New Romantasy, Fantasy Romance, and Dystopian Romance Books - Summer 2026
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It's that time again! The time for me to look at what books are coming out and start planning my TBR. This time, though, I'm doing things a little differently and rounding up two months at once.
I've gathered up a few romantasy, fantasy romance, and dystopian romance books releasing in June and July 2026 that I'm looking forward to. Whether you're looking for enemies to lovers, a reluctant chosen one, found family, or a marriage of convenience, this list has something for every mood.
These upcoming releases span both adult and young adult books, written by both debut authors and some old favorites. I've included publication dates, series information, tropes, and links to preorder the ones that you want to check out.
So grab your favorite reading beverage, get comfortable, and let's dive into the exciting romantasy, fantasy romance, and dystopian romance books coming out in June and July 2026.
Nobody's Quest by Alyssa Day
Publication Date: Jun 2, 2026
Series: The Nobody Chronicles #1
Read if you like: reluctant chosen one, slow burn, found family, cocky prince, indentured servant heroine, epic quest, depression rep
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The goddess needs a nobody. The prince needs a miracle. Soli Graymind might be both.
Soli has spent most of her life being invisible—an indentured servant, a library mold-scrubber, the girl no one sees unless she's in the way. So, when the king's guards show up with swords drawn, she assumes it's a mistake. It's not. Moments later, she's standing in the throne room while the king tells her she's been chosen to retrieve a set of ancient keys—only the keys can save the goddess and stop the chaos beyond the palace walls. Because the world isn't waiting to be saved. It's already burning.
And beside him stands Prince Kaelen: devastatingly beautiful, mercilessly cold, and certain Soli won't survive the hard journey ahead. He's probably right. But Soli's survived a lifetime of hard everything. She may be a nobody—no training, no real power, and no idea why she was chosen—but she refuses to be expendable.
When assassins, monsters, and impossible choices fracture the fragile alliance slowly building with the prince, Soli realizes she can't hide in the shadows anymore. Because, for the first time in her life, she has something to lose…
Their Will Undone by R.J. Valldeperas
Publication Date: Jun 2, 2026
Series: Untitled Duology #1
Read if you like: Inca-inspired fantasy, forbidden romance, broody escort, awakening magic, arranged marriage, dual POV, forced proximity
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When a maiden is selected to marry the emperor, her journey to the palace will see her fighting both a spark of magical power and her growing feelings for her broody escort.
In Amaru, it is an honor to be chosen in the annual harvest and serve the gods'-favored emperor. Nina's brother has already been chosen, but when the emperor's men come a second time for her sister, Nina volunteers instead. She is taken to the acllahuasi, a gilded cage where women train to become servants or wives for the ruling class.
It is there that a soldier comes to collect her, and Nina learns of her fate—to become a wife…to the emperor. As the emperor's trusted friend and soldier, Kasik is ordered to retrieve Nina and deliver her untouched.
Shadow Reaper by Lynette Noni
Publication Date: Jun 2, 2026
Series: Shadow Reaper Duology #1
Read if you like: enemies-to-lovers, found family, high-stakes action, revenge plot, deadly bargains
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The city of Aravell is in peril, plagued by a deadly blackmist that kills all it touches, and reapers who roam the streets, stealing the magic of innocent children in their thirst for power. Seventeen-year-old Viridia Solace has trained for years to hunt and kill these monsters, but their ranks keep growing, led by the man who murdered her parents: the Reaper Priest.
Then Viri meets Reeve Ashton, the Priest's most loyal follower, and he offers a chance to avenge her parents… for a price. She knows better than to bargain with a reaper, let alone this reaper, but his offer is too good to resist. Soon she's breaking him out of prison, colluding with his crew of magic thieves, and following him to the deepest, darkest edge of the Blackmist wood in search of an ancient legend, all so they can stop the Reaper Priest from carrying out a plan to doom the whole island.
Viri is staking her life on Reeve's plan, but how can she trust a silver-tongued criminal to keep his word? And how can she trust her own heart when a buried secret could shatter everything?
Light Wielder by Rachel Schneider
Publication Date: Jun 9, 2026
Series: Fire & Metal #2
Read if you like: matching bonds/mates, betrayal, warring kingdoms
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It's been four years since Jovie betrayed Acker, fracturing their relationship. Her decision to take King Edmond's magic, sparing his life at Acker's request, has sparked a brutal war. The Kenta and Strou forces ally against the Roison and Alaha, with Maile perched dangerously on the edge of their battles.
Jovie is determined to keep the innocent Maile people from a conflict she helped start—even if it means suppressing the Matching Bond and sacrificing any hope of repairing her relationship with Acker. Yet, visions of him continue to haunt her dreams.
Acker is resigned to aid in his father's war while in an arranged marriage with a wife who detests him. Though still pained by Jovie's deception, he can't stop his thoughts from turning to her. And Acker has found a way to slip into Jovie's dreams despite her attempts to stifle the Matching Bond. There he watches her, torn between his loyalties and desire.
When he discovers the chilling reason behind the return of his father's magic, as well as Edmond's dangerous new alliance, Acker must finally decide which war he wants to fight: the one for his king or the one for his heart.
Witch Season by Julia Bianco
Publication Date: Jun 30, 2026
Series: Broken Coven #1
Read if you like: urban fantasy, enemies-to-lovers, witches, malevolent mentors, contemporary fantasy, LA setting, competing covens
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That is the price of magic—not just the blood, but the pain to bring it out.
Katherine Barnes is an enforcer, charged with upholding the rules of the notorious Los Angeles-based Aestas coven. It's her job to maintain order and bring unsettled witches—people who aren't aware they have magic until it explodes out of them in a catastrophic burst—into the coven's fold. As a former unsettled witch, Katherine owes her life to Sylvia Page, coven leader and silver-haired rebel who founded Aestas years ago.
When Silas Khatri, heir to Noctis, the most powerful coven in the world, arrives to take Aestas to task for some of their more unconventional practices, Katherine's dislike for him reaches blistering levels. She hates his money, his good looks, and his coven's dangerous attitude towards unsettled witches. She can absolutely overlook that he sets her off in more ways than one.
But a powerful threat is about to rise. Stronger than any one coven. More insidious than the decades-long power struggle that exists in the hidden witch world. One that will pull Katherine and Silas together despite their differences. And one that will lead to an all-out war.
The Lure of Wolves and Whispers by Amanda Connolly
Publication Date: Jul 7, 2026
Series: The Martyred Isle #1
Read if you like: forbidden magic, Irish lore, deadly marriage competition, enemies-to-lovers, slow burn, love triangle, brutal princes
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On the mist-shrouded Isle of Eireann, buying magic comes with a horrific price. But when her beloved older sister is gravely injured, Maeve risks everything to buy the forbidden magic that might save her. In exchange, Maeve promises her loyalty to a ruthless and dangerously alluring rebel leader.
Bound to do his bidding, Maeve finds herself thrown into a deadly competition to become the next queen and stand beside a prince rumored to be more brutal than his father. But the prince isn't what Maeve expected, and he may be her only chance of survival.
With the isle on the brink of war, trust and survival come at a terrible cost—one that will tear Maeve's world, and her heart, in two. What would you sacrifice to survive?
In the Wake of the Ruined by Kalie Cassidy
Publication Date: Jul 7, 2026
Series: The Siren Mage #2
Read if you like: sirens, prophecies, political intrigue & alliances
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Imogen Nel, a powerful Siren, can no longer hide her monstrous abilities. She has claimed her ancestral crown and new grotesque magic, and now the corrupted bond she shares with the ancient deity Eusia is stronger than ever. Though Imogen is determined to sever it, doing so is no easy feat. The threat of war looms. Shifting alliances, a hunger for magic, and her feelings for Theodore, King of Varya, attempt to thwart her at every turn.
Meanwhile, Theodore is battling the strain of his own crown and commitments. When Imogen suddenly appears on his ship, every dutiful resolution he's ever made threatens to snap. As they draw nearer to ending Eusia, lurking dangers and their perilous desire for one another prove nearly insurmountable.
Will the chaos, ruin, and death that Imogen was prophesied to usher into the realm be the end of all things, or the beginning?
Ruinous Ends by I.V. Marie
Publication Date: Jul 14, 2026
Series: The Souls of Blackwood Academy #2
Read if you like: dark academia, afterlife setting, multiple POVs, secrets and betrayal, morally gray characters, chosen one
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The Decennial is over, but for the students of Blackwood Academy, the fight for the afterlife has just begun. The infamous school was hiding more secrets—and lies—than any of the Decennial's participants could have imagined. And there's still so much that remains buried beneath its ancient foundations.
Now the future of the academy, and all the souls within it, rests in the hands of six former pupils: The charmer and the golden boy… The traitor and the girl desperate to save her… The Chosen One and the one who would choose her over and over again…
Any of them could be the hero the afterlife needs… or the villain who will destroy it for good. Because the truth is, Blackwood's biggest secret has yet to come to light—and when it does, it will shake the institution to its core.
A Forsaken Prophecy by Stacey McEwan
Publication Date: Jul 14, 2026
Series: The Artisan Trilogy #2
Read if you like: class differences, star-crossed lovers, second-chance romance, love triangle, ancient prophecies, rebel unions, war between magical classes, betrayal arcs
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In Belavere Trench, the Artisans and the Craftsmen are at war. Patrick, the last Alchemist, and Nina, the world's only known earth Charmer, have been captured by the Artisans, putting Patrick's rebel union in a precarious position.
Though he hasn't forgiven Nina for her betrayals, Patrick has other things to worry about. He is finally reunited with his father, a prisoner of the Artisans, and the group lands a narrow escape only with the help of Nina's first love, Theo.
Decoding an ancient prophecy, they set off in search of an infinite supply of idium that will determine the course of the war, should it prove more than a myth. Fleeing across Craftsman towns on the brink, they will encounter old friends—and enemies—in search of answers.
To Drown a Witch by Lindsey Olsson
Publication Date: Jul 14, 2026
Series: To Drown a Witch #1
Read if you like: enemies-to-lovers, slow burn, witch hunters, criminal heroine, dark magic, Salem witch trial inspiration, cliffhanger endings
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In Orlonea, the Witch is feared above all else. Reborn into each generation, she is the only person with magic running innately through her veins, able to wield magic with a single thought. So when guards across the city begin to drop dead, gruesomely murdered by violent and vicious magic, everyone knows the Witch has returned—and no one will be safe until she's killed.
Toran is the Prince's Crown, the most highly skilled fighter in the King's Guard. Tasked with the responsibility of leading the hunt for the Witch, Toran tries to focus on his assignment to forget the ghosts of his past. And after he learns of Nes, a thief with an uncanny ability to sniff out magic, he forcibly recruits her into joining his hunt.
As the two face deadly magic and otherworldly threats, their mutual dislike soon turns to something more electric, and they find themselves drawn to each other in ways they'd never imagined. But the Witch is always a step ahead of them, and with bodies piling up, secrets threaten to come to light—secrets that could destroy everything from the fragile trust between them to the very city of Orlonea itself.
Dominion by Jean Kwok
Publication Date: Jul 14, 2026
Series: The Silk and Iron Trilogy #1
Read if you like: Chinese mythology, magical tournaments, mythical companion animals, enemies-to-lovers, prophecy, refugee heroine
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In a world divided into four rival dominions, power is everything—and Rubi Morningtail has almost none. Three years after the Annihilation destroyed her homeland and shattered her memories, she lives as an Azure refugee in the Dominion of the Silver Tyger, scraping by as a ribbon dancer and hiding her little bit of singing magic.
When she wounds a massive battle tyger on her doorstep, she draws the notice of Blake Axefire—supreme metal mage, leader of the royal Tyger Warriors, and the last man an Azure should trust. His sentence? Cast her into the Bonding, a brutal trial where tygers choose their riders and slaughter the rest. Surviving is unthinkable.
But survive she does. Now she's stuck on Blake's elite team racing to reseal the Anchors to the Demon Realm. With rebels striking, demons rising, and the dominions at each other's throats, Rubi must unlock the truth of her magic and her past… while resisting her dangerous attraction to the ruthless warrior who could be her redemption—or her ruin.
Prince of Swords by Elise Kova
Publication Date: Jul 21, 2026
Series: Arcana Academy #2
Read if you like: dangerous alliances, Tarot magic, forbidden desire, betrayal
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Clara Graysword is Oricalis's most wanted. Hunted and cornered, not even her mastery of tarot can save her this time… until the mysterious Worldkeepers appear. This secretive order may hold the key to changing Clara's fate. If she dares to trust them.
But the most dangerous alliance of all is one she's already deeply ensnared within: Prince Kaelis. Kaelis, second-born prince of Oricalis and headmaster of Arcana Academy, is the one man she can't escape—maybe she doesn't want to escape. Ruthless, dangerous, and bound to Clara by destiny and desire, Kaelis tests her heart as much as her loyalty. Together, they grow closer to the most powerful secrets of the tarot… and to the truths they both hide that could destroy the passion that they no longer deny.
Hidden in plain sight within Arcana Academy, Clara walks the dagger's edge. Revelations about Oricalis threaten everything she thought she knew, and every choice she makes is the difference between salvation and ruin. To change the world, Clara must risk everything—her power, her beliefs, and her heart.
Tides of Fortune by Lauryn Hamilton Murray
Publication Date: Jul 21, 2026
Series: The Storm Weaver Trilogy #2
Read if you like: quests, magical artifacts, slow-burn romance with a charming rogue, multi-POV, sibling bonds, court intrigue
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Having survived three treacherous trials to win her crown, Blaze is now Queen of the Aquatori. But before she can take the throne, she must set out to find the Eye of the Soul, one of the realm's most powerful weapons, before another claims its power for themself.
Her journey will take her deep into the forests of Ostacre and into a temporary alliance with the infuriating but undeniably compelling Fox. She can't help but feel drawn to him… but can she trust him? Fortune favors the brave, but will it protect the Storm Weaver in her most dangerous mission yet?
Narrated by not just Blaze, but her brother, Flint, and the newly-discovered Shadow Magi, Elva, the epic journey that began in Heir of Storms continues in the sweeping adventure of Tides of Fortune.
Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe
Publication Date: Jul 28, 2026
Series: The Heart Duology #1
Read if you like: dark dystopian romance, true enemies-to-lovers, marriage of inconvenience, political intrigue, surveillance state, rise of the oppressed, masked elite, multi-POV
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The first thing you'll learn in New Found Haven is that mercy doesn't exist. The second thing is that, from the highest glass atrium in the Heart to the windowless slums of the Boundary, the Veyra are always watching. The last lesson is the hardest, but you must remember it: Love outside of your ring is a death sentence.
The city is carved into rings of privilege and poverty, ruled by the masked elite who will do whatever it takes to hold onto power. Obedience is demanded. Rebellion is crushed. Greyson Serel has spent his life caught between two worlds. Publicly, he's the flawless heir to the presidency. Privately, he's entangled in secrets that could topple the regime. But when he's forced into a political marriage meant to bind him tighter to the government's brutal laws, he finds himself shackled to a bride as lethal as she is unwilling.
Shadera Kael is a mercenary raised to kill, not to wed. Yet when her bullet misses its mark, survival leaves her tied to the very man she was sent to eliminate. Trapped inside the corrupt heart of the city, she becomes both prisoner and wife, her every step watched, her every move tested.
Their union is no love story—it's a battlefield. As secrets come to light and betrayals fester within the walls of power, Greyson and Shadera must decide between annihilating each other or burning the city to the ground together. In a world where passion has consequences and loyalty is paid for in blood, their forced bond may be the spark that ignites a revolution. Or the fire that consumes them both.