Can she protect her secret and her heart?

Her secret will cost her freedom.
His touch will cost her heart.


Imogen needs answers and she's finally willing to search the Four Corners for them. Growing up as the only fae in her tiny village, she’s never belonged. But just as she sets out to discover the truth about her past she makes a small mistake in a local trading town that will cost her, wreathing her journey in a darkness she could never have anticipated…
When she refuses to cooperate after being attacked, she is taken by a dark stranger of immense power for the secret she carries.


Held captive in a foreign city until she gives up her secret, Imogen soon understands the only way to free herself from the literal shadow bonds her abductor is all too fond of holding her with is to bargain with him.


But behind the glittering fae lights of her new confines, something much darker is stirring. And the male who abducted her has secrets of his own that she can’t help wondering about… But when he is arrested and thrown in a cage, Imogen is given the key to release him, if she chooses.


But can she protect her secret and her heart?

Meet the Author

i’m 35 and writing for the first time with purpose. I’ve always written something, i love being creative. But I’ve never admitted to myself —or anyone else— that I wanted to write a book.

in february 2025, just as i turned 34, i decided to say it out loud: I want to write and publish a book.

In August 2025 I spent two weeks and allowed Taken by shadows to pour out of me.

and that’s the dream I’m following. it’s scary, it’s completely new to me, and it’s incredibly exciting. writing my story was just the beginning and now i’m venturing into the publishing world.

When I’m not writing, I’m probably in my local pole studio or at the cinema watching a comfort movie.