As an avid scholar and person of romance and fantasy, it is lone earthy that 1 of my favourite sub-genres is phantasy romance. Then determination is the sub-sub-genre of steamy phantasy romance novels, with heated looks and very heated chamber scenes.
This peculiar database volition absorption connected steamy phantasy romance novels, wherever enactment is described successful item and whitethorn permission you loosening your collar and fanning yourself. If that’s not your cupful of tea, nary worries — scroll to the bottommost of this list, and I’ll see links to different phantasy romance lists that mightiness amended suit your interests.
Fantasy Romance vs. Paranormal Romance
I should besides enactment that for immoderate of the beneath titles, the enactment betwixt phantasy romance and paranormal romance whitethorn beryllium blurred. Paranormal romance often includes the accustomed creatures from our imaginations — werewolves, vampires, etc. — and are often acceptable successful modern, municipality environments. Fantasy romance books person these creatures arsenic well, though (more often than not) phantasy romance novels are usually acceptable successful separate, secondary worlds. The enactment betwixt the 2 tin blur, particularly wherever dragons are concerned. Dragons are an iconic phantasy carnal but person appeared successful a batch books that instrumentality spot successful urban, modern environments. Ultimately, I’ll permission the determination connected wherever these books onshore connected the fantasy/paranormal romance spectrum up to you, beloved reader.
Finally, I americium purposefully trying to see steamy phantasy romance novels that haven’t been listed connected other fantasy romance lists. There are a fewer bid I’ll see which are popular, and the archetypal books successful these notable bid are listed much often (with bully reason: they’re great!), but I’ve besides tried to see titles that readers mightiness not cognize about, oregon haven’t gotten to, yet.
Steamy Fantasy Romance Novels
Dragon Unleashed (The Fallen Empire #2) by Grace Draven
When 1 writes astir phantasy romance, 1 indispensable constitute astir the incomparable Grace Draven. Draven’s assertion to fame is her book, Radiance, which could easy acceptable connected this database with its superb secondary satellite and steamy scenes. But Draven’s latest series, The Fallen Empire, is simply a existent treat. Filled with occurrence witches, necromancers, and successful this book’s case, a dragon, it is arsenic epic arsenic it is blistery and romantic.
Dragon Unleashed follows Halani, a healer and escaped trader calved with world magic successful an empire that outlaws magic, punishable by death. Halani comes into possession of a bony belonging to a dormant draga, which puts her connected a collision people with 1 of the past dragas successful existence: Malachus.
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Awaken the Dragon: An Afrofuturist Paranormal Romance (The Legion #1) by A.C. Arthur
I cognize it says paranormal romance successful the description, but perceive maine retired and fto maine distract you by showing the GLORY that is the cover.
This communicative follows Theo Masters, who is fractional human, fractional dragon and runs a immense information company. His latest lawsuit is Shola N’Gara, who exists to termination the acheronian entity that seeks to obliterate her people. Put 2 powerful, unabashedly sexy radical who emotion enactment successful the aforesaid country and you’re bound to get immoderate sparks.
Kinked (Elder Races #6) by Thea Harrison
So galore books successful the Elder Races bid acceptable the steamy phantasy romance theme, but astir of them thin to beryllium much paranormal romance. I chose Kinked specifically for its steaminess and for the information that the bulk of the communicative takes spot distant from the accustomed municipality situation successful an elven land.
If you’ve started from the archetypal publication successful the series, you’ve seen the buildup to this story. It focuses connected harpy Aryal and Quentin, some who are sentinels (basically the elite force) of Dragos, Lord of the Wyr. Aryal doesn’t spot Quentin, and Quentin is infuriated by Aryal. Their hatred of each different turns into an explosive enactment of passionateness that culminates successful a almighty romance. This is the eventual enemies to lovers.
Bear’s Gold (Erotic Shifter Fairy Tales #1) by Yvette Hines
I emotion this cover, and I emotion the premise for this story. Who knew that Goldilocks and the Three Bears fairytale could beryllium truthful spicy? It follows Riley Gold, who is connected the tally from an ex-boyfriend who is stalking her. She makes a tally for it, but has a level tyre successful the mediate of the night, heavy wrong the forest. The adjacent municipality isn’t for miles. Riley finds a cottage successful the woods, wherever Theo Kodiak, a werebear, raises his 2 sons. The attraction is instant, and easter eggs to the fairytale are everywhere. This is simply a fun, sexy, phantasy read.
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
When Robin Blyth is assigned arsenic the civilian work liaison to a concealed magical society, his full satellite presumption is blown wide open. There, he’s introduced to his counterpart to the magical bureaucracy, Edwin Courcey, who has felt similar an outcast each his life. Together, they person to lick the enigma of what happened to Robin’s predecessor, portion besides navigating the increasing attraction betwixt them.
This communicative has it each for phantasy romance: a rich, magical world; a complex, adventurous mystery; a stunning M/M romance; and steamy scenes to boot. When Edwin realizes what helium tin do with his magic…whew. I cannot hold to work the sequel, A Restless Truth, that precocious released.
Ocean Light (Psy-Changeling Trinity #2) by Nalini Singh
This publication is technically *checks notes* #17 successful the epic Psy-Changeling epic series, and it checks each the boxes for immoderate speculative romance — fantasy, subject fiction, paranormal — it’s each the things, and it’s each amazing. The bid focuses connected an alternate future, wherever shapeshifters, the psy (people with beardown intelligence powers), and humans co-exist — and successful this case, autumn successful love. Slave to Sensation volition commencement you astatine the precise beginning.
What I enjoyed astir Ocean Light is that it takes spot nether the sea. It’s besides subject fabrication successful that it’s acceptable successful an underwater station, and the leader is going done a aesculapian process to debar ending up braindead. However, the mounting and the h2o shapeshifters make this beautiful, otherworldly ambiance that punctual maine of the champion phantasy romances. The heroine’s travel to overcoming puerility trauma is afloat of emotion and love. The romance is sweet, heart-wrenching, and ohio truthful precise sexy.
A Touch of Stone and Snow (A Gathering of Dragons #2) by Milla Vane
Take note, beloved readers, due to the fact that determination is simply a batch of gore, violence, and grit successful this series, but the romances are arsenic almighty and arsenic steamy arsenic anything. The archetypal book, A Heart of Blood and Ashes, was epic and brilliant, but I besides truly enjoyed the 2nd book. It follows Lizzan, a warrior of Koth, who aft watching her soldiers massacred, was labeled a coward and exiled by her kingdom. The antheral who exiled her: Aerax, the bastard prince of Koth, and her archetypal love.
These are 2 warriors who person loved each different each their lives, perpetually torn isolated and thrust backmost together. It’s an astonishing 2nd accidental emotion story, with layers of complexity and emotion. And y’all, erstwhile they yet get a country to themselves, clasp connected to your hats.
A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
For those seeking a shorter phantasy romance, past this 1 is for you. A Taste of Honey was a Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon, and Locus finalist novella, with lush world-building and large formed of characters. This publication is simply a phantasy caller with a beardown M/M romance astatine its core.
This is the sequel to Wilson’s The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps and follows Aqib bgm Sadiqi, lad of the Master of Beasts, related to the royal family, who is tempted to propulsion each caution, expectations, and work to upwind erstwhile helium meets a Daluçan worker named Lucrio. Can their quick, passion-filled emotion upwind what the satellite throws astatine them?
More Fantasy Romance Novels
The spectrum of steaminess is precise wide, and hopefully the supra database encompasses arsenic overmuch of it arsenic possible. May these fun, heart-pounding books bring you joyousness and spice portion being entrenched successful magical worlds and creatures.