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Nightspell Academy · Book 1 · Vess

Her Name in Shadow

Her shadows know her before she knows herself.

Vess Banks arrives at Nightspell after the shadows in her grandmother's bookshop begin acting like they know her. Four supernatural men recognize a bond she never asked for, and someone inside the academy watches far too closely.

  • Why Choose / Reverse Harem
  • Fated Mates
  • Magic Academy
  • Vampire / Werewolf / Fae / Demon
  • Four Love Interests
  • Found Family
  • Spice 5/5
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Cover of Her Name in Shadow, Nightspell Academy Book 1, by Ivy Cross
Cover of Her Name in Fire, Nightspell Academy Book 2, by Ivy Cross

Nightspell Academy · Book 2 · Luz

Her Name in Fire

  • Why Choose / Reverse Harem
  • Fated Mates
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Magic Academy
  • Fire Magic
  • Four Love Interests
  • Found Family
  • Spice 5/5

Luz's fire answers emotion before strategy, drawing four men toward the warmth she tries to guard. As Nightspell's mystery widens, she must learn which hands help her master the flame and which ones are quietly taking something from it.

Cover of Her Name in Stone, Nightspell Academy Book 3, by Ivy Cross

Nightspell Academy · Book 3 · Myra

Her Name in Stone

  • Why Choose / Reverse Harem
  • Fated Mates
  • Magic Academy
  • Stone Magic
  • Three Love Interests
  • Found Family
  • Spice 5/5

Myra reads emotional traces held in stone, but only in fragments. With three lovers beside her, she follows what Nightspell's walls remember toward a truth someone has removed from living minds.

Cover of Their Names in Night, Nightspell Academy Book 4, by Ivy Cross

Nightspell Academy · Book 4 · The convergence

Their Names in Night

  • Why Choose / Reverse Harem
  • Fated Mates
  • Magic Academy
  • Three Heroines
  • Found Family
  • Series Finale
  • Spice 5/5

Vess, Luz, and Myra have each uncovered a different part of Nightspell's buried danger. Now the women, their lovers, and their found families must bring those truths together before the mystery reaches everyone they love.

Before she reaches Nightspell

The shadows start paying attention.

Vess Banks is working the night shift in the bookshop her grandmother left her. She should leave. Instead, she tests the shadows watching her.

Then a paranormal romance novel writes her an invitation to Nightspell Academy.

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Ivy Cross

Romance without choosing only one.

Ivy Cross writes spicy paranormal why choose romance about women building relationships on their own terms, supernatural academies with secrets, and found families worth fighting for.

Expect adult heroines, distinct love interests, explicit on-page spice, ordinary academy life, soft magic, and a mystery that grows without replacing the romances at the center.