All-new Glass Library, The Faithless and Mountains Made of Glass, plus 17 more of the most anticipated new fantasy books of March 2023 (10+ more coming soon!)
Gargoyles. Fallen fae. And innocents raising the dead. From deadly high fantasy romance to epic retellings and anthologies to sprawling historical fantasy mysteries – these are the first set of anticipated new fantasy books of March 2023 (loads more to come in the next few weeks!).
New Fantasy Books in March
A Game of Malice and Greed
3 March 2023
The twisted sisters are back! The first book in the exciting new The Fallen Fae series from Zodiac Academy co-author sisters Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, A Game of Malice and Greed (AGOMAG) is an enigmatic dark fae-focused romance complete with gods, curses, warriors and forbidden love.
Genres Fantasy, Romance, Fae, New Adult, High Fantasy
Authors Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti, UK
Publisher Dark Ink Publishing | Buy it (kindle only)
The Foxglove King
7 March 2023
Book 1 in Hannah Whitten’s brand-new romantic epic fantasy The Nightshade Crown series, The Foxglove King introduces us to a young woman with the secret and rare gift of raising the dead. When caught out, though, she’s not burnt but instead called to the king – seems there’s a blight affecting the outskirts of the kingdom, and talents just like hers are needed. But can she navigate the intricacies of the king’s court, now to mention the politics and the devout religious? Her power is of darkness, after all, and the darkness she was running from is now starting to catch up.
Genres Fantasy, Romance, Adult, LGBTQ, Young Adult, Magic, High Fantasy
Author Hannah Whitten | Home Tennessee, US
Publisher Orbit | Buy it
Dead Country
7 March 2023
Max Gladstone is taking us back to his The Craft universe with Dead Country. Book 1 in the brand-new The Craft Wars sequence is billed as both the finale of The Craft saga and an intriguing entry point for new readers. Seemingly an ocean of time from her childhood home now that she’s dealt with gods, encountered monsters and been embroiled in more would-be wars than she can count, Tara Abernathy is called back to bury her father. But a chance encounter with a powerful being just as lost as she was those many years ago, could now change the world forever.
Genres Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adult, Horror, Science Fiction
Author Max Gladstone | Home born Cambridge; lives Somerville, Massachusetts, US
Publisher Tor Publishing Group | Buy it
The Queen’s Price
7 March 2023
The 12th book in Ann Bishop’s Black Jewels series sees three young women pushed within the powerful monarchic SaDiablo family to a point where they must choose to pay the Queen’s price – the ultimate sacrifice of self for what you believe is right. Life at court doesn’t come easily to Zoey, the would-be queen. But an alliance with one everyone warns her against might just be her price. While witch Jillian risks revealing a terrible secret and the High Lord of Hell’s daughter, Saetien, embarks on a quest for her own truth. In Anne Bishop’s The Queen’s Price.
Genres Fantasy, High Fantasy, Romance, Dark Fantasy
Author Anne Bishop | Home New York, US
Publisher Penguin | Buy it
The Faithless
7 March 2023
Book 2 of CL Clark’s Magic of the Lost trilogy, The Faithless sees Qazal rebels victorious against the empire. But that freedom might be shortlived as warrior Touraine discovers leading a nation is different from leading a rebellion. At the same time, empress heir Luca must reclaim her throne from her usurping uncle, yet her allies are all slowly disappearing from her side. She might have to work with Touraine, overcoming their history and heartbreak if anyone is to have their freedom.
Genres Fantasy, LGBTQ, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Romance
Author CL Clark | Home Amsterdam, Netehrlands
Publisher Hachette UK | Buy it
Instinct: An Animal Rescuers Anthology
7 March 2023
And, for something a little different, Instinct: An Animal Rescuers Anthology is as the name suggests a collection of entirely new short stories in famous worlds of 17-odd great fantasy authors. It includes Patricia Briggs with a Mercy Thompson and Alpha & Omega story and Jim Butcher with something unseen from The Dresden Files. Etc. With a bit of a twist – these stories focus on the creatures who fight alongside some of your favourite heroes. Catch Instinct: An Animal Rescuers Anthology.
Genres Anthology, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Authors numerous, including LJ Hachmeister, Jim Butcher, Kelley Armstrong, Patricia Briggs
Publisher Source 7 Productions | Buy it (kindle only)
Mountains Made of Glass
7 March 2023
The first book in Scarlett St Clair’s new Fairy Tale Retelling series, Mountains Made of Glass puts an exciting new spin on the Brothers Grimm classic The Frog Prince with overtones of Beauty and the Beast. Gisela lives in a town troubled by curses, each to be broken by a resident. And when the town well dries up and it’s her turn to dispel the curse by killing the toad that lives in the water, things get complicated by the fact that he’s not really a toad but an elven prince suffering a curse of his own – or so the toad claims. She doesn’t wait to find out, though, killing the poor toad. But now his brothers come to seek revenge by kidnapping her to live with their seventh brother, known only as the Beast. All in Scarlett St Clair’s Mountains Made of Glass.
Genres Fantasy, Retelling, Romance
Author Scarlett St Clair | Home Oklahoma City, US
Publisher Bloom Books | Buy it (kindle only)
The Medici Manuscript
7 March 2023
The second book in CJ Archer’s gaslamp Glass Library series, The Medici Manuscript sees Sylvia discover a book that could hold the keys to understanding her family history (and their special kind of magic) in an attic in the old Italian city of Florence. Trusting others isn’t easy, and confiding in Gabe is hard. But when the book suddenly disappears it rends the two (and Sylvia’s heart – for how can she tear herself away from one so magnetic?), and they must act fast before its secrets are lost forever.
Genres Fantasy, Mystery, Historical Fiction, Books About Books
Author CJ Archer | Home Melbourne, Australia
Publisher CJ Archer | Buy it
Conquer the Kingdom
7 March 2023
The finale in Jennifer Estep’s Gargoyle Queen trilogy, Conquer the Kingdom sees crown princess Gemma struggle to maintain the normal day-to-day with a powerful enemy still out there plotting against her kingdom. Not even the enticing Prince Leonidas can keep her mind off it; when the Sword and Shield tournament brings warriors from every corner of the kingdom into the capital. As the kingdom seems to be slipping from her grasp, there’s nothing for it but for Gemma to dig deep and uncover the true secret of her latent magic.
Genres Fantasy, Magic, Romance, Adult, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance
Author Jennifer Estep | Home Southern USA
Publisher Harper Voyager | Buy it
The Primal Hunter 5
10 March 2023
For something very different and very special, The Primal Hunter is a popular new Literary RPG series. That is: a new genre that’s a mix between a book and a role-playing game, with classes, levels the works. You can read it as a book, though you have to make some choices along the way, and the stories are compelling. In the 5th LitRPG by enigmatic self-publisher and creator Zogarth, “earthling” Jake continues his quest through the multiverse, this time against the vampires and the land of Yalsten itself as all the major factions of earth descend on the cursed land in search of treasure, in The Primal Hunter 5.
Genres LitRPG, Literary Role-Playing Game, Fantasy, Dystopian, Apocalyptic, Urban Fantasy
Author Zogarth
Publisher Independent | Buy it
When He’s Torn
10 March 2023
The fifth book in Suzanne Wright’s The Olympus Pride series, When He’s Torn sees snake-shifter Bailey and cat-shifter Deke dance around between love and hate. Until a typical shapeshifter phase known as touch fever forces usually grumpy Deke to let his guard down, tangling the duo up in an affair no one might have seen coming.
Genres Paranormal, Fantasy, Romance, Adult, Shapeshifters, Urban Fantasy
Author Suzanne Wright | Home England, UK
Publisher Tantor Media & Independent | Buy it (kindle only)
Feed Them Silence
14 March 2023
A scientific researcher develops a neurological interface to link her mind to that of a wild wolf. You know, to satisfy both her research needs and lifelong obsession with life in a wolfpack. The forest, true freedom, even the taste of a fresh kill – but especially the sense of belonging to the pack. These will all be hers. Except that it all comes at a terrible cost to her marriage. Herself and the poor creature she must inhabit. But how can she possibly stop now?
Genres Horror, Science Fiction, Novella, Adult, LGBTQ, Fantasy, Short Stories
Author Lee Mandelo | Home Lexington, Kentucky, US
Publisher Tor Publishing Group | Buy it
Bitter Medicine
14 March 2023
In a contemporary paranormal fantasy debut, Taiwanese-American author Mia Tsai explores the lives of an underperforming and underappreciated Chinese magical calligrapher and a French half-elf security expert with a secret. The duo form a partnership, rendering both of them perhaps more effective, but, as with any modern tale, they yearn to be free of the daily grind. Problem is the “agency” they work for is no mortal outfit. And freedom might cost much more than either of them have to sacrifice.
Genres Fantasy, Romance, Adult, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Magic, LGBTQ
Author Mia Tsai | Home Atlanta, US
Publisher Tachyon Publications | Buy it
The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King
15 March 2023, TBC
There’s not much info on Carissa Broadbent’s second novel in her Crowns of Nyaxia series, The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King. Other than that it follows from the Nightborn vampire king’s adopted human daughter Oraya and ruthless killer Raihn, who competed together in the legendary Kejari tournament. And now, the duo might be asked to make the ultimate sacrifice in the name of love and power. Though the release date is still uncertain for Carissa Broadbent’s The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King.
Genres Fantasy, Romance, Vampires, Paranormal, Adult, High Fantasy, Supernatural
Author Carissa Broadbent | Home Rhode Island, US
Publisher Independent | Buy it (kindle only)
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath
21 March 2023
The sequel to Garth Nix’s The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, The Sinister Booksellers of Bath sees the booksellers who police the Old World troubled by an entity in the hot springs of Bath. And when a sorcerous map gets left-handed bookseller Merlin in deep trouble, a rescue attempt by his right-handed bookseller sister, Vivien, and art student Susan Arkshaw sees the trio transported to a realm of deadly sorcery and monstrous living statues. The first step in a long journey to uncover the secrets of the deadly Ancient Sovereign now threatening everything in the world of mortals and magic.
Genres Fantasy, Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Magic, Historical, Suspense
Author Garth Nix | Home born Melbourne,; lives Sydney, Australia
Publisher Harper Collins | Buy it
Overlord, Vol. 15
21 March 2023
And for something a little different… Overlord is a long-running light novel series (part manga, part novel), translated into English from Japanese. It’s the story of an Ainz (a former human game player who remained logged into his favourite game when the servers shut off, and the entire game world got remade into reality in another realm). This time, Ainz, Aura and Mare travel to elf country for a bit of R&R, unknowing that the Slane Theocracy plans to overthrow the elves in preparation for war with the Nation of Darkness.
Genres Manga, Anime, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Author Kugane Maruyama | Home Japan
Publisher Yen On | Buy it
The Witch and the Vampire: A Novel
21 March 2023
A standalone Rapunzel retelling, Francesca Flores’s The Witch and the Vampire follows two childhood best friends grown apart. Kaye has just graduated as a flame witch and is determined to prove herself by ridding the town of vampires. While Ava never graduated, because she was attacked and turned into a vampire in a tragic accident. Now, as Ava flees the village for refuge in the ancient woods, Kaye joins her with a promise of friendship (a lie, she wants to turn her in herself). But the woods are deadly – man-eating trees, vicious vampires attacking from above and Ava’s hunters at their heels. And with every step, Kaye begins to question more and more the truth of everything she was led to believe about witches and vampires.
Genres Fantasy, Lesbian, Young Adult, LGBTQ, Romance, Retellings, Vampires, Witches, Paranormal
Author Francesca Flores | Home San Francisco, US
Publisher St. Martin’s | Buy it
We Dream of Gods
21 March 2023
The fourth and final book in Devin Madson’s The Reborn Empire series, We Dream of Gods sees the fate of the world decided when gods and men go to war. Dethroned Empress Miko Ts’ai has a dangerous plan to retake her empire. Rah e’Torin is at the head of a group of Swords again. Cassandra Marius’ mind is no longer her own. And Dishiva e’Jaroven must give up everything in order to gain the power to win a new homeland in We Dream of Gods.
Genres Fantasy, Adult
Author Devin Madson | Home Australia
Publisher Orbit | Buy it
The Lies of the Ajungo
21 March 2023
In Nigerian-American author Moses Ose Utomi’s debut novella The Lies of the Ajungo, a young boy convinces their chief to disobey the terrifying Ajungo Empire by giving his mother some water illegally. In return, he will set out into the desert and bring back enough water for everyone – an easy promise to make because any fate will be better than waiting for the Ajungo to arrive and take him as a sacrifice for the water. Yet he doesn’t plan on leaving anyone to their fate. He will be back with water and salvation.
Genres Fantasy, Novella, Adult, Science Fiction, High Fantasy, Short Stories, Dystopia, Africa
Author Moses Ose Utomi | Home Honolulu, Hawaii, US
Publisher Tor.com | Buy it
Smolder
21 March 2023
Book 29 in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series, Laurell K Hamilton’s Smolder sees monster-killing necromancer and Preternatural US Marshall Anita begin preparations to marry none other than the new vampire king Jean-Claude. But a new and ancient evil is revealed as a spate of bloodcurdling killings (human and monster) sweeps across the country to arrive in St Louis, just in time to challenge the would-be happy couple’s union, in Smolder.
Genres Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Vampires, Paranormal, Romance, Shapeshifters, LGBTQ
Author Laurell K Hamilton | Home born Arkansas; lives St Louis, Missouri, US
Publisher Berkley | Buy it
A Kingdom of Venom and Vows
23 March 2023
The final book in Holly Renee’s spicy Stars and Shadows series sees once-reluctant Adara come into her own. Once the plaything of princes, manipulated and forced against her own heart and desires into a toxic union with one who is only after her latent power (even if she’s always refused to accept or wield it). What will Evren give to finally come and steal her away?
Genres Fantasy, Romance, Fae, Vampires, High Fantasy, Paranormal
Author Holly Renee | Home Maryville Tennessee
Publisher Holly Renee Publishing | Buy it
A House With Good Bones
23 March 2023
T Kingfisher’s new Southern Gothic-style contemporary horror mystery A House With Good Bones sees young woman Sam excited to return to her North Carolina childhood home for an extended visit with her mom. But all is not well. The warmth is gone from the house. And her mother is constantly on edge and looking over her shoulder as vultures circle the garden. When Sam starts discovering horrifying clues to the mystery of what’s up with her mom and this house, things start to unfold that could make her wish she never started asking questions.
Genres Horror, Gothic, Fantasy, Adult, Mystery, Paranormal, Thriller
Author T Kingfisher | Home North Carolina, US
Publisher Tor Publishing Group | Buy it
And Put Away Childish Things
28 March 2023
It seems that nothing failing kids’ TV presenter Harry Bodie does can further his career. And the act that he has a famous grandmother who wrote a hit children’s book series set in a fantastical place called Underhill seems to be more of a hindrance than a help. Until Harry gets mysteriously called to the delightful fantasy world of Underhill. Which isn’t very delightful at all. Find out in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s novella, And Put Away Childish Things.
Genres Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adult, Novella
Author Adrian Tchaikovsky | Home born Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire; lives Leeds, UK
Publisher Simon Schuster | Buy it
Herrick’s Lie
28 March 2023
The 2nd book in the Neath trilogy, Herrick’s Lie sees Ollie troubled again by approaching doom. This time, everyone’s at risk because of him, and he has to brave the deep dark waters of a foreboding underground lake to stand any kind of chance at setting things right.
Genres Fantasy, Young Adult
Author TM Blanchet | Home Massachusetts, US
Publisher Tiny Fox Press | Buy it
Forever
28 March 2023
Book no 2 in The Lair of the Wolven series, Forever sees clanless Lydia and US operative Daniel finally together only to realise that he is terminally ill. And when the compound they’re in comes under attack, Daniel has no doubt it’s his former boss and has to summon all his strength to protect Lydia, even it means this is the last time they’ll see each other.
Genres Paranormal, Romance, Shapeshifters, Fantasy, Werewolves, Urban Fantasy, Vampires
Author JR Ward | Home Louisville, Kentucky, US
Publisher Pocket Books | Buy it
The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill
28 March 2023
Through the years, people have forgotten the secrets of what lay beyond the hills. And when Alaine’s sister confides in her that her husband is not the man she thought, she must find a way to help free her sister from her vows. But mere human ways won’t do. Luckily, she still remembers some of the old songs and wisdom of trading goods for favours with the fae folk of Prospect Hill. And small favours seem to work to buy them time. But true freedom might cost more than anyone’s willing to sacrifice.
Genres Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Fairies, Fae, Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy
Author Rowenna Miller | Home Midwest, US
Publisher Redhook | Buy it
Vigil’s Balance
28 March 2023
Another great literary RPG! Book 3 in James A Hunter’s popular LitRPG series Vigil Bound. Vigil’s Balance sees Boyd Knight forced to join the Fae Queen of Oblivion’s deadly wyld hunt. To refuse is to die, but undertaking the quest might not be much different. Can he navigate the treacherous politics of the fae court?
Genres LitRPG, Literary Role-Playing Game, Fantasy, Mystery, Fae
Author James A Hunter | Home bone Denver, Colorado; lives Lexington, Kentucky, US
Publisher Shadow Alley Press | Buy it (kindle)
The Gargoyle’s Captive
28 March 2023
The third instalment in Katee Robert’s steamy A Deal With a Demon series, The Gargoyle’s Captive sees determined monster hunter Grace allow herself to be taken as captive to the demon realm in order to find her long lost mother (who’d done the same many years ago). Problem is she can’t get away, and her mind gets fuzzier as her captor finds and seduces her again and again…
Genres Romance, Fantasy, Monsters, Adult, Paranormal, Demons
Author Katee Robert | Home Pacific Northwest, US
Publisher Trinkets and Tales | Buy it
What Lurks Between the Fates
28 March 2023
Book 3 in the Of Flesh & Bone series, What Lurks Between the Fates sees Estrella captured for the sake of Caldris by the vicious Queen of Air & Darkness, who keeps her purely because no one still knows who she truly is. But her and Caldris’ freedom might yet come at a very high price.
Genres Fantasy, Romance, Fae, Magic, Fairies, Paranormal, High Fantasy, Dark
Author Harper L Woods | Home US
Publisher Adelaide Forrest | Buy it
Lady of Starfire
30 March 2023
The fifth book in the Lady of Darkness series, Lady of Starfire sees Scarlett Sutara Aditya prepare for the final battle of her realm. The cost of which might be more than anyone can bear, but there might ye again be a glimmer of hope, as before in darkness, this time salvation could come from the stars.
Genres Fantasy, Fae, Romance, Magic, Adult, New Adult, Paranormal, Vampires
Author Melissa K Roehrich | Home North Dakota, US
Publisher Tractors & Heels | Buy it
Note: I try my best to get every bit of info I can about these fantasy books in March, and will keep updating this page. If you know of an author and book that should be on this list, let me know at elvorne@scifixfantasy.com. And I’ll make it happen.
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