The Sins of Silas
In this second book in the spicy and heart-wrenching dark romantasy series, one mage must unite forces with her cruel enemy—and first love—while fighting the growing angst and passion between them.
“I felt it then…felt how her presence was nothing more than a constant tease—a reminder that he could not satiate that hunger… could not feast on what it was he truly desired.”
Five years ago, Silas La’Rune lost everything. After the deaths of his mother and Lena Daelyra, the love of his life, something in Silas changed, turning him into a cold, merciless man. His sole purpose became eradicating the kind he believed responsible for those deaths. Witches. Silas, known to the people of Tovagoth as “The Slayer of Witches,” ended lives without remorse. Until one day, he raided a Mage village and saw her.
Turns out Lena was very much alive. Not only that, but she herself is a witch—a Mage. Yet, despite his anger and hatred for the Mages, Silas showed mercy when he met eyes with the woman he once loved. Now the two have joined forces, wishing to recruit allies to not only overthrow Ulric La’Rune, the King of Otacia, but to destroy the necromancer that terrorizes the land.
But every glance between Silas and Lena serves as a reminder of the past when they were tangled beneath the sheets, lost in each other’s embrace. Silas can’t be with Lena, can’t hold her in his arms or feel her lips against his...because he's a married man now. But despite his commitment to another, he can’t get his first love out of his mind. While they hide their history from others, will Lena and Silas be able to battle their rising feelings for each another?
The Otacian Chronicles is a dark romantasy that will progressively get darker as the series continues. Please be mindful of the content warnings below and protect your mental health.
This book is a triple-POV action-packed dark romantasy novel filled with romantic tension, sexy banter, and heartbreak. It also contains explicit sexual scenes, explicit language, violence, gore, torture, burns/burning, miscarriage, child death, rape, sexual assault, infidelity, panic attacks, hallucinations, poisoning, enslavement, drug use, suicidal ideation, homophobia, physical and mental abuse, grief, loss, and character death.
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Kylie Snow
Kylie Snow writes where romance and ruin meet, where magic is forbidden yet impossible to resist, and where love is as dangerous as it is intoxicating. An emerging voice in dark romantasy, she has quickly gained attention for The Otacian Chronicles, a sweeping series that entwines fantasy world-building with the raw intensity of forbidden desire.
Snow’s storytelling was sparked long before her debut hit the shelves. Growing up in Illinois, she was the kind of reader who sought out shadows in fairy tales and found inspiration in the haunting atmosphere of horror-themed video games. By the time she was ten, she knew she wanted to create worlds of her own, worlds filled with flawed characters, fractured loyalties, and the kind of romance that burns brighter because of the darkness around it.
The Otacian Chronicles
In the kingdom of Otacia, magic is a crime, love is a liability, and every choice carries a price that can shatter more than one life. This is a world divided by fear and prejudice, where mages live hunted in the shadows and those born to power rule from behind guarded walls.
At the center of the story stands Lena Daelyra, a young woman who has spent her life concealing the truth of what she is. Her secrets keep her alive, yet they also draw her into a web of betrayals, alliances, and forbidden desires that threaten to consume her. Torn between her growing connection with a prince who has lived too long in the safety of stone walls and a trainer who forces her to confront her strength, Lena learns that survival is not enough—she must decide what, and who, is worth fighting for.
The Otacian Chronicles consists of two primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

