Madeleine Eliot

Little Red Riding Hood meets spicy romantasy in this witchy retelling of a classic fairy tale. Elara has only one goal in her life: to convince her mother to treat her like the fully grown witch she is and let her attend a Coven meeting. But on her twenty-fifth birthday, Elara discovers that her mother had good reasons for keeping her away from the Coven and her grandmother, its unfeeling Crone. Now forced to run for her life to hide a magic she shouldn’t possess, Elara is told to find the wicked Demon King and claim his protection. But when she runs into a handsome hunter and his wolf in the forest, her journey takes on a dimension she never expected. Tropes include: Reluctant allies to lovers Only one bed Only one horse Forced proximity Mistaken identities

A princess with an adventurer’s spirit. A pirate with a king’s obligations. Marina has known for a long time that she doesn’t want the life her parents want for her, but when they announce her betrothal to the steady but dull captain of the guard, she reluctantly accepts her duty. That is until an enemy siren is captured and presented to her father, and Marina can’t think of anything but amber eyes and wings.  In a twist of fate, Marina finds herself the prisoner of an enemy king in a plot to end a centuries-long war between their peoples that can only end in either death or heartbreak.  ​​​​​​​Ballad of Sea and Sky is the first book in The Whispering Sea Duet, an enemies to lovers romantasy adventure featuring sirens, selkies, and spicy romance. 

A friends to lovers, grumpy x sunshine spicy romantasy featuring characters from the king and coven series. This book should be read between books 2 and 3 in the series. Cerridwen has been in love with Herne for practically her whole life, but the gruff Daemon Lord of Beasts has never been able to see her as more than a ward to protect. But when her magic emerges on her twenty-fifth birthday, Cerridwen knows that what she feels is more than just infatuation. Now Cerridwen must master control of both her wings and her heart to claim the grumpy Daemon Lord as her own.

The dream was always the same. One by one, the stars wink out and darkness fills the sky. Ember has had the dream for as long as she can remember, but in her line of work, it's no wonder that nightmares plague her. Caught between court intrigue and a resistance movement, Ember plans her revenge as a spy while secretly navigating what remains of the noble Seelie court. When the terrifying Unseelie Prince comes looking for a bride, Ember's plans take shape in the most dangerous way. Now forced to play the part of a willing bride in front of an enemy court, Ember discovers that her deal with the Prince may be more than she bargained for. A Dream of Stars and Darkness is a Pride & Prejudice romantasy retelling with spicy romance, enemies to lovers, and only one bed vibes. It is the first of three interwoven romances in the Queen of All Fae Series, each one building on the larger story and told from different points of view.

After he rejected their mating bond, Brigid is resigned to working with Tyr as no more than a colleague. But when events conspire to throw them together in order to select an heir to the Court of Shadow, the pair are faced with the difficulty of their ignored bond and the reality that the Pull between them is stronger than ever. To Sway a Demon Heart is an epilogue novella in the King and Coven series following the second chance romance between Brigid and Tyr begun in book 3. This book should be read after To Wear a Demon Crown in the series.

When Lis is hired to steal a valuable amulet by her unscrupulous employer, she doesn’t anticipate that she will be coming face-to-face with an angry bear-shifter. But it’s not just the possibility of a big pay day that attracts Lis to the job, and getting snowed in with the bossy shifter in his secluded cabin leads her to question all of her life choices. Gold & Shadow is the first in a series of seven spicy fairy tale retellings, each featuring a different magically gifted Nightshade sister as she finds both intrigue and romance.

To master Chaos, she must first survive it. Eisa’s life is one of pain and cruelty. Living in servitude, she grapples daily with an illness for which there is no cure and abuse at the hands of the man who has owned her since she was a child.  When Arik, a silver-eyed second-in-command of the king’s dragon-bonded warriors, makes her a deal she can’t refuse, Eisa finds herself hurtling toward a destiny she never would have chosen. Desperate to free her loved ones, Eisa agrees to travel to the desolate wasteland in the south, to bond a dragon to her soul, and to become one of the legendary Drage. As long as the Chaos doesn’t kill her first. Heart of Chaos is the first book In the Chaosborn trilogy, an adult romantasy filled with dragon shifters, Norse-inspired-lore, swoony banter, and spicy romance. 

Their love will either unite their peoples or tear them apart forever. Marina is willing to play the part of Caspian’s mate and betrothed, both to give her time to learn the history of the siren people and because of her true feelings for the Siren King. A truth that Caspian doesn’t yet know. Or so she thinks. But Caspian knows that they will both have to face their feelings to end the centuries-long feud that tore apart their people, and he will do whatever it takes to force fate to let them be together. Hymn of Breath and Bone is the stunning conclusion to the Whispering Sea Duet, and enemies to lovers romantasy featuring sirens, selkies, and spicy romance.

Isolde Nightshade is happy to retire from her life of crime, even if she does still occasionally use her poisons for a worthy cause. But when a handsome hunter shows up with a problem only Isolde can solve, she decides to take on one final job to save a prince from a wicked queen with a deadly secret. Blood & Roses is the second story in a series of seven spicy fairy tale retellings, each featuring a different magically gifted Nightshade sister as she finds both intrigue and romance.

After suffering a great loss, Elara is finally ready to embrace her power and take on the Crone. With new magic emerging and secrets about her parents’ pasts finally coming to light, Elara is tasked with fulfilling a prophecy a thousand years in the making. But when shadows rise to threaten Carnon’s rule over the Darklands, Elara must embrace her place as Queen and enlist allies—new and old—to thwart the evil threatening her borders and unite the realms divided for a millennia. To Wear a Demon Crown is the third and final book in the King and Coven series. It is an explicitly spicy romantasy featuring fated mates, found family, animal companions, and revenge.

Elara has been thoroughly taken in by the Demon King’s trickery, and she is determined not to let him back into her heart after all the lies. But with the promise of his help rescuing her mother, Elara finds herself agreeing to a blood bargain to stay with him, learn to use her mysterious demon magic, and pretend to be his betrothed. When the Daemon Lords issue their ultimatum for Elara to prove her loyalty, Elara will have to tread carefully between love, duty, desire, and vengeance to uphold her vow to leave the Demon King at the end of their bargain. To Break a Demon Curse is the second book in the King and Coven series, and a spicy romantasy tale featuring forced proximity, fates mates, enemies to lovers, and fake betrothal.

It’s three days until Christmas, and Sage has only one thing keeping her from the cozy comfort of home and family at the holidays. Unfortunately, that one thing is Dr. Alec Ashcroft, the cold and condescending postdoc in the magical portomancy department, who also happens to stand in the way of Sage’s degree. But when portal magic goes awry, Sage finds herself trapped with her arch-nemesis and learns that Alec is far less frigid than she’d believed. Hex the Halls is a cozy, academic rivals to lovers paranormal romance with Christmas vibes and spicy heat.

The nightmare may be ending, but her dreams have just begun. After losing her mate at the hands of her father, the wicked Unseelie King, Seline has more reason than anyone to want him dead. When her friend and sister-in-law, Seelie Queen Ember, asks her and her fellow soldier Vanth to go on a mission to recruit allies to their cause and find the exiled Wild Fae, Seline readily agrees. While he is the best male she knows, Seline has pushed Vanth away for so long that he has begun to lose hope there will ever be a future for them. Now pushed even closer together, Seline and Vanth must reconcile their feelings and their fears for each other while traversing dangerous lands, bargaining with shifters, and hunting for allies before the Unseelie King can bring war down on their friends.

Fire is not the only thing that haunts her dreams. Aurelia made some difficult decisions as part of her work for the resistance to the wicked Unseelie King, and Aspen may never forgive her. But when emissaries come asking for her queen's aid, Aurelia and Aspen are forced to work together to discover the cause of a mysterious blight and gain an ally in their war against the Unseelie King. Sent deep into the Dwarven realm on behalf of their queen, this mission could be a second chance for Aurelia and Aspen, as long as the dangers they discover there don’t destroy them first.