Shadows so Cruel
More painful than love… are the secrets that bind and divide us.
Adrift in a sky shadowed by war,
We seek, we ache,
Searching for the woman who fled us.
We shattered her heart, but she unfurled her feathers,
Our sweetheart, our little dove,
Escaping our talons on pure white wings.
One of us soars over battlements,
Haunted by past mistakes,
Vowing never to repeat them.
The other storms through walls of stone and hatred,
Eager to destroy the shackles of his past,
Determined to shackle her to him instead.
Forever.
Loyalties are torn.
Friendships are tested.
Among the chaos, one claim stands irrefutably:
We will get her back.
She will be ours.
Come home to us, white Raven.
Shadows so Cruel is a full-length dark fantasy romance novel, and book two in the Court of Ravens duet. The two-part story features two morally gray raven shifters, a young woman at the mercy of their shadows, and a HEA. This world contains dark elements, violence, and themes some may find disturbing. Readers can find more detailed information on www.livzander.com. What this book doesn't contain is a hero - because villains do it better. And two do it better than one…
Liv Zander
Liv Zander has always been drawn to the darker corners of fantasy, where villains are as magnetic as the heroes they oppose. Her obsession with sexy anti-heroes and flawed, captivating characters has fueled a literary journey that blends sultry romance with unapologetic grit. For Liv, writing isn’t just a passion—it’s a rebellion. She crafts stories where love isn’t always sweet, and the men are just as likely to set the world on fire as they are to save it.
Born in Germany and currently living somewhere between reality and fantasy, Liv's journey into writing started in the most unlikely of ways. She’d been an avid reader all her life, but it wasn’t until she found herself in therapy (because of a very real love for morally ambiguous men) that the first seeds of her dark romance novels were planted. Who knew that a little therapy could turn into King of Flesh and Bone—the book that started her career in 2022 and took the fantasy romance world by storm?
Court of Ravens
Duology.
Court of Ravens consists of two books and considered as a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
