Veins of Power

Threads of the Fifth Realm: Book 1

Advance Reader Copy

Genres

Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, Forced Proximity, Morally Grey Characters, Enemies To Lovers, Slow Burn, Fantasy Romance, Novels, and Debut

Trigger Warnings

Profanity, Sex, Suicide, Rape, Violence, Death, and Abuse

Type of Ending

Series

Threads of the Fifth Realm — Book 1

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Publication Date

Jan 20, 2026

Page Length

747 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Veins of Power

Threads of the Fifth Realm: Book 1

Advance Reader Copy

Blurb

Your next slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romantasy.

Meet Lyra Bloom—a sharp-tongued redhead with a quick mind and a volatile vein of magic she can’t quite control.

Raised scraping by in the lawless Outerlands, survival meant learning to fight, lie, and rely on no one but herself.

Until one fatal mistake changes everything.

Captured crossing the border into the Innerlands, Lyra is dragged into the very world she’s spent her life resenting—and forced into service under the power she swore she’d never bow to.

Inside the walls of the Citadel, her magic grows stronger. Wilder. But so does something else: a rising lust and desire for something she doesn’t truly understand. Something shadowed. Something dangerous. Something that threatens to unravel her—and everything around her.

And as whispers of rebellion spread and dragons strike from exile, Lyra must decide whether she’ll be forged into the weapon the Citadel wants… or become the spark that burns it all down.

Expect:

Slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers tension
Morally grey MMC
Forced proximity & dangerous bargains
Dragons in exile & forbidden magic
A fierce, flawed heroine who would rather set the world on fire than bow to it

Details

Genres

Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, Forced Proximity, Morally Grey Characters, Enemies To Lovers, Slow Burn, Fantasy Romance, Novels, and Debut

Trigger Warnings

Profanity, Sex, Suicide, Rape, Violence, Death, and Abuse

Type of Ending

Series

Threads of the Fifth Realm — Book 1

Author Prefers A Review On

Amazon

Reader Spots Remaining

282

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Jan 20, 2026

Page Length

747 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

I started writing during my ongoing recovery from long-covid. Before I got sick, I was always busy making things—businesses, painting, DIY, sewing—constantly creating. But when my body no longer had the energy for that, I turned to words. Writing became the only creative outlet I had left and, unexpectedly, the one that saved me.

Then came the grief. Two family deaths, back to back, and suddenly the world felt too sharp, too heavy. That’s when I found Fantasy Romance. Not just as a reader, but as an escape artist. I needed dragons. I needed slow-burn yearning. I needed to slip into someone else’s skin, even for a little while, and breathe through their battles instead of my own.

I’ve always loved puzzles—games, escape rooms, murder mysteries. And when I started writing, I wanted to build stories that felt like that: immersive, layered, a world you could lose yourself in. 