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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Violence, Graphic violence, Death, War, Blood, Torture, Captivity, Imprisonment, Magical coercion
Secrets of Ruin
by Brenda K. Davies
Book 11 in The Shadow Realms
It gives the Shadow Realms its closing storm: captivity, revenge, hard-won love, and one last sweep through vampires, lycans, fae, witches, and dragons.
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Length408 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 11 books
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Closure
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- Protector
- Protective love interest
- Possessive / claiming
- Romantic fulfillment
- Hurt/comfort
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Earned hope
- Push and pull
- Frequent explicit scenes
- Possessive/protective
- Tension
- Neck kisses / neck touching
- Mine declarations
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
Fantasy promise
- Paranormal romance
- Survival romance
- Prison / captivity
- Paranormal
- Vampires
- Forced proximity
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- Underground / underworld
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Werewolves
- Multi-realm / dimension-hopping
- Fae
- Dragons
- Adventure romance
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
Reading experience
- Third person
- Fast
- Dark
- Heavy
- Medium
- Survivor
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- Intense
- Suspenseful
- Dangerous
- Fast-paced
- Dramatic
- Romantic
- Survival against impossible odds
- Protect at all costs
- Series binge material
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Book details
- Length
- 408 pages
- Publisher
- Gilmour-Cox Publishing
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book