"Sally's writing is sharp, clever, it delivers emotional damage but with purpose."

"I was crying over the tension and the pain, crying over a demon but most of all crying because I felt seen and understood..."

"This became my obsession, it needs to become yours! Stunningly well paced, full of angst, yearning and a strong cast of flawed but deep characters who you will be so drawn to."

Some truths aren't safe. And some love stories don't start with trust.
They start with a warning.

* * *
Nikki thinks her life is ordinary until a routine delivery ends in bullets, blood, and a man who insists he's already dead.
Josh says he was sent to protect her.
From what? He won't say.

But something is coming. Something ancient. Something hungry.

The man she's told to trust is drowning in secrets. The world around her is tearing at the seams.
And her body - her very self - is beginning to change.

Dragged into a war she doesn't understand, hunted by creatures that shouldn't exist, Nikki doesn't want to be saved. She just wants the truth - even if it breaks her. And Josh? Nikki can't tell if he's her salvation... or her ruin. But no matter how far she runs, she always ends up beside him.

And maybe that's the most dangerous part.

* * *
The Truth Behind Those Eyes is a story of demons, secrets, and the seductive violence of truth.

A dark paranormal romance that drew over 160,000 reads online before publication, for readers who don't read to escape reality. They read to survive it.

If you crave:

Dark romance that bites back
A morally grey love interest you're not sure you should trust
Secrets layered on secrets
The slow, dangerous pull of obsession
Tension so thick it almost feels like a threat
Yearning and angst
Then The Truth Behind Those Eyes might be for you.

Perfect for readers who:

Need their books as messy as their healing
Want trauma arcs that don't lie about the process
Crave emotionally intense fiction that feels real, not sanitized
Love characters who spiral exactly like they do
Content warnings:
Emotional manipulation and gaslighting, psychological trauma and grief, obsession disguised as love, supernatural possession and influence, violence and blood, power-driven intimacy and dubious consent, loss of bodily autonomy (magical and emotional).

Author: Sally Emberwyn
Genre: Romance
Subgenre: Paranormal Romance
Tropes: Morally grey characters
Audience: Adults

Content notes based on the synopsis: Sexual violence / coercion, Bereavement / grief