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Her Shadows to Bear
My debut novel • coming 1st April 2025!

Book one • Dark fantasy romance

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Themes & Tropes

💞 Found family

✨ Sisterhood

🌈 Queer main characters

🌎 Magic & lore

🔥 Slow burn romance

🧁 Cinnamon roll MMC

👑 Queendoms

💔 Generational trauma

🛏️ One bed...

⚔️ Violence & vengeance

❤️‍🔥 Bad-ass, powerful FMCs

Trigger Warnings

Cursing & expletives

Spice & explicit sexual scenes

Graphic violence & unaliving​

Implication of sexual assault & rape

Mental health struggles

Reader discretion is advised

Your mental health matters!

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Earth as we know it has been consumed by magic, swallowed whole and reshaped in the hands of witches into a new world—Eden. Humanity itself was torn apart and reformed, with seeds of magic stitched into souls.

Selene is a destroyer of demons and bears the power of shadow, but the very darkness she wields threatens to pull her toward a precipice even immortals cannot return from. 

When death spreads across Eden, endangering her sisters' lives and all who dwell there, Selene must face both the demons of her own making and those intent on ravaging her world. But which will claim her first?

Her Shadows to Bear is book one in a new adult dark fantasy trilogy with found family and sisterhood, slow burn romance, queer main characters, and a side of spice. This book contains themes, language, and content that may not be suitable for all readers. Reader discretion is advised.

Meet My Characters

Pronunciation Guide!

Character Names

Selene - Seh-leen

Surya - Sur-yuh

Ares - Ah-res

Yahra - Yar-ruh

Samara - Sah-mar-ruh

Calliope - Cah-lie-oh-pee

Aides - Aye-dehs

Location Names

Caelestia - Cuh-lest-ee-uh

La Voisin - Lah Vwa-sin

Parnitha - Par-nee-thah

Aleutian - Ah-loo-shee-an

Ayra - Eye-ruh
Hyperion - High-peer-ee-on

Eros - Eh-ross

Aeger - Aye-gehr

Elysian - Eh-lee-see-uhn

Thesullah - Theh-suh-lluh
Erismos - Eh-ris-moss

Creature Names

Naiades - Neye-adds

Gwyllion - Gwyll-ee-on

Arae - Ah-reye

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Available now!

Her Shadows to Bear is available from Amazon in paperback and e-book formats!

​AND on Kindle Unlimited!

ISBN (paperback): 978-1-0683418-0-9 

ISBN (e-book): 978-1-0683418-1-6 

Page count: 466

Release date: 1st April 2025​​

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