The Libri GmbH The Shadows of Desire: A Novel of Forbidden Desire, Betrayal, and Dangerous Love Paperback

Some desires don't fade. They consume.Valeria Cruz thought she knew the man she loved-until one devastating betrayal destroys everything she believed in. Shaken by what she has witnessed, she speeds away, only for a violent crash on a North Vancouver road to bring her life to a sudden halt.Then Rabat Delgado finds her.Rabat is a married man living within an eleven-year marriage shaped by emotional distance, responsibility, and his devotion to his children. Saving Valeria should have been nothing more than an act of kindness between two strangers. Instead, their unexpected meeting creates a connection neither of them is prepared for.Gratitude becomes friendship. Friendship becomes attraction. And attraction becomes a forbidden desire increasingly difficult to resist.But their hearts are not the only things caught in the shadows.As betrayals surface, secrets unravel, and loyalties fracture, Rabat and Valeria find themselves drawn into something far more dangerous than an illicit romance. Jealousy turns to obsession. Old relationships become new threats. And the people closest to them begin revealing truths capable of destroying far more than love.Caught between responsibility and desire, the lives they already have and the future they secretly want, Rabat and Valeria must discover how much they are willing to risk for a love they were never supposed to find.Because forbidden love always has a price-and sometimes desire leads straight into danger.The Shadows of Desire is an emotionally charged romantic suspense novel of forbidden love, passion, betrayal, obsession, danger, and redemption.Book 1 of The Shadows Series. The story continues in Book 2, The Shadows on Fire.