Echo Born: A Dark Queer Why-Choose Sci-Fi Romantasy of War, Temptation, and Divine Secrets (Shards of Seeth Chronicles Book 1) by Lyllith Vane

Echo Born Book One of the Shards of Seeth Chronicles Etra is a researcher and the last of the extinct butterfly-winged Kitsa. Ion is a soldier by trade and a psychopath by design. When their worlds collide, everyone tells her to stay away from the bad boy with the killer smile... but will she listen? Enter Vorce—hero of the Kit, a commander of the OG army he is dark, brooding, and dangerously intelligent. He’s also everything Etra should fear, and everything Ion wants. Even fate seems to be pushing her closer to the man who spends most of his time hating himself and taking it out on everyone else. And then there’s Ash. When they meet in Etra’s own bed, intrigue and seduction intertwine with secrets that could destroy them all. In a world of gods reborn as mortals, forbidden desire may be the only thing powerful enough to save—or damn—them. Echo Born is a dark romantasy of science, sin, and survival. For fans of Sarah J. Maas, H. D. Carlton, and Sierra Simone—where love is dangerous, monsters wear beautiful faces, and pleasure can be as destructive as power. Read more