Asteria
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Seraphina was never meant to be a weapon-until the shadows chose her.
When her quiet life shatters, Sera is thrust into a world where ancient magic bleeds into every breath and monsters wear human faces. Trained by rebels who see her as their last hope, and haunted by a dragon who will never let her fall, she discovers her power is unlike anything Asteria has seen before-wild, dangerous, and bound to both light and shadow.
But shadows have names.
And one of them whispers to her in the dark. Rowan-the enemy prince cloaked in darkness, whose voice coils around her soul and tempts her with power, ruin, and a love as dangerous as it is forbidden.
As war looms, Sera is torn between the light that could save the realm and the shadows that promise to claim her. Trust, betrayal, and desire blur until the line between enemy and ally vanishes, and she must decide: will she fight the darkness-or let it consume her?
Perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and Kingdom of the Wicked, this darkly romantic fantasy is filled with dragons, rebel courts, shadow magic, and a slow-burn romance that will set the night on fire.
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