Arcana Academy : the spellbinding #1 Sunday Times bestselling enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance

Author: Kova, Elise

Fantasy romance

Published on 22 July 2025 by Hodder & Stoughton (Hodderscape) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Arcana Academy' series.

Hardback | 576 pages
163 x 242 x 48 | 830g

Claim your destiny in the hottest new Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling fantasy romance, in which a magical tarot card wielder lands herself in a fake engagement with the headmaster of a mysterious academy.

Clara Graysword has survived the underworld of Eclipse City through thievery, luck, and a whole lot of magic. But when she is sentenced to a lifetime in prison for illegally inking tarot cards, it seems her luck has finally run out.

Until Prince Kaelis offers her an escape - for a price.

In exchange for her life, Clara must pose as Kaelis' bride-to-be and a student of the elite Arcana Academy. There, she and Kaelis will conspire to steal a powerful card from the king and use it to bring his tyrannical rule to an end.

Clara soon discovers that the prince she swore to hate may not be what he seems. But can she risk giving him power over the world . . . and heart? Or will she steal the magic for herself?TROPESFake engagement 💍Slow burn ???🔥Enemies to lovers ??💖Forced proximity 🔒🤏Magical school 🎇🏫Morally gray 🖤Girlboss x cold royal 👑 x 💙READERS ARE OBSESSED'A stellar start to the series' ?????'Absolutely wrecked me, in the best way' ?????'Let me tell you, this romance does BURN' ?????'This was so well crafted, and had me turning page after page' ?????'A fresh voice in an an oversaturated world of dark academia romantasy' ?????