The Raven & the Lake
Hoarfrost, Book One
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Pub Date Sep 15 2026 | Archive Date Feb 28 2027
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Description
A SECOND-CHANCE FATED-MATES ROMANCE IN A DYING FAERY
Broken ley lines, old gods, and an Arthurian crown force two former lovers back into each other’s orbit—where desire may heal Faery or finish breaking it.
Three years ago, Jesryn Hallows fled Faery, the gods, and the fated mate who betrayed her. She built a mortal life far beyond the Veil and tried to forget the magic she left behind.
Unfortunately, the gods have other plans.
With Faery’s ley lines failing and magic bleeding from the realm, the gods give Jesryn an ultimatum: return and take up the mantle she once refused—or watch Faery unravel and her people lose their magic forever.
But going home means facing Owyn Corey.
He is no longer the golden princeling Jesryn remembers. Three years with a frayed matebond have left him volatile, obsessive, and haunted by the woman he never stopped searching for. He wants her gone. He wants her back. And when Jesryn returns, neither of them can pretend the bond between them died when she crossed the Veil.
Worse, Faery can feel it too.
Their volatile emotions bleed into the failing ley lines, and the realm is running out of time. Jesryn and Owyn must reckon with the choice that broke them—and decide whether the love neither managed to kill can become the thing that saves their world.
With a phoenix-shifting best friend, her chaotic why-choose Aerie, old gods who still walk the world, and Arthurian legend woven through a dying magical realm, HOARFROST begins The Raven & the Lake, a six-book mythic fantasy romance series about one catastrophic choice, its thousand-year consequences, and a love powerful enough to remake Faery.
For readers of A River Enchanted, The Wolf and the Woodsman, and The Knight and the Moth who crave immersive worldbuilding, aching romance, old magic, and gods who still walk among mortals.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
“Dark, eerie, dramatic, poetic... Dripping with magic and spectacular imagery that sweeps you from your own world into Arcadia.”
—Advance Reader
“This is a love story fueled by legend. Full of open wounds, jagged shards of broken hearts, second chances and grief that had my eyes welling.”
—Advance Reader
“Arguably the most quotable book I’ve ever read... Truly classic writing that is hard to find among today’s popular books.”
—Advance Reader
“A beautifully written story filled with magic, myth, slow-burn romance, and an immersive setting... the emotionally charged ending has me looking forward to Book 2.”
—Advance Reader
Marketing Plan
• Extensive advance reader campaign with 100+ ARC readers across digital and print formats
• Special-edition physical ARC campaign for Bookstagram and fantasy-romance reviewers
• Six-month NetGalley review campaign, including Featured Title promotion
• Advance review outreach to fantasy, romantasy, mythic fantasy, and Arthurian-fiction readers
• Paid Meta/Instagram advertising campaign leading into and following publication
• Ongoing Instagram campaign featuring character introductions, excerpts, quotes, worldbuilding, reader reactions, and behind-the-scenes content
• Reader unboxings, reviews, and social-media features throughout the prepublication and launch period
• Author newsletter, Beyond the Mist, supporting launch and ongoing series promotion
• Direct reader outreach through RowanRavenheart.com and author social channels
• Goodreads author presence and reader-review campaign
• Amazon Kindle Unlimited launch promotion
• Paperback and hardcover distribution through Amazon KDP and IngramSpark
• Signed copies and direct-to-reader editions available through the author’s online shop
• Continued promotion throughout The Raven & the Lake series, with Book Two, Maelstrom, currently in development
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9798996712403 |
| PRICE | $4.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 380 |