Through the Shifting Trees is a sweeping, slow-burn fantasy romance about fate, forbidden love, and the courage to challenge a world built on cruelty. When environmental scientist Eloise steps into an old photo booth in Philadelphia, she expects nothing more than a moment of nostalgia-not to be ripped from her reality entirely. Stranded in Drysten, a land ruled by elves and shadowed by injustice, she finds herself at the mercy of Cedar, a hardened half orc warrior whose past is as tangled as the forests that hide the rebellion he protects. To Cedar, Eloise is leverage-a means to free his imprisoned sister. To Eloise, he is her captor, a man she refuses to trust. But as war looms and the lines between right and wrong blur, she is drawn into a battle far greater than herself. In the hidden village of Annora, where outcasts carve out fragile hope, Eloise begins to question the home she longs for-and the walls Cedar has spent a lifetime building. With every stolen glance and every fight fought side by side, the bond between them deepens, undeniable and dangerous. But love in a world like this demands sacrifice. As the trees shift and the past refuses to stay buried, Eloise must make an impossible choice: fight in a revolution lead by a closed off warrior she hates to admit she cares for, or find a way back to the life she lost on earth before Drysten's rulers carve out more loss than she can take.

"𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚..." | | MATURE CONTENT 18+ | | ''You want to test mе Grace?'' he mumbled, moving dangerously close to me. I can smell his cologne on my skin, making me hold my breath as I stare at his cold green eyes, crashing my soul in two. ''Try me and I'll gladly fuck you in front of your precious brother, right here, right now and I'll enjoy every fucking second of it'' "It's up to you Grace'' he drawled with an amused tone ''Are you sure you want to play this game with me?'' • • • Started: 22 July 2021 Finished: 5 October 2022

In the quiet town of Eldermere, life is simple for Lyric, a quirky and fiercely independent painter nearly finished with college, who dreams of opening her own studio where she can teach art to children and share her work with the world. By day, she works among the dusty shelves of a historical bookstore, and on weekends she spends her time with Vira, whose bold, impulsive energy perfectly offsets Lyric's quiet and careful nature. After surviving a harrowing abusive relationship that ended in a murder attempt, she is wary of men, trusts few, and guards her heart closely, having sworn off romance entirely. Then Valentine steps into her life. Elegant, enigmatic, and unsettlingly poise, he carries an old-world charm that feels both intoxicating and wrong. Beneath his polished exterior lies a darkness older than Eldermere itself: a vampire burdened by the ghost of a woman he lost seventy years ago, one who looks exactly like Lyric. As Valentine draws near, Lyric's carefully ordered world shifts between fascination and caution. She allows a wary friendship to develop, intrigued by his presence but unsure what to trust. Haunted by his past, Valentine cannot resist unraveling the mystery of this living reflection of the wife he lost seventy years ago. Lyric cannot deny the magnetic pull he exerts over her. He's unlike any man she has met, elusive and arcane, and part of her senses a dangerous truth lurking beneath his perfection.