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🩸 He took her captive.

👑 vampire conqueror × half-fae noblewoman
🖤 forced proximity, forbidden love, and revenge
✨ magic, political intrigue, and enemies who can't stay apart

Whispers of Stone and Silver by Augusta Grey is for readers who love dark romantasy, slow-burning tension, and dangerous love caught between war and destiny.

Read the ARC: https://penpinery.com/u/1862/whispers-of-stone-and-silver/

⚔️ Two assassins. One impossible mission. A prophecy that could destroy everything.

🗡️ assassin heroines on a deadly quest
🖤 forbidden love in the Dark Fae court
🔥 slow burn, forced proximity, and dangerous magic

Assassins of Shadows and Steel by B. A. Milsop is for readers who love dark romantasy, lethal heroines, and high-stakes adventure.

Read the ARC today: https://penpinery.com/u/2080/assassins-of-shadows-and-steel/

The reason everyone's obsessed with dark romance? The villains love harder. 😏

Here's some new dark romance ARCs now on Pen Pinery

1. A Field Beyond Notions by Atria J. Merian
2. The Divide by Marie Nightwell - instant approval
3. Blood Debt by Roman Vasiliev
4. Marked in Blood by Emmett Vance

Find more dark romance here: https://penpinery.com/ARCs/genre/darkromance/

🎯 He was supposed to be the target.

💀 assassin × target romance
🖤 forced alliance between two men marked for death
🔥 one missed shot changes everything

Bad Aim by Kai Ashford is for readers who love MM romantic suspense, morally gray characters, deadly chemistry, and the moment an assassin realizes he can't pull the trigger.

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Looking for slowburn romance readers for ARC feedback

We have 7+ slowburn ARCs looking for ARC readers. If you're someone who loves the slow tension, the glances, the moment when it finally happens. We'd love your thoughts before these go live.

Read these ARCs today: https://penpinery.com/ARCs/genre/slowburn/

🌹 Pen Pinery's Thursday Spotlight is here!

Here are 4 ROMANCE ARCs you wont be able to keep your hands off:

• Protocol by Alison Austin (forcedproximity)
• The Carpenter's Second Chance by Dan Leonard (slowburn)
• Weddings Coordinated by Lisa S. Gayle (workplaceromance)
• Birthspell - Book 1 - Part 1 by Miriam Khan (paranormal)

What is the Thursday Spotlight?

Every Thursday, Pen Pinery features 4 standout romance ARCs in our weekly Thursday Spotlight. This promotion highlights indie romance books to a wider audience of ARC readers. We share these featured romance ARCs across social media, our email newsletter, and Reddit to help readers discover the best new romance releases before anyone else.

Learn more about Pen Pinery's Thursday Spotlight.

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Thank you, readers! 💖 We couldn't grow into the romance ARC platform we're becoming without you. 📚✨

So excited for our authors who connected with so many readers today! 🌹💕

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👯‍♀️ twin-switch chaos and secret identities
💼 workplace romance with a boss who's getting suspicious
💍 childhood friend feelings, wedding drama, and plenty of rom-com messiness

Weddings Coordinated by Lisa S. Gayle is a fast-paced romantic comedy where one harmless favor turns into a tangle of secrets, chemistry, and unexpected love.

Download the ARC: https://penpinery.com/u/1399/weddings-coordinated/ (instant approval)

This is a love story about what you're willing to sacrifice to get what you want.

🖤 morally gray FMC with dangerous power 🔥 obsession, manipulation, and intense chemistry ⚡ dark literary romance with supernatural elements

The Divine Feminine Scent by E.C. Beaumont is for readers who enjoy psychological intensity, power dynamics, and romances that refuse to follow the usual rules.

READ THE ARC: https://penpinery.com/ec.beaumont/the-divine-feminine-scent/

She fell for the right brother.

Unfortunately, the wrong brother couldn't let it go.

🌿 vineyard romance set in Argentina
🖤 family secrets and emotional betrayal
🌹 a love worth fighting for when everything starts falling apart

First Bloom by Aprille Karats is for readers who love sweeping family sagas, complicated relationships, and romance that keeps growing even when the world around it starts unraveling.

Read the ARC: https://penpinery.com/u/1867/first-bloom/

The best hockey romances are the ones where they're absolutely not supposed to fall for each other.

🏒 athlete × journalist
🖤 slow-burn, off-limits romance
🔥 a season of pretending they don't want each other

Between the Glass by H.A. Laine is for readers who love sharp banter, buried feelings, and the kind of chemistry that gets harder to ignore with every game.

Read the ARC: https://penpinery.com/u/1464/between-the-glass-a-steamy-off-limits-hockey-romance/

This ARC opens with an immortal being describing his daily routine... and then immediately admitting he's completely gone for one woman.

💀 immortal MMC with a dangerous obsession
🖤 paranormal romance with dark humor
🔔 “I planned our future” energy from page one

A Field Beyond Notions by Atria J. Merian is for readers who like dark paranormal romance, mutual obsession, and love interests who fall first, hardest, and perhaps a little unreasonably.

READ THE ARC: https://penpinery.com/u/1593/a-field-beyond-notions/

new ARC for MM romance readers with suspense + small-town secrets 👀

⛵ rich runaway MMC starting over on a ship
🖤 tattooed small-town love interest with a complicated past
⚠️ romance tangled up in corruption and danger

*Freedom to Me* by Sidney Quinn is for readers who like attraction that pulls hard, secrets that don’t stay buried, and love stories built in messy, high-stakes places.

Read the ARC: https://penpinery.com/u/1565/freedom-to-me/

What if the person you've been telling your secrets to every night suddenly became your boss?

🌙 anonymous midnight calls turn into real life

💬 workplace romance with forced proximity

🖤 secret identities, slow burn, and nonstop tension

ARC AVAILABLE NOW: https://penpinery.com/u/1830/talk-to-me-at-midnight/

Talk to Me at Midnight by Stephanie Harina looks perfect for readers who love hidden connections, awkward chemistry, and the moment two people realize they know each other far better than they should.