discovers that her handsome but cruel first year tormentor is actually a vampire with his own plans for the academy, Bronwyn’s life is put in danger. If his associates learn that she knows of a growing vampire infestation, they will kill her.
Though neither is eager to work together—to save her life—they enter into an uneasy pact. A fake romance to fool everyone around them while they continue to work to their own ends. They don’t need to get along or even trust each other, they just have to make the world believe that they are madly in love.
And yet this devious vampire has a way of making the spark of their affections feel a bit too convincing.
Trapped by Magic is the 2nd book in Of Seas and Tides, a multi-author series of romantic fantasy novellas designed to be read in any order (but read mine first, haha!). Each standalone features a villain who gets their happily ever after in a swoony, swashbuckling romance.
About This Hollow Heart
The chilling story of Sleepy Hollow meets the high fantasy of Dragon Age, but with the twisty romance of Shatter Me.
A necromancer, A ghost hunter, And the headless horseman that threatens to make them both members of the undead.
Natasya is a heretic, a necromancer, and the daughter of a crime lord. But she plays a very convincing role in making everyone believe that she’s just an innocent beauty and the daughter of a wealthy merchant. None are so fooled as her fiancé Brom the Bones, a man she is marrying to lay a claim on his inheritance: an ancient spellbook full of deadly conjuration spells.
But when Evengi, a priest of Neltruna arrives at the town of Sunder Hollow, Natasya begins wondering if she truly wants to marry Brom. Perhaps it is the draw of the forbidden or the thrill of flirting with danger, but she finds herself unable to resist this ghost hunter.
Until Brom disappears and his spellbook with him.
Natasya is convinced that Evengi and his jealousy had something to do with Brom’s disappearance, but Evengi claims it was Natasya herself who made her betrothed vanish. Each sets out to find proof of their claims. However, while they are busy pointing fingers at each other, there is something dark stirring in the mass grave of Heretic’s Rest. Something that threatens both Natasya and Evengi.
Something that lost its head and is now out for blood.
This Hollow Heart is the first book in the Seasons of Legend series, a multi-author collection of romantic fantasy novellas designed to be read independently. Each standalone features a different season and retelling with an enemies to lover’s twist. In this Autumnal tale you will find a Legend of Sleepy Hollow reimagining full of necromancy and ghost hunting.
About To Sway a Rogue
The morally grey characters of Six of Crows combine with the storytelling of Once Upon a Time in this swoony romantic fantasy novella about thieves, undeath, and innkeeping.
A thief queen, an undead rogue, and a vampiric assassin walk into an inn…
A thousand years ago, Talyria was a queen of thieves. Robbed of everything by a nearly eternal sleep and a powerful necromancer who is still on the loose, she vows to reclaim what she once lost. But that’s easier said than done when faced with the crippling fear of that necromancer finding her again. Especially since a new crime lord seems to have taken her place as the ruler of the criminal underworld, and he won’t be giving up his power easily.
Forced to lay low while she plots her revenge, Talyria finds an unwitting innkeeper’s son to marry her and pass her off as his brand-new bride. He has no idea of her secrets. But Victor has secrets of his own. Like that he’s actually a thief, and the fact that he isn’t fully alive anymore. Or that he’s now the host of the demigod of chaos.
Corallin is the daughter of the famed crime lord Elwis the Eel and she is on the hunt for a spellbook. Her quest has brought her through a blizzard to the door of Talyria and Victor’s inn. Little does she know; she isn’t the only thief who is staying the night.
Or the only killer.
With a terrible snowstorm brewing outside, everyone finds themselves trapped in the inn until dawn. But as bodies begin piling up within Victor, Talyria, and Corallin realize that they aren’t the only ones harboring a secret.
And one of those secrets is going to get them all killed.
May the best thief survive.
Rage Like the Gods
This epic series follows a bard thief, a werewolf assassin, a magical student, and an exiled mercenary who have been chosen by the gods and imbued with a portion of their power in order to save the world. However, these outcasts have no intention of saving a world that never had any place for them…
Books in this series
- Folly of the Gods (Book 2, Release Date TBD)
- Book Three: Title TBR
- Book Four: Title TBR
- Book Five: Title TBR
- Book Six Title TBR
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Genre: High/Epic Fantasy, Romance
Tropes: forsaking the call, chosen ones, second chance romance, the rake and the noble lady, academic rivals, touch him/her and you die, forced proximity, close allies to lovers, he calls her “lass”, he falls first but she falls hardest, love triangle, “we almost died let’s get married”, assassins, werewolves, bards, thieves, vampires, multiple storylines and romances, main characters not getting along with each other
Content: Violence (blood/killing/gore), Slight sensual elements between married couples, Use of fantasy curse words, Cults and cultic practices (including human sacrifices and necromancy), Monsters (mild horror and frightening scenes), Drunkenness
About Rage Like the Gods Book One
The end that was foretold has come
The gods selected five heroes to save everything
They chose poorly
Ruskhazar is a land of mountains and magic; men and elves. Built atop a fallen civilization, the bodies of demigods, and the tombs of the old monsters it knows a tenuous peace. However, there are those that believe that not all that is buried should remain so. A powerful cult of necromancers is bent on bringing about the prophesied end of the world. To forestall this end, the gods have chosen mortal champions.
A bandit turned assassin.
A bard turned thief.
A noble turned student.
A mercenary turned vampire.
These are the would-be heroes of Ruskhazar.
One will go on to be a killer of kings. One will discover the darkest secrets of the Academy of Magickers. One will serve a queen of thieves. And another will always remain a monster. Together, they can save Ruskhazar. But that is only if they choose to accept their fates.
Unfortunately, these champions are just strangers on their separate paths, unaware of each other’s presence. And unwilling to save a world that never had any place for them. Perhaps destiny had lofty plans for them, but they are determined to write their own stories. Forget the gods, forget necromancers, forget the mad sorceress determined to unite them no matter the cost— this isn’t their story. This is the tale of the heroes who never were.
Welcome to the world of Ruskhazar where men and elves live under the illusion of peace, magic is a mysterious entity of its own, and the dead never remain that way for long. Gods and men clash in this romantic high fantasy series that is perfect for fans of Michael J. Sullivan, J.R.R. Tolkien, and those that always wanted a cleaner Game of Thrones.
What the Gods Did
This series revolves around a vengeful noblewoman, a disillusioned guardsman, a murderous magicker, a cocky sorcerer, and a gray tabby who are recruited to become monster hunters. It is their job to hold the line against the rising dead until the gods’ chosen ones can save Ruskhazar.
Books in this Series
- The Gods Created Monsters (book 1)
- The Gods Lost Their Way (book 2)
- The Gods Feared the End (book 3)
- Release Date TBA
Genres: High/Epic Fantasy, Romance
Tropes: grumpy/sunshine, finding family, forced proximity, he falls first, soft romcom, touch him and you die, morally gray cast protecting the innocence of their resident cinnamon roll, monster hunting, spoiling the cat, dancing by the campfire
Content: Violence (blood/killing/gore), Romantic elements (kissing/slight innuendos), Use of fantasy curse words, Cults and cultic practices (including human sacrifices and necromancy), Monsters (mild horror and frightening scenes), Drunkenness
About What the Gods Did Book One: The Gods Created Monsters
The gods created the monsters…now it is up to the mortals to kill them.
Alya has always dreamed of adventure, but as a noble lady she knows that the only thing her future holds in store for her is marriage. However, when her engagement to the crown prince leads to her family’s murder, Alya loses herself to her need for revenge. She wants the future king dead and she is willing to do whatever she must to ensure his doom. Even if it means becoming a commissioned monster hunter and slaying as many undead as it takes to forestall the end of the world.
She is joined in her quest by the disillusioned guardsman who saved her life, a criminal who doesn’t want to do penance, a disgraced magicker who just wants everything to go back to the way was, and her cat. If they want to survive the dangerous duty of holding the line against the monsters then these outcasts are going to have to learn how to trust each other, ignore their selfish impulses, and do something right for a change. Because the world is ending and alone, they are not powerful enough to stop it.
Slay the monsters, defend the innocents, find the source of the rising dead… and don’t kill each other in the process. It shouldn’t be too difficult, right?
A band of novice monster slayers go up against creatures that have not been seen for a thousand years in this adult high fantasy series set in the world of Ruskhazar. It is perfect for fans of Michael J. Sullivan, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Witcher Saga.
A Tale of Gods and Glory
A standalone horror comedy that tells the true story of Taliz, a legendary figure of Ruskhazar, and how he came to be the hero of a village he burned to the ground. Told in a narrative style this story mixes terrifying monsters, budding found family, and a sweet friends to lovers romance into a unique blend that will keep you up till late to get the true story.
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Genres: High/Epic Fantasy, Romance, Horror, Comedy
Tropes: idiotic friends to lovers, finding family, he falls first she falls harder, touch him and you die, mercenary werewolves, shapeshifting monsters that use the royal “we”, warrior heroine, clashing cultures
Content: Violence (blood/killing/gore), Romantic elements (kissing/slight innuendos), Use of fantasy curse words, Cults and cultic practices (including human sacrifices), Monsters (mild horror and frightening scenes), Drunkenness
About A Tale of Gods and Glory
An exile, a werewolf, and a deadly cult. When these elements collide, sparks fly and villages burn.
Taliz is a figure known across all the lands as the hero of a town that is now nothing more than ash. But before he became a legend, he was just an exile searching for a new home. Instead, he unwittingly joins a pack of werewolf mercenaries. And all he wanted to do was buy a girl a drink.
As he works to come to terms with his new life as a werewolf and tries to woo a beautiful but icy warrior who is possibly in love with the leader of the pack, Taliz must learn to dodge many dangers—both new and old. From bandits to werewolf hunters. Not to mention the mercenaries who were sent to drag him back to his homeland to face trial…
As the years pass, it becomes less and less certain whether or not Taliz will live long enough to become the legendary figure he always knew he was destined to be.
A statue will be his undoing, an innocent quest for magic will awaken an unspeakable evil, and if Taliz hopes to save the girl and the town he has come to love… he may just have to burn it all to the ground.
A Tale of Gods and Glory is a complete stand-alone high fantasy novel that is perfect for fans of Name of the Wind and Michael J Sullivan. If you’re looking for an emotional, character driven story with a dash of romance, a helping of dark humor, and a little bit of horror, then this is the book for you.
Chronological Order of Ruskhazar Books
(Chronological Order of Series Does Not Affect the Reading Order)
Year 14 TE (Third Era): A Tale of Gods and Glory (A Standalone)
Year 25 TE: Rage Like the Gods (Rage Like the Gods 1)
Year 25 TE: The Gods Created Monsters (What the Gods Did 1)
Year 26 TE: Trapped by Magic
Year 26 TE: This Hollow Heart
Year 26 TE: The Gods Lost Their Way (What the Gods Did 2)
Year 26 TE: To Sway a Rogue
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