// cara_ravelli.reading_room

Choose your obsession.

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

The Sun King by Cara RavelliThe crown was never enough.
// the.cursed.poets · spoken.archive

Some stories refuse to stay buried.

Three books. Three entrances into Byron’s world. Read the history, enter the curse, and hear Gabriel Ashworth speak for himself.

Gabriel Ashworth beside a carriage in the mist
“Everyone thinks they know my story. They have no idea.”Gabriel Ashworth / the fictional Byron archive
// the.villa.opens · october.2026

Three doors open on Halloween.

Book One The Dark Lord of Villa Diodati

The gates of Villa Diodati open.

Literary Companion Dangerous to Know

Twenty-two evenings with Lord Byron begin.

Book Two She Was My Darkness

The buried history follows.

Book Three · Fall Into the Storm — its publication date will be announced when the storm is ready.

The Dark Lord of Villa Diodati by Cara Ravelli
Novel · The curse awakens

The Dark Lord of Villa Diodati

Mira enters the legendary house. Gabriel discovers that the past has written her name into its final story.

Mira · PrologueThe Dark Lord · Opening voice
Gabriel · PrologueThe Dark Lord · Opening voice
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She Was My Darkness by Cara Ravelli
Novel · Where history ends

She Was My Darkness

Byron, Lilith, and the hidden origin of the curse—set beside Cara’s note on what is history and what belongs to fiction.

DarknessLord Byron, 1816 · Gabriel Ashworth
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Dangerous to Know: 22 Evenings with Lord Byron by Cara Ravelli
Literary Companion · 22 Evenings

Dangerous to Know

Gabriel Ashworth opens his private library for twenty-two evenings of Lord Byron’s poetry, fictional reflections, and original verse by Cara Ravelli.

Welcome to Dangerous to KnowGabriel Ashworth · Character welcome
A Note on History and FictionCara Ravelli · Author’s note
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Gabriel Ashworth and the supernatural story are fictional. Lord Byron’s historical poems are identified as such; original poems and Gabriel’s reflections are written by Cara Ravelli.

// the.series.library

Nine worlds. Choose your door.

Every series has its own atmosphere: gothic curses, cursed royals, dark romantasy, psychological obsession, and contemporary heat. Choose a world, then follow it book by book.

The Labyrinth
Chicago After Dark

The Labyrinth

A premium escort agency, dangerous new identities, and adult love stories where desire is never only business.

The Cursed Poets
Gothic Curses · Spoken Archive

The Cursed Poets

A supernatural historical romance saga of Byron, Shelley, Mary Shelley, Polidori and Dante, told through letters, poems and voices.

The Queen’s Spell
Mirror Rituals & Cursed Royals

The Queen’s Spell

Magic mirrors, forbidden glass, haunted Versailles and adult fairytales where the crown always asks for blood.

The Calix Saga
Christmas Romance & AI

The Calix Saga

Mason, Sierra and Calix in one winter story of desire, memory and an intelligence learning how to love.

The White Seal Saga
Burn With Me · Lake Geneva

The White Seal Saga

Love that refuses to fit the life you planned—desire, marriage, memory and loyalty on Lake Geneva.

Haunted by the King by Cara Ravelli
// the.queens.spell · haunted.versailles

Versailles remembers.

Haunted by the King opens the door to The Queen’s Spell: cursed royalty, mirror magic, dangerous desire, and a palace that never truly released its king.

“Some palaces keep their ghosts. Versailles kept its king.”

// choose.by.world

Three kinds of obsession.

Choose the atmosphere first. Each doorway leads to a complete series room—not another repeated wall of books.

Historical magical romance
Historical · Magical

Haunted History

Villa Diodati, immortal poets, forbidden letters and the past refusing burial.

The Cursed Poets →
Magical romantasy
Romantasy · Magic

Cursed Fairytales

Mirrors, demons, royal bargains and love powerful enough to rewrite fate.

The Queen’s Spell →
Contemporary psychological romance
Contemporary · Psychological

Modern Obsession

Power, protection, emotional danger, forbidden attraction and hard-won HEAs.

The Labyrinth →
The Devil’s Favorite Witch by Cara Ravelli
// november.release

She became the one rule he broke.

The Devil’s Favorite Witch follows Kira and Astaroth: the demon agrees to help her win back her ex, then discovers that he wants her to stay.

“The magic is easier.”

ReleaseNovember 2026
MoodWitchy, sinful, romantic
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