Laurell Sumerton

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Laurell Sumerton writes dark, immersive fantasy romance filled with powerful heroines, morally complex heroes, and worlds where magic always comes at a cost. Her stories blend slow-burn tension, high-stakes conflict, and emotionally charged relationships that linger long after the final page. When she’s not writing, Laurell can usually be found building new worlds, chasing story ideas that refuse to leave her alone, or getting lost in the kind of books that keep you up far too late. She believes the best stories are the ones that pull you under, break your heart a little, and leave you wanting more.

Books

The Domestic Restoration Acts

One law changed everything. Now she must break every rule to survive.

Thriller
Science Fiction

The vote is gone. Property rights are a memory. In the wake of the Domestic Restoration Acts, American women have been stripped of their autonomy, reduced to dependents under the absolute control of their husbands and fathers. Nineteen-year-old Lyra Vance-Aris remembers the before times—the taste of freedom and the promise of a future she chose for herself. Now, her life is a series of walls and whispers. While she risks everything to meet her lover, Caleb, in the shadows of a decaying library, her father is plotting a different fate. To secure his own political advancement, he has traded Lyra to Director Alistair Sterling, the cold-blooded architect of the very laws that enslaved her. Trapped in Sterling’s high-security estate, Lyra discovers that her mother—a former human rights lawyer—left behind a dangerous legacy: journals that could dismantle the regime’s legal foundations. With the help of a daring resistance courier, Lyra must transform from a silent captive into a radicalized operative. In a world where love is a crime and dissent is a death sentence, she will have to decide how much she is willing to burn to light the way for others. The Domestic Restoration Acts is a chilling, high-stakes thriller that explores the fragile nature of freedom and the enduring power of the human spirit.

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Veil of Silver and Shadow (The Riftborn Courts Book One)

A forbidden fae bond awakens beneath the veil of lies

Fantasy
Romance
Paranormal

Aeloria Sunveil thought her life in the borderlands was ordinary. But the spells hiding her true nature are failing, and her destiny refuses to stay buried. When the brooding High Lord Rhaegar Nightbloom crosses the veil and senses an impossible mate bond, Aeloria's world shatters. She is no ordinary human—she is the hidden princess of the Lumina Court, protected since birth from the endless wars between the fae realms. Torn between her growing desire for the Shadowveil lord who despises her kind and the terrifying truth of her identity, Aeloria must navigate treacherous courts, rift monsters, and political betrayals. With her guardians Veyra and Korvath finally revealing their own fae nature, she discovers that her light magic could either save or doom all realms. In this slow-burn enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance, passion ignites across worlds as Aeloria learns that some bonds are written in the stars—and some love stories can tear reality apart.

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Breanna & The Magic Pumpkin

Discover a shimmering secret in the pumpkin patch and save the harvest magic

Child Books

Nine-year-old Breanna Higgins knows that Grandma Gladys's pumpkin patch is a special place, but she never expected to find a friend among the vines. When she discovers a perfectly round, shimmering pumpkin named Pumpi, her world transforms into a whirlwind of golden-green light and bell-like laughter. Pumpi is no ordinary gourd; he is a legendary Seed of Joy that only appears once every century. But just as Breanna begins to learn the secrets of the patch, a double threat looms over their autumn wonderland. A record-breaking frost is creeping across the fields, and the local Mayor is determined to pave over the farm for a new parking lot. With the help of Barnaby, a particularly fussy squirrel wearing a tiny knitted scarf, and Grandma Gladys’s ancient family legends, Breanna must find a way to protect her magical friend. Can one young girl’s imagination thaw a frozen heart and stop the bulldozers in their tracks? Breanna & The Magic Pumpkin is an enchanting tale about the power of belief, the warmth of family traditions, and the extraordinary wonders that grow when we protect the magic in our own backyards.

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Aethelgard (The Silverwake Series, Book 2)

As a magical blight withers the realm, an ancient power must rise to save the dragons

Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance

The restoration of the Great Seal was supposed to bring peace. Instead, Elara finds herself in a self-imposed exile, watching as her magic turns volatile and a mysterious black blight chokes the life from Aethelgard’s ancient forests. When Jaxon, a former soldier, arrives with news of a new threat, Elara’s seclusion is shattered. Silas, the man who raised her, has been captured by the Iron-Tide hunters—a technologically advanced faction from across the sea. Armed with 'nullifying' technology, these hunters intend to ground every dragon and silence every witch forever. Elara must team up with Kallias Draken on a desperate rescue mission that takes them across a landscape of rust and rot. As the displaced dragon clans struggle for survival and the vengeful Commander Hespera closes in, Elara faces a terrifying realization: the magic she used to save the world might be the very thing tearing it apart. In this pulse-pounding sequel to the Silverwake series, the stakes have never been higher. With the land dying and the sky falling silent, Elara must decide if she will remain a relic of the past or become the weapon Aethelgard needs to survive the coming tide.

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Silverbreak (The Silverwake Series, Book 1)

Her magic is forbidden. His love is a curse. Their bond is destiny.

Romance
Fantasy
Paranormal

On her eighteenth birthday, Elara Vance’s life goes up in silver flames. When a surge of uncontrollable magic levels her father’s antique shop, Elara discovers everything she knew was a lie. Her parents aren’t hers, her past is a fabrication, and she is a witch in a world where her kind is hunted to extinction. Fleeing into the mountain wilderness, she is intercepted by the one thing she fears most: a dragon shifter. Kallias Draken is a lethal scout trained to despise her bloodline, but the moment he lays eyes on Elara, his world shifts. She is his fated mate—a bond he never wanted and a secret he must guard at all costs. Kallias is determined to capture her. Elara is determined to escape him. But with a ruthless commander closing in to harvest Elara’s power for a dark ritual, the two enemies must forge a fragile alliance. As the slow burn of attraction threatens to ignite, Elara must master her volatile magic before the dragon who claims her soul becomes the one who leads her to her end. In the first installment of The Silverwake Series, the lines between predator and prey blur in a high-stakes game of magic and fire.

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Corruption and Betrayal

Love, betrayal, and survival in a deadly game of power

Thriller
Suspense
Romance

Some debts can only be paid in blood. Rowan Langford thought the worst was over after her husband's corruption scandal tore their world apart. Forced into hiding with her family in a remote Catskills cabin, she must navigate a suffocating new reality where Greg's immunity as a state witness offers little protection, and Cole Harlan's criminal ties loom like a shadow over their fragile existence. When Preston Kade arrives demanding payment for old scores, Rowan realizes her children have become collateral. To save them, she must unearth the Hale Files—explosive documents that could bring down the city's most powerful elite. As old flames reignite and new dangers emerge, Rowan is forced to choose between redemption and desire. Every decision carries deadly consequences in this dark, sensual thriller where survival means playing a dangerous game of extortion, betrayal, and forbidden passion. Perfect for readers who crave intensity, suspense, and the thrill of second chances.

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The Lies Between Us

Some loves destroy more than they heal

Romance
Erotica

She thought it was a second chance. He planned her undoing. Rowan Langford's life is a flawless facade: devoted mother to college student Harper and four-year-old Lila, wife to reliable but distant Greg. But beneath the suburban perfection simmers a void only one man can fill—Cole Harlan, the bad boy who owned her heart in their twenties. A innocent Facebook message reignites the fire they never extinguished. For a year, they steal moments in shadowy hotel rooms, where passion erases Rowan's boredom and awakens her darkest desires. Cole, hardened by prison and seething with resentment, demands total surrender. Rowan, addicted to the danger, surrenders everything. But Cole isn't chasing redemption. He's plotting revenge for the life she built without him. As their encounters turn from intoxicating to terrifying, Rowan uncovers the truth: this affair was never about love. It was vengeance. In this pulse-pounding dark romance, Laurell Sumerton explores the razor edge between lust and ruin, where secrets shatter and betrayal burns hottest.

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