British · b. 1990
Caroline Peckham is a British self-published author who co-writes with Susanne Valenti. Together they are one of the most commercially successful romantasy duos in the genre, best known for the Zodiac Academy series.
Caroline Peckham is a British author who writes in collaboration with Susanne Valenti. Together they have built one of the largest self-published readerships in the romantasy genre, with the Zodiac Academy series becoming a cultural phenomenon on BookTok and through Kindle Unlimited.
The Zodiac Academy series — eight books following twin sisters Tory and Darcy Vega as they navigate a Fae academy, claim their royal heritage, and fall into deeply complicated relationships with their enemies — is the flagship series and the one that built the Peckham/Valenti readership. The series is set in the world of Solaria, a Fae realm where magic is governed by astrological powers. The combination of dark academy aesthetics, enemies-to-lovers romance, and an expansive political fantasy world proved a winning formula for a fanbase that discovered it primarily through TikTok recommendations.
The Zodiac Academy series reads in order:
Beyond the main series, Peckham and Valenti have written extensively in the extended Solaria universe, including the Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac series (retelling events from the Heirs’ perspectives), the Darkmore Penitentiary trilogy, and multiple novellas and companion books. The extended universe runs to over thirty titles for readers who want to remain in the world.
They have also written outside the Zodiac/Solaria universe, including the Harlequin Crew series and other dark romance and paranormal titles.
Both authors are British and write under pen names. The partnership produces books at a rate that reflects the demands of their readership — multiple releases per year, typically available through Kindle Unlimited as well as in paperback.
Peckham and Valenti are among the most commercially successful examples of the self-publishing model that has reshaped genre fiction in the 2020s — building an audience directly through social media and digital retail rather than through traditional publishing infrastructure.
by Caroline Peckham
The penultimate book in the Zodiac Academy series — the battle for Solaria reaches its most devastating point, and the cost of the throne becomes almost unbearable.
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The final book in the Zodiac Academy series — the Vega twins face their ultimate destiny in a battle that will determine the fate of Solaria and everyone they love.
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The darkest instalment yet — as the prophecy surrounding the Vega twins comes into sharper focus, betrayals shake the alliances they have built, and the battle for Solaria approaches.
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Alliances are forged and fractured as the Vega twins draw closer to claiming their throne — and the final confrontation with the forces threatening Solaria becomes inevitable.
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As the Vega twins strengthen their powers and their alliances, darker forces move against Solaria — and the cost of the throne they were born to claim becomes terrifyingly clear.
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The Vega twins face their most dangerous challenges yet as the threat from the Shadow Beast grows and the complicated feelings between the twins and the Heirs can no longer be ignored.
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The Vega twins return to Zodiac Academy for their second semester — and the Heirs' campaign to break them intensifies even as unexpected alliances and undeniable attractions begin to complicate everything.
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by Caroline Peckham
Twin sisters Tory and Darcy Vega discover they are Fae royalty and heirs to the throne of Solaria — but they must first survive Zodiac Academy, where the four powerful Heirs will stop at nothing to drive them out.
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