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Beyond the Aching Door

by Victoria Mier

🌶️🌶️mild·spoiler·The Fatebound Duology #1

Why Read This?

A grief-soaked urban fantasy where Welsh mythology and Slavic folklore collide with modern Philadelphia. The slow burn between a bisexual journalist and an exiled Unseelie Fae King is devastating in the best way. Literary prose that reads like dark poetry, with a mystery that keeps you turning pages even as your heart breaks.

Synopsis

A mortal journalist. A mysterious series of drownings. An exiled Fey king. A forgotten Fatesong. A single, desperate chance to save magic from extinction. All Raegan Maeve Overhill wants is to survive another October. It's the anniversary of the worst thing that ever happened to the unsolved disappearance of her father nearly two decades ago. But when mysterious drownings grip the city of Philadelphia, Raegan sets her mourning rituals aside for a career-making opportunity to lead her newspaper's investigation. Her hunt for answers takes her to the city's shadowy places where magical beings appear in puddles, the Fair Folk offer bargains, and magic is very, very real. When Raegan uncovers a startling connection to her father’s disappearance, she knows she can’t just return to her normal life without finding the truth. To get it, though, she’ll need to make a deal with the dark, deadly and alluring Unseelie Fae King—and do her best to ignore their dangerous attraction to one another. Inspired by Welsh mythology, Slavic folklore and Arthurian legend, Beyond the Aching Door is an adult urban fantasy romance for fans of A Discovery of Witches and Dark Night, Golden Dawn. This spicy fae romantic fantasy is intended for readers 18+.

At a Glance

3.76 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️mild
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

slow burnenemies to loversfated mates

Mood

dark and atmosphericemotionally intensemythologically richyearning-soaked

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.76 ★

Page Count

534 pages

Published

2024

Primary Genre

Fantasy Romance

Pairing

M/F

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Unabridged

Narrator

Sara Brodt

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Spice Details 🌶️

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off-page murder of homeless peoplebrief violencegrief and losssuicidal ideationpsychiatric hospitalizationmissing/presumed dead parentmental illness depiction

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