Where to Start With Fantasy Romance by Melissa Holtz

Marina and her twin sister Maggie had been haunted their entire lives by hallucinations of monsters. Their parents put them in treatment to cure their sickness. Marina now pretends everything is normal, but Maggie couldn't, and was driven to die by her own hand. When Marina is abducted after a night out with friends, she cannot ignore the truth: monsters are real, and now she's been put on the auction block to be sold to one of them. 

The winner is none other than the vampire king, Julian Bellamy, who sweeps her away to his grand Louisiana home. He claims that he wants to protect her from nefarious outside forces, but can Marina trust him? Can she trust herself around him, as her desire grows impossible to ignore?

An angel gives in to temptation in the first part of the Fallen Hunters series. Victoria English was once a virtue angel, a fierce warrior who served God in devotion, sent time and time again to Earth to battle demons and protect humanity. It was during one of these Holy Wars when her divinity was recognized by a human male, and she was instantly enamored. For revealing her true nature to a mortal, Victoria was cast from Heaven.

Now, exiled on Earth but still in possession of her powers, she hunts demonic creatures in New Orleans as repentance. If she destroys enough evil, surely God will let her come home. But the war between Heaven and Hell is escalating. Witch covens have joined the conflict, as have vampires and werewolves. Archangels are recruiting and training Nephilim as soldiers. And Lucifer has gone missing. Victoria's true destiny shall be revealed on the battlefield, and so will the true identity of the man she sacrificed herself for.

Virtue angel Victoria English fell from grace after falling in love with a person she believed to be a human male. His real identity was that of Lucifer Morningstar himself, the original fallen angel who rules over the denizens of Hell. And he loves Victoria back. He will do anything to protect her from Heaven and Hell amid their seemingly never-ending war. 

Abducted by demonic forces, Victoria is now a prisoner of the underworld. The demon Nolda wants to overthrow Lucifer and take over Hell. Victoria is the perfect pawn for this coup, and a way to secure a potential alliance with the Reapers, death dealers who have no loyalty to either side of the battle but are eager to get their hands on Victoria. Abandoned by angels and demons, Victoria must fight for herself, and in the process, she will uncover the truth of why she was cast from home.

In 2024, Holtz delved into the cozy romantasy genre that’s taken BookTok by storm. Alyssa Mann has tried to avoid drama as much as possible since her husband's death, if only for the sake of her daughter. But she can't avoid being dragged out for a night on the town by her friends when she turns 40. Some wine and a tarot reading could be a fun way to celebrate the milestone, right? 

But then she wakes up the next morning with a ghost in her bed. Soon, the dead keep turning up to bother her, and Alyssa and her friends must figure out how to navigate the spirit world. They have unfinished business she needs to deal with, including details about the death of her husband. At least she has Nick West, the handsome detective next door, to help her.

Kelsey and her twin brother Chase were babies when they were adopted by the Dawsons, a billionaire family who immediately tossed them aside to be raised by nannies and private schools. Kelsey's recurring night terrors were treated as a nuisance to be blocked out with medication. Seeking an exit, the twins learn that they have an Aunt Sarah, living thousands of miles away on a farm in the town of Pandora, Ohio. 

While Chase embraces their new life, Kelsey is wary of their mysterious long-lost aunt, and of the pair of teenage brothers working on the farm who she can't stop staring at. Soon, the dreams return and get worse, revealing secrets of the waking world and a connection to Pandora's mythological namesake. Who is Kelsey, really? And what are her and Chase’s true identities?

In Salem, Massachusetts, in the 1600s, Jacob Osborne led thirteen families to make a deal with a demon, but once they realized that the price they would have to pay was too terrible, the families betrayed Osborne and pleased with the goddess Pandora for protection. They deceived her, and for more than 400 years, the families have used magic to hide from both entities, living in the Ohio farming town named after Pandora. 

Kelsey Dawson, a new arrival in town with her brother, has been confronted with an unexpected truth. Born in the fifteenth century, she is the daughter of a union from two witch families. Now, she is haunted by her past life, one where she agreed to marry Derek Bishop, who was also reborn to the current era. As a couple, they will possess enough power to defend the Salem families from both Pandora and Osborne. But Kelsey is in love with Derek's brother Will, and she refuses to sacrifice love to fix the sins of the past. Can she reconcile the old and the new, or will the dueling forces of Pandora and Osborne consume them all?