In Bright Shadow, the fourth and final book in The Chanters Novellas series, is here!
As the queen’s shadow, Cassandra Macia will do anything to keep her sovereign safe. Arphaxad Ilin Serra will do whatever he can to take her down. With tensions between their two nations rising, Cassandra cannot afford to let that happen.
But something dark is brewing in the mountains, something that might threaten the existence of both their kingdoms. When Arphaxad turns up unexpectedly with an offer of help, he and Cassandra are flung into a labyrinth of lies, intrigue, and an ancient magic that could upend the fate of their world. Now they will have to set aside their differences in order to safeguard their kingdoms. And they will also be forced to face the most terrifying truth of all: that they just might be falling for each other.
She would do anything to keep her queen safe. He was the one man who stood in her way.
Isabel Algerin just wanted to serve her queen. She didn't intend to break Karim Saad, a traitor to the powerful Inetian empire, out of prison. And she certainly didn't intend for him to awaken her unpredictable shadow magic—the magic she'd tried her whole life to hide.
But with a dark mage hunting them and an enemy army in close pursuit, Isabel and Karim are flung into a dangerous game of magic and intrigue that leaves them scrambling for their lives. As they try to untangle the powerful new magic surging between them, they will also have to untangle their growing feelings for each other—and what that might mean in a world teetering on the edge of shadow.
He’s a traitor to his crown.
She’s the only one who can
save him.
Sahar Raddan is the daughter of the Inetian emperor. When her arranged engagement is broken, she’s no longer considered marriage material—or good for much at all.
Then Jianyu Liang, an obnoxiously handsome noble from distant Zhonghua, arrives in her city, and makes a shocking proposal: a fake engagement. He’ll use his status to return Sahar to favor if she helps him track down a missing book of ancient magic—a book he believes was stolen by the great traitor of Ineti . . . who also happens to be Sahar’s brother.
With nothing left to lose, Sahar agrees to Jianyu’s proposal and is swept into an intricate game of intrigue, lies, and dangerous magic. Now Sahar and Jianyu must work together to recover the book before it falls into the wrong hands, while also contending with their growing feelings for each other—and whether their engagement is quite so fake after all.
She’s a princess with a broken engagement. His proposal is too tempting to refuse.
Rivals bound by magic. A secret that could destroy them both.
Yulin is the youngest librarian to ever be inducted into the enigmatic Library of Mages. With a promising career ahead of her, she doesn’t have time for anything outside of her work. And she especially doesn’t have time for Masai Ujara, her irritating rival librarian, who is somehow always one step ahead.
But Yulin has a secret. She's in possession of an ancient book with stronger magic than even the library knows—and she's studying it without the library's permission. When Masai discovers her indiscretion, he offers to cover for her . . . as long as she lets him in on the secret.
But neither of them could have prepared for the darker truths they’re about to uncover, truths that will force them to tether themselves together with magic to defeat a dark mage and reveal a terrifying secret—one that will push them tantalizingly close to the edge of shadow, and to each other.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rachel Song is a fantasy romance author and the author of The Chanters Novellas. She has been an avid writer and reader since she was eight years old. She remembers huddling under the covers with a forbidden flashlight, reading until the wee hours of the morning. Some of her favorite authors are Jane Austen, Juliet Marillier, VE Schwab, Sherwood Smith, Megan Whalen Turner, Garth Nix, and J.R.R Tolkien.
Rachel lives with her husband and son in metro-Detroit, Michigan, where, when not writing, she can be found reading, cooking, sewing, gardening, traveling, and playing something adventurous on her PS5.