“The ballad’s enduring appeal (and Romantasy’s, too) is that it flips the traditional narrative of heroism on its head”
In the early Scottish ballad “Tam Lin”, the titular man is rescued from the fairies by the bravery of Janet, the heroine
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/romantasy-history-acotar-celtic-folklore
#Scottish #literature #folklore #ballad #romantasy #TamLin #16thcentury
Book Promotion: When a world is broken who or what can put it back together? Obviously not Miralees, she's just an acrobat with her family troupe.
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#PhantastikPrompts 07.04.26
Wie würdet ihr Romantik zwischen euren Figuren interessant gestalten?
Ich finde es schon interessant, wenn eine junge Archäologin sich in einen Tempelritter aus dem 12. Jh verliebt, der die letzten 800 Jahre als Skelett in einer Festungsruine in Palästina verbracht hat ...
##urbanfantasy #romantasy #tempelritter
Rites of the Starling (Shield of Sparrows #2) by Devney Perry
Release Date April 7, 2026
#Fantasy #Romance #Romantasy
https://www.risingshadow.net/book/82112-rites-of-the-starling
Release Me (Shatter Me: The New Republic #2) by Tahereh Mafi
Release Date April 7, 2026
#Fantasy #Romance #YoungAdult #Dystopia #Romantasy
Book Promotion: When a world is broken who or what can put it back together? Obviously not Miralees, she's just an acrobat with her family troupe.
Read "Dragons of the Wounded Land"
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Ghostly Returns
Ghostly Returns Ghostly Howls Book 2 by Stephanie Hansen Genre: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, RomantasyIrish folklore meets small town USA Strange visitors have appeared in Ethel, their clothes and mannerisms jarring against the familiar rhythm of the coastal town. The woman in Orla and Dave's spare room speaks in archaic phrases and marvels at electric lights, while the silent man staying with Molly and Cormac carries a translucent device that glows with symbols no one […]https://reluctantretireebookreviews.com/2026/04/06/ghostly-returns/
My spicy queer romantasy is sort of a side project, I also write other fiction stuff with another pseudonym (won't disclose it, because this one here is closed). I haven't been able to work on my "Vivian Redwood" projects for a while now, hopefully soon again. I plan to publish it for free, like my other stories which you can read here on AO3 (some in German, most of them in English):
https://archiveofourown.org/users/Redwood_Vivian/pseuds/Redwood_Vivian/works
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