Her ordinary life was a lie. His world-ending war, her destiny. Averie's quiet existence shatters the night the enigmatic Silas crashes into her world, igniting a raw, terrifying power within her. He risked everything, abandoning his war-torn realm to find the mythical Key—humanity's last hope against a devastating cosmic war. But what he truly finds isn't an object of legend; it's Averie herself. And she's already marked. The Shadow, the ultimate evil craving the Heart Realm, has found her, determined to drag her into its clutches. With time running out, the shocking truths they uncover will not only redefine their worlds but bind them in an impossible connection that could save—or doom—them all. Forced to fight for a future, they must confront the destiny that threatens to shatter everything they know.
C.R. Rice enjoys spending her days with her family in sunny Florida, where the sun is always shining and the alligators are only slightly terrifying. After receiving a loving shove from her husband, she decided to take a step into the wonderful world of authordom with her first series in the Realm. When she is not writing she is reading, going on adventures with her rather daring four year old son and husband, or lazing about in the pool.