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ROUGH AROUND THE HEDGES Adult Fantasy Theme  OwlCrate

ROUGH AROUND THE HEDGES

After a lifetime of serving darkness, a witch searching for redemption starts anew in a quiet town where magic thrives among flowers and roots. She opens a small shop, hoping to grow and provide something good for the world, but learns that goodness is not as easy as planting seeds and hoping that they grow.⁠ ⁠

 

When a strange affliction begins to spread through her small town, the witch is forced to work together with an unlikely ally to put a stop to it. Both must face their fears, their pasts, and their growing feelings for one another and decide if redemption is something that one can grow, or something that must be earned.⁠

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KINGDOM COME

Once, there was a legendary hero—an orphaned girl who rose to knighthood and died in service to her queen and country. Her tale, passed down through the ages, has taken many forms. Yet the truth behind the myth has been lost to time, buried beneath centuries of retelling.⁠

Many years later, a struggling scholar, who was once a disgraced soldier, falls in love with the story. His search for the truth takes him further than he ever imagined, into the past itself. There, he meets the hero whose life he’s dedicated himself to, and together they become trapped in a time-loop, bound to relive the same legend again and again.⁠

But legends are meant to end in tragedy. The hero’s death is a constant, foretold in every version of the tale. To break free from their fate, they must do the impossible, rewrite the story that has already been written.⁠

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ALCHEMIC BONDS

In a world ruled by wealth and power, alchemy is the hidden art of transformation—used by crime syndicates to produce a priceless drug known as sand. Coveted and closely guarded, the ability to create this drug is a dangerous privilege, and alchemists are recruited into these syndicates early on.⁠ ⁠ In a city ruled by alchemy, two rival syndicates vie for control, locked in a fragile balance.

 

 

That balance begins to crumble when two former childhood best friends, now on opposing sides, are pulled into the escalating conflict. One, desperate to escape a life of poverty, joins one syndicate in search of something better. The other, taken from his family at a young age, has risen through the other syndicate as a formidable force.⁠ Once inseparable, they now stand as enemies in a war driven by ambition, betrayal, and the seductive promise of transformation—one where no one emerges unchanged, and not everyone survives.⁠

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A DEAL WITH DEATH

Born to lead, a young ruler faces a kingdom ravaged by a deadly plague. She agrees to a political marriage in hopes of saving her people—but the union ends in betrayal when her new husband murders her and seizes the throne. Death, however, is not the end. Her spirit encounters a powerful god desperate to return to the mortal world. He offers her a deal: help him rise again, and in return, she will reclaim her life and her crown. But he is a cunning and dangerous ally—a trickster whose alliances are ambiguous and strange. As they work together, their bond deepens, blurring the lines between duty and desire, and soon she realizes that the throne she wants might not be the one in the mortal realm.
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THROUGH THE MIRROR

In our August book, a healer is summoned to treat a princess suffering from a baffling and deadly illness. The search for a cure leads to the discovery of an enchanted realm hidden behind mirrors—a place that may contain the key to healing or be the very source of the affliction.

 

Accompanied by a stoic guard and guided by a vain, sharp-tongued cat, the healer must venture into this strange world in search of answers. But time is running out, and what awaits beyond the glass may endanger them all.⁠

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STEALING HEARTS

Our July book features our protagonist, a powerful sorceress who has decided to retire. Weary from a lifetime of waging wars at the behest of kings and queens, she’s sequestered herself away in hopes of finding peace. The only company she keeps is an enigmatic wolf from myth, a kestrel who holds the magic of a goddess, and a cat that almost seems to be made out of magic. But peace, it turns out, is not very interesting.⁠ ⁠

 

On a whim, our protagonist decides to sneak into the grandest library in existence—the domain of her greatest rival, another powerful sorcerer whose magic has been used for war. When her rash decision to steal a book sets off a dangerous game of words and wits between the two sorcerers, she soon realizes that a connection has formed between them. But when her rival is forced to fight a war against the queen she once served, our protagonist realizes that soon, she’ll have to make a difficult choice.⁠

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ARCANE ACADEMICS

Our June Adult Fantasy book follows a powerful magician as she tries to protect the school she’s in charge of from demonic dangers and dark secrets alike.

 

When a powerful entity from her past rears its head once again, threatening her students and staff, our protagonist must draw upon every ounce of knowledge and power she has in hopes of defeating it. However, it seems that the most dangerous thing to the school just might be herself…⁠

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A PECULIAR MAGIC

Our protagonist has spent her entire life caught between her normal human life and her magical one. She’s content — a brilliant best friend, top marks in university, and an academic nemesis — what more could she want? But when her magic begins to fade and a power-thieving witch crashes suddenly into her life, she soon realizes that everything is about to change. With the help of her academic nemesis, an arrogant classmate who frustrates and interests her in equal measure, she must break her own self-imposed rules about trust and navigate a new, magical life.⁠
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DRAMATIC DISASTERS

Three siblings. One dead father. Our story follows a family with a powerful legacy. When the father — head of the family and CEO of the family company — dies, three siblings must return home in order to face their past. Dangerous powers have manifested in each of them, and with long-set rivalries and tensions festering between them all, it becomes increasingly difficult for them to navigate their own feelings. Being gifted, after all, comes with a price.⁠
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TEMPESTS AND TIDES

Our March book is a fairy-tale inspired historical fantasy that features lush prose and a dark and enchanting romance. Our protagonist is the youngest daughter of a wealthy ship merchant. She spends her days by the ocean, looking for adventure and dreaming of sailing off into the distant horizon. Her best friend, an English smuggler, is the only one who truly understands her. After a storm ravages the coast, our protagonist finds herself saving a mysterious stranger from the ocean’s clutches, and soon an unusual relationship develops between the two. But the world is about to be ripped apart—magic is disappearing, and as her yearning for the sea grows stronger and stronger, she must now learn the truth behind her own desires.⁠
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WICKED LOVE

Our February Adult Fantasy book is a dashing tale full of romance and royalty. Our protagonist finds himself fleeing his kingdom in disguise, only to run straight into the arms of a wicked sorceress queen with a horrible reputation who, at first glance, seems to be just as evil as what the rumours say. When the evil queen decides to hire him as her librarian, he eagerly takes the risk of becoming one of her staff, hoping that his new queen's wickedness will be enough to shield him from his past. After all, serving a vile villainous should be more than enough to hide an archduke on the run. But things are never so easy, and soon, our protagonist finds himself facing the greatest risk of all - that of losing his heart.
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IN ANOTHER WORLD

We’re starting 2025 with a mesmerizing fantasy book about a magical pawnshop, where regrets can be sold — but always at a cost. ⁠Our protagonist inherits the shop after the mysterious disappearance of her father. When a charming physicist wanders in with an offer to help, she takes it against her better judgment.

 

Jumping through dream-like worlds in pursuit of answers, the two soon realize that beneath the beauty of enchantments and the wonders of different worlds, darker forces are at play, and soon, the cost of letting go of one’s regrets becomes all too clear. ⁠

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