Some tethers are made by fate. Others, by defiance.
In the forgotten town of Ashport, where fog clings to the sea and time seems to stall, Eira lives a quiet life of books and stillness. But her world tilts the day a stranger steps from the fog—a man with winter in his voice and a storm behind his eyes.
Vale isn’t just a man. He is Winter—one of the Four Seasons bound by an ancient oath not to interfere with mortal lives. But the tether between him and Eira was not supposed to happen. And now, the more he tries to stay away, the more fate—and something older—pulls them together.
As tensions rise between the immortal Seasons and a forgotten threat stirs beneath the surface, Vale must decide if breaking the oath is worth risking everything. Because some love stories were never meant to bloom in the cold.
And some souls remember what the mind forgets.
Winter’s Keeper is the first novel in the Phantom Oath series—a romantic, myth-infused fantasy about power, sacrifice, and the quiet intensity of a love that defies the seasons.
Roni Phantom is the pen name behind the dark‑fantasy series Phantom Oath Series Book I: Winter’s Keeper, and co‑director of the creative studio Phantom Oath Ink & Art. With a fascination for mythic dreams, ritualed magic, and characters who refuse to be defined by their scars, Roni crafts immersive stories that linger beyond the final page. When not writing, you’ll find them sketching scenes from this seven‑book saga, tattooing symbolic ink at the studio, or listening for the whisper of the Veil at dawn.