Shadows so Cruel (Court of Ravens #2)
Liv Zander
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
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· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 91 ratings · Published: 26 Oct 2023
Adrift in a sky shadowed by war,
We seek, we ache,
Searching for the woman who fled us.
We shattered her heart, but she unfurled her feathers,
Our sweetheart, our little dove,
Escaping our talons on pure white wings.
One of us soars over battlements,
Haunted by past mistakes,
Vowing never to repeat them.
The other storms through walls of stone and hatred,
Eager to destroy the shackles of his past,
Determined to shackle her to him instead.
Forever.
Loyalties are torn.
Friendships are tested.
Among the chaos, one claim stands irrefutably:
We will get her back.
She will be ours.
Come home to us, white Raven.
Shadows so Cruel is a full-length dark fantasy romance novel, and book two in the Court of Ravens duet. The two-part story features two morally gray raven shifters, a young woman at the mercy of their shadows, and a HEA. This world contains dark elements, violence, and themes some may find disturbing. Readers can find more detailed information on the author's website. What this book doesn't contain is a hero - because villains do it better. And two do it better than one…
Tagged as:
- shapeshifters 19
- fated mates 19
- fantasy 18
- dark romance 18
- mfm 18
- anal sex 16
- cruel hero/bully 15
- double vaginal 15
- poly (3+ people) 13
- enemies to lovers 12
- royal hero 11
- double penetration 11
- dual pov 10
- bondage 10
- tortured hero 9
- spanking 9
- possessive hero 9
- abduction 8
- sweet/gentle hero 8
- vengeance 8
- gifted/super-heroine 8
- hurt/comfort 7
- grumpy/cold hero 7
- first person pov 7
- male pov 7
- war 7
- tortured heroine 6
- praise kink 6
- aristo/royal heroine 6
- alpha male 6
- forced proximity 6
- disabilities & scars 6
- fetish 5
- bdsm 5
- sweet/gentle heroine 5
- take-charge heroine 5
- high fantasy 4
- m-f romance 4
- competent heroine 4
- angst 3
- menage 3
- love triangle 3
- magic 3
- found family 3
- caretaking 2
- historical 1
- mystery 1
- bad boys 1
- arranged/forced marriage 1
- non-human heroine 1
- non-human hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- rape 19
- death / grief 14
- past sexual abuse 14
- non-consent between mcs 13
- past abuse 12
- third party sexual assault 12
- abuse 11
- abuse between mcs 11
- dubious consent 10
- third party abuse 8
- mental trauma 7
- nontraditional hea 7
- torture of mcs 6
- past child abuse 6
- miscarriage / infertility 4
- graphic violence 4
- body betrayal 3
- no hea 1
- animal death 1
- child sexual abuse 1
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The 'Court of Ravens' series
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love triangle · death · magic · alpha male · spanking · arranged marriage · abuse · fantasy · from hate to love · non-trad-hea · fated-mates · past-child-abuse · rape · aristocratic heroine · tortured hero · dub-con · graphic-violence · m-f-m · rape-mc · vengeance
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