The Shade of Echoes

ECHO HAS NEVER THOUGHT OF HERSELF as extraordinary. She’s a graduate student trying to build a normal future… surviving deadlines, clinical hours, and the uncertainty of adulthood.

She thought magic only belonged in stories. Until the water opened beneath her.

One breath later, Echo surfaces in a world of living magic and secrets her mother spent a lifetime trying to protect her from. There, she learns the truth: she was born of two worlds, and powerful forces have been waiting more than two decades for her return.

Struggling to control the strange abilities awakening within her, the companion who guided her into Everlonne insists he is trying to save the realm, but the monster he taught her to fear may not be the real enemy after all. 

Echo must uncover the truth of her history, her power, and herself before long-awaited revenge consumes everyone caught in its wake.

Written for readers who love portal fantasy, morally gray characters, hidden lineage, slow-burn revelations, dangerous magic, and emotionally charged family sagas, this sequel returns to the world of Everlonne, where blood and destiny are impossible to escape.

About The Story . . .

The Shade of Echoes was inspired by the tale I began with The Color of Gravity. Although that first book took nearly 12 years to complete while working and raising a family, the second installment came together much more quickly. Although I'm still working full-time, my kids are grown, and I've escaped the clutches of the PTO forever.

(If you know, you know. And if you know, I hope you're able to escape one day, too.)

Despite The Color of Gravity being a standalone novel with no cliffhanger, I left the door propped open just enough to continue the story if I wanted to. And to be honest, I kinda wanted to see where it might go. But Asmodeus and Sera's story pretty much came to a close in the first novel... so this one picks up with Echo. (If you've read the first book, you probably figured that out by the title alone...)

Every story has two sides—

and neither is ever the whole truth.