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- Content warnings: Substance abuse, Drug use, Child neglect, Child abuse (referenced), Human trafficking, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Sexual content
Shadow's Heart
by Kresley Cole
Book 19 in Immortals After Dark
This is for IAD readers who wanted another dangerous immortal pairing with survival stakes and a heroine who can bite back literally. It is not a gentle entry point, but it is very much in the family.
goodreads 4.23/5 2,965 ratings
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Length386 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Adrenaline rush
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Love/hate tension
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Romantic fulfillment
- Morally gray
- Push and pull
- Possessive / claiming
- Book hangover incoming
- Immortal/ancient
- Fated mates
- Desperate / urgent
- Warrior/fighter
- Possessive love interest
- Possessive/protective
- Longing glances
- Mine declarations
- Touch starvation
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
Fantasy promise
- Paranormal romance
- Vampire romance
- Prison / captivity
- Paranormal
- Vampires
- Underground / underworld
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- Urban fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Forced proximity
- Other
- Underworld / death realm
- Demons
- Survival romance
- Monsters
- Captive romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Fast-paced
- Heavy
- Medium
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- Intense
- Royalty
- Steamy
- Seductive
- Innocent / sheltered
- Dangerous
- Deceptively deadly
- Survival against impossible odds
- Battle of wills
- Forbidden desire
- No one is safe
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Book details
- Length
- 386 pages
- Publisher
- Valkyrie Press
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book