The Magus Club

The Arcana Collection: Book 1

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Dark Romance, Paranormal Romance, Dark Fantasy, Contemporary, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Violence, Abuse, Death, and Sex

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The Arcana Collection — Book 1

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Sep 26, 2026

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The Magus Club

The Arcana Collection: Book 1

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Blurb

She’d given up on magic—but this club won’t take no for an answer.

Esme Wallace is happy to read tarot cards for Toronto’s bar scene dupes. But she doesn’t like it when the cards get too loud. When they tell her change is coming. And it does: in the form of handsome, rich Julian Holt. Esme can’t help but fall under Julian’s spell—until he inducts Esme into his ultra-secret magic club and asks her to train under his brainy best friend.

Michael Cairns acts like he detests Esme, but could he have another motive for keeping her at arm’s length? Yet, as Esme’s life begins to unravel and it looks like dark magic may be responsible, she turns to the lone club member she can trust—and the one man whose arms she shouldn’t enjoy.

Because sometimes magic crosses over. Sometimes, it wants you dead. And once you’re in this club, there’s only one way out.

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Genres

Dark Romance, Paranormal Romance, Dark Fantasy, Contemporary, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Violence, Abuse, Death, and Sex

Type of Ending

Series

The Arcana Collection — Book 1

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Publication Date

Sep 26, 2026

Page Length

352 pages

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Author

Inspired by a childhood roaming across Canada in a van, L.E. Sterling is the author of multiple novels spanning romance, fantasy, science fiction, dystopian fiction and YA. Sterling holds a B.A. and M.A. in creative writing, and draws heavily on her Doctorate degree in literary magic to create stories of depth, complexity, and arcane wonder. She lives in the French-speaking suburbs of Montreal, Quebec, where she enjoys the romantic, lost-in-translation life of an anglo ex-pat.