Books like Free Fall by Laura Anne Gilman

A young woman's life takes a dangerous turn when she's offered a second chance for her execution over murder - but at a steep price.

In the second book of the Sharing Knife series, farmer‑girl Fawn Bluefield and Lakewalker soldier‑sorcerer Dag Redwing Hickory navigate prejudice and danger after their unexpected marriage, facing threats that could unite—or divide—two peoples.

In Beguilement, a young woman from a farm seeks a new life, but is drawn into a hidden world of Lakewalkers—nomadic soldier-sorcerers—when she is kidnapped by a malice, an immortal life‑draining entity. Together, they confront ancient enemies and rise from bleakness toward an unexpected partnership.

A wordless picture book that takes young readers on a dream‑filled adventure into a distant land of dragons, castles, and mythical creatures.

In a world that dismisses myth, Blair Murphy, a lone demon hunter, is chosen by the goddess Morrigan to lead a circle of six against the vampire Lilith and her minions, forcing her to trust allies and confront a forbidden love across time.

A young girl must confront her magical abilities and the dangers of magic in a foreign land.

Detective Gabriella Versado probes a series of grotesque killings in Detroit, where victims’ bodies are fused with animal parts—shocking a city already haunted by a serial killer.

After a former lover lures him into the woods, Dylan Saunders wakes drugged, accused of murder, and must team up with a psychic to unmask the killer before they strike again.

In the first book of The Healer series, Avry of Kazan, who can absorb wounds and illnesses, is hunted for spreading plague. Captured by a band of rogues, she must decide whether to heal a plague‑stricken prince she blames for her family’s death.

In Depression‑era Chicago, a time‑traveling serial killer stalks young women across decades until one survivor, Kirby Mazrachi, turns the hunt around with a former homicide reporter’s help.

In a forgotten world of Hetar, Dillon, blessed with magic, follows destiny to Belmair, where a powerful sorceress, Cinnia, must confront a dark mystery while his marriage to the king’s daughter could unite their realms.

An alternate reality crime thriller where a young lawyer becomes a hero fighting against the forces of darkness.

Chime, once a promising mage, finds herself adrift in a world where magic is power and power is dangerous. Now, with the threat of war looming, she must uncover a plot to save her kingdom and find redemption.

Calli Torcher‑a horse‑lover injured in a horrible accident—attempts to ride again—finds herself in Lladrana, a realm of swords, sorcery, and flying horses, where she must unite the unruly volarans to save the land.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

Margrit Knight, a legal counsel to the Old Races, faces a new world of trouble as she negotiates a peace treaty in New York City.

Three women fight to protect their kingdom against encroaching evil and a goblin horde.

A magical journey of identity and belonging for a young woman raised as a normal girl in Oklahoma.

In the third book of the Hetar series, Lara Vaninth, the Domina of Terah, vanishes in the New Outlands, spurring her husband Magnus Hauk to enlist Prince Kaliq of the Shadows and the faerie queen Ilona in a frantic search. As the mysterious Twilight Lord Kol claims Lara for his own, the Emperor of Hetar schemes a war to seize Terah.