"You should kill it. Now. While you still can."

Caelum Bones, heir to the wealthiest and most powerful family in Magical England, appears rich, powerful, completely untouchable. All of Magique worships the ground his father walks upon, which is unsurprising, given how much of that ground his family owns.

Caelum's life, from the outside at least, looks like a commoner's fairytale.

But secrets lurk in the shadowy halls of the famed Bones estate, The Black Tower. His father, Malefic Bones, proudly shoulders a legacy of dark magic with a greater purpose, that of reuniting two estranged worlds into one glorious empire.

Caelum is his chosen weapon. But Caelum's mask begins to slip when he finally meets someone who can see past it. Leda Shadow, the least likely person imaginable, can't bring herself to leave him alone, even when he does everything in his power to convince her.

Unfortunately, it will probably get her killed.

For fans of:

• dark academia (with adult characters)

• enemies to lovers

• spicy, spicy, spicy (although you might have to be patient!)

• "touch her and die"

• slow burn, epic romance

• dark and light magic

• forced proximity

• angsty, trapped, morally grey hero

• secret identities

• unique world and magical system

• found family (ensemble cast)

• plot twists, complicated political world, and big character reveals

• lots of arguing :)

• possessive, protective MMC and FMC

• dark cults and hidden enemies

Malevolent Bones is book two in the dark academia romance series, Bones and Shadow. Meet Leda Shadow, first hybrid to live in Magique in over a thousand years, and Caelum Bones, the prince prick of the magical university where she finds herself. This dark academia, enemies to lovers, romantasy series, Bones and Shadow, features all adult characters in a brand new world, filled with deadly creatures, dark sorcerers, invisible cities, ancient myths, animal spirits, dark magic, and cults obsessed with wiping out the human race.

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• RomanceParanormalWitches & Wizards
• Science Fiction & FantasyFantasyRomantic

• Publication Date: January 7, 2026
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• Print Length: 483 Pages
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