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Book announcements, reading lists and behind-the-scenes from the World of Dagome and beyond
Stay up to date with new releases, cover reveals, reading order guides, listicles and updates from Olena Nikitin. Whether you read The Cursed Bonds, Secrets of Dagome, Season’s War or Amber Legends, this is where you hear it first.
Queen’s Gambit Cover Reveal: The Epic Conclusion to Secrets of Dagome (Slavic Fantasy Romance)
The wait ends here. Queen’s Gambit, the epic conclusion to the Secrets of Dagome series, arrives 14 October 2026. See the cover, read the full blurb and find out why Roksana’s endgame will cost her more than her crown. Pre-orders open now….
Most Popular Why Choose Fantasy Romance Books
Looking for the most popular why choose fantasy romance right now? Five reverse harem romantasy reads where the heroine refuses to pick, from dragon bonds and Slavic gods to fae academies and sons of gods who deserve everything coming to them….
Best summer reads Slavic romantic fantasy
Looking for Slavic fantasy romance books to devour this summer? Here are eight romantasy reads steeped in Slavic mythology, from dragon riders and cursed kings to frost demons and Baba Yaga herself. Summer is the season of long evenings, cold drinks and books thick enough to double as sun shields. If your reading taste runs towards Slavic mythology, morally grey heroines and gods who play dirty, you are in the right place. I grew up on these legends, the proper Polish kind where the forest wants to eat you and the house spirit sulks if you forget…
Diary of the evil stepmother
A month ago, our elderly cat had an accident on my stepdaughter’s bed. She is a very messy teenager the bed looked like a pit, and she discovered it after properly rolling in it. My comment: Well, if your bed looks like a litter, cats will treat it like a litter. If it were made, kitty wouldn’t poo in it. I have nagged her for 7 years to make her make her bed in the morning. It took one cat shit, and every single day her bed is pristine. I don’t know if I’m an evil stepmother or an evil genius….