CP for Sapphic Scottish Romantasy

[Amber Cummings]

Heyy,

Me again, I was hoping to get one more set of eyes on my novel before moving on to the next stage. It is 124k right now, it's based on various folklore and mythology from Scotland, and the world itself is modelled after the Highlands. It does also feature some Scottish Gaelic. I, myself, am Scottish so this is very much a passion project for me.

Two books I've read that really showcases me would be An Education in Malice by S. T. Gibson and This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne (really anything by this author, ngl). Also House of Rayne by Harley Laroux, I just finished it and I adored every second.

Blurb: 

Amryn Fraser guards a tower filled with cursed grimoires and wicked artefacts. Years ago, she fell in love with a human warrior who cursed her heart to forever be frozen, stripping her of love, joy, and kindness, leaving behind only hatred, coldness, and stone walls she can never escape from. A curse that has held tight for almost a decade until a strange soldier shows up on her doorstep, a woman with the ability to melt what was once trapped in ice.

Blair Hunter is someone who would rather live in a haunted house in the middle of snake-infested woods than at her sister’s warrior school. Her sister became a living legend when she ended a brutal war, yet Blair constantly lives in her shadow. One day, she tasks Blair with transporting an enchanted dagger to the magic librarian, Amryn. A very being Blair has been trained to kill, and taught to hate.

Upon delivering the dagger, she finds herself trapped within the library. In their forced confinement, their prejudices, hatred and loyalties are tested. As Amryn’s heart melts and Blair awakens a dark and deadly secret within herself, it isn’t long before the two find themselves drowning in forbidden desire.

Just as a heads up, this is not a cosy novel, this is very much a dark romantasy with gothic, horror themes to it and there are some trigger warning so please read below before replying.

TWS: Blood, gore, fantasy violence, torture, child abuse, harassment, off-colour comments about sapphics, abandonment. (Just as a side comment, there is no SA in this novel.)

Thank you very much for reading, if anyone would like to help with this book, feel free to email me at aecum...@gmail.com. It would really mean a lot for me :)

Thanks,

Ambi