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They call him the Silent Death, because he kills without sound and leaves none capable of speaking in his wake…
When the empire’s deadliest fae murderer catches her wielding forbidden magic, Emelin believes her hour has come. Instead, her inhumanly beautiful captor spares her life, but carries her off on his velvet wings – into the one place from which no human ever returns.
The heart of the Fae Isles. The treacherous Crimson Court, where the Mother of faekind has ruled unchallenged over fae and humans for decades.
The Silent Death is supposed to be the Mother’s loyal servant, her invincible warrior, her ruthless, soulless killer. But in the shadows he is playing a game of his own, and he needs Emelin’s secret magic to win it.
If she agrees to work with him, she could free all of humanity. But can she trust a fae male with so much blood on his hands? Worse, when his smouldering dark eyes and dangerous secrets reveal glimpses of the heart behind his murderer’s mask… can she trust herself?
The Fae Isles series is a completed fantasy romance series featuring a stubborn heroine, a morally grey hero without a voice, and a dazzling system of colour magic. If you enjoy enemies to lovers, forbidden love, messy found families, and characters overcoming trauma, this new adult fae romance is sure to hit the mark.
The complete series box set features the four books that make up Emelin and Creon's of Blood and BindingsLord of Gold and GloryRuins of Sea and SoulsQueens of Mist and MadnessSpinoff books are not included in this set.
When the empire’s deadliest fae murderer catches her wielding forbidden magic, Emelin believes her hour has come. Instead, her inhumanly beautiful captor spares her life, but carries her off on his velvet wings – into the one place from which no human ever returns.
The heart of the Fae Isles. The treacherous Crimson Court, where the Mother of faekind has ruled unchallenged over fae and humans for decades.
The Silent Death is supposed to be the Mother’s loyal servant, her invincible warrior, her ruthless, soulless killer. But in the shadows he is playing a game of his own, and he needs Emelin’s secret magic to win it.
If she agrees to work with him, she could free all of humanity. But can she trust a fae male with so much blood on his hands? Worse, when his smouldering dark eyes and dangerous secrets reveal glimpses of the heart behind his murderer’s mask… can she trust herself?
The Fae Isles series is a completed fantasy romance series featuring a stubborn heroine, a morally grey hero without a voice, and a dazzling system of colour magic. If you enjoy enemies to lovers, forbidden love, messy found families, and characters overcoming trauma, this new adult fae romance is sure to hit the mark.
The complete series box set features the four books that make up Emelin and Creon's of Blood and BindingsLord of Gold and GloryRuins of Sea and SoulsQueens of Mist and MadnessSpinoff books are not included in this set.
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Published March 11, 2025
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Lisette Marshall
29 books1,686 followersLisette Marshall is a fantasy romance author, language nerd and cartography enthusiast. Having grown up on a steady diet of epic fantasy, regency romance and cosy mysteries, she now writes steamy, swoony stories with a generous sprinkle of murder.
Lisette lives in the Netherlands (yes, below sea level) with her boyfriend and the few house plants that miraculously survive her highly irregular watering regime. When she’s not reading or writing, she can usually be found drawing fantasy maps, baking and eating too many chocolate cookies, or geeking out over Ancient Greek.
To get in touch, visit www.lisettemarshall.com, or follow @authorlisettemarshall on Instagram, where she spends way too much time looking at pretty book pictures.
Lisette lives in the Netherlands (yes, below sea level) with her boyfriend and the few house plants that miraculously survive her highly irregular watering regime. When she’s not reading or writing, she can usually be found drawing fantasy maps, baking and eating too many chocolate cookies, or geeking out over Ancient Greek.
To get in touch, visit www.lisettemarshall.com, or follow @authorlisettemarshall on Instagram, where she spends way too much time looking at pretty book pictures.
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March 13, 2025
One of the most wonderful series I've ever read. From the first page the characters and the story captured me and until the last word of the last chapter of the last book it didn't let go. I would be mad if it wasn't soooo good!
July 16, 2025
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Okay, this series is a bit of a roller coaster for me. There are a lot of likable characters and (if it’s what you are looking for) a ton of sex between our leads and the books are definitely NOT slow burn- our couple hit the sheets relatively quick and often. I try to skip those but whew, our author goes into pages of detail.
My issue mostly relies to plot and our female lead, Emelin. We start the series with Em- a lonely and abused human girl on a small island that faces starvation often due to the tributes of food that must be sent to the fae on the orders of The Mother, who is the cruel ruler of the entire fae community. Her enforcer/mass murderer, Creon, is known as the Silent Death- because even though he flays your skin off while you are alive, the victims utter no sound.
Suitably horrific, right?
Emelin’s island, however, has decided to rebel and builds a ring of iron around their island, assuming it will keep the fae from crossing and leaving the island’s residents safe. WRONG. In comes the Silent Death to punish them, not that the residents believe Em when she tries to warn them, for Creon’s first look at the island he is ordered to destroy he sees Em practicing magic and goes in for a closer look.
Now magic is something that humans cannot do- so Em must be at least half fae, and one unknown and therefore not bound to The Mother. So now Creon makes the decision to kidnap the girl in the night while he sets fire to the village and deals with everyone she’s ever known, which sets the series into motion.
Creon, silent as The Mother has bound his voice, is, naturally, ripped and, despite his scars that have tattooed marks over them, including on his face (thanks to The Mother, who actually is his mother) is handsome as all heck to boot, so of course Em is drawn to his looks and, as she learns more about him, comes to understand the misunderstood man beneath the monster.
As a character, Creon is very well written, with a horrific backstory and you can see why he’s drawn to Em as she is the first person he’s found who isn’t afraid of him. She treats him like he’s her equal and isn’t afraid to argue when he’s being an idiot. I wish we had some chapters from his POV, but he’s also not afraid to let Emelin know what he’s thinking. His arc through the series is true to character and I couldn’t help but like him, despite all of the “witty banter” between the two about his looks and a ton of innuendos. Yeah, he is well aware he’s built like an Adonis and isn’t afraid to ooze charm to get what he wants, even if he mostly relies on his deadly reputation around others.
Em, however- and I had to keep reminding myself she’s a sheltered and abused girl of 20 who has just discovered and is really half fae and a foundling of her human parents- is a bit of a mess as a character. She is constantly having her knees buckle and Creon holding her steady and she can’t help but spend a lot of her time (when not dealing with The Mother) thinking about Creon and his smoking hot body and what he’s going to do to her next. And we’re talking marathon sex sessions because apparently dark fae princes can get it up all night long time after time after time after time.
Em also is fairly clueless but is suddenly hit with clarity and manages to say or do whatever it takes to save her butt. The author gets to where Em is suddenly “feeling the puzzle pieces fall into place” when we, the reader, is stuck wondering just how in the world did she figure that out. I almost wanted to do a word search and see how many times the phrase “puzzle pieces” is actually used, because it is repetitive, especially in the two latter books.
Em also has a lot of breakdowns because her self esteem is in the toilet, thanks to her abusive human parents that she still dwells on far too much. Creon is left reassuring the girl of her worth far, far, far too much and it gets old long before the series comes to a close. She and Creon and our support characters go on some epic adventures along the way, but she goes from training where she is barely able to go from breaking small rocks into two to some world-shattering powers pretty fast.
And here is one of the biggest complaints fans seem to have- how in the end, all of her superior and godlike powers aren’t really used at all. It’s more of an afterthought. So why spend all this time dragging us around the known world to gain them? It’s like the majority of the third book and only the end of the fourth matter at all. It’s just all filler for a little unneeded character development and to stretch the series out so the author could work in Em finding who her real parents were, get in more epic arguments and sex for our leads, expand the back stories of our secondary characters and a lot of our time wasted on reading how Em soaks through every pair of underwear she owns.
TMI people.
In the authors defense, the magic system is the most creative I have read yet in 50 years. Basing it on color theory is genius with magic users drawing shades of blue from their clothes or surroundings to heal, yellow to change things from one form to another (turn a rock into water or ground from hard to soft, etc) and red to inflict injuries. It explains why Creon and others wear black predominantly. The one throwaway line in book four of why Em chooses not to embrace pants and shirts is incredibly dumb, even if the secondary characters around her wear them she sticks to dresses even as she’s running through difficult terrain.
The secondary characters… none, even the core group, seem well developed, but rather more the shadows of good characters. I get they aren’t the focus here, but for a story revolving around found family I wish it could have been addressed- perhaps in place of some of the prolific sex? The supports are a medley of other races- which are kind of described- the vampires running around in daylight is another throwaway sentence in book four- and the individuals are all hundreds of years old (or in some cases over a thousand) so there is a lot of ancient feuds and grudges alluded to but not shared that really needed explaining. Without it you’re left with people who hate or distrust one another and the only reason we get as to why is “it’s a long story best explained later”… and later never comes.
It’s a big red “author dropped the ball here” in terms of storytelling. Maybe we’ll get some individual stories at some point that will give us those details, but I doubt I’d be interested in reading them by then. And for all of the build-up to the end of these characters willing to go into battle to stop The Mother, we focus only on Em’s POV for the story, so the aftermath walkthrough of Em wandering out of the makeshift medical site and noting “so-and-so lost half a leg” and “they were splatted with mud and blood but were still talking with others” is also a disappointment. It’s like “hey readers, yes these people did fight and were relevant, but I can’t be bothered to have Em stop to chat on what happened” is a bit of a slap in the face. It wouldn’t have hurt for Em to pick up part of a conversation as she walks by giving us a hint of what happened on their end.
Love the world building but I wish there was more to the story than Em finding herself fighting in different spots of the world so we can see the dryads (well, one anyway) and pixies (who were there in one book and then never mentioned again) and the phoenixes. We didn’t get to see the vampire realm (bummer) and the alvs are all underground now so we miss out on seeing them in their natural habitat.
So I stand by my three stars, and I will defend that stance, despite all the five star reviews out there over how much my fellow readers are crushing for Creon and Em. I get the love, but I just don’t feel it.
Okay, this series is a bit of a roller coaster for me. There are a lot of likable characters and (if it’s what you are looking for) a ton of sex between our leads and the books are definitely NOT slow burn- our couple hit the sheets relatively quick and often. I try to skip those but whew, our author goes into pages of detail.
My issue mostly relies to plot and our female lead, Emelin. We start the series with Em- a lonely and abused human girl on a small island that faces starvation often due to the tributes of food that must be sent to the fae on the orders of The Mother, who is the cruel ruler of the entire fae community. Her enforcer/mass murderer, Creon, is known as the Silent Death- because even though he flays your skin off while you are alive, the victims utter no sound.
Suitably horrific, right?
Emelin’s island, however, has decided to rebel and builds a ring of iron around their island, assuming it will keep the fae from crossing and leaving the island’s residents safe. WRONG. In comes the Silent Death to punish them, not that the residents believe Em when she tries to warn them, for Creon’s first look at the island he is ordered to destroy he sees Em practicing magic and goes in for a closer look.
Now magic is something that humans cannot do- so Em must be at least half fae, and one unknown and therefore not bound to The Mother. So now Creon makes the decision to kidnap the girl in the night while he sets fire to the village and deals with everyone she’s ever known, which sets the series into motion.
Creon, silent as The Mother has bound his voice, is, naturally, ripped and, despite his scars that have tattooed marks over them, including on his face (thanks to The Mother, who actually is his mother) is handsome as all heck to boot, so of course Em is drawn to his looks and, as she learns more about him, comes to understand the misunderstood man beneath the monster.
As a character, Creon is very well written, with a horrific backstory and you can see why he’s drawn to Em as she is the first person he’s found who isn’t afraid of him. She treats him like he’s her equal and isn’t afraid to argue when he’s being an idiot. I wish we had some chapters from his POV, but he’s also not afraid to let Emelin know what he’s thinking. His arc through the series is true to character and I couldn’t help but like him, despite all of the “witty banter” between the two about his looks and a ton of innuendos. Yeah, he is well aware he’s built like an Adonis and isn’t afraid to ooze charm to get what he wants, even if he mostly relies on his deadly reputation around others.
Em, however- and I had to keep reminding myself she’s a sheltered and abused girl of 20 who has just discovered and is really half fae and a foundling of her human parents- is a bit of a mess as a character. She is constantly having her knees buckle and Creon holding her steady and she can’t help but spend a lot of her time (when not dealing with The Mother) thinking about Creon and his smoking hot body and what he’s going to do to her next. And we’re talking marathon sex sessions because apparently dark fae princes can get it up all night long time after time after time after time.
Em also is fairly clueless but is suddenly hit with clarity and manages to say or do whatever it takes to save her butt. The author gets to where Em is suddenly “feeling the puzzle pieces fall into place” when we, the reader, is stuck wondering just how in the world did she figure that out. I almost wanted to do a word search and see how many times the phrase “puzzle pieces” is actually used, because it is repetitive, especially in the two latter books.
Em also has a lot of breakdowns because her self esteem is in the toilet, thanks to her abusive human parents that she still dwells on far too much. Creon is left reassuring the girl of her worth far, far, far too much and it gets old long before the series comes to a close. She and Creon and our support characters go on some epic adventures along the way, but she goes from training where she is barely able to go from breaking small rocks into two to some world-shattering powers pretty fast.
And here is one of the biggest complaints fans seem to have- how in the end, all of her superior and godlike powers aren’t really used at all. It’s more of an afterthought. So why spend all this time dragging us around the known world to gain them? It’s like the majority of the third book and only the end of the fourth matter at all. It’s just all filler for a little unneeded character development and to stretch the series out so the author could work in Em finding who her real parents were, get in more epic arguments and sex for our leads, expand the back stories of our secondary characters and a lot of our time wasted on reading how Em soaks through every pair of underwear she owns.
TMI people.
In the authors defense, the magic system is the most creative I have read yet in 50 years. Basing it on color theory is genius with magic users drawing shades of blue from their clothes or surroundings to heal, yellow to change things from one form to another (turn a rock into water or ground from hard to soft, etc) and red to inflict injuries. It explains why Creon and others wear black predominantly. The one throwaway line in book four of why Em chooses not to embrace pants and shirts is incredibly dumb, even if the secondary characters around her wear them she sticks to dresses even as she’s running through difficult terrain.
The secondary characters… none, even the core group, seem well developed, but rather more the shadows of good characters. I get they aren’t the focus here, but for a story revolving around found family I wish it could have been addressed- perhaps in place of some of the prolific sex? The supports are a medley of other races- which are kind of described- the vampires running around in daylight is another throwaway sentence in book four- and the individuals are all hundreds of years old (or in some cases over a thousand) so there is a lot of ancient feuds and grudges alluded to but not shared that really needed explaining. Without it you’re left with people who hate or distrust one another and the only reason we get as to why is “it’s a long story best explained later”… and later never comes.
It’s a big red “author dropped the ball here” in terms of storytelling. Maybe we’ll get some individual stories at some point that will give us those details, but I doubt I’d be interested in reading them by then. And for all of the build-up to the end of these characters willing to go into battle to stop The Mother, we focus only on Em’s POV for the story, so the aftermath walkthrough of Em wandering out of the makeshift medical site and noting “so-and-so lost half a leg” and “they were splatted with mud and blood but were still talking with others” is also a disappointment. It’s like “hey readers, yes these people did fight and were relevant, but I can’t be bothered to have Em stop to chat on what happened” is a bit of a slap in the face. It wouldn’t have hurt for Em to pick up part of a conversation as she walks by giving us a hint of what happened on their end.
Love the world building but I wish there was more to the story than Em finding herself fighting in different spots of the world so we can see the dryads (well, one anyway) and pixies (who were there in one book and then never mentioned again) and the phoenixes. We didn’t get to see the vampire realm (bummer) and the alvs are all underground now so we miss out on seeing them in their natural habitat.
So I stand by my three stars, and I will defend that stance, despite all the five star reviews out there over how much my fellow readers are crushing for Creon and Em. I get the love, but I just don’t feel it.
March 14, 2025
Court of Blood and Bindings #1
Even though it's very dangerous to do so, Emelin uses her magic to repair what she has broken. To her horror she is caught doing so by none other than Silent Death, the fae queen's assassin. When he leaves without killing her she has to wonder why, but she will soon find out. He "says" he won't kill her if she helps him to destroy the Mother, and she knows that she can save humanity if she does, but she isn't sure she can trust him.
Absolutely wonderful characters that I think are very well written and unique. Exciting action, magic, and steamy interactions with some unexpected twists in the plot that made it hard to put this book down. I think this is a must read, and I highly recommend this book. Fantastic!
Lord of Gold and Glory #2
Emelin has managed to escape from the Crimson Court and save Creon from the Mother’s torture. But her friends with the alliance aren’t happy when she insists that they offer Creon sanctuary along with herself. Unfortunately, old hatreds and long held grudges by the Undergrounds residents will soon make it nearly impossible for Creon to control his magic, so he will leave and go back to the islands of the archipelago in an effort to find others of his own kind that want the Mother removed from her throne. After weeks with no contact Emelin will go in search of the man she loves, and unexpectedly, get some answers to where her origins begin, which will force her to realize that she can no longer hide from the war that will free the islands of the archipelago from an insane ruler.
Wow, I love these characters. They are all well written, and utterly fascinating. Emelin and Creon are particularly compelling, and the development of their relationship is absolutely riveting. Exciting action, magic, bloody battles, intriguing character interactions and unexpected twists in the plot make this a must-read fantasy romance. I highly recommend this book.
Ruins of Sea and Souls #3
Emelin, Creon and a select group of traveling companions will journey to the continent where Em hopes to find clues about the possibility of breaking the Mother’s bindings, and what happened to the gods. They enter a land of plague, dragons, and a magical forest that makes it clear they aren’t wanted there. Unfortunately, the tensions between Creon and the rest of the group may doom their mission.
Unique, compelling and well written characters that are determined to save their world from a mad woman who doesn’t hesitate to destroy anyone that stand in her way. I particularly enjoyed the, I thought very realistic, interactions between Em and Creon, and the dynamics of their relationship with each other and their companions. Exciting action, violence, magic, betrayal, and some surprising twists in the plot. This is a must read, steamy fantasy romance book. I highly recommend this book and series.
Queens of Mist and Madness #4
Emelin has discovered that her god sworn magic has a darker side. The bindings have been discovered but the only person that knows how to identify the individual each one belongs to is Thysanda, and she refuses to reveal the secret. So, Emelin struggles with the temptation of using her magic to force the answers from the stubborn fae woman. Fortunately, Creon is steadfast in his belief in her innate instincts and her ability to do the right thing and save the entire realm from the Mother.
This book has many unique and well written characters, some of whom I loved, and others I wanted to shake some sense into. This is also a romance between Emelin, who struggles with moments of self-doubt and Creon who always manages to help her through those times with his belief in her. Their sometimes volatile romance made it hard to put this book down. A fast-paced and action-packed conclusion to a series I didn't want to end. Magic, betrayal, an epic battle to save their world and plenty of twists in the plot that kept me engrossed from the beginning to the end. I loved It!
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copies of these books.
Even though it's very dangerous to do so, Emelin uses her magic to repair what she has broken. To her horror she is caught doing so by none other than Silent Death, the fae queen's assassin. When he leaves without killing her she has to wonder why, but she will soon find out. He "says" he won't kill her if she helps him to destroy the Mother, and she knows that she can save humanity if she does, but she isn't sure she can trust him.
Absolutely wonderful characters that I think are very well written and unique. Exciting action, magic, and steamy interactions with some unexpected twists in the plot that made it hard to put this book down. I think this is a must read, and I highly recommend this book. Fantastic!
Lord of Gold and Glory #2
Emelin has managed to escape from the Crimson Court and save Creon from the Mother’s torture. But her friends with the alliance aren’t happy when she insists that they offer Creon sanctuary along with herself. Unfortunately, old hatreds and long held grudges by the Undergrounds residents will soon make it nearly impossible for Creon to control his magic, so he will leave and go back to the islands of the archipelago in an effort to find others of his own kind that want the Mother removed from her throne. After weeks with no contact Emelin will go in search of the man she loves, and unexpectedly, get some answers to where her origins begin, which will force her to realize that she can no longer hide from the war that will free the islands of the archipelago from an insane ruler.
Wow, I love these characters. They are all well written, and utterly fascinating. Emelin and Creon are particularly compelling, and the development of their relationship is absolutely riveting. Exciting action, magic, bloody battles, intriguing character interactions and unexpected twists in the plot make this a must-read fantasy romance. I highly recommend this book.
Ruins of Sea and Souls #3
Emelin, Creon and a select group of traveling companions will journey to the continent where Em hopes to find clues about the possibility of breaking the Mother’s bindings, and what happened to the gods. They enter a land of plague, dragons, and a magical forest that makes it clear they aren’t wanted there. Unfortunately, the tensions between Creon and the rest of the group may doom their mission.
Unique, compelling and well written characters that are determined to save their world from a mad woman who doesn’t hesitate to destroy anyone that stand in her way. I particularly enjoyed the, I thought very realistic, interactions between Em and Creon, and the dynamics of their relationship with each other and their companions. Exciting action, violence, magic, betrayal, and some surprising twists in the plot. This is a must read, steamy fantasy romance book. I highly recommend this book and series.
Queens of Mist and Madness #4
Emelin has discovered that her god sworn magic has a darker side. The bindings have been discovered but the only person that knows how to identify the individual each one belongs to is Thysanda, and she refuses to reveal the secret. So, Emelin struggles with the temptation of using her magic to force the answers from the stubborn fae woman. Fortunately, Creon is steadfast in his belief in her innate instincts and her ability to do the right thing and save the entire realm from the Mother.
This book has many unique and well written characters, some of whom I loved, and others I wanted to shake some sense into. This is also a romance between Emelin, who struggles with moments of self-doubt and Creon who always manages to help her through those times with his belief in her. Their sometimes volatile romance made it hard to put this book down. A fast-paced and action-packed conclusion to a series I didn't want to end. Magic, betrayal, an epic battle to save their world and plenty of twists in the plot that kept me engrossed from the beginning to the end. I loved It!
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copies of these books.
March 16, 2025
This is one of those box sets which is well worth purchasing. There are four books in the series and the story becomes more exciting as you read through the books. I loved this story right from the beginning and would give the series ten stars if possible. It's a steamy Fae fantasy romance with a WOW factor.
The main story is about Emelin and the Fae prince Creon, who is known as the Silent Death. I found it very hard to put any of these books down and read the last part without stopping for anything.
The bonus is that you don't have to wait for the next book to be written. It is all there in the set. I highly recommend this box set.
The main story is about Emelin and the Fae prince Creon, who is known as the Silent Death. I found it very hard to put any of these books down and read the last part without stopping for anything.
The bonus is that you don't have to wait for the next book to be written. It is all there in the set. I highly recommend this box set.
March 20, 2025
I have read each book individually then downloaded this to read while on vacation. This story has all the banter, all the feels, and all the growth! I enjoy this series so much I own the ebook of each one and was just able to purchase physical copies. I have read the series multiple times now and I love coming back to it, really hoping for more in this world in the future as it would be a lot of fun to see some of the side characters get their own story arcs.
August 4, 2025
yes! buy it! read it! love it forever!!
January 29, 2026
Fae Isles
Epic story! I laughed, cried and fell in love with the characters. Loved the HEA ending that Em and Creon deserved.
Epic story! I laughed, cried and fell in love with the characters. Loved the HEA ending that Em and Creon deserved.
October 17, 2025
This is one of my absolute favorite series!! I love the magic systems and themes throughout the series, I wish I could read it for the first time again.
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