Recs if you like Dream in Darkness (Hel's Carnival Book 2)...

collecting all 2026 releases featuring sapphic romance!!

Looking for monster & alien romance / erotica with BIPOC baddies getting their backs blown out? Look no further! 😏

These reads feature Black, Indigenous, Southwest Asian & North African (SWANA aka Middle Eastern), Asian, & Latine main characters. Relationship pairings include MM, sapphic, poly, queer, MF, & more.

This list is primarily standalones, with a few series starters plus some “standalone-y” books from interconnected series. Open to recs! 🥵🌶️🔥

This includes books coming out by SWANA* authors in Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Lit-Fic and more!

*SWANA: South West Asia or North Africa (decolonial term for MENA or Middle East & North Africa)