Shadow Sovereign, The

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. She wanted vengeance. He wanted freedom. Neither expected to fall. Vesper Ashford has spent ten years as an invisible servant in the mansion of the man who ordered her father's execution. She is patient. She is careful. She is waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Then she discovers something in the basement that changes everything: a sealed god, starving in the darkness. Malakor, Lord of Shadows, has been imprisoned for three centuries. He offers Vesper power beyond imagination in exchange for one simple thing: her touch. The magic he grants her builds in her blood like poison, and only his hands can drain it safely. What begins as a transaction becomes an obsession. What starts as necessity becomes a desperate hunger. But Malakor is hiding a devastating secret—one that could destroy everything between them. As Vesper rises from kitchen maid to revolutionary leader, she must decide: Can she forgive the monster who made her? The Shadow Sovereign is a standalone Dark Fantasy Romance. It features a morally grey hero, a "touch-starved" magic system, high heat, and a hard-won emotional ending. Ideal for fans of enemies-to-lovers and god/mortal pairings.