For fans of TJ Klune’s Wolfsong , V.E. Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic , and KJ Charles’s Charm of Magpies . A bisexual wolf-shifter who longs to be human. A man immune to magic. A bond that could bridge two worlds—or destroy them both. Diesel Cade has spent his life trapped in the enchanted forests of the supernatural realm, hiding the part of himself that most defines his a wolf-shifter. Within the pack’s boundaries, the world still moves as if it’s the 19th century—gaslight, horse-drawn carriages, and strict traditions. Diesel craves the hum of modern city streets, coffee shops, and the freedom to be more than the role he was born into. When Diesel smuggles a pickup truck into the forest—a bold act of rebellion against the elders’ rule to keep their world cloistered—it ends in flames. Mat Kwan, a grieving firefighter from the human realm, is already deep in the forest after being lured in by vampires looking for fresh blood. Immune to magic—and the vampires who use it—Mat pulls Diesel from the burning wreck. Now Mat’s presence threatens the fragile balance between the human and supernatural worlds. The pack sees him as a danger that must be eliminated. But as danger closes in, Diesel and Mat are drawn together by something neither can deny—something as forbidden as it is impossible to ignore. If you fantasy colliding with a contemporary settingLGBTQ+ romance with slow-burn longing and emotional depthFound family, forbidden love, and protective shifters…then The Rise will sweep you into a richly imagined world where love is both a rebellion and a home.