Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Read about characters falling in love in new fantasy worlds of dark academia, spies, magical familiars, and assassins. This romantasy panel was part of Penguin Random House, Library Journal, and School Library Journal's Winter 2025 Virtual Book & Author Festival that debuted on December 4, 2025 and features the following authors:
(click on the links to learn more about each book)

Heba Al-Wasity, WEAVINGSHAW (Del Rey)
penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9780593982570

Keshe Chow, STRANGE FAMILIARS (Ace)
penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9780593956489

Amy de la Force, A KISS OF HAMMER AND FLAME (DK)
penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9798217253074

Braidee Otto, SONGBIRD OF THE SORROWS (The Dial Press)
penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9798217153824

Madeline Taylor, HEIR OF ILLUSION (Zando Slowburn)
penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9781638934448

Moderator: Nicole Gaudier Alemañy, Children's Librarian, Brooklyn Public Library (NY)