// cara_ravelli.reading_room

Choose your obsession.

Psychological romance. Paranormal temptation. Protective slow burn. Gothic curses. Contemporary heat. Love that leaves a mark.

The Dark Lord of Villa Diodati by Cara RavelliThe dark lord waits at Villa Diodati.
// haunted.by.the.king · three.editions

The King. The Ghost. The Curse.

The Sun Edition rules in gold. The Midnight Edition haunts in black. The illustrated Once Upon a Curse Edition reveals the most romantic face of Louis XIV's spell.

The three Haunted by the King editions by Cara Ravelli

Louis XIV died on September 1, 1715. Three hundred and eleven years later, his curse returned with a third face.

// choose.by.world

Dark worlds first. Contemporary obsession after.

Begin with cursed blood, haunted history, and gothic storms. Then step into protection, power games, and second-chance ache.

Hell Touched
Dark Romantasy

Hell Touched

Begin with Signed in Blood: demons, contracts, blood promises, and desire with consequences.

Enter
The Cursed Poet
Gothic Romance

The Cursed Poet

Enter The Dark Lord of Villa Diodati: one immortal poet, one storm archive, and a curse waiting behind the myth.

Enter
The Queen’s Spell
Haunted History & Cursed Royals

The Queen’s Spell

Begin with Haunted by the King: Versailles remembers, the Sun King never left, and the crown still asks for blood.

Enter
Vanguard Protection
Protection & Suspense

Vanguard Protection

Bodyguards, celebrity danger, exposed secrets, and slow-burn heat under pressure.

Enter
The Carter Dynasty
Power & Obsession

The Carter Dynasty

Old money, dirty secrets, Geneva power games, and love that starts as revenge before becoming something far more dangerous.

Enter
The Almost Series
Second Chance Pain

The Almost Series

Emotional contemporary romance for readers who want longing, impossible choices, and the kind of love that never quite lets go.

Enter
The Calix Saga
Christmas Heat & Artificial Intelligence

The Calix Saga

Mason, Sierra and Calix collide in a continuous winter love story about desire, memory, and what makes a heart human.

Enter
The Labyrinth
Chicago After Dark

The Labyrinth

A premium escort agency, a dangerous new identity, a Chicago mafia boss, and one rule neither Bambi nor Nate can keep.

Enter
The Witch’s Ex List
// halloween.release

Banned from Magical Tinder.

The Witch’s Ex List brings witchy romantic chaos to Hell Touched: Kira’s exes hate her, the demons desire her, and her next bad decision is already bubbling.

“Her exes hate her. The demons desire her.”

ReleaseHalloween 2026
MoodWitchy, sinful, chaotic
DoorwayHell Touched
// soundtrack.experience

Ravelli Sound

Midnight Shadows turns the emotional atmosphere of the books into dark, sensual soundtracks: confession, obsession, grief, control, and the kind of desire that follows you after the chapter ends.

Midnight Shadows music
// meet.cara.ravelli

Hey, I’m Cara.

I write romance because I love stories that stay with you—the kind that make you think about the characters long after you’ve finished the final page.

Contemporary? Psychological? Romantasy? My imagination refuses to choose one lane. Some days I return to a cursed world full of history and magic; other days I’m already halfway into a steamy bodyguard romance. And yes, working on several books at once may explain why my publication dates occasionally develop personalities of their own. 😂

Cara Ravelli, romance and romantasy author
Author / Storyteller / Lake Geneva