Brand New Dark Academia Novel ~ Malevolent Bones!

I have a new release for you today!

The second book in my dark academia romantasy series is now LIVE, and available to read on Kindle Unlimited!

If you just want to go straight to the book and read the description on the sales page, hit the button below!

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If you’d rather get slightly more detail from me, keep reading!

Deliciously Dark Academia Romantasy...

This one is definitely darker than book one, with more intense subjects covered. Trigger warnings include some dark themes, including violence, child abuse, gaslighting / emotional abuse, language, endangerment of some of the characters, and explicit sex. This one goes deeper into what made Caelum who he is, and what they’re really fighting against in Dark Cathedral.

Also! is going to be on a Kindle Countdown either tomorrow or Friday (it depends on when I can get it to go through - unfortunately, the end of my Kindle Unlimited term is TODAY, so I can’t put in a countdown until the new quarter begins). So if you haven’t read the first book yet, you can get it for $0.99 before the end of the week!

Malcroix Bones Academy and Malevolent Bones are the first two books in a new fantasy romance series, Bones and Shadow, which takes place in a fantasy academy setting with all adult characters!

“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.

GRAB YOUR COPY HERE!

Click any of the images above and they will take you to the Amazon page! I also have Book #3 up on preorder at a discounted price, so if you like what you read, you should definitely grab that before it goes up to full price! :)

I hope everyone likes the new book! I was really happy with how it came out. I’m getting a lot deeper into the lore around the world, too. I’ve been diving into Ancient Egyptian religion and history in particular, which has been a trip to read about.

Thanks so much for reading, and Happy New Year!

I hope you’re having a lovely 2026 so far!

Best wishes,

Jules/JC