Torch Lit Ink is celebrating this fantasy romance from Katherine Crowe with a kickstarter tour event.

Tour Dates: January 27 – January 31, 2026

Kickstarter Launch: January 27

Do you love…

Han x Leia, Anastasia x Dimitri vibes?

Vampires, werewolves, and elves?

Rivals-to-lovers?

Damsels who distress others?

Sensual swordfights?

A happy ending guarantee?

If that sounds like you, you’ll love Spar of Hearts, a rivals-to-lovers romantasy novel set on the high seas of a queer-positive, post-medieval inspired world.

***Spar of Hearts is book 2 of the Season of Souls series, but can be read as a standalone.**

𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒃: 

Spring has sprung…

and the swords are out!

Lord Roderick Bryson spent his life blending into noble shadows while his people lived in exile. So when a mysterious illness plagues young Centarians, he jumps at the call for aid. It’s sure to absolve his guilt, and distract him from the wolf-masked mystery maiden who stole his heart at the Melusine Manor Masquerade. With his nautical experience and swordplay prowess, this voyage will be a piece of cake. His co-captain, however, is not.

Lycanian Princess Anya Delemond has been kept in a gilded cage her entire life. Clawing for a breath of freedom from the royal monotony, Anya finds escape leading the crew of the Lupus Star in an expedition that’s sure to quell her wanderlust once and for all, and prove her a worthy heir to the Valerian throne. Until he sinks his fangs into it.

Through sharp-tongued spars and sassy wyvern rides to sojourns in spring fields and underground fights, Roderick and Anya find themselves in uncharted waters that make unexpected feelings blossom, and force them to decide:

Duty…or heart?

Tropes:

Werewolf x vampire

Princess x knight

Rivals to lovers

Secret identity

Hurt/comfort

Steamy fade-to-black

Male yearning

Forced proximity

Found family

Masquerade meet cute

Sassy wyvern companion

Drunk confession

Underground fight club