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MUSIC IN THE SHADOWS

by Shweta Kistan

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler·Music In The Shadows Series #1

Why Read This?

You'll get a thrilling, morally gray love story that delivers intense angst and feral energy.

Synopsis

The Pied Piper Meets The Cruel Prince and Throne Of Glass in this Dark Fairy-Tale Retelling Romantasy In a world where magical creatures like the fae are thought extinct, arena warrior Morana is forced to become the bodyguard of the cunning, ruthless, egotistical and let’s not forget, achingly handsome prince of Apollo. Morana would rather be in the arena instead of guarding a prince whose arrogance makes her want to put a blade to his throat, but refusal isn’t an option. One wrong move and her found family pays the price. Yet as the threats against Prince Adrion escalate, Morana finds herself growing closer to him, their reluctant alliance turning into something neither of them can ignore. These dangerous encounters also force her to use her suppressed powers to help them escape impossible situations and though her purpose is to protect him, her greatest challenge resides in accepting her identity and facing a truth she’s long denied. For years, Morana convinced herself she is nothing but a warrior, but as shadows obey her call, the truth resurfaces. She is the last being of her kind, sworn enemy to the Kingdom of Apollo. Morana has fought beside the prince, bled for him, even loved him. But if Prince Adrion learns what she truly is, will he see the warrior who saved his life- or the monster he was raised to destroy?

At a Glance

4.18 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacinginsta-love

Top Tropes

fairytale retellingvillain gets the girlblood feud romance

Mood

darkmysteriousintenseseductivebrooding

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.18 ★

Page Count

464 pages

Published

2026

Primary Genre

Romantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Insta-love

Audiobook

Format

Standard

Narrator Count

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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deathemotional abusekidnappingtraumaviolencecaptivitydark romancedubious consentgriefstalkingwar

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