Writing – Lyndsey Hall

To Win a Dark Heart Series Announcement!

I am so excited to announce that I have another novel coming in a multi-author series next year, and this one is bringing together two well-known fairy tales, myths and legends for a villain romance in every single book! The series releases begin in January, and my book, Falling for the Enchantress will release on 13 March 2026:

An ancient witch with a grudge.

A sheriff with something to prove.

An enchantment they’ll come to regret, but never escape.

High Priestess Morgaine has been hiding in plain sight for centuries, using her magic to hide herself and her coven from Prince John’s witch hunters. But when a young witchling is slain by the new sheriff’s men, Morgaine will stop at nothing to get vengeance. She’ll kill every witch hunter in the royal forests, including the cruel and handsome sheriff, and then she’ll find Prince John and cut out his heart for good measure.

Until a protection spell backfires and she finds herself magically bound to her enemy. If he dies, so does she.

Stefano’s only job as the High Sheriff of the Royal Forests is to rid the country of the scourge of witchcraft. Betrothed to Prince John’s daughter, he’s desperate to prove his worth and live up to his name as the Grand Witch Hunter. The only thing standing in his way is the captivating and enigmatic witch he’s now bound to by some twist of fate.

As sparks fly and the sworn enemies grow to grudgingly respect each other, could there be more than pure hatred causing the tension between them?

Falling for the Enchantress is a fairy tale that combines elements of Robin Hood and King Arthur. Set between the events in each of these stories, it is the ninth book in the To Win a Dark Heart series, which retells fairy tales as old as time, but this time it’s the villain’s turn to get a happy ending.

Want more no-spice fairy tale mash-ups where the villains finally get their chance at a happily ever after? Check out the rest of the To Win a Dark Heart multi-author collection!

Falling for the Trickster by Lucy Tempest (Rumpelstiltskin + Goose Girl)
Falling for the Doomed Bride by C.K. Beggan (Bluebeard + Sleeping Beauty)
Falling for the Winged Witch by Sarah Beran (Wild Swans + Jack & the Beanstalk)
Falling for the Crystal Fae by Anabelle Raven (The Snow Queen + Aladdin)
Falling for the Pirate by Nicki Chapelway (Peter Pan + The Little Mermaid)
Falling for the Mad King by Sydney Winward (Alice in Wonderland + The 12 Dancing Princesses)
Falling for the Sorcerer by Jes Drew (Rapunzel + Swan Lake)
Falling for the Wolf by Megan Charlie (Little Red Riding Hood + Cinderella)
Falling for the Enchantress by Lyndsey Hall (Robin Hood + King Arthur)
Falling for the Pied Piper by Ashley Evercott (Beauty & the Beast + The Pied Piper)
Falling for the Dark Mage by Lucy Winton (East of the Sun, West of the Moon + The Frog Prince)
Falling for the Huntsman by Leialoha Humpherys (Snow White + Hansel & Gretel)

To Win a Dark Heart

Lyndsey

Letters from the Fair Realm – are you signed up?

Hello Fair Folk!

If you’ve been around here a while, you might know about my email newsletter and the free short stories I give away to subscribers. If not, then now you do!

I moved my emails over to Substack in May last year and it’s been great, I really like the platform and I’m building a small but brilliant little community over there. If you’re not already part of it, I’d love for you to join us. I email every two weeks (sometimes more often around a release date) with a bit of an update on life and writing, and loads of book recs and bargains. Plus, subs are always the first to hear about sales and get ARCs.

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Subscriber free gifts

When you sign up to my fortnightly emails, you’ll get:

A Fair Deception – a short fairytale inspired fantasy romance, loosely based on Cinderella.

A Fair Vendetta – a sapphic short fantasy story about a young woman seeking justice for her parents’ murders.

The Wyvern and the Woodwitch – a short romantic fantasy tale featuring a healer on a mission to find a cure, and an adorable wyvern companion.

Happy reading!

Lyndsey

My weekend writing retreat

Hi friends! I’ve just come home from a 3-night stay in a cosy, secluded cottage with two of my closest author friends, and it was so good for the soul.

We arrived on Friday evening to the beautiful little converted barn, The Cider House, to scented candles filling the house with a gorgeous scent, and a basket of welcome goodies from the lovely hostess.

After we’d settled in, we had dinner and caught up on each other’s lives. Then we wrote, talked about our works-in-progress and our plans for our author careers. It was a perfect evening with two of my favourite humans!

On Saturday, Rhianne and I got up at 6am to write and let Alice have a lie in (we’re all mums to young kids, so sleep is a precious commodity!). We’ve all got word count goals and deadlines to hit, so we sprinted throughout the day, between lots of bouncing ideas around and helping each other fill in plot holes, and find that one perfect word that’s right on the tip of your tongue but keeps eluding you.

We took a long walk through the surrounding countryside after lunch (a lot of snacks were consumed over the course of the weekend!), and Saturday evening was spent in ballgowns and crowns filming TikTok videos!

Here’s one of mine: https://www.tiktok.com/@lyndseyhall_/video/7225210653278080282?lang=en

On Sunday, we had a slightly more chilled day. I slept in until 8.30am and wrote for a while, but by the afternoon we were all ready for a break, so we decided to do a photo shoot and get some new author headshots and content for our socials.

Then we played a few games of Cluedo (there were loads of board games and books provided in the cottage) and had dinner, and then Alice went for a bath, using the lovely aromatherapy oils the hostess had provided, while me and Rhianne chatted and watched a movie.

I wrote for a while after the others had gone to bed to try and hit my word goal for the day. Then on Monday morning we packed up, tidied the cottage and said our goodbyes, before heading home!

It was the perfect mini writing retreat, we all wrote so many words and got over some bumps in our WIPs with each others help. And I think we all left feeling refreshed and reinvigorated for our writing and publishing careers. Or, I did, at least!

If you’re a writer and you’ve got author friends within a few hours drive, I can’t recommend a DIY writing retreat highly enough. Sometimes, being surrounded by other creatives with the same struggles and dreams as you can be exactly what you need to remind yourself you’re not alone on this path. We’re all in it together.

Lyndsey