Florence Italy • Opulent Setting • Vampire Fae Romantasy

Dark Magic, Vampire Courts, and Fae Princes in the Most Beautiful City in the World. The Setting Is Half the Romance.

DARK FAE MASTERS OF ITALY

VAMPIRE FAE ROMANTASY • COMPLETE 5-BOOK SERIES

Fantasy romance is often set in worlds designed to feel opulent and immersive, but the opulence is invented — architecture, food, fashion assembled from imagination. Dark Fae Masters of Italy is grounded in Florence: a city with 700 years of accumulated visual magnificence, the historical capital of the Italian Renaissance, where the Medici funded art and architecture that made the world more beautiful. The Vampire Court Quinn controls — his Dark Haven — occupies this city. The portal to the Fae Realm opens from it. The setting is not generic; it has weight.

The author describes the prose as “a movie in your mind” — descriptive, sensory, built to put you inside the world rather than summarize it. Reviewers confirm: “Ava’s stories are so luxurious and beautiful. The descriptions are so vivid and her love stories so real you feel them. You see and feel not only the gorgeousness but the decadence.” The Twilight Realm — the Fae world accessible through Florence — has its own opulence: Summer Fae courts, Dark Winter Fae cities of ice, ancient magic bound into the landscape.

For readers who read fantasy romance as much for world immersion as for the romance, this series delivers both. The setting is integrated, not decorative — the vampire court politics in Florence, Lucca’s rebellion against his Summer Fae King, the hunt for the Gold-Eyed Revenant beneath Florence’s streets: everything is located in and shaped by specific places. Italy is not backdrop. It’s structure.

Luxurious, beautiful, so vivid you feel them

“Ava’s stories are so luxurious and beautiful. The descriptions are so vivid and her love stories so real you feel them. You see and feel not only the gorgeousness but the decadence.” — Kindle Customer, Amazon US

If you like decadence, passion, and slow burns — give Ava Ward a chance

“If you like decadence, details, love, passion, chocolate, slow burns that are delicious and paranormal romance, give Ava Ward a chance!” — Amazon Customer, Amazon US

Ava Ward’s ability to create an amazing world will entrance you

“Anyone who has read an Ava Ward series will know that they are entering a wonderful world: decadent and decorative, fiercely passionate and personally challenging. Ava Ward’s ability to create an amazing world will entrance you.” — EileenM, Amazon UK

SETTING & WORLD-BUILDING FAQ

How much of the story actually takes place in Florence?
Florence anchors the series. Quinn’s Dark Haven is there; the portal to the Twilight Realm opens from it; the climactic confrontation in Book 5 takes place beneath the city. The Twilight Realm (Fae world) is also prominently featured, but Florence is always home base.

Is the writing immersive, or is the setting more of a name-drop?
The author describes her prose style as “a movie in your mind” — descriptive, sensory, visual. Multiple reviewers specifically note the quality of the world description as a standout feature.

What is the Twilight Realm?
The Twilight Realm is the portal Fae world that exists adjacent to the human world — accessible through Florence. It has its own geography, politics, and power structures: Summer Fae Courts, Dark Winter Fae cities, and the ancient hierarchies Ariana has to navigate.

Is the series complete?
Five books, all published, free in Kindle Unlimited.