WRITTEN IN STARLIGHT

From the Fey Academy for Spies series , Vol. 1 by C.N. Crawford & Alex Rivers ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 15, 2026 Confusing, half-baked worldbuilding spoils an otherwise steamy modern romantasy. An unlikely narrator stumbles into a Fey rebellion in this Arthurian-inspired contemporary romantasy. In this first of a planned trilogy, a magical barrier known as the veil separates the human and Fey worlds in the south of France—even as many on both sides hope to pierce it. American vacationer Nia Melisende, an asthmatic and out-of-shape bookseller, is on a two-week European jaunt, having “manifested this trip with positive thoughts and vision boards.” She is also taking a break from her vodka-addled mother. In short order, Nia bumbles across a group of fugitive demi-Fey that embroils her in an impromptu secret mission. She’s reunited with an old Fey flame, Raphael Launcelot, who concludes that Nia is exactly the person he needs to assist a growing rebellion against an evil Fey contingent. Raphael, lethal and arrogant, kidnaps Nia and enrolls her in Avalon Tower, an elite spy training academy that forbids romance between students. The seductive Raphael mentors Nia in close quarters as the...