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A Shadow in the Ember
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 2021-10-19
- Rating
- ★ 4.3 · 226 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
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Set in the Blood and Ash world, Sera Mierel is a Maiden chosen before birth to fulfill an ancestral pact: she must offer herself to the Primal of Death as his Consort. In truth, she is not the protected Maiden she appears but an assassin tasked with making the Primal of Death fall in love with her so she can destroy him. As his unexpected words and deeds begin to dispel the darkness inside her, and his touch sparks a forbidden passion, Sera faces an impossible choice between completing her mission and protecting a kingdom threatened by the Rot.
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- Hidden Identity: “she's not the well protected Maiden but an assassin with one mission—one target. Make the Primal of Death fall in love, become his weakness, and then…end him” source
- Arranged Marriage: “Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Death as his Consort” source
- Chosen One: “Chosen before birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his people” source
- Enemies to Lovers: “Make the Primal of Death fall in love, become his weakness, and then…end him” source
- Prophecy: “Born shrouded in the veil of the Primals, a Maiden as the Fates promised, Seraphena Mierel's future has never been hers” source
- Forbidden Love: “his seductive touch ignites a passion she's never allowed herself to feel and cannot feel for him. But Sera has never had a choice” source
- Fated Mates: “she has been forever touched by Life and Death” source
- Slow Burn: “his seductive touch ignites a passion she's never allowed herself to feel and cannot feel for him” source
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