Serpent & Dove trilogy by Shelby Mahurin

The Serpent & Dove trilogy by Shelby Mahurin (Serpent & Dove, Blood & Honey, and Gods & Monsters) is a spellbinding YA fantasy romance set in a French-inspired realm fraught with peril, dark magic, and ancient prejudices.

The story centers on Louise “Lou” le Blanc, a runaway witch who hides her magical identity in the city of Cesarin to escape her coven and her dangerous mother, the coven leader Morgane. To avoid execution after a public scandal, Lou is forced into an arranged marriage with Reid Diggory, a devout Chasseur (witch hunter) sworn to eradicate her kind.

What begins as a tense, perilous union evolves into a genuine romance as Reid discovers the truth about Lou and confronts his own deeply ingrained beliefs. Forced on the run, the couple and their loyal allies traverse treacherous lands to gather allies—including blood witches, werewolf-like loups-garous, and royalty—to stop Morgane’s terrifying plot to destroy the kingdom.

Along the way, the characters endure crushing sacrifices, loss, and the corruption of dark magic. As ancient gods awake and threaten total war, Lou and Reid must unite mortal and magical factions. Blending enemies-to-lovers romance, clever banter, high fantasy stakes, and themes of devotion and redemption, the trilogy delivers an epic story of love defying hatred.