A mortal survivor is dragged into the Shadowlands and bound to an immortal by an unforgiving bargain—where blood oaths, court intrigue, and a dangerous bond turn survival into war.
In a world where faith is taxed in blood, Sera has spent eighteen years surviving on grit, silence, and stolen breath.
On the eve of her twenty-eighth birthday, the tithe comes due—and Sera is taken into the Shadowlands, a realm where time slips its mortal leash and mercy is a myth. Bound by ancient law and brutal magic, she’s forced into a bargain with Kael, a dangerous, immortal power wrapped in shadows and secrets.
One vow. One bond. One price neither of them can afford.
Because in the Court of Ash, bargains don’t end—they tighten. And the deeper Sera is pulled into Kael’s world of curses, politics, and predatory alliances, the clearer it becomes: this isn’t just a debt being collected.
It’s a war being prepared.
And Sera—burning with defiance, hunted by forces older than her gods—may be the one thing the Shadowlands can’t control… or the one thing that will finally set it on fire.
A BARGAIN OF SHADOW AND FLAME is a dark, emotionally intense romantasy of blood oaths, lethal courts, and a bond that cuts both ways—where love is not a rescue, but a reckoning.
