TITLE: BACK IN THE SHADOWS
SERIES: THE SHADOWS SERIES #2
GENRE:DARK ROMANCE
AUTHOR: J.A. OWENBY
PUBLICATION: APRIL 16TH, 2025
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Synopsis
Two faces. One obsession. Zero mercy.
One, two, they took what's mine.
My little lamb was stolen from me.
Three, four, blood on the floor.
The monster she awakened has broken free.
Five, six, death's favorite tricks.
My darkness hunts relentlessly.
Seven, eight, feel my rage.
H3ll itself bows down to me.
Nine, ten, k!ll again and again.
Each death brings her back to me.
Eleven, twelve, straight to h3ll.
Where screams ring eternally.
Welcome back to your darkest nightmare.
I am Death, and they've stripped away my mask of mercy.
My little lamb, I will paint the streets red until you're safe in my arms again.
“Back in the Shadows” plunges readers deeper into Death's twisted realm, where love and violence dance in perfect harmony. This isn't just a story—it's a descent into beautiful madness, where the line between protector and monster blurs with every heartbeat. Once you've stepped back into the shadows, there's no escaping their embrace. But if you dare to embrace the darkness, welcome home.
This is book 2 and readers must read In the Shadows first.
** This dark romance features multiple POVs and intricate storylines that weaves together into one soul-shattering conclusion. If you crave a simple love story, this isn't it. **
**Visit the author's website for TW/CW.
One, two, they took what's mine.
My little lamb was stolen from me.
Three, four, blood on the floor.
The monster she awakened has broken free.
Five, six, death's favorite tricks.
My darkness hunts relentlessly.
Seven, eight, feel my rage.
H3ll itself bows down to me.
Nine, ten, k!ll again and again.
Each death brings her back to me.
Eleven, twelve, straight to h3ll.
Where screams ring eternally.
Welcome back to your darkest nightmare.
I am Death, and they've stripped away my mask of mercy.
My little lamb, I will paint the streets red until you're safe in my arms again.
“Back in the Shadows” plunges readers deeper into Death's twisted realm, where love and violence dance in perfect harmony. This isn't just a story—it's a descent into beautiful madness, where the line between protector and monster blurs with every heartbeat. Once you've stepped back into the shadows, there's no escaping their embrace. But if you dare to embrace the darkness, welcome home.
This is book 2 and readers must read In the Shadows first.
** This dark romance features multiple POVs and intricate storylines that weaves together into one soul-shattering conclusion. If you crave a simple love story, this isn't it. **
**Visit the author's website for TW/CW.
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My Review
'𝙱𝙰𝙲𝙺 𝙸𝙽 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝙷𝙰𝙳𝙾𝚆𝚂' Is the second full length dark romance book within 'The shadows' series by J.A. Oweby.
🖤Pitch Black MMC
🖤Mäsked Man
🖤Mürder
🖤Kïdnappïng
🖤Jeälous/Pössessïve Hero
🖤Touch her and ☠️
🖤Stälker & Seriäl Kïller
🖤Age Gäp
Holy crap, there’s so much to unpack in this story.
Back in the shadows we go as their safe domain has been breached and Ella has been taken, kidnapped right out from under Sebastian’s aka Deaths nose.
Waking up in a glass cage, the room she’s in is underground, some kind of basement, the guy that’s her keeper is as unhinged as they come, but there’s one that’s a lot more dangerous than him and he’s this guys boss. He may be even deadlier than Death.
Tick tock, time is of the essence, she needs to be saved and the only one that can really save her is Death.
🖤Pitch Black MMC
🖤Mäsked Man
🖤Mürder
🖤Kïdnappïng
🖤Jeälous/Pössessïve Hero
🖤Touch her and ☠️
🖤Stälker & Seriäl Kïller
🖤Age Gäp
Holy crap, there’s so much to unpack in this story.
Back in the shadows we go as their safe domain has been breached and Ella has been taken, kidnapped right out from under Sebastian’s aka Deaths nose.
Waking up in a glass cage, the room she’s in is underground, some kind of basement, the guy that’s her keeper is as unhinged as they come, but there’s one that’s a lot more dangerous than him and he’s this guys boss. He may be even deadlier than Death.
Tick tock, time is of the essence, she needs to be saved and the only one that can really save her is Death.
...“ɪ ʀᴇᴀʟɪꜱᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍʏ ᴡᴏʀꜱᴛ ꜰᴇᴀʀ ʜᴀᴅ ᴍᴀɴɪꜰᴇꜱᴛᴇᴅ.
ɪ'ᴅ ᴘɪꜱꜱᴇᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰꜰ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ʜᴀᴅ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴇʟʟᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ɪɴ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀ.”
ɪ'ᴅ ᴘɪꜱꜱᴇᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰꜰ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ʜᴀᴅ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴇʟʟᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ɪɴ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀ.”
To unravel the cryptic messages he's been given to save Ella, he has to go back in time to where his childhood as he remembers it began and that's the place where all his nightmares of his parents murder occured.
I felt such huge sadness for Sebastian in this one, imagine your closest friends keeping such big secrets from you, always left in the dark, migraines and time missing slowly start to make sense as those lines become blurred between Sebastian and Death as they collide within one mind.
I didn’t realise that this had become a series after reading the first book, but not one complaint by me, I loved Death and Sebastian all over again.
I felt such huge sadness for Sebastian in this one, imagine your closest friends keeping such big secrets from you, always left in the dark, migraines and time missing slowly start to make sense as those lines become blurred between Sebastian and Death as they collide within one mind.
I didn’t realise that this had become a series after reading the first book, but not one complaint by me, I loved Death and Sebastian all over again.
