Desire in the Shadows

She lies to protect her heart. He can see every lie told.

After one too many bad dates, software engineer Aoife O’Donoghue summons the fabled Gates of Desire to find her soulmate.

She expects her soulmate to be suitable. Respectable. Acceptable. After all, Aoife has built her life around lies that make her acceptable to others.

Instead, she gets Shadach.

He is a tattoo-soaked outcast in the Kingdom of Shadows, a dark land overrun with sinister Shadow entities.

Shadach is seductive, passionate, and harbouring a powerful secret; his eyes can see every lie spoken.

After a single encounter, Shadach threatens to unravel Aoife’s tower of lies. She knows he could be her undoing, but she is drawn to him like the damned are to hell. She cannot stay away.

When a cunning god uses Aoife to declare Shadach the next emperor, their lives are thrown into the crosshairs of those who covet the crown. Shadach swears to protect her, but this is easier said than done.

Friends are few, ulterior motives abound, and what the Shadows know could be the kingdom's salvation ... or its end.

*** Desire in the Shadows is a sultry blend of gods, scoundrels, and destiny that will leave you breathless. There will be a heroic and seductive MMC, a brave and big-hearted FMC, a generous helping of spice suitable for 18+, sword fights, plot twists, and a happily ever after. Passion and peril await in equal measure. Will you be brave enough to walk through the Gates of Desire? ***