Midnight Rose

Introducing Midnight Rose: Dover’s Daring New Foray into Adult Romance Fiction

Dover Publications is proud to announce the launch of Midnight Rose, a dynamic adult publishing program dedicated to irresistible romance fiction. Evoking both elegance and intensity, Midnight Rose symbolizes love, allure, and the magnetic pull of the unknown. The timeless beauty of the rose, paired with the intrigue of midnight, captures the essence of the imprint: mystery, raw vulnerability, fierce ardor, and emotional depth.

Midnight Rose is committed to championing fresh, captivating voices alongside previously independently published authors ready to reach a wider audience. The new program features intensely passionate, richly immersive stories where desires collide with emotional complexity—and love is forged through hard-won challenges. Each title is paired with a striking, design-forward cover that reflects the tone and power of the stories within, for a riveting, seductive literary experience from the very first glance.

COMING AUGUST 18
Launching the first book of a duology in the summer of 2026, Midnight Rose will debut with This Brilliant Void: The Riftwalker Duet #1, followed by a sequel in 2027. USA Today–bestselling author Rebecca F. Kenney blends romantasy and science fiction into a passionate tale where the line between killer and savior begins to blur. Love is treason, and power demands bloodshed. The next move will rewrite destiny . . . or end it.

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Author Rebecca Kenney

About the Author
Rebecca F. Kenney writes spicy fantasy romance, paranormal romance, and retellings. Her most popular indie books include the Wicked Darlings series (spicy Fae retellings of The Nutcracker, Wonderland, Oz, and Snow Queen); the Merciless Dragons series (dragon shifters); the Dark Rulers series (stand-alone fantasy romance novels in a shared world); and the Beloved Villains series of gender-bent fairy tales. Her other books include a postapocalyptic vampire-romance trilogy (The Vampires Will Save You), a demon-romance duet, a dark mermaid fantasy duet, and other spicy retellings. Rebecca lives in upstate South Carolina with her handsome husband and two smart, energetic kids.

Other Titles Coming Soon from Midnight Rose

In A Ruin Among the Stars, Julie Graham’s gender-swapped retelling of The Phantom of the Opera, society is on the brink of collapse. Pari Moon can’t bring herself to care, but then the boy she believed dead begins to sing, awakening ghosts and angels alike.

In Olivia Riesling’s Bonnie’s Summer of Love, Swords and Other Long Hard Things, Bonnie—the titular demigod—wants to visit Woodstock in 1969. But when a broken time portal hurls her to 1469 instead, she must rely on a lovelorn knight, her trusty pet rock, and her wits to survive.

M. G. Hauck’s Unknowable, a romantic fantasy inspired by The Wizard of Oz, follows a modern New Jersey woman as she travels to a cursed medieval realm. To survive, she must hide her true identity—even from the prince who falls for the person she’s pretending to be.

Manuscript submissions can be sent to the attention of Allyson D’Antonio (adantonio@doverpublications.com).