Secrets of Dagome · Book Two · Out Now
King’s Shadow
One Shadow to protect the Crown. One betrayal to tear the world apart.
Roksana survived the poisoned court. Now she must survive the king who owns her heart.
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Oath of Betrayal
The Cursed Bonds · Audiobook
Experience the world of Dagome through your ears. A why-choose romance where loyalty costs blood. Narrated with all the heat, tension and Slavic grit of the original.
Olena Nikitin
The pen name of a writing power couple, Olga and Mark, who share a love of epic fantasy romance, dark romantic fantasy and rich Slavic-inspired worlds. Their books deliver why choose dragon romantasy, enemies to lovers dark fantasy and urban fantasy romance rooted in Polish and Slavic mythology. In their books you can find a down-to-earth humour, visceral storytelling and romances filled with the passion and steam people always dream of experiencing.
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Olena Nikitin writes epic fantasy romance and dark romantic fantasy rooted in Slavic mythology. Her books span why choose dragon romantasy with soul bonds and found family, enemies to lovers dark fantasy romance with assassins and court intrigue, and urban fantasy romance set in modern-day Poland. All stories draw on Polish, Ukrainian and broader Slavic folklore. Start with The Cursed Bonds for why choose epic fantasy or Secrets of Dagome for dark romantic fantasy.