Fantasy, romance and all the Drama
Looking for high-stakes fantasy romance with slow-burn tension, emotional devastation, and love worth fighting for? You’re in the right place.
SpeechBound
Vestige of the Veil: Book One
Elliana Rian, a solitary ice mage, has spent her life in the shadows, avoiding attachments at all costs. When a powerful businesswoman is marked for assassination, she’s forced to work alongside her guild’s top trio of battle mages—including Aleksai, a healer who specializes in uncovering secrets.
Working with a man who can expose the truth is dangerous. Working with one determined to uncover hers is worse.
When the mission reveals a demonic conspiracy tied to Elliana’s buried past, she must face the secrets she’s fought to hide—or risk losing everything and everyone she’s sworn to protect… including the one man intent on unraveling them.
Perfect for readers who love:
Slow-burn yearning & low-spice beginnings
High emotional stakes & hard-won healing
Elemental magic & found family
Protective love interests & wounded heroines
Forced proximity & reluctant allies to lovers
Releasing Late Summer 2026
About the Author…
Kiki Hardt writes fantasy romance filled with dangerous magic, slow-burn yearning, and characters who will go through hell and back before they get their happy ending. Her stories feature wounded heroines, protective love interests, and relationships forged through impossible choices. Expect high-stakes tension and love that earns every moment.
