Upon Buried Embers: Upon Buried Embers, Book 1

Name: Upon Buried Embers: Upon Buried Embers, Book 1
Author: Kelly Cove

Top 200 · #133 in Dragons & Mythical Creatures Fantasy on Amazon

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Why we recommend it

Buried embers and the ache of what was set a smoldering, melancholy tone for this series starter. It hints at old wounds, dangerous secrets, and a love rekindled from ashes against shadowed stakes. With its brooding atmosphere and slow-building heat, it suits readers who like their dark romance laced with grief, longing, and the slow burn of something thought lost flaring back to dangerous life.

At a glance

Upon Buried Embers is a dark romantasy by Kelly Cove. It rates 3/5 for spice and 4/5 for darkness, mid-range for dark romantasy: of the 648 dark romantasy books we rate, 34% score lower for darkness and 8% lower for spice. Tropes: second chance, slow burn and forbidden romance. Second chance is one of the less common tropes in our catalogue. 2 content warnings are listed below, hidden until you tap.

Tropes

Forbidden Romance Morally Grey MC Second Chance Slow Burn

Book details

Published: April 2026

Upon Buried Embers spice level

Upon Buried Embers is rated 3/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: open door, meaning explicit scenes written plainly, but not the engine of the book. Its darkness rating is 4/5: heavy, meaning sustained cruelty, trauma or non-consent central to the relationship. How we rate