Mistmoor Academy: Smoke and Shadows
(2026)(The first book in the Mistmoor Academy series)
A novel by Serena Cross
I serve drinks in a dive bar where the tips aren't worth the grab-ass that comes with them.
My rent's three weeks late, and the most supernatural thing about me is how fast I can clear a pool table.
Then one night, a few men decided no was negotiable.
And something inside me snapped.
Now I've been dragged to Mistmoor Academy, a place I didn't know existed, full of fae, demons, shifters, and blood mages who've trained their whole lives for power I apparently just… have.
Power that strips every illusion, every lie, every pretty mask these monsters wear.
They're not happy about that.
Four heirs to supernatural royalty have become fixated on me, and I haven't decided whether that makes me dangerous or doomed.
Caspian, all frostbite stares and buried violence.
West, a demon built from hellfire and brute force who won't admit he's been watching my back since the day I got here.
Kit, who calls me darling like it's a warning and makes my blood do things I can't explain.
And Soren, a dragon shifter built like trouble, who grins at me like I'm the best thing that's happened to him all day.
But they're not the most dangerous thing here.
There's something beneath this school, older than all of them, and it wants me.
And something inside me is starting to answer back.
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My rent's three weeks late, and the most supernatural thing about me is how fast I can clear a pool table.
Then one night, a few men decided no was negotiable.
And something inside me snapped.
Now I've been dragged to Mistmoor Academy, a place I didn't know existed, full of fae, demons, shifters, and blood mages who've trained their whole lives for power I apparently just… have.
Power that strips every illusion, every lie, every pretty mask these monsters wear.
They're not happy about that.
Four heirs to supernatural royalty have become fixated on me, and I haven't decided whether that makes me dangerous or doomed.
Caspian, all frostbite stares and buried violence.
West, a demon built from hellfire and brute force who won't admit he's been watching my back since the day I got here.
Kit, who calls me darling like it's a warning and makes my blood do things I can't explain.
And Soren, a dragon shifter built like trouble, who grins at me like I'm the best thing that's happened to him all day.
But they're not the most dangerous thing here.
There's something beneath this school, older than all of them, and it wants me.
And something inside me is starting to answer back.
Perfect for readers who love:
- Why choose / reverse harem
Dark academy romance
Enemies-to-obsessed love interests
Found power / late bloomer heroines
Possessive, morally grey men who fight over her
Blood magic that feels way too good
A heroine who bites back
Cliffhanger endings
Mistmoor Academy is the first book in a dark academy reverse harem trilogy featuring explicit content, possessive love interests, violent magic, and a heroine whose power exposes every secret around her. No MM romance. Ends on a cliffhanger
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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