Their forbidden love tore the world apart.
Now two broken gods might be the only ones able to heal it.
Haunted by his past and the evil forces he commanded, Noctis, once the God of Darkness, cannot forget Rada, the former Goddess of Light—and the queen who ruled at his brother’s side. Condemned to mortality, thought dead to the whole world, Noctis craves one last meeting …
Stripped of her magic and exiled for treason, Rada has built an idyllic new life on a farm at the edges of the realm. But her peace is shattered one stormy night when Noctis—the enemy who caused her downfall, the lover she betrayed in turn—appears at her door, wounded and desperate.
When a sinister attack reveals the powers of Chaos are stirring once more, Noctis’s dark past begins to unravel. As desire and duty entwine, Rada faces an impossible choice: Can she become the ally of the man who broke her heart to save everything she holds dear?
Inspired by Nordic mythology, this first book in a series follows star-crossed lovers, their fall from grace and their quest for redemption. Sizzling, tension-filled romance, high-stakes magical battles, and morally-grey characters make this the perfect read for fans of When the Moon Hatched, The Cruel Prince, The Book of Azrael and Gild.
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You will find
- a forbidden love spanning millennia
- enemies to lovers to enemies to ?
- forced proximity (one bed, one farm, one horse)
- the queen gets the villain
- gritty cottagecore meets war of the gods
- touch her/him and die
- he is soft only for her (he secretly loves when she threatens him)
- a high fantasy world of Elves, Dwarves and Dragons inspired by Norse mythology with a twist
- ‘I had nowhere else to go’
Darkness Births the Stars is an adult epic fantasy romance that contains explicit content and dark elements that may be triggering for some.
- On-page violence
- Betrayal
- Grief
- Death
- Mental Health Struggles (Anxiety, Depression, Addiction)
- Profanity
- Animal death (not Rada’s cat!)
- Threats of Sexual Assault (not between the main characters)
- Explicit sexual content (consensual)
Darkness births the Stars is the first book in a planned five-book series. The second instalment is scheduled for release in 2026.
Currently, there are no plans for an audiobook version. I would love to make it possible in the future though, if there is enough interest.