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The Shadow of Your Soul

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After a devastating car accident takes the man she loves, Tamsin Rook is left with grief, guilt, and a silence that seems to follow her everywhere. But in the winter-dark streets of her city, another presence remains: a shadow that moves when she moves, keeps watch when she sleeps, and gathers at her feet whenever danger draws near. It is Auden March, the beloved she lost—held to the living world by the force of what he still feels for her. He cannot speak. He cannot touch her. He can only spend the last fragments of his soul protecting her from the cruelty gathering in the dark and lending her warmth against the cold. Each act of devotion comes at a terrible cost. As the days pass, Auden begins to forget the life they shared, then the sound of her voice, then the name he once loved most. In this haunting romance, love survives death—but not without a price.

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Tamsin Rook

Protagonist

Sensitive, self-blaming, quietly stubborn, and more perceptive than she trusts herself to be.

Tamsin is a young woman trying to continue living after Auden’s death in the accident. Convinced that her choices contributed to what happened, she withdraws into grief—just as unexplained danger begins finding her and a familiar shadow starts appearing at her side.

Auden March

Dead lover and protective spirit

Tender, steadfast, quietly courageous, and defined by devotion even as his identity slips away.

Auden died in the car accident, but his soul remains bound to Tamsin in the form of her shadow. He cannot speak or touch her, and each effort to shield her from danger or cold costs him another piece of the memories that made him himself.

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