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A debut that glimmers with unforgettable characters, thrilling adventure, and a world as dark and seductive as the ocean depths. You won't want to put this down.

Logan Karlie, author of Dream by the Shadows

For six hundred years, Nightweavers - mystical beings with untamed elemental powers – have ruled over all humans, including seventeen-year-old pirate Aster and her family. 
 
But after an epic battle at sea where her eldest brother is killed by a new kind of monster, Aster learns that maybe there are creatures far more terrible to fear… 
 
Alongside the brooding Nightweaver Will, a reckless, masked pirate named Captain Shade, and a myriad of morally grey characters, Aster embarks on a thrilling quest to undo the wrongs against her kind; but will chilling secrets and illicit romance unravel everything she’s ever known, loved and fought for…? 
 
 
NIGHTWEAVER is an exhilarating YA mixture of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and modern fantasy romances like Sarah J. Maas’s THRONE OF GLASS, Leigh Bardugo’s SHADOW AND BONE, and Lauren Roberts’ POWERLESS.

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For seventeen-year-old pirate Aster Oberon and her family, life at sea has been a refuge from Nightweavers - mystical beings with elemental powers that rule the land. 
 
But when the Oberons are finally defeated in an epic battle that shatters Aster's world, they are thrust into a new life, to live among the very beings they hate. 
 
Handsome Nightweaver Will shows Aster uncharacteristic mercy, by offering the Oberons employment on his family's opulent estate. 
 
Despite her hatred for his kind, Aster finds her attraction to Will growing by the day. Will this illicit romance and the chilling secrets that hide at the heart of Bludgrave Manor unravel everything she's ever known, loved and fought for. . . ? 
 
Filled with elemental magic and breathtaking twists, this propulsive, enemies-to-lovers romantasy is perfect for fans of Powerless and The Crimson Moth. 
 
© R.M. Gray 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

R.M. Gray lives in Texas with her husband and two giant dogs, where she enjoys writing stories about pirates, magic, mystery and all things fantastical. A self-proclaimed expert at whistling and a dedicated collector of lightsabers, she spends her days drinking too much earl grey tea, re-watching old cartoons, and thinking up new ways to break readers’ hearts.

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