A new novel from CL Polk, The Feywild Job, takes D&D headlong into a genre where there’s only one bed at the inn.
Romantasy, as a genre, has been bringing love, sex, and melodrama more to the forefront of fantastical worlds for a while now. Whether you believe it began in the high days of the Canterbury Tales or has at least been kicking around since the Mercedes Lackey-filled 80s, or are a fan of new icons of the genre like A Court of Thrones and Roses or Morning Glory Milking Farm, there’s no questioning the genre’s popularity. Or its ribaldness.
Recently, RPGs have started horning in on the horny genre. Look at Critical Role’s recent Tusk Love, which is an adaptation of an in-world romantasy novel that is just as NSFW in our world as it was in Exandria. Now, Penguin Random House has announced D&D is entering the chat with The Feywild Job, a new romantasy novel from CL Polk coming later this year.
The Feywild Job, D&D Does Romantasy
Author CL Polk has quite the pedigree. You might recognize their name from books like Witchmark, The Midnight Bargain or the Nebula-winning, USA Today bestseller Even Though I Knew The End. Now they are taking on the worlds of D&D – specifically the Feywild.
And that’s how this book is pitched. It’s a “cozy fantasy romance” that centers around a heist through the Feywild, that requires two bitter exes work together to pull off one last job.
Better still, this seems to be all about Charisma caster vs Charisma caster as the two exes in question are Saeldian, a Warlock who has sworn a magical pact never to fall in love, and Kell, a charming Bard with a bruised heart.
“Saeldian has sworn never to fall in love. That oath isn’t just a personal promise, but rather a magical pact, granting them powerful abilities. The only catch? They must never give their heart away—a deal that Saeldian is perfectly content with. They’ve seen firsthand how messy love can get.
Saeldian prefers their no-strings-attached life as a con artist, pulling off heists and leaving a trail of broken hearts behind them. But when a grift goes horribly wrong, they catch the eye of a mysterious patron with a job offer they can’t refuse.”
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The pair have to team up to steal a magical gem known as “The Kiss of Enduring Love” and before you know it, they’re falling madly into enemies to lovers all over again.
D&D is no stranger to romance. Indeed, several adventures feature ties of love being tested, usually by dungeon crawls, but this could be a big new step for D&D, assuming they don’t have to sanitize everything to Hasbro standards. Look for The Feywild Job in June!
This is the first step down a road to Romantasy campaigns!
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