Tessera

Magic is a death sentence in Dirt City, but in Arcadia, it’s fuel. When Percy flees there for refuge, she discovers her power—and the dark secret keeping Arcadia alive. 🏜️Mad Max vibes 🌿Dirt Witches ❤️Romance sub plot ⚡️fast pacing 🌱Eco-fiction ❤️‍🔥Love triangle #w #questpit #A #SFF

@mackenziepage.bsky.social · last yr.

FURIOSA x RED RISING Perseverance Red scrapes by in Dirt City, where magic is death. Framed for murder, she flees to Arcadia—a utopia powered by stolen Dirt Witch magic. As Percy’s magic awakens, she must fight for truth. In a city of lies, survival isn’t easy. 🏜️Mad Max ❤️‍🔥romance #w #questpit #A

Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · last yr.

Everybody knows the Big Bad Wolf didn't want to eat Carmine. Except her. 🧚‍♀️ Fairy tale retelling 💓 Quick but intense read 🌑 Dark fantasy 🐺 Talking wolves 🧙‍♀️ Witches ✨ Magical tattoos 🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual protagonist 🌹 Sapphic twist Coming 2/25 at Anuci Press! #QuestPit #P #A #F #DF #H #LGBT

A mockup of the book over a watercolor pine forest, with text bubbles around it reading: Fairy tale retelling, Dream-Walker, Secrets, Witches, Sapphic pining, Bisexual protagonist

Carmine, a seasoned huntress, has been protected from wolves by a powerful spell tattooed on her back for years. But one day, the magic fails, and she narrowly escapes a violent encounter with a furious she-wolf that was determined to kill her.

As she recovers from her injuries, she experiences eerie dreams of a singing wolf. Though the dreams could be harmless, the singing wolf looks exactly like the she-wolf that almost took her life. Scarier, the dreams remind Carmine of those she had when she was younger, before a talking wolf tricked and almost devoured her in the waking world.

Soon Carmine realizes the spell her grandmother put on her back isn’t what it seems to be, and her family knows more about herself than she does.

A sapphic and dark retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, Daughters of the Blue Moon is a tale about retaking ownership of your own body and destiny.

Kayla Hill @kaylahillbooks.bsky.social · last yr.

He’s a threat to the crown they both serve. 👑 ⁣ She’s a threat to more than just his heart. 💔 As the web tightens, the Spinners always come first.⁣ 🎻 THE SPINNERS' GUILD, an adult romantic fantasy #QuestPit #A #F #RF #Q

A violin hidden behind a web. Text says: An agent's guide to THE SPINNERS' GUILD

DEAHNNA’s music gifts her the power to Spin listeners under her spell, compelling them to reveal secrets she can use to protect her city. After two years spent abroad as a diplomat, she uncovers news of a brewing revolution that sends her rushing home, where she’s tasked to root out the rebels—only to discover that the one behind it is none other than her once great love: Zephyr, the monarch’s own son.

ZEPHYR’s city is flooding and he will do anything to save his people, even if it means overthrowing his own tyrannical mother. When the monarch closes the borders, shutting off the city’s final hope for aid, he must decide if he can trust Deahnna with his secret, or if she’s a threat to more than just his heart.

Together, they’ll have to work through old heartbreak and incite a rebellion if they want to shatter the sovereign’s grip on the city before it sinks beneath the waves.

The tropes: music-based magic system, second-chance romance, glittering political intrigue, ballroom mayhem

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@mackenziepage.bsky.social · last yr.

FURIOSA x RED RISING Perseverance Red scrapes by in Dirt City, where magic is death. Framed for murder, she flees to Arcadia—a utopia powered by stolen Dirt Witch magic. As Percy’s magic awakens, she must fight for truth. In a city of lies, survival isn’t easy. 🏜️Mad Max ❤️‍🔥romance #w #questpit #A