Some names are never meant to be spoken aloud. They slip through history like smoke, caught only in fragments of half-remembered prayers, or carved into stone too deep to weather away.
Avereth is one of those names.
Some call him the Memory That Feeds. Others whisper the Mirror-Eater. He is no saint, no savior. He is a shadow that lingers where silence is thickest—where forgotten truths go to rot, and where desires too dangerous to confess are swallowed whole.
To meet him is not to kneel before a god, but to face yourself. To feel every hidden hunger unfurl. To see what you would become if nothing held you back.
And yet, Avereth does not force himself upon the world. He waits. He watches. He hungers. Until someone dares to answer him.
That someone is Leila Morana.
When the Hollow Queen speaks his name, the darkness stirs.. Avereth does not claim her. She claims him. For the first time in his long, endless existence, he does not lead. He follows.
What does it mean, when shadow itself chooses to walk beside a queen?
Perhaps it means that hunger has finally found its match.
Perhaps it means that Ravaryn’s fate will be written not in prophecy, but in desire.
But power, as they say, always comes with cost.
Author’s note: December 2 seems like a long way off, but it is not really. But I don’t want to rush the release date, but my edits are dwindling down. I’m so exited! It has been a while since I have published a book, and Vows of Shadow is something a little different for me.
I have the cover finalized and I’ll do a reveal soon, here and on Insta. I’ll probably do a 7 day countdown for the reveal and then I’ll start asking for ARC readers at some point after that. I’ve never done ARCs so I’m very excited about that.
I’ve been formatting a hardcopy version which is also something new for me. Independent publishing has come a long way since the last time I released a book…
Anyway! It’s all coming together and I’m looking forward to you all meeting Leila and exploring the world of the Hollow Queen. I hope you are too!
The Hollow Queen Series 
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