Dark Academia · Gothic Romantacy · Thrillers

Maren
Blackthorn

Old magical institutions, and the outsiders who stay long enough to change them.

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Two five-book gothic romantacy arcs, a standalone, and a new thriller series.

The Velmoor Chronicles
A scholarship student enters an academy that has been quietly draining its own for two centuries.
The Duskhollow Chronicles
Another outsider, into a school keeping a record that was never meant to be read — expanding from one institution to a network of seven.
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A brand-new five-book thriller series. Book one is available to pre-order now.
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A self-contained gothic romantacy — for readers who want the ache to last.
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About the Author

Maren Blackthorn

Maren Blackthorn writes dark academia romantasy and thrillers—stories set in candlelit libraries and crumbling halls, where ambition, desire, and danger are never far apart. Her novels blend slow-burn romance with magic, secrets, and the kind of tension that keeps the pages turning past midnight.