The Ashen Queen
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A Cinderella story reimagined with fire, passion, and two queens destined to rewrite their world.
Cinderella’s prison isn’t just a manor; it’s the frozen magic of her cruel stepmother, Beatrice. But beneath the ashes smolders a wild, elemental power. When a royal ball calls, Cinderella forges her own magic: a gown of twilight and slippers of moonlight, and walks to the palace on a path made by the loyal earth.
Princess Arianna, sharp and sovereign, seeks an equal, not a suitor. In the defiant, powerful woman who arrives from the night, she finds her queen. Their instant, incendiary connection defies court and convention, sparking a war with the vengeful Beatrice, who poisons the very land to destroy them.
To save the kingdom, Cinderella and Arianna must unite Cinderella’s nurturing fire with Arianna’s commanding will. Their battle is one of symbiotic love against parasitic control, a fight that will crown them as twin rulers of a new era.
“The Ashen Queen” is a complete, epic F/F fantasy romance. It’s a tale of intense passion, magical warfare, and a love so profound it heals a blighted kingdom and seeds its harmony into the stars. This is a “happily ever after” that builds a throne, founds a dynasty, and ultimately becomes the foundational truth of a universe. For fans of sapphic romance, dark fairy tale retellings, and stories where love is the most powerful magic of all.
Forget the glass slipper. This Cinderella wields the fire of rebellion and claims a Queen’s heart.
In a kingdom choked by the frost-magic of her stepmother, Lady Beatrice, Cinderella is more than a servant covered in ash. She is a vessel of a wild, ancient power—a warm, chaotic magic of the earth that Beatrice’s icy domination seeks to extinguish. Her only solace is a dangerous, forbidden attraction to her conflicted stepsister, Helena, and a blazing fantasy of the Crown Princess Arianna, a woman rumored to be as sharp, intelligent, and disinterested in men as she is beautiful.
When a royal ball is announced, Beatrice’s cruelty is a cage, but Cinderella’s spark has become a flame. With no fairy godmother, she forges her own destiny. She draws on the latent magic of her father’s land, crafting a gown of living twilight and slippers of solidified moonlight. Her journey to the palace is not in a pumpkin coach, but on a path cleared by the loyal earth itself.
Princess Arianna is bored by the simpering suitors at her brother’s ball. She rules from the shadows, a strategist yearning for an equal, not a ornament. When Cinderella arrives—a storm of raw power and defiant beauty—Arianna sees not a pauper, but a queen. Their connection is instantaneous, electric, and political dynamite. In a searing kiss on a moonlit balcony, an alliance is born that will shake the kingdom to its foundations.
But Beatrice’s wrath is a glacial fury. She unveils Cinderella’s “true” identity as a mad, thieving ward, forcing a magical confrontation that exposes Cinderella’s power to the entire court. With Arianna’s unwavering support, Cinderella shatters her stepmother’s lies, but declares open war. To save the kingdom from being twisted into a weapon of blight and ice, Cinderella and Arianna must journey into the heart of the corruption. They will face not just an army, but the land itself, perverted into monstrous Frost-Scourged. Their battle will be a test of fire against frost, of symbiotic love against parasitic control.
Victory crowns them not with one throne, but with two. As dual queens, Cinderella and Arianna forge a new kind of rule—one of symbiosis between crown and soil, structure and wildness. Their love deepens from passionate rebellion into a profound partnership, and their legacy is cemented with the birth of their daughter, Elara, a living blend of their magics and the hope of a new age.
“The Ashen Queen” is a complete, sweeping saga that redefines a classic. It is a spellbinding blend of intense, slow-burn F/F romance, epic fantasy warfare, and profound philosophical magic. Follow Cinderella’s transformation from cinder-wench to hearth-queen, Arianna’s journey from icy princess to devoted protector, and their legacy as it expands from a single healed kingdom to a gift of hope woven into the cosmos itself. This is a tale where the “happily ever after” is just the beginning of a forever that reshapes worlds.
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MINDCAPE: A Gay Mind-Reader Romance
Original price was: £9.00.£1.00Current price is: £1.00.Add to cartDetective Leo Valenti hears every thought in LA. Then he meets the one man whose mind is silent—and his whole world changes.
Leo Valenti is a psychic detective with the LAPD’s Special Investigations Unit. His gift has helped him catch serial killers and solve impossible cases. But it has also left him isolated, unable to trust anyone, haunted by the voices of millions.
When a series of art thefts brings him to a Beverly Hills gallery, Leo encounters Roberto Castellano—a handsome Italian art dealer with a mind he cannot read. The silence is intoxicating. The man is irresistible. But Roberto is hiding a secret: his twin brother is “The Ghost,” a psychic criminal who can project illusions and has been hunting Leo for years.
As Leo and Roberto fall into a passionate, desperate romance, they must unite to stop The Ghost and dismantle a network that has been enslaving psychics for decades. From the glittering mansions of Los Angeles to the hidden bunkers of Montana, they’ll face psychic battles, heartbreaking betrayals, and a love that might be the only thing that can save them.
MINDCAPE is a 56-chapter gay romance thriller filled with mind-reading, slow-burn passion, and a found family that will steal your heart. If you love psychic detectives, enemies-to-lovers tension, and happy endings earned through fire, this book is for you.
Read with pride. Love without limits.
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£3.59Add to cartArthur, a traditional baker from Iowa, and Mateo, a modernist pastry star from NYC, are culinary rivals thrown together as finalists on a elite baking show in Italy. Their very public feud—butter vs. liquid nitrogen, heart vs. intellect—is catnip for the cameras. Forced into proximity in a secluded villa, their bitter clashes slowly give way to grudging respect, then into something far more dangerous and delicious.
As they face challenges that test their souls as much as their skills, they discover the vulnerable person behind the other’s professional armor. A stolen kiss amidst a cloud of spilled flour changes everything, but when a scandalous photo leaks, threatening Mateo’s carefully constructed brand, he must choose between protecting his empire or embracing the real, messy connection he’s found with Arthur.
The Last True Bake-Off is a warm, witty, and heartfelt enemies-to-lovers rom-com. It’s a story about embracing the unexpected, finding your perfect blend, and discovering that the greatest creations often come from the most explosive collaborations. Perfect for fans of heartfelt banter, foodie backdrops, and stories where love is the ultimate showstopper.
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Add to cartOn Thin Ice: A Novel of Forbidden Love
Carter Brennan is hockey’s next superstar: strong, handsome, and living the all-American dream. But his perfect life is a lie. Haunted by an attraction he can’t name, his world fractures when he locks eyes with his only true rival—Liam Thibault, the brilliant Canadian goalie.
What begins as competitive fury ignites into something else entirely: a secret, desperate connection forged through stolen glances, late-night messages, and a desire that defies every rule of their sport. As Carter falls deeper for Liam, he’s trapped between his love for his girlfriend, the expectations of his family, and a truth that could destroy his legendary future.
When their hidden relationship explodes into a public scandal, the fallout is catastrophic. Careers hang in the balance, hearts are broken, and families are torn apart. Carter must face the ultimate choice: deny his identity to save the life he knows, or embrace a terrifying love and risk losing everything.
On Thin Ice is a raw, powerful, and unforgettable story of forbidden love in the hyper-masculine world of professional hockey. A 39-chapter journey of tragedy, romance, passion, and sportsmanship, this novel delves into the brutal cost of living authentically and the breathtaking strength it takes to love who you are.
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Add to cartEvan Reed, St. Clare University’s 23-year-old president, has it all: looks, charm, and a brilliant future. He effortlessly charms everyone, especially women, whom he gently rejects with a vow of chastity until marriage. But his perfect facade hides a devastating secret: he is deeply in love with his best friend, Liam Walsh, the school’s star baseball captain.
Trapped by the expectations of his devout family and a conservative town, Evan believes he must choose between his heart and his entire world. Liam, who shares Evan’s secret but not his patience, yearns for a truth they can never speak aloud. Their forbidden connection plays out in stolen glances and secret meetings, a love so powerful it threatens to destroy everything they’ve worked for—Evan’s presidency, Liam’s athletic career, and their reputations.
From the pressures of a glittering gala to the threat of blackmail, The President’s Secret is a sweeping, emotional saga of sacrifice and resilience. This 55-chapter journey follows two men across five years as they navigate family rejection, public scrutiny, and the agonizing distance between the lives they have and the life they desperately want. It’s a story about the cost of living a lie and the fierce, painful fight to build an authentic life together. A heartfelt, angsty MM romance about finding the courage to choose love, no matter the consequence.
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Review (5 Stars): A Scholarly and Sensual Triumph
“As a reader of both romance and speculative fiction, ‘The Ashen Queen’ is a rare gem that satisfies on all levels. The prose is elegant and often lyrical, especially when describing magic. The erotic tension and later intimacy between the leads is written with a fierce tenderness that is genuinely affecting, never gratuitous. From a literary perspective, the use of the Cinderella framework to explore themes of ecological responsibility (the land’s health tied to the ruler’s morality), matriarchal power structures, and the dichotomy between imposed order and emergent, nurturing growth is brilliantly done. Beatrice is a fantastic antagonist—her evil is rooted in a terrifying logic of control. The extended denouement, which follows the ripple effect of their love through eons, is a bold and successful narrative choice that elevates this from a great romance to a timeless legend. Highly recommended for readers who want substance with their steam and philosophy with their fantasy.”
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Review (5 Stars): More Than a Romance—A Foundational Myth
“Calling this a ‘lesbian Cinderella’ does it a disservice. It is that, gloriously so, with some of the most intense and well-written romantic and intimate scenes I’ve encountered. But it’s also a high-stakes political fantasy, a magical war story, and a philosophical exploration of power. The relationship between Cinderella and Arianna is the engine of the plot, but the world-building is stunning. The concept of a land’s magic responding to love or corruption was beautifully executed. The middle chapters, with their battles against the Frost-Scourged, are tense and cinematic. The latter part of the book, which follows their reign and their daughter’s legacy, is unexpectedly moving. It asks: what happens after ‘happily ever after’? The answer is a beautiful, generations-spanning journey about building a just society. The final chapters are poetic, cosmic, and left me in tears. This isn’t just a book; it feels like a new foundational myth.”
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Review (5 Stars): A Masterpiece of Reclamation and Romance
“I have never read a retelling that so completely and brilliantly owned its source material while transforming it into something entirely new and breathtaking. ‘The Ashen Queen’ is not a cute twist; it’s a profound reclamation. Cinderella’s power comes from within, from her connection to the land and her own unbreakable will. Her romance with Arianna is electric—a meeting of minds and magics that feels both destined and earned. The fantasy elements are beautifully realized; the magic system of symbiotic warmth versus domineering frost is a perfect metaphor for their love versus Beatrice’s hatred. The story doesn’t end at the ball or the wedding. It spans generations, evolving into a deep meditation on legacy, stewardship, and how true love can literally reshape a world. This book is epic in every sense: emotionally, magically, and in its scope. It’s the queer, feminist, fantasy epic I didn’t know I was waiting for.”