Bound by Shadows

<p><strong>In a world where love is a crime she chooses defiance.</strong></p><p>Giovanna has never fit the mold-not as an occult influencer not as a woman who speaks to ravens and certainly not as a skeptic of rules. Her life in the shadowed hills of Tuscany is strange enough... until the dead start whispering.</p><p>When ghost-lights dance above the crumbling graves of Vespera Giovanna follows the trail-and it leads her straight into the arms of Julius: dangerously elegant in a tuxedo eyes like midnight and hiding a truth that bites.</p><p>Julius is no ordinary mystery. He's a vampire. And he's about to pull Giovanna into a world far darker than the ghost stories she tells online.</p><p></p><h3><strong>Welcome to Nightshade Academy.</strong></h3><p>Tucked behind illusions and ivy-covered gates this gothic institution trains the supernatural elite-vampires witches necromancers and creatures that only exist in nightmares. Its headmistress has pink hair and a heart of iron. Its guards have wings and claws. And its rules are clear: power above all love above none.</p><p>But some connections can't be broken.</p><p>Bound to Julius by a force neither understands-and torn between lust power and truth-Giovanna must choose between obedience and rebellion survival and surrender. Because at Nightshade the greatest risk isn't the monsters outside.</p><p></p><p><strong>It's falling for the one beside you.</strong></p><p><em>Bound by Shadows</em> is a darkly seductive paranormal romance and the thrilling first installment in the <em>Nightshade Academy</em> series. Perfect for fans of forbidden love supernatural intrigue and dark academia with a sinful twist.</p>