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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Graphic violence, Attempted murder, Murder, Death, War, Blood, Trauma, Torture
Shadows of Fire
by Brenda K. Davies
Book 1 in The Shadow Realms
Start here for the Lexi and Cole arc - the romance lights fast, the politics get bloody, and the Shadow Realms immediately feel bigger than one cursed court.
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Length368 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 11 books
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Fated mates
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Adrenaline rush
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- Fae prince
- Forbidden love
- Possessive / claiming
- Book hangover incoming
- Dark/tortured soul
- Protective love interest
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Possessive alpha
- Possessive love interest
- Possessive/protective
- Shapeshifter
- Push and pull
- Tension
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
Fantasy promise
- Paranormal romance
- Vampire romance
- Royal court / palace
- Paranormal
- Vampires
- Fae romance
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- Castle / fortress
- Urban fantasy
- Werewolves
- Shifter romance
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Multi-realm / dimension-hopping
- Dragons
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Magic bond
- Political intrigue
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Dark
- Heavy
- Survivor
- Intense
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- Suspenseful
- Innocent / sheltered
- Dangerous
- Dramatic
- Fast-paced
- Romantic
- Tense
- Court of shadows
- Fae courts and politics
- War-torn kingdom
- No one is safe
- Cliffhanger warning
- Series binge material
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Book details
- Length
- 368 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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