A Deal with the Elf King (Married to Magic Book 1) – Elise Kova
The elves come for two things: war and wives. In both cases, they come for death.
Three-thousand years ago, humans were hunted by powerful races with wild magic until the treaty was formed. Now, for centuries, the elves have taken a young woman from Luella’s village to be their Human Queen.
To be chosen is seen as a mark of death by the townsfolk. A mark nineteen-year-old Luella is grateful to have escaped as a girl. Instead, she’s dedicated her life to studying herbology and becoming the town’s only healer.
That is, until the Elf King unexpectedly arrives… for her.
Everything Luella had thought she’d known about her life, and herself, was a lie. Taken to a land filled with wild magic, Luella is forced to be the new queen to a cold yet blisteringly handsome Elf King. Once there, she learns about a dying world that only she can save.
The magical land of Midscape pulls on one corner of her heart, her home and people tug on another… but what will truly break her is a passion she never wanted.
A Deal with the Elf King is a complete, stand-alone novel, inspired by the tales of Hades and Persephone, as well as Beauty and the Beast, with a «happily ever after» ending. It’s perfect for fantasy romance fans looking for just the right amount of steam and their next slow-burn and swoon-worthy couple.
La Princesa de Invierno (Hielo y Traición Book I) – Paula Gallego
After his latest conquest, the young King Soren of Runáh has made many enemies. To get closer to the people and give them hope, he decides to call a tournament to which any man or woman can participate. The winner will have seven days to win the heart of the sovereign and reign at his side.
Princess Elara is part of a family of powerful women in Larisia. Her grandmother is a great reader of stars who is loved by the people and one of her mothers won the right to govern when she was young, just as she did later.
When Elara discovers that there may be a way to once again be the queen her people need, she will not hesitate to enter the tournament. However, the king already knows her, since they faced each other in a duel to the death that fate, luck or betrayal wanted to annul. Therefore, in order not to be discovered, she will have to hide her identity.
Soren will try to keep his head, and also his heart, in a court that is increasingly dangerous since the princess is nearby. Elara will fight to regain the crown taken from her, even if it means joining the traitor who dethroned her mother.