To Wield The Darkest Night by Beau Van Dalen

Every night, I see that man—that lovely stranger—in my dreams. So strong, mysterious, gentle… but a stranger all the same. Until one day he shows up at my doorstep, and promises me adventure… As a closeted trans man and apothecary to a small town, Sol is numbed by his uneventful life. Stifled by his neighbors' expectations, he only finds comfort in his sleep, where he is haunted by visions of a mysterious lover: a man too perfect to be real, yet too vivid to be a dream… At first, Sol makes nothing of these strange nighttime apparitions—until the lover from his visions, Yohan, walks into his potion shop years later asking for him personally. Tall, darkly mysterious and handsome, Yohan is a knight cursed by forbidden magic whose King has fallen ill. And Sol just happens to be one of the rare people able to craft a cure. Now, Sol finds himself with the perfect excuse to leave his small town behind, and just the perfect man to do it with. A sensual tale of self-discovery following a trans man MC and his gay lover in a darkly supernatural yet cozy romantasy world.

Adult • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+/Own Voices • Fantasy/Romantic and Erotic

Content Warning: Mature scenes, general violence, drug use, mentions of infidelity, mentions of execution, mentions of human trafficking, transphobia, misgendering of a transgender character, gender dysphoria, PTSD, SA (flashback), sexual trauma, risky sexual behavior, birth control, mentions of pregnancy, death of multiple minor characters, some AFAB language used for a trans man character during mature scenes.