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The Saint who Drinks Shadows: A gothic fantasy of Forbidden Love and living Shadows
Paperback
Publisher Price: $16.99
Publisher: Alex Alicea
Published: Sep 5 2026
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Two immortals remember loving her. Neither remembers what she really was.
Mara Vale restores things everyone else has forgotten.
But when she uncovers a seven-hundred-year-old mural hidden inside the cathedral of Veyra, she finds something that should be impossible.
A dark saint wrapped in living shadow.
A wingless man kneeling beside his severed wings.
And between them...
A woman with Mara's face.
The resemblance is perfect.
Except the woman casts no shadow.
Soon Mara's own shadow begins moving without her, people inside the cathedral are mysteriously losing pieces of themselves, and a forbidden staircase leads her beneath the church to a tomb wrapped in golden chains.
Inside waits Lucien.
The saint Veyra has worshipped for centuries.
The monster the Church buried beneath its altar.
Lucien does not drink blood.
He drinks shadows.
Memories. Emotion. Love. Pieces of the soul.
When he awakens, he looks at Mara as though he has waited seven hundred years for her return.
But he does not call her Mara.
He calls her Aurelia.
He claims he loved her.
He claims he watched her die.
And he cannot remember who killed her.
Then Sorin appears.
Wingless. Scarred. Burning with stolen celestial fire.
He insists Lucien is dangerous.
Lucien insists Sorin is lying.
And both men claim they have loved Mara before.
One offers a love powerful enough to consume her.
The other offers protection built on centuries of secrets.
Both want her.
Both fear what she is becoming.
And both may be willing to destroy her to save her.
Because Mara may not be Aurelia reincarnated.
She may be the thing that killed her.
Now, as living shadows spread across Veyra and an ancient darkness begins to wake, Mara must discover the truth before two immortal men decide her fate for her.
Because some love stories survive death.
Some become obsession.
And some should have stayed buried.
The Saint Who Drinks Shadows is an atmospheric adult gothic fantasy filled with forbidden romance, shadow-feeding vampires, fallen angels, ancient betrayals, supernatural mystery, morally gray immortals, and a heroine determined to become more than someone else's forgotten love.
Perfect for readers who love:
- Gothic cathedrals and forbidden crypts
- Dangerous immortal love interests
- Supernatural love triangles
- Fallen angels and shadow magic
- Ancient lovers and past-life mysteries
- Morally gray characters
- Slow-burning romantic tension
- Dark secrets and centuries-old betrayals
Two immortals remember loving her.
Neither remembers what she really was.
Enter the cathedral and discover what has been waiting seven hundred years in the dark.
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