Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa (The Bargainer, 1 of 4)

Callypso Lillis has a problem that winds up her wrist in a bracelet of black beads, one bead for every favor she’s owed the Bargainer over the last seven years. The Bargainer is the kind of man you go to when you need something done, a fae king who operates in the shadows and always, always collects. For reasons Callie has never understood, he never came for her repayment. Until now.

What starts as a series of small debts quickly pulls Callie into something far more dangerous. Something is wrong in the Otherworld. Fae warriors are vanishing one by one, and the women are being returned in glass caskets clutching children they didn’t have before. The Bargainer needs Callie’s help to get answers — and that means going somewhere she never expected, directly into the heart of the fae romance world she’s spent years on the edges of, with a man she once loved and hasn’t stopped thinking about.

Rhapsodic is the irresistible opening to Laura Thalassa’s beloved Bargainers series, a romantasy that blends addictive slow burn chemistry with genuine dark fantasy stakes. Callie is a siren heroine worth rooting for, and Des is exactly the kind of obsessive, morally grey fae king that romance readers can’t get enough of.

This series contains mature themes, dark fantasy elements, and content intended for readers 18+.

Tropes: Second Chance Romance · Fae Romance · Siren Heroine · Morally Grey MMC · Slow Burn · Enemies to Lovers · Dark Fantasy · Paranormal Romance