Two Romances. One Devastating Destiny.
WHERE SHADOWS MEET
by Patrice Caldwell
Wednesday Books/ Macmillan, February 2025
(via KT Literary)
The dark and thrillingly romantic debut vampire fantasy that questions what it truly means to sacrifice for love.
You have no idea what I’ve done for love. Just as you have no idea what you may one day do.
Once long ago, a girl named Favre sacrificed her wings for love. Thana, the young goddess she so willingly gave them up for, sacrificed that same love for power. But everything has a cost.
Favre never got over the loss of her wings. And Thana’s choices led to a life of eternal night, and later, their destruction. Favre has bided her time ever since, waiting for the chance to resurrect the girl she loves who turned her into the creature she hates.
Now, a thousand years later, Leyla, the crown princess of the malichora―an ancient race that survives on human blood ―must travel to the Island of the Dead when her best friend is captured during an attack on her nation’s capital. Along with Najja, a fierce, beautiful seer, and the last person she expected to help her, Leyla forges down a dangerous path, intent on saving her friend. But nothing is as it seems. The closer she gets to her goal, the more she risks awakening an ancient evil and destroying everything she holds dear.
Patrice Caldwell is a graduate of Wellesley College and the founder of People of Color in Publishing. She’s been named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” media list, is a Publishers Weekly Star Watch honoree, and was featured on Bustle’s inaugural “Lit List” as one of ten women changing the book world.
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