Shadowed Heart

A Shadowed Kingdom Standalone

De: K.A. Knight, Kendra Moreno

Narrado por: Troy Duran, Brooke Daniels

Our lands are changing, three becoming one, merged together by my sister and her monsters.

The magic has returned and new life blooms. No longer are the Dead Lands dismal and gray, but not everyone welcomes the change.

I expected to die when I threw myself from the Gilded Land's tower. Instead, I found myself surrounded by the monsters I feared the most.

I assumed they'd be feral and dangerous. I didn't expect them to show me the world, to fill my broken, darkened soul with light.

My name is Kai Black and I'm no longer the woman stolen by the Gilded King. I've been shattered and remade into something different. Something new.

If only I had known that I would be re-born from darkness, the same darkness that the monsters find me in. If only I'd known who the real monsters are.

Shadows save us. Shadows guide us. Shadows heal me.

This is a dark romance intended for mature listeners.

©2023 K.A. Knight & Kendra Moreno (P)2024 Podium Audio

May Dreams Become Reality

Different is ok! May a little magic bloom within your pours and seep into your nature and soul until seeds of life restore and remain. Freedom to love freedom to explore freedom to choose, and the freedom to simply fight for your happiness at any cost, for life without magic is simply not worth living!

Sincerely a black gal ❤️ who knows oh to well what it's like to live in the shadows.

- Not any longer

Amazballs

It tied in so perfectly with fractured shadows. I was so happy at how they merged it and that Cora's story wasn't completely lost. Kai s monsters are friken phenomenal

I love this book!!

This book is a wonderful depiction of persevering after a life altering tragedy. I appreciate how her road to recovery was shown step by step as opposed to an unrealistic about-face from wounded bird to flaming nympho. The gradual progression was also represented in her magic. Her fears in her familial relationships were relatable to older sisters who have had to overcome everywhere. This series was great. Fierce little sister. Older sister that’s a tower of strength and healing. Really nice. A++ for spice. The transition into a sensual self was nice. 👍 I love the series. A little dark, a little light and a long but manageable road ahead.

Kai & her monsters

I liked this book very much, it says stand alone but it really is the next book after the one about Cora.
Both books were great but this one had a couple less sex scenes which I preferred. There is such thing as too many sessions this book had a better amount with lots of story.
I love the messages these books put out there.
I'd love to see a 3rd book in this series.

Healing PTSD w Empathy AND Multiple Orgasms

I would have loved a little more 1v1 spice with her men but honestly her recovery journey after being tortured and sa’d by that ahole was so sweet and I get you had to cram a ton of spice in the end so pairing up makes sense and I devoured this book regardless. Ka knight always delivers a wonderful journey! And gawd I love her for it. I got super giddy when the snake lady showed up thinkin there was gonna be a little ww action but alas that did not happen. I mean come on the long forked tongue??? Her being a damsel in distress?? Her sexy aggressive attitude? It’s just so perfect, it woulda been so easy to just slip her into the group.. she would have had to be lesbian to avoid jealousy obviously.. there coulda been eggplant v taco jokes, I picture her personality as only tolerating the men cause Kai’s her mate and she has to get along but le sigh. Disappointed but whatever lol loved the guys and Kai is so sweet and honestly relatable as hell if you’ve ever been a self loathing depressed potato bag like myself. The final battle is a little cheesy but I love it and the ending is so very HEA. Read it, it’s not that long and it’s entertaining and while the narration seemed a little rushed and under edited, the delivery was still great for me! Don’t expect a ton of spice, but the spice that’s present is pretty great, as always. The underlying theme of overcoming ptsd and accepting love and help from others and forming your own community is lovely. Loved seeing Cora again too, even if briefly.

strength over devastation

I disliked the fact I was 2 hrs away from finding out what becomes of everybody, but do to unknown problems with this book, I won't know what the ending is. I loved the books but darn, this sucks.

Great follow up from the first book.

definitely worth a read but I wouldn’t consider it a stand alone. You should read the first one before this

Loved these monsters!

I went right into this 2nd book in the Shadowed Kingdom duet, thank goodness both were already available on audio. I would have been itching after how these authors ended Fractured Shadows and how I knew it wasn't the end of Kai's story! These two didnt disappoint with Kai and her group of delicious monsters.

I knew this one would have some harder themes because of what happened to Kai at the end of book 1, but it wasn't a dark romance in my opinion. I liked how cinnamon roll some of her monsters were. So adorable but deadly mates for our lightning wielder and her other amazing gifts. We get this water creature hybrid who is the one who saves her and brings her back from the brink. I loved how protective he was of her and was such a solid presence for Kai and her mental health. Then we have the yummy wolf shifter who was ferocious but totally was wrapped around her little finger. I liked how his relationship progressed with her, not too fast, but a lot of chemistry right off the bat. Then we get I think one of the coolest ones, almost a horseman of death/dark unicorn thing going on haha. I loved all his forms, how he was feral and had to come back to himself, and loved how he battled and would randomly come in to protect her and her other mates. And them our demon/nightmares/darkness wielder. I thought he was the snarky guy of the bunch but helped push her and get her to overcome her darkness and her past trauma. I loved each one of them but her demon guy was probably the most surprise to me (even though he was the last to join this group, I thought they connected really well).

So in terms of the story we get a lot of ups and downs with these character growing into a family unit but also with the baddies trying to take out the monsters despite the merging of humans and monsters with Kai's sister. I was surprised the humans felt like they could do that, with all these monsters being scary and a lot having powers, they should be able to wipe them out. But mobs of crazies will get their way apparently haha. We get a character from the past showing his face and I am glad that he got his just rewards. Seeing Kai come into her powers and what she decides to do with them, love that twist so much. I liked seeing mercy given and most of the people stepped up to the plate and did the right thing and learned the errors of their ways. And the ones that don't...well....that's all I will say on the matter hahaha. I liked the battles in this one, I thought it was more fast paced in spots than book 1. I think the emotions were all over the place, based on the the tough subjects talked about and experienced. I would have been pissed if I was her sister, but I loved their relationship and how things ended. I would love to see bonus scenes from this duet, some check-ins or maybe more from this world. I liked how the authors wrote this one.

Narration was good, wasn't as good as book 1 for me though. Still a solid 4 stars and would recommend the audiobook anyway. Don't get me wrong, I love the male MMC but this could have been heightened with duet narration instead of dual. The female narrator did a good job with her voices and emotional rollercoasters haha. Again duet is my favorite and I wish more from this author was duet (hopefully the company picking these up on audio makes all new audiobooks duet, it makes for a more compelling audio/storyline.

Inferior to the first

Far inferior to the first book in this series. Not worth your time. Just reread the first one.