Fractal Enigma
Stories from the Edge of Reality
Indie romance and genre-bending fiction that stays with you.
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From the Blog
Trope deep-dives, reading recommendations, and the stories behind the stories.
The Ultimate Age Gap Romance Guide: Why We Can’t Get Enough of the Forbidden Age Difference Trope
Everything you need to know about age gap romance—why we love the forbidden tension, the best variations from dad's best friend to player/coach, and where to find scorching reads that do this trope justice.
Meet Our Authors
Twelve voices writing everything from scorching hockey romance to cozy small-town love stories. Each with their own style, all delivering guaranteed happy endings.
Chase Power
MM Sports
Rowan Black
Sports Romance
Ames Willow
Cozy MM
Jax Wilder
MM Hockey
Isla Wilde
Contemporary
Lucian Gray
Dark Romance
Reader Favorites
The books readers can’t stop recommending. Grumpy hockey players, sunshine heroes, and love stories that hit different.
Puck Tease
Chase Power
MM • Hockey 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Maple & Moth
Ames Willow
MM • Small Town 🌶️🌶️
The King’s Submission
Jax Wilder
MM • Hockey 🌶️🌶️🌶️
King of Tides & Ruin
Draven Moore
Pirate Romantasy 🌶️🌶️
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About Fractal Enigma Publishing
Fractal Enigma is an independent romance publisher specializing in high-heat love stories across MM romance, sports romance, contemporary romance, dark romance, and romantasy. We publish books for readers who want emotional depth alongside their steam—stories where the tension builds as deliberately as the connection, and every happily ever after feels earned.
Our catalog features twelve pen names writing everything from grumpy/sunshine hockey romances to cozy small-town Vermont love stories to dark mafia tales with morally gray heroes. Whether you’re searching for your next age-gap obsession, a forced proximity slow burn, or an enemies-to-lovers that delivers on every trope promise, you’ll find it here. Every book includes a free first chapter so you can try before you buy, and we offer exclusive bonus content—extended epilogues and spicy deleted scenes—for readers who want more time with their favorite couples.
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