The Demon Equilibrium by Cathy Pegau (2021)

When the demonic Horde threatens to unleash Hell on Earth, two women must summon every bit of their shared power to save the world. Grace Carter, a “source” of magic, has spent the last nine months searching for Maggie Mulvaney, her “catalyst.” The joy of reuniting with her partner—and her lover—is thwarted by her worst fear: Maggie doesn’t remember Grace or their life together. Grace blames the Order of Saint Teresa, the centuries-old organization that trained them to be the strongest demon-hunting duo in generations. But why has the Order done this? As Maggie and Grace begin to piece their lives back together, they discover that their memories have been masked by someone within the Order. Should the Horde succeed in their plan, those who have committed their lives to slaying worldly demons will be relegated to little more than minions as humans are completely enslaved. Now, Grace and Maggie must sacrifice everything, possibly even their lives, as they battle to save humanity.

The Dawn of the Coven by Alexis Henderson (2021)

The Maleficent Seven by Cameron Johnston (2021)

**When you are all out of heroes, all that’s left are the villains.** Black Herran was a dread demonologist, and the most ruthless general in all Essoran. She assembled the six most fearsome warriors to captain her armies: a necromancer, a vampire lord, a demigod, an orcish warleader, a pirate queen, and a twisted alchemist. Together they brought the whole continent to its knees… Until the day she abandoned her army, on the eve of total victory. 40 years later, she must bring her former captains back together for one final stand, in the small town of Tarnbrooke – the last bastion against a fanatical new enemy tearing through the land, intent on finishing the job Black Herran started years before. Seven bloodthirsty monsters. One town. Their last hope. ([Source][1]) [1]: https://angryrobotbooks.com/books/the-maleficent-seven/

The Secret of Eln-Ketaar by Stuart J. Whitmore (2021)

The Demon Tide by Laurie Forest (2021)

Horror Fiction in the Global South by Ritwick Bhattacharjee (2021)

"Horror Fiction in the Global South: Cultures, Narratives, and Representations believes that the experiences of horror are not just individual but also/simultaneously cultural. Within this understanding, literary productions become rather potent sites for the relation of such experiences both on the individual and the cultural front. It's not coincidental, then, that either William Blatty's The Exorcist or Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude become archetypes of the re-presentations of the way horror affects individuals placed inside different cultures. Such an affectation, though, is but a beginning of the ways in which the supernatural interacts with the human and gives rise to horror. Considering that almost all aspects of what we now designate as the Global North, and its concomitant, the Global South - political, historical, social, economic, cultural, and so on - function as different paradigms, the experiences of horror and their telling in stories become functionally different as well. Added to this are the variations that one nation or culture of the east has from another. The present anthology of essays, in such a scheme of things, seeks to examine and demonstrate these cultural differences embedded in the impact that figures of horror and specters of the night have on the narrative imagination of storytellers from the Global South. If horror has an everyday presence in the phenomenal reality that Southern cultures subscribe to, it demands alternative phenomenology. The anthology allows scholars and connoisseurs of Horror to explore theoretical possibilities that may help address precisely such a need."--

Sword Guildebrande by Robert J. Bradshaw (2021)

I am The Sword Guildebrande, protector of the Wizard Aarghathlain. Challenge me and fall! Join Aargh and Holly-Mine in their swashbuckling, magical adventure on the high seas! Make new friends, and dangerous enemies, as they begin the journey to Ardilakk.

Vote Loki by Langdon Foss (2021)

Loki is many things -- god, trickster, brother, liar, son, villain, even hero. Now he wants to add one more thing to the President of the United States. That's right, the God of Lies has set his sights on becoming the ruler of the free world, but is this just another scheme? One thing's for certain -- with Loki's winning smile and silver tongue on the campaign trail, this election just got a lot more interesting…

The Pariah by Anthony Ryan (2021)

Alwyn is a thief and experienced brawler with few friends and an appetite for revenge. Few would call him handsome, and even his enemies will admit he knows how to survive. Unfortunately, Alwyn does have a knack for chasing near-death experiences. Alwyn's biggest fault is a near-fanatical following of charismatic leaders, especially those whose plans involve violence on a grand scale. Lady Evadine Courlain is one such leader, whose visions tell of a chaotic future. One that can only be avoided by destroying the False King's rebellion. Alwyn is caught in a war, in which he wants no part. Fate has other plans.

Into the Bloodred Woods by Martha Brockenbrough (2021)

Pyotra and the Wolf by Elna Holst (2021)

*For the space of a breath or two, that wolf had entranced her, mesmerised her, made her believe—the impossible. And that was all it took.* *Nothing about this wolf was as it should be.* Pyotra Nikolayevna Kulakova lives in a small Russian settlement in the northern Siberian taiga, where the polar night lasts for a good month out of the year and the temperature rarely reaches above freezing point. Pyotra’s days, too, seem congealed and unchanging, laden with grief, until her baby brother’s close encounter with a tundra wolf upends the lives of the three members of the Kulakov family in one fell swoop. Pyotra and the Wolf is a queer retelling of Sergei Prokofiev’s symphonic fairy tale, structurally influenced by matryoshka dolls and memory castles. This is a story of darkness and light, love and loss, beast and human. Whichever way the spinning kopek falls.

Heroes (Royal Academy Rebels Book 3) by Jen Calonita (2021)

*“Calonita, author of the Fairy Tale Reform School series, twists familiar stories around once again in this series starter, which places a plucky heroine in the ever-popular boarding school setting. A cliff-hanger ending will leave readers eagerly awaiting the next installment.” —Booklist* “Look, I like the prince title myself,” says Heath. “Carriage processions? I love them. Perfecting the royal wave?” His right hand moves slowly through the air. His technique is mesmerizing. “I excel. But I’d much rather be seated at a table with the royal court discussing how to make a cranberry apple soufflé than be out there slaying an actual dragon…” In Enchantasia, becoming a legendary prince or princess doesn’t happen overnight. Enter Royal Academy, the training ground for the fairy tale leaders of tomorrow! But Devin has major reservations about her new school and her royal future. How can she be a princess and the best creature caretaker Enchantasia has ever seen? It doesn’t help that there’s something seriously weird about RA’s headmistress. Olivina seems obsessed with preparing students for possible attacks from villains (“A royal can’t rule when they’re stuck in a tower!”) Devin gets that being Snow White and Rapunzel’s fairy godmother has probably made Olivina pretty paranoid, but anytime someone steps a toe out of line, Olivina becomes more of a fairy nightmare than a fairy godmother. Something isn’t right with this lady, and Devin is determined to find out what. But what Devin discovers could change the fairy tale world forever…. source: <a href="https://www.jencalonitaonline.com/books/middle-grade-books/royal-academy-rebels-series/">Official Author Website</a>

Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens (2021)

After sneaking out against her mother's wishes, Artie Irvin spots a massive wolf―then watches it don a bathrobe and transform into her mom. Thrilled to discover she comes from a line of werewolves, Artie asks her mom to share everything―including the story of Artie's late father. Her mom reluctantly agrees. And to help Artie figure out her own wolflike abilities, her mom recruits some old family friends. Artie thrives in her new community and even develops a crush on her new friend Maya. But as she learns the history of werewolves and her own parents' past, she'll find that wolves aren't the scariest thing in the woods―vampires are.

The Dragon Prince by Aaron Ehasz (2021)

**This second canon novel expands on the events of Season 2 of the epic, Emmy Award-winning Netflix fantasy TV show, The Dragon Prince.** XADIA IS CALLING... The Dragon Prince has hatched! Now the princes of Katolis, Callum and Ezran, along with Moonshadow elf Rayla, have one goal: deliver the defenseless dragon to his mother in the magical land of Xadia. Things get complicated when the High Mage’s children, Claudia and Soren, track down the questing princes. Should Callum and Ezran trust two humans they’ve known forever, or the elf they’ve just met? In Katolis, High Mage Lord Viren schemes to gain the support of the other human kingdoms, and that of a much more mysterious ally... The tensions of war between Xadia and the Human Kingdoms are ready to explode. As fiery battles erupt and hidden truths come to light, friendships will be tested, plans will be set into motion, and everyone will face their most difficult choices yet. Written by Aaron Ehasz (co-creator of The Dragon Prince and head writer of Avatar: The Last Airbender) and Melanie McGanney Ehasz, this second canon novel based on the Netflix original series finally gives fans the full story.

The Wolf by J. R. Ward (2021)

In the next installment of bestselling author J.R. Ward's Prison Camp series, things get steamy when Lucan, a wolven forced into bartering drug deals for the infamous Prison Colony, meets Rio, the second in command for the shadowy Caldwell supplier, Mozart. After a deal goes awry, a wolf with piercing golden eyes swoops in to save her from certain death. As shocking truths unfurl, Rio is uncertain of who to trust and what to believe -- but with her life on the line, true love rears its head and growls in the face of danger.

Elemental Attraction by K Aten (2021)

Two people find themselves in a quandary: Aderri, a powerful dragon shifter with some light defensive magic, and Ellys, a half-elven swordswoman for hire, one of the best across the six nations. When Aderri gets news that she must come home for the naming ceremony of a new hatchling, she's forced to hire Ellys and her telepathic steed, Roccotári, to see her safely there. Of course, things are never as simple as they seem. Not only do they have to traverse the land between two kingdoms on the brink of war, but Aderri's Clan expects her to return with a romantic interest. So, for the added promise of triple Ellys's normal fee, the half-elf agrees to pretend to be Aderri's suitor. Ellys and Aderri have to convince a Clan full of magical mixed-shifters for a week that creatures of differing elements can burn with the flames of love, without actually lying. A situation made even more difficult by a matchmaking mare, steamy baths, and an innkeeper with mischief on the mind. Caught between the weight of the past and expectations of the future, they must find their true destiny within the heat of fire.

Walk Between Worlds by Samara Breger (2021)

Sergeant Major Scratch Keyes of the King’s Guard is having a bad day. On what should be the biggest night of her life, everything suddenly goes horribly wrong. First, her king denies her the promotion she rightfully earned, as well as the knighthood that goes along with it. And then, when Scratch is wallowing somewhere near the fetid rock bottom, she and her best friend, the flamboyant and carefree Sergeant James Ursus, are arrested for orchestrating the abduction of Princess Frances and sentenced to death. On the whole, things could be better. Luckily, help comes in the form of the mysterious Shae siblings―Shovel and Umbrella―who inform the doomed pair that the issue of the missing Princess is far more complicated than it appears. After a daring escape, the four embark on an ill-advised rescue mission through a forest filled with beasts, bandits, and mysterious fair folk, bringing nothing with them but a kitchen knife and the vague outline of a plan. Their destination is the Between, a sacred and shadowy fae-guarded place that promises to deliver Scratch and James to the princess―if they manage to survive. But Scratch didn’t rise above her humble childhood in the Royal City slums by accepting things at face value. It’s clear that the enigmatic Shaes are hiding something, but what do they know? Who are they working with? And why, in the name of all that is holy, can’t Scratch stop staring at Brella’s beautiful face? Samara Breger’s debut novel, Walk Between Worlds is a romantic queer fantasy adventure that will make you laugh even as it keeps you on the edge of your seat.

The Road to Kalazad by K. L. Mitchell (2021)

Revka and her centaur girlfriend Iyarra are wandering adventurers almost as good at getting out of trouble as they are at getting into it. But when a mysterious duke shanghais them and forces them to go galloping cross-kingdom to steal an ancient artifact, can they deliver the goods before time–and their luck–runs out? Join the two adventurers as they go from one misadventure to another, encountering dragons, gangsters, highly suspect wizards, and a nonstop parade of monsters and miscreants in a fantasy kingdom that’s unlike any you’ve ever seen.

Guardian by Jen Lawrence (2021)

Every Guardian was born a warrior with powerful magic and a soulmate to complete her. All except for Luna, it seemed, who despite having mastered her craft, continued her fight in solitude. She was an enigma in their society—alone for far longer than any Guardian before her. Still, Luna remained hopeful that one day her soulmate would find her, and all the tender yearning would have been worth it. Then Gia stumbles into her life. Gia—who lives a Human life, in Human glamour, with a Human fiancé. Now Luna finds herself questioning everything that she—and the Guardians—have believed in for millennia. *“Love isn’t always enough.”* Luna had always understood the words, but she had never actually believed them.

Goodbye, Battle Princess Peony by Mira Ong Chua (2021)

Battle Princess Peony’s royal destiny is simple: defend her planet from the evil Divine Lady Silkrose. But everything changes when she's accidentally warped into Silkrose’s private academy for villains-in-training, where graduation is the only way out! Peony throws her heroic heart aside and starts becoming the villain of her nightmares in her bid for freedom, but the dark side is full of secrets that could change her world forever. Will Peony escape Silkrose’s clutches? Or will she succumb to Silkrose’s dark charms for good?