Kaelen Asher has spent her entire life pretending the strange things around her are coincidences—the whispers in empty rooms, the shadows that move when no one is looking, the unsettling pull she feels toward places touched by death. But when her mother falls gravely ill and slips closer to death with every passing day, Kaelen’s desperation drives her beyond the mortal world and into the Duat, the ancient Egyptian underworld. Determined to obtain the legendary Sands of Thoth and save the only family she has left, Kaelen is willing to risk monsters, gods, and eternal damnation. What she doesn’t realize is that the darkness has been calling to her for far longer than she knows.
Anubis, God of the Dead, has ruled the Duat for centuries with cold precision, untouched by emotion and unmoved by mortal suffering. Bound by an ancient curse that hollowed out every feeling except duty, he has long since forgotten what it means to want. Until Kaelen. The reckless mortal storms into his sacred halls blazing with defiance, fury, and a soul powerful enough to disrupt the order of his entire kingdom. Intrigued by the woman who makes him feel for the first time in centuries, Anubis offers her a bargain: he will give her the Sands of Thoth, but in exchange, Kaelen belongs to him for one month within his private chambers.
But Kaelen’s arrival in the Duat sparks far more than forbidden desire. When Set, the exiled God of Chaos, realizes the mysterious mortal woman has become Anubis’s greatest weakness, he sees an opportunity to reclaim the underworld for himself. Caught between warring gods, dangerous attraction, and the awakening power inside her own soul, Kaelen must decide who she can trust before the Duat descends into chaos. Because if Set succeeds, it won’t just cost Kaelen the chance to save her mother—it could destroy the balance between life and death itself.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Anubis, God of the Dead, has ruled the Duat for centuries with cold precision, untouched by emotion and unmoved by mortal suffering. Bound by an ancient curse that hollowed out every feeling except duty, he has long since forgotten what it means to want. Until Kaelen. The reckless mortal storms into his sacred halls blazing with defiance, fury, and a soul powerful enough to disrupt the order of his entire kingdom. Intrigued by the woman who makes him feel for the first time in centuries, Anubis offers her a bargain: he will give her the Sands of Thoth, but in exchange, Kaelen belongs to him for one month within his private chambers.
But Kaelen’s arrival in the Duat sparks far more than forbidden desire. When Set, the exiled God of Chaos, realizes the mysterious mortal woman has become Anubis’s greatest weakness, he sees an opportunity to reclaim the underworld for himself. Caught between warring gods, dangerous attraction, and the awakening power inside her own soul, Kaelen must decide who she can trust before the Duat descends into chaos. Because if Set succeeds, it won’t just cost Kaelen the chance to save her mother—it could destroy the balance between life and death itself.
Genre: Paranormal Romance