A gothic academia dark fantasy romance series of divine rebellion, reincarnation, and vengeance.

Death was never the end... it was the design. 

Violet Shaw remembers being killed.

Attending the prestigious Shademore University on an equestrian archery scholarship, Violet expects and welcomes challenges—but not violet memories of another life where she was abducted, enslaved, and murdered. When the visions sharpen into certainty, Violet realizes she must find the man who killed her and end him before he abducts another innocent.

There’s only one complication—her overly protective childhood friend, Rowan Monroe.

Once condemned to death for stealing a forbidden tome from the Forgotten Wasteland’s Library, Rowan should have been erased from existence. Instead, the Fates had other plans. Reborn into the modern world, Rowan remembers every sin of his past… and the monster who claimed him. Now bound to Violet as her unwilling guardian, he’s dragged back into a world he swore to abandon.

When a student’s murder throws Shademore University into lockdown, Rowan and Violet are forced into close quarters while searching for Violet’s killer. Their investigation uncovers magic, broken myths, ruthless monsters, forsaken gods, and secret societies as they battle their inner demons from previous lives and fall into a forbidden love. A love, they soon realize, that could destroy them both.

She is his ruin.
He is her salvation.
Together, they bring a future the gods fear.

Fated Rebirth is a dark fantasy romance with past-life memories and fiercely feminist mythic undertones, blending gothic academia with contemporary romantic fantasy, high-stakes, gritty storytelling, slow-burn tension, found family, childhood frenemy-to-lovers heat, and neo-noir fantasy worldbuilding. 

Perfect for fans of Ninth House, The Deathless One, Our Infinite Fates, Terror at the Gates, The Book of Azrael along with authors Scarlett St. Clair, Sheila Materson, Carissa Broadbent, Keri Lake, Laura Thalassa, Sarah J. Mass, Sylvia Mercedes and all dark romantasy readers who crave morally grey characters, feminine rage, and vigilante justice for abusive men.

While this is a romantic fantasy, I can say with confidence this is not a light hearted romantasy. It is a bold, gritty, and tragic tale with moments of harmony threaded through the darkness.

The story may feel tragic at times as our characters are repeatedly pulled into danger by forces beyond their control, rarely allowed peace without a cost. It also leans unapologetically bold: Rowan and Violet speak their truths, make dangerous choices, and accept the fallout of getting what they want.

At its heart, this is an underdog story. Both Rowan and Violet begin with the odds stacked mercilessly against them, only to be given a second chance at rewriting their fate. There’s also a subtle rags-to-riches thread as neither had much in their former lives, and rebirth places them in worlds of greater privilege, power, and peril.

Fated Rebirth blends urban fantasy with romantic fantasy in an academic setting, and that can sometimes feel heavy, especially with today's political environment. Expect high stakes, slow-burn tension, found family, frenemies-to-lovers heat, and neo-noir worldbuilding.

Negotiated consent and boundaries are central to this story. Themes of exhibitionism and voyeurism appear throughout. This story contains themes that may be triggering for some readers, including grief and death, animal disembowelment, explicit sexual content, references to sexual assault, mentions of past abuse, and strong language.

Genre: Adult Fantasy Romance
Age Range: 18+ (explicit romantic/sexual content, mature emotional themes)

Series: Book 1 of 2

Tropes: Frenemies to lovers, Childhood friend to lovers, slow burn, yearning, found family, redemption arc, morally grey characters, Masquerade Urban Fantasy + Mythic Fiction, Neo Noir Vibes, Mythology Gods = Mafia, He Falls First / Touch Her & ☠️

Archetypes include: rags-to-riches, underdog, slow burn female rage, overcoming the monster, academic setting, secret identity, healing from trauma, love vs fate, kink positive, and rope play

Spice Level: Explicit scenes (on-page intimacy woven with emotional and character-driven development)

Comp Titles: The Deathless One, Ninth House, The Book of Azrael, Our Infinite Fates, Terror at the Gates