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Bound By Death: Book 3 of The Fatebound Trials series. A Why Choose Dark Romantasy
She died in the dark.
She woke a monster.
Serena’s rebirth begins buried beneath the earth. Three nights alone, starving, burning, and changed forever. When she claws her way free, the world she knew is already ending.
Aurus is falling.
The pocket realm that houses Umbral Academy has fractured beneath the weight of ancient sins. An elder goddess walks free, ravenous for souls, living and dead alike. Demons roam unchecked. Wraiths stalk the forests. The dead refuse to stay buried.
And Serena is newly made… with no master to guide her.
Vampiric hunger coils in her veins, seductive and cruel, demanding blood, power, and surrender. To survive, she must master it alone, long enough to escape Aurus, find Alice and Ginny, and stop a goddess who brings extinction itself.
But power is never freely given.
And love is the most dangerous temptation of all.
Alaric Calder, the demon hunter sworn to destroy monsters like her, whose hatred burns as fiercely as the devotion he refuses to name.
Baelrik Blacklight, the Demonic Lord of Hell, sharp-tongued and charming, whose promise of protection comes wrapped in possession and fire.
Kassiel, the Angel of Death, silent and inevitable, whose touch tempts sin and whose choice could either save Serena’s soul… or claim it.
Bound by blood. Desired by darkness. Hunted by fate itself.
To end the apocalypse and stop a goddess who devours worlds, Serena must choose what she is willing to become and who she is willing to damn.
Because this time, survival may not be enough.
For fans of The Serpent and the Wings of Night , Feathers so Vicious, and From Blood and Ash, the Fatebound Trials concludes in a darkly seductive romantasy where death is intimate, love is forbidden, and the end of the world demands everything.
Angels. Demons. Gods. Soulmates.
This is the trial that decides what remains.
She woke a monster.
Serena’s rebirth begins buried beneath the earth. Three nights alone, starving, burning, and changed forever. When she claws her way free, the world she knew is already ending.
Aurus is falling.
The pocket realm that houses Umbral Academy has fractured beneath the weight of ancient sins. An elder goddess walks free, ravenous for souls, living and dead alike. Demons roam unchecked. Wraiths stalk the forests. The dead refuse to stay buried.
And Serena is newly made… with no master to guide her.
Vampiric hunger coils in her veins, seductive and cruel, demanding blood, power, and surrender. To survive, she must master it alone, long enough to escape Aurus, find Alice and Ginny, and stop a goddess who brings extinction itself.
But power is never freely given.
And love is the most dangerous temptation of all.
Alaric Calder, the demon hunter sworn to destroy monsters like her, whose hatred burns as fiercely as the devotion he refuses to name.
Baelrik Blacklight, the Demonic Lord of Hell, sharp-tongued and charming, whose promise of protection comes wrapped in possession and fire.
Kassiel, the Angel of Death, silent and inevitable, whose touch tempts sin and whose choice could either save Serena’s soul… or claim it.
Bound by blood. Desired by darkness. Hunted by fate itself.
To end the apocalypse and stop a goddess who devours worlds, Serena must choose what she is willing to become and who she is willing to damn.
Because this time, survival may not be enough.
For fans of The Serpent and the Wings of Night , Feathers so Vicious, and From Blood and Ash, the Fatebound Trials concludes in a darkly seductive romantasy where death is intimate, love is forbidden, and the end of the world demands everything.
Angels. Demons. Gods. Soulmates.
This is the trial that decides what remains.
353 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 25, 2026
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February 27, 2026
I don't usually read dark romantasy, but picked up Bound by Death on a whim and I'm so glad I did! The writing is phenomenal - descriptive, visceral, thrusting you straight into the action. (Yes, that was definitely an intended double entendre.) Serena Shadowmere wakes to find she has been illegally turned into a vampire, struggling with her new strength and bloodlust and her unauthorised turning. The plot hurtles along, and soon she finds herself travelling with the demon Bael to find a gateway to another dimension, pursued by both the angel of death Kassiel and the demon hunter Alaric.
I love Bael so much. His banter. Their chemistry. One horse and one bed and all that delicious forced proximity. And when the simmering chemistry finally spills into something more, phwoar! It's steamy and spicy in all the best ways. Then, when the "antagonists" catch up and the world literally falls to pieces around them, the character relationships become deliciously tangled and the author makes good on the cover promise of Why Choose. Alaric turns out to be disarmingly tender, and Kassiel... I don't even have words to describe Kassiel except "worship". I love that all three of the MMCs have such distinct personalities, and each connect to Serena in such different ways.
I won't say more for fear of spoilers, but suffice to say I absolutely devoured this book. I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment!
I love Bael so much. His banter. Their chemistry. One horse and one bed and all that delicious forced proximity. And when the simmering chemistry finally spills into something more, phwoar! It's steamy and spicy in all the best ways. Then, when the "antagonists" catch up and the world literally falls to pieces around them, the character relationships become deliciously tangled and the author makes good on the cover promise of Why Choose. Alaric turns out to be disarmingly tender, and Kassiel... I don't even have words to describe Kassiel except "worship". I love that all three of the MMCs have such distinct personalities, and each connect to Serena in such different ways.
I won't say more for fear of spoilers, but suffice to say I absolutely devoured this book. I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment!
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