Rachel M. Yoldi
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Forced into hiding, Keres Von Kesting yearns for a normal life, but the dark secrets she harbors threaten to unravel everything.
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Desperate to escape her troubled past, Keres has spent the last six months living quietly under the protection of her best friend Hez and his witch coven. As she strives for normalcy, she pretends the shadowy magic in her veins makes her just like Hez: a witch. Even if she knows that her magic is something different—and more powerful—than any the witches have dealt with before.
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When a chance encounter leads to her arrest for forged citizenship papers, Keres is offered a deal by the High Priestess of Cristata. If Keres returns to the dangerous world of her past to recover a list of ancient artifacts, all will be forgiven. If she does not, the fragile life she has built will be ripped away, putting not just the coven, but the secret Keres would do anything to protect at risk.
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Caught between her hidden truth and the demands of the Priestess, Keres must do what she does best: track down what doesn't want to be found. Thrust into the heart of a conflict between the Cristatan government and a growing rebellion, Keres navigates encounters with powerful figures on both sides of the conflict. To do so, she must tap into the darkness she thought she had left behind, only to stumble upon a shocking discovery that upends her entire world—someone else with magic just like hers.
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Lady Nightmare is the first high-stakes fantasy adventure in the War of the Old Gods series, where Keres is forced to navigate a web of danger and deceit, and her choices could either save her or cost her everything.
The deeper she digs into the past, the more dangerous the present becomes.
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Two months after completing her contract with the Guard, Keres Von Kesting has finally secured her citizenship and returned to a life of peace and quiet...at least, for the most part. There’s still one thing dragging her back into the shadows that she knows she should leave well enough alone.
The journal from Mama Reyes.
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When Petra uncovers Keres’ name written in the journal—dated over fifteen hundred years ago—it sets Keres on a spiraling path through buried history that offers more questions than answers. Determined to understand how her name ended up in a relic written long before her birth, she throws herself into research, chasing fragments of lost knowledge and ancient power.
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But the rebellion to the south, led by Nemesis, continues to grow, and it isn’t long before its leader, Alastor, and the High Priestess of Cristata return to Keres’s life, each vying for her alliance with promises of something she never dreamed she’d find: answers to who, and what, she truly is.
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As ancient magic stirs and war settles on the horizon, Keres must decide where her loyalty lies—before someone decides for her.
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Shadewitch is the second installment in the War of the Old Gods series, where trust must be earned, history is a weapon, and secrets won’t stay buried.