
Genre:
Fantasy
Themes:
Adventure / Survival
Butch / Butch
Fish Out of Water
Found Family
Interracial / Multicultural Relationship
Loss / Grieving / Widow
Magic
Religion
Revenge
Saving the World
Supernatural Elements
Heat Level:
Fade to Black (sex scenes are mostly implied and use euphemistic language)
Archetypes:
Psychic / Medium
Sorcerer / Wizard / Alchemist
Spy / Assassin
Swordsperson / Archer
Geographic Location:
Fantasy or Fictional Setting
Setting:
Castle / Palace
Foreign Country
Forest
Investigation / Stakeout
Kingdom / Realm
Sacred Space / Place of Worship
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Trigger/Content Warning:
Family rejection; church trauma
The Dark Legend
The Shadows over Alfar Series, Book 1
By Phoebe Ravencraft
Sapphic action-adventure that's shaken, not stirred.
Wren Xavier prizes loyalty above all else. So when someone murders her only friend in the world, the magical superspy swears she’ll bring the killer to justice. But her only lead is the megalomaniacal ambassador from the enchanted land of elves – who couldn’t possibly have committed the crime.
Pursuing her quarry to his home country, the thirty-nine-year-old covert operative finds herself in over her head in a culture she doesn’t understand. And when she discovers a link between the suspect, a sinister artifact, and a psychotic assassin, falling for the lovely captain of the guard may be the mistake that puts them both in the ground.
Can Wren expose a conspiratorial coup, or will her quest for vengeance meet with fatal failure?
The Dark Legend is the page-turning first book in the Shadows over Alfar queer, fantasy-espionage mashup series. If you like strong LGBTQ+ characters, swords and sorcery, and action that’s shaken, not stirred, then you’ll love Phoebe Ravencraft’s electrifying adventure.