REVIEW:

- July 04, 2026

THE LOST ART OF SEDUCING A MAGE WARRIOR

The Lost Arts - Book One

by Ellie Ash

Release Date: May 16, 2025

Audio Release Date: November 11, 2025

Narrated by: Iggy Toma

Review

A great world that Ellie has created. Fullsome, diverse, and has an interesting throughline that follows the series.

Brannel and Perian are a fun match. The head of Mage warriors, a fighter, with powerful magic. And the personable and affable, who people love.

There is some angst between them as they learn to navigate their growing feelings and how to meld their worlds together, but they are sweet and learn how to communicate and share their feelings.

There are also some wonderful side characters to make this realm feel fullsome.

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Synopsis

Perian’s visit to the royal city is proving to be a lot more than he bargained for when he's faced with a bossy little girl, a very opinionated horse, and only one bed to share with a handsome Mage Warrior.

Perian's life is transformed utterly when powerful Mage Warrior Brannal saves him from an attack, then brings him back to the castle and straight to his bed… to recuperate. As Perian heals, desire flares hot between them, and Brannal asks him to stay longer. Perian starts to think this could be the start of something wonderful.

Only it turns out that Perian might be stepping on more toes than he realizes. That angry redhead who doesn’t like him? Second in command of the Mage Warriors. Renny, the little girl hiding in the garden whom he befriended? Her secrets could endanger both of them. And Brannal? He isn’t just the Mage Warrior who rescued Perian—he’s the head of the Mage Warriors.

Perian can’t fight to save his life (literally—Brannal had to do that), he doesn’t have a lick of magic, and he doesn’t have any responsibilities. Could someone as ordinary as him really find a place in the castle with such an extraordinary Mage Warrior?

The Lost Art of Seducing a Mage Warrior is a 90K cozy MM fantasy romance with plenty of steam. Told in single POV, it features a HFN for a lonely young man and the powerful Mage Warrior who rescues him—as well as a stubborn little girl, a horse with an attitude, and meddling friends.

About Ellie Ash

Ellie has had a life-long love affair with books. A proud Canadian, she graduated from university with an English Literature Bachelors and Masters—as well as an avid appreciation for MM romance thanks to all the slash fanfiction she read and wrote. Around 2021, she realized that the kind of MM romance she enjoys was now being traditionally and indie published, and she has not looked back.

From devouring ARCs to betaing and editing while writing in her spare time, Ellie was inspired by a reader and writer conference in 2024 to take the plunge and put some of her own stories out in the world. In her spare time, she reads, writes, plays D&D, and pursues other geeky interests.

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