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Aether's Embrace: A Fantasy Romance Novel
She was light. I was shadow. We were never meant to be enemies.
I am Sodon, the darkness half of Aether, and for thousands of years, I have been painted as the villain in everyone else's story.
They call me evil. They say I corrupt everything I touch. They whisper that I am the monster lurking in their nightmares, waiting to steal their precious princess and drag her into eternal darkness.
They're wrong about everything.
The gods believe they can force Aether to reunite under their terms, with me destroyed and Avani bent to their will. They're about to learn what happens when you corner a creature of shadow who has nothing left to lose.
Avani awakened the darkness in me. Now I'll embrace it to save us both.
In Aether's Embrace, readers meet Sodon, the darkness to Avani's light. Start this full-length, why-choose fantasy romance series today and read about these men who train our heroine to master the universe's elements while all learning to open their hearts to love again.
I am Sodon, the darkness half of Aether, and for thousands of years, I have been painted as the villain in everyone else's story.
They call me evil. They say I corrupt everything I touch. They whisper that I am the monster lurking in their nightmares, waiting to steal their precious princess and drag her into eternal darkness.
They're wrong about everything.
The gods believe they can force Aether to reunite under their terms, with me destroyed and Avani bent to their will. They're about to learn what happens when you corner a creature of shadow who has nothing left to lose.
Avani awakened the darkness in me. Now I'll embrace it to save us both.
In Aether's Embrace, readers meet Sodon, the darkness to Avani's light. Start this full-length, why-choose fantasy romance series today and read about these men who train our heroine to master the universe's elements while all learning to open their hearts to love again.
300 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 30, 2025
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Born at the stroke of midnight, Raven Steele grew up in a home bordering a graveyard as old as time. Ghosts became her only friends and whispered tales of a world that existed between night and day. In this place, monsters roamed the lands, magic curled in the wind, and good and evil fought over the hearts and minds of humans. Desperate to not let those dark and brave creatures be forgotten, Raven wrote down the words of the ghosts, knowing their stories of triumph and sorrow would give strength and comfort to those in our world.
And so, when the sun sets, Raven retreats to the cemetery at the edge of the woods, where she sits and listens to the dead speak their tales of Rouen and all of its inhabitants. Because one day, our two worlds may collide, and when they do, we must be ready. For when their darkness bleeds into ours, we will be fighting for more than our lives. We will be battling for our souls.
Raven Steele is a pen name to USA Today's bestselling author Rachel McClellan.
Born at the stroke of midnight, Raven Steele grew up in a home bordering a graveyard as old as time. Ghosts became her only friends and whispered tales of a world that existed between night and day. In this place, monsters roamed the lands, magic curled in the wind, and good and evil fought over the hearts and minds of humans. Desperate to not let those dark and brave creatures be forgotten, Raven wrote down the words of the ghosts, knowing their stories of triumph and sorrow would give strength and comfort to those in our world.
And so, when the sun sets, Raven retreats to the cemetery at the edge of the woods, where she sits and listens to the dead speak their tales of Rouen and all of its inhabitants. Because one day, our two worlds may collide, and when they do, we must be ready. For when their darkness bleeds into ours, we will be fighting for more than our lives. We will be battling for our souls.
Raven Steele is a pen name to USA Today's bestselling author Rachel McClellan.
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December 4, 2025
A must read
Such an amazing series. I read it all on Kindle and can't wait to add it to my paperback collection.
Such an amazing series. I read it all on Kindle and can't wait to add it to my paperback collection.
December 9, 2025
so sad to see this end
I remember reading book 1 and falling in love with this series. Now it’s the last book and I’m so sad to see it end.
I remember reading book 1 and falling in love with this series. Now it’s the last book and I’m so sad to see it end.
January 15, 2026
my review is for the entire series. I really enjoyed this series. I appreciate the character development, I love a HEA and I felt it was well written.
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