Crimson Shadows
(2025)(The second book in the Valcrest Academy series)
A novel by Lyra Chase and Morgan Quaid
When ancient evil meets modern academia, sparks literally fly.
Eighteen-year-old Azura Blackwood thought co-running a supernatural academy would be the hardest part of her new life. She was wrong. Between managing a school full of volatile teenage vampires, werewolves, and fae, navigating a complicated love triangle with a centuries-old vampire professor and a mysterious shadow-wielding transfer student, and trying not to accidentally level buildings with her unpredictable vessel magic, Azura's plate is more than full.
But when the Magical Council sends "oversight committees" to investigate the academy's unorthodox methods, Azura discovers that some threats are far worse than homework deadlines and relationship drama. An ancient entity named Corvus has been manipulating supernatural politics for millennia, systematically eliminating any community that chooses cooperation over domination. Now he's set his sights on vessel bloodlines—and Azura is the last piece he needs to anchor his consciousness permanently in their reality.
With her brother still recovering from magical torture, her vampire love interest facing clan intervention for "contamination," and enhanced beings hunting students across the globe, Azura must learn to master synthesis magic that could either save supernatural civilization or accidentally destroy it. Because sometimes the only way to fight cosmic tyranny is with the power of chosen family, questionable karaoke skills, and enough glitter to make evil itself question its life choices.
Love is messy. Magic is messier. Saving the world while maintaining a 4.0 GPA? That's just Tuesday at Valcrest Academy.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Eighteen-year-old Azura Blackwood thought co-running a supernatural academy would be the hardest part of her new life. She was wrong. Between managing a school full of volatile teenage vampires, werewolves, and fae, navigating a complicated love triangle with a centuries-old vampire professor and a mysterious shadow-wielding transfer student, and trying not to accidentally level buildings with her unpredictable vessel magic, Azura's plate is more than full.
But when the Magical Council sends "oversight committees" to investigate the academy's unorthodox methods, Azura discovers that some threats are far worse than homework deadlines and relationship drama. An ancient entity named Corvus has been manipulating supernatural politics for millennia, systematically eliminating any community that chooses cooperation over domination. Now he's set his sights on vessel bloodlines—and Azura is the last piece he needs to anchor his consciousness permanently in their reality.
With her brother still recovering from magical torture, her vampire love interest facing clan intervention for "contamination," and enhanced beings hunting students across the globe, Azura must learn to master synthesis magic that could either save supernatural civilization or accidentally destroy it. Because sometimes the only way to fight cosmic tyranny is with the power of chosen family, questionable karaoke skills, and enough glitter to make evil itself question its life choices.
Love is messy. Magic is messier. Saving the world while maintaining a 4.0 GPA? That's just Tuesday at Valcrest Academy.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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