Captured Fate

Captured Fate drops you into a locked-door reunion with a twist: Riva, a lethal “shadowblood” with a scream that can shatter bone, wakes in a mountain facility to find Griffin—her first love—alive, hollowed, and working for the enemy. James Clancy, the cool new head of the Guardianship, offers purpose instead of torture: fight human atrocities, save lives, and learn to control the powers that ruined their childhoods.

But the pitch curdles fast. A victory against a child-slavery ring reveals a darker ledger—Clancy sells their talents to the highest bidder, privacy is a myth, and “research” includes forcing intimacy for data. Riva’s men—Jacob, Andreas, Dominic, Zian, and Griffin—pull together the scraps of a plan: hack the island’s emergency system, get the younger shadowblood kids out, and keep each other alive long enough to choose their own future.

What follows is a breathless escape, a jungle trek, fragile reconnections, and a brutal truth about what changed Griffin. When the team accepts one last mission to protect a village, they seize a messy chance to turn the tables—just as a new enemy arrives with a name that can topple everything: Balthazar. This is a fierce, high-stakes, found-family romance about love under pressure, control versus consent, and the price of becoming more than your past.

• Fans of morally gray, found-family urban fantasy with real heat and high stakes
• Listeners who love heists, jailbreaks, and messy, believable intimacy
• Readers who want trauma handled with care and consent-centered romance

Eva Chase writes fierce, fast-paced fantasy about dangerous powers, complicated love, and found families worth bleeding for. A Canadian author with a long list of series under her belt, she blends breathless action with tenderness and consent, giving her heroines agency and her heroes edges—and hearts.