Baelock has spent his life hated, beaten, and condemned as a “half-breed.” He knows how to survive pain. He knows how to carry the weight others cannot. What he does not know is how to let anyone carry it with him.

While Baelock fights to save everyone else, Kaelie is determined to save him. Where others see only a creature to be feared and hated, she sees the man beneath the scars, a man who has never believed himself worthy of tenderness, belonging, or love.

The Weight of Shadows is an adult dark fantasy that asks a simple question:

Can we all be rescued?

It is a story about broken people finding one another, the quiet courage it takes to be truly known, and the difference one person can make when they choose to see beyond our scars.