Shadows of Ash: A Veilbound Saga

by Shauna Richmond

I was sent to persuade Aerin Morran to join our cause. By order of Tiernan himself.

What should have been a straightforward negotiation became a masquerade of silk, secrets, and enemies wearing borrowed faces. Worse still, the prince we needed was tied to the very bloodline we were meant to destroy.

Cassias was only supposed to keep me alive while I handled the diplomacy. Instead, he tackled Aerin into the thorn bushes, traded blows with a fae prince, and somehow altered the course of everything that followed.

Aerin agreed to help us, but not because of anything I said. From the moment Cassias tackled him into the thorn bushes, I may as well have ceased to exist.

And Cassias, to everyone’s lasting inconvenience, looked right back.

Now the fae are emerging from hiding, Purists are striking without restraint, and Vaelith is already laying the groundwork for another genocide.

All of it born from a single reckless choice.

Two men who should have destroyed each other...

but didn’t.

And I have a feeling we are all going to pay for it

828 pages, Kindle Edition

Expected publication June 25, 2026

About the author

I began my writing journey in 2016 after suffering a breakdown and having major time off work to recover.

I'm a huge fantasy lover and began my journey as an author writing The Wrath of Raghnall which I later shortened to Raghnall's Wrath (new adult fantasy.)

After the pandemic, I began writing contemporary Rom-Com as I felt like I needed something to laugh at and many of my readers felt the same. Screw it! was born and became a hit with my readers.

I will continue to dapple with different genres though, I doubt I will change to a pen name for any. I am immensely proud of all my books and will continue to put my name to any/all works.

A few things about me:

I speak fluent sarcasm and for those who are easily offended, I'm most definitely not the person you want to be around.

I'm a hot chocolate lover with a healthy obsession with all kinds of romance books and an unhealthy obsession with fictional men *Ahem... Bat-boys.📚

I'm a mother to a beautifully demented little boy with ASD and GDD. He loves nothing more than to cause mischief and stalk away laughing maniacally. When my miniature bond villain isn't leaving a trail of destruction behind him, he can be found doting on our two dogs.


When I'm not busy running around after my son— you can find me curled up with a paperback or Kindle in hand—occasionally the odd Audiobook.

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Omg what a way to carry on with this series, i don’t know how shauna dose this but at one point if this book i was crying, laughing and jumping up and down in me seat at the same time.

In this book you follow on will all the people you meet in echos but you also see more of the relationship between Cassias and Airen, what a couple these two are, the progress may be slow but it hits you so deep with these two and you feel everything.

The story of this book has you thinking all they way through it just when you think something will happen shauna is able to twist it to be nothing like you expected.

How the end of this book has happened has not been a pleasant experience but boy dose it like up for such an epic next book.

I can not wait to see what they go in the next instalment of the veilbound saga.

[Miss Francess Price · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was so happy to be back in this world with two of my favourite chaos nightmares aka Fiadh and Tiernan and the rest of the family,

This book carries on from where book 1 ends, it also introduces new characters, the story gets more chaotic and I love it, Fiadh is still a badass and just gets better throughout the book Tiernan is an absolute menace which is on track for him,

The main love interests in this book is Aerin and Cassias, the way they fall for each other while healing each other's broken peices is chef's kiss, amazing, the go from enemy rivals to lovers, the slowburn tension is perfect, there's so much depth to their relationship and it's a hard won happiness that they have,

When you read this be prepared to laugh and cry multiple times so get tissues and snacks and clear everything you have to do because you won't be able to put this book down,

The spice from Fiadh and Tiernan just gets better but the spice from Aerin and Cassias is perfect 👌🏻

Be warned this does end on a cliffhanger as the series isn't finished

[Brandi Venema · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was lucky enough to receive an arc for this book . First and foremost, make sure you always check your trigger warnings before reading any book.
Oh how I absolutely adore this world!!!! Not only do we get more Terinan, Fiadh, Rian And the others our Cassias finally finds the love of his life!!!! Aerin the Millennia old Faye Prince/ general who is sin walking. This book had me rolling with all the banter. The arguments, Cassias's rants will make you just giggle and you root for Cassias and Aerin the whole time. I had many mini heart attacks(not real ones) toward the end of the book and the way it ended, the last scene has me devastated and needing to know more. I love the ratings at the end. I would absolutely recommend this book!!! It has all the goodies it has Faye, humans, vampires, vampire fae, and the loads of neat creatures. Shauna did not disappoint yet again. I cannot wait for the next book I need it like right now