Fairydale

A Dark Gothic Fantasy Romance

De: Veronica Lancet

Narrado por: Rylee Kuberra, Christian J. Gilliland

A mysterious inheritance draws orphaned teacher Darcy O’Sullivan to the eerie coastal town of Fairydale, where she becomes entangled in a deadly love triangle while facing an ancient evil that could destroy them all in this haunting and seductive blend of gothic horror and historical fantasy.

“I might be evil personified, but you’re the only one I’ll ever be good to.”

August 1955: When Miss Darcy O’Sullivan, an orphaned English teacher from Boston, receives a letter finding out that her biological father passed away, she is surprised to find herself included in his will. There is only one condition. She must travel to Fairydale to attend his funeral.

With the promise of a sizeable inheritance, Darcy decides to journey to the small coastal town that holds the secrets of her birth. But the moment she steps foot into Fairydale, things start to go amiss. There are odd rumors, odd deaths, and even odd men—especially brooding Caleb Hale—part of the infamous Hale family.

During the day, she falls deeper and deeper under Caleb’s spell as he forces her to step out of her comfort zone and embrace her inner sensuality. But at night, it’s another man who haunts her dreams—Amon d’Artan, a nobleman who lived two centuries ago. Amon is sweet and suave where Caleb is intense and dangerous. Soon, she finds herself embroiled in a web of lies, deceit, and inexplicable events that make her question her sanity. And when an ancient evil threatens the town and everything Darcy holds dear, she must make the ultimate choice. But will she survive it?

©2022 Veronica Lancet (P)2025 Simon & Schuster Audio

OH AAMON 😈

This story was a chaotic crazy ride. Honestly the first part of the book I was confused. BUT Veronica’s writing keeps you hooked. This book was so sensual and passionate. The audiobook was TOP TIER. Holy cow the narrators were HAWT. It was So good ✨

Ahhhhh!! So good!

I’m only half way through and LOVE it. I was eagerly waiting for this audiobook, I wish the narration was better!!!

Intriguing story

Long but worth it. Narrators did a great job! For someone that wants something different. Halfway pulls you more and more in.

Absolutely devoured this one 😍

The audio version done in duet was perfection I enjoyed the voices. The story line was amazing all of the clues spread throughout the book to keep you guessing but yet the end still blew my mind. And Amon D’Artan is definitely making top book boyfriends 🥵🤤😈

I loved the duet narration

It was very long and somewhat drawn out. The twist and turns kept me locked in until the end.

Ehhh

Maybe the ending is wonderful but I gave up a little before halfway which is still several hours into the book. I was bored and disliked the narrators. The female voice was robotic and the male’s voice was annoyingly deep and low so that I had to raise the volume too loud just to hear what he was saying. Not a fan.

Mind Blown!!

I loved everything about this book!! The storyline, the characters, the narrators!! This had me wondering what was going to happen from page to page. I’m usually able to guess what’s going to happen but it was impossible with this one. I cannot recommend this book enough.

Very erotic

This is a very different style of book for me. One I didn’t know about but decided to jump in and give it a try. I am so glad I did. May have to experiment more.

Obsessed with this 6 star story.

Book: Fairydale
Author: Veronica Lancet
Length: 772 Pages
Publisher: Atria Books
Overall Rating: 6 Stars deserves bazillion stars

Rylee and Christian are fabulous narrators and so many different voices from very young to very old. They did an excellent job! So I read while listening. It is a dark fantasy that should not be missed listening to the audio!

A Boston English elementary teacher Darcy O’Sullivan works at the orphanage she was raised at. The nuns had always treated her like a family member. Although she had a best friend at the school who was engaged and tried to get Darcy to date but she wasn’t interested. She just enjoyed reading her books and educating her young students and her cat Mr. Meow. She had been told as a child her biological father was a very bad man by her unwed mother before she died. Now she discovered this man had been paying for clothes, food, her tuition at the orphanage and all her expenses without any knowledge.

However she gets a letter with a thousand dollars that he has passed away and she must attend his funeral and the reading of his will where she will be be getting compensation being his daughter. Except when she comes to Fairydale, Massachusetts which is in the middle of nowhere and is told she to claim her large inheritance. However she must remain in Fairydale for two months as her father left her a large inheritance. Darcy is shocked and of course her fathers biological family is less than thrilled, plus there seems to be feuding with the wealthy families too she is connected to..

On top of this a lot of bad occurrences keep happening from being accosted, robbed, statues falling, fires, deceptions, betrayal, witches, ghosts, murder, magic you name it. Furthermore this book centers on reincarnation with a nobleman from the past named Amon d’Artan and Caleb Hale in 1955 the present time.Darcy is confused because when she sees a portrait from one of her ancestors Lady Elizabeth Montford from the late 16th and early 17th century who looks exactly like Darcy. Plus instead her dreams about another woman named Sela Mathers from 500 AD who also could be Darcy’s twin!

She starts falling for Caleb Hale who is going through ptsd from the war.a lot of guilt as she has romantic dreams about Amon d’Artan who was Elizabeth’s love.
Also he was also Sela’s husband from eons ago, Furthermore she also discovers she is related to all these Fairydale people who just want to use her for her magical abilities in her blood as they consider Amon a demon and are in the middle of their own war!

This book has alot going on but it is truly a beautiful story but check the trigger warning as it is a dark gothic fantasy and heavy on the spice, plus there is a rape, incest, murder, suicide, magic and other heavy subjects. It is really my first book by Veronica Lancet but I definitely will be checking out more books by this gifted author. This is one of my favorite reads of the year!

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy and an advanced reader copy from Atria Books. I voluntarily agreed to do a fair review and blog through netgalley. All thoughts, ideas and words are my own.


🖤6 Star Read✔️
🖤Fated Mates✔️
🖤Starcrossed Lovers✔️
🖤Reincarnation✔️
🖤Corrupt Town ✔️
🖤Three timelines✔️
🖤Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️✔️
🖤Suspense✔️
🖤Mystery✔️
🖤Liars✔️
🖤Gothic Romance✔️
🖤Dark Fantasy✔️
🖤Magic world building✔️
🖤Witches Coven✔️
🖤Demon Hero✔️
🖤Character Development✔️
🖤Evil
🖤Fabulous narrators✔️


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Incredible love story!

Bravo Veronica! This is an incredible love story that spans the centuries. The narrator’s were amazing. My favorite listen of 2025 so far.