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Zita Carlo | Romantic Fantasy Writer

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✍🏼A dark fantasy where becoming yourself is the most dangerous defiance of all.
⚜️Fury of the Wind—04.14.2027
🪽PA @stacey.behindthepen
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SURPRISE—be among the firsts to pre-order the eBook now!! Link in bio.

Ninea’s on death row—not as a convict, she works there. But she could be 💀 next. Born from a bloodline the ruling mancer elite nearly erased, she’s spent her life pretending to be human.

When an ancient enemy awakens, to save the people she loves, she must accept the protection of an aeromancer noble raised to hunt her kind.

He has power, status, and a dangerous charm— so naturally she doesn’t trust him.

But as their shared enemy closes in, both must choose what they’re willing to risk: their people… or each other.

Fury of the Wind is a dark romantic fantasy about forbidden love, hidden identity, and challenging an oppressive system.
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I am genuinely so very excited, stoked, and all the synonyms to make this announcement tonight! Fury of the Wind has lived in my brain and heart rent free for over 17 years. And now it’s out there, my commitment to you, a release date!! Pre-orders matter so much for indie authors like me. Any engagement—likes, shares, and yes, pre-orders— mean people can discover this book.

Thank you for being here. Thank you for any support!!🖤
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The tropes:

🫦 Chosen Mates
🖤 Forbidden Love
⚡️ Enemies to Allies to Lovers
💗 Found Family
❄️ Cold MMC only 🔥 for her
🔥 Slow Burn
⛓️ Forced Proximity
🍂 Elemental Magic
⚔️ Political Intrigue
🌶️ One Bed/Carriage

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The title of my debut dark romantic fantasy is finally out!!! No no, I’m not spoiling it in the captions, wait for it. 😈💕🤫

Share share share please, so it can reach readers who might like my novel! 🙏🏻🫶🏼

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I have so many people to thank who have helped me to get to this point…

But special thanks to @jrpalubicki and his tip on how to choose a title.

Thank you @mariaspada.design for the amazing font design (and much more but that’s a secret for now). ✨

Shout out to @margarethperez1, my video creation wizardess. 💕

And most of all, thank you, my followers for your support and patience and interest! 🫂

#titlereveal #bookstagram #bookish #fantasyromancebooks #darkfantasybooks by @zitacarloauthor

IT’S LIVE!! 😭❤️

I’m so excited that my author website, a true labor of love and friendship, is ready. I drew the background image myself, my friends helped with the IT logistics and design, my dev editor, beta-reader-writer-bestie, and bookstore guardian angel with testimonials, bestie from Budapest with the author photo, and hubby made sure that all “makes sense.”

I’ve been tinkering with it for what feels like forever 😂 …but it is officially LIVE. And so is my newsletter!!

You can find both through the link in my bio.

If you want to follow along with my writing more closely, I’d LOVE to have you on the newsletter. It’s completely free, and I promise I will not haunt your inbox. Think roughly one email a month, with things like:
✨ writing progress + what I’m currently working on ✨ behind-the-scenes world-building, characters, and things I don’t always share on socials ✨ street team + ARC opportunities ✨ sneak peeks 👀 ✨ book news and early announcements before I share them publicly

If you crave more fantasy, romance, mystery, morally questionable characters, and whatever else comes out of my brain… this is where I’ll share more of it.

It genuinely means SO much to me that you’re here and that I get to share this whole writing journey with you.
An epic tale is coming. In an epic world. With characters you will obsess over.
And I cannot wait. ❤️

Link in bio if you want to join me!

Love and appreciate you all!

#fantasybookstagram #writer #bookworm #writingcommunity #booksta by @zitacarloauthor

Reader girlies, this author has dragons, spice, and everything nice. 🔥

Fury of the Wind is a dark romantic fantasy for those who love ToG-epic, ACOTAR-romantic, Twilight-mood, and GoT-political intrigue (with elemental magic).

✨Book tropes✨

🫦 Chosen Mates
🖤 Forbidden Love
⚡️ Enemies to Allies to Lovers
💗 Found Family
❄️ Cold MMC only 🔥 for her
🔥 Slow Burn
⛓️ Forced Proximity
🍂 Elemental Magic
⚔️ Political Intrigue
🌶️ One Bed/Carriage
🐉 Dragons

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Meet the Noble. I could say a lot but I’ll let this video speak. Happy Halloween! 🔥

Touch her and 💀 at its finest. 🥵

Art by @smackthedeviloutofit 🫶🏼

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Fury of the Wind is a dark romantic fantasy for those who love ToG’s epic scale, ACOTAR’s romantic tension, Twilight’s moody setting, and GoT’s scheming characters.

✨Book tropes✨

🫦 Chosen Mates
🖤 Forbidden Love
⚡️ Enemies to Allies to Lovers
💗 Found Family
❄️ Cold MMC only 🔥 for her
🔥 Slow Burn
⛓️ Forced Proximity
🍂 Elemental Magic
⚔️ Political Intrigue
🌶️ One Bed/Carriage
🐉 Dragons

Artwork by @smackthedeviloutofit ♥️
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EBOOK PREORDER AVAILABLE—link in bio.
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Take the epic scale of ToG and the sizzling romance of ACOMAF, set it in a moody, Alaska-like land torn apart by warring elemental factions, make Rhysand a dangerous&powerful wind wielder and Feyre the “monster” he was raised to hunt, then have him turn that power against his own kind—especially the fire wielder—to keep her…his. All that only scratches the surface of Fury of the Wind.

✨Book tropes✨

🫦 Chosen Mates
🖤 Forbidden Love
⚡️ Enemies to Allies to Lovers
💗 Found Family
❄️ Cold MMC only 🔥 for her
🔥 Slow Burn
⛓️ Forced Proximity
🍂 Elemental Magic
⚔️ Political Intrigue
🌶️ One Bed/Carriage
🐉 Dragons

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🔊🔊🔊
EBOOK PREORDER AVAILABLE—link in my bio.

Want to learn more and stay in the loop? Sign up to my newsletter—link in my bio. The November newsletter is going out soon and may or may not contain character art. 😶

Follow @zitacarloauthor ✨💗✨

#furyofthewind #bookish #bookstagram #darkfantasy #acotar by @zitacarloauthor

No no, Amanda, not today. 🤫

These are sacred hours to read #ACOSH

#bookstagram #bookish #acotar #books by @zitacarloauthor

NOW AVAILABLE! Come listen to me and author Zita Carlo talk romantasy, the importance of writing as catharsis, and what kind of safety dark fantasy offers to readers and writers. #bookstagram #darkfantasy #romantasy #authorinterview #podcast by @zitacarloauthor

What a weekend! I’m genuinely beyond grateful to @fabledfantasyevents, Sarah and Natalie, for organizing such a magical time and place for us, and for trusting me enough to count me among your volunteers.💛

Everything was so perfect, and everybody was so nice.

As someone who’s always struggled with fitting in—or, harder still, feeling like she belonged simply for being herself, without having to “earn the right” or “pay her dues”—this was an experience where I finally felt like I didn’t even have to try. I was just part of the crew.

So thank you, everyone, for being kind, generous, and awesome. Hope to see you all in LA for RomantasyBookCon 2027!!

#FabledFantasyEvents #RomantasyBookCon #RomantasyCommunity #BookishCommunity #RomantasyReaders by @zitacarloauthor

Here comes my first book haul—14 books from 7 bookstores :) Nr 14 is SO GORGEOUS I can’t cope.

Thank you so so much for everyone who followed me to prove a hubby wrong and get some books out of it. There will be a part 2 and part 3 once I gathered the loot. ♥️

Thank you @tatteredcoverbookstore , @spicylibrariandenver , @thebookiesbookstore , @goodgirlcafeandbookstore , @fairyloot , @thewritersblocklv , @dauntbooks for the recs and the great time. 🙏🏻

#bookish #bookhaul #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #books by @zitacarloauthor

I’m an independent writer, a black cat, I need nobody… except for my golden retriever emotional support husband. 😭

He’s so sweet and cute and cooks so well and has learned to bring me the seasonal kombucha and hugs me through my bi-weekly “I’m a shit writer” breakdowns. 🥹

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