Hardest Fall: Mercenaries and Magic

by Alessa Thorn

329 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 5, 2026

About the author

Alessa Thorn believes that all monsters and villains deserve their happy endings. She prefers her clothes black, eyeliner winged and books full of hot romance. She thinks heroes are boring, so her first series 'The Court of the Underworld' centers around dark gods, monsters and villains from her favorite Greek Myths.

Reviews

[Cathy Elsasser · Rating 4 out of 5]

Return of the mercenaries

Alessa Thorn’s Mercenaries and Magic series is a joy to read romance with some magic, mobsters and technology sprinkled in. The book is a great read. Spoilers, I thought the magic would be minimal, with the evil villain allegedly dying in book 4…however Easter eggs were left to set up the next installment. Please make book 6 release soon.

Thanks as always for a great book!

[Caitlin Floyd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alessa has managed to keep me invested in lovable but ruthless mercenaries for 5 books now. Just when I thought the last book was the peak, she goes and drops this masterpiece! I completely fell in love with their love story. The yearning! THE YEARNING!! I also loved Giana's transformation throughout the book into a solid woman of her own and becoming an equal partner. It was such a beautiful story and that ending had be teary-eyed in the best way!

[J Rush · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable sequal

Been a while since I read this storyline so needed to familiarise myself with the characters. I didn't read the book about Leo and Dante so was a bit on the backfoot but didn't hinder. Look forward to final, currently being serialised on ream. Shouldn't be too long i think.

[M · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing continuation of the series!

We met Gianna and Rodrigo in previous installment - Dante and Leo's story. I love how the story flows continuously but also feels like a separate love story.

[Marci Soloway · Rating 5 out of 5]

What comes next?

I absolutely love the characters Alessa Thorn writes. Each couple has their quirks and she does not disappoint with this book!

You have magic, mafia and mercenaries in one neat, hard to put down novel. Thank you for a great series.