Ars longa, vita brevis

Inside the Heart of Dark Romantasy: An Interview with Rebecca A. Raine By @booktaletalks | Indie Author Features | May 2025 There are stories that entertain, and there are stories that haunt—ones that echo long after the last page, settling into your bones like truth.  To Burn in Rapture , the upcoming dark romantasy novella by  Rebecca A. Raine , is already one of those stories. When I first came across the novella, something inside me stirred. There was a rawness, an ache, a whisper of love and sorrow so human it felt holy. As a reader drawn to stories that explore the ache of love, the weight of choice, and the beauty in sorrow, I knew I had to reach out. Rebecca’s work is already resonating deeply with readers—even before its official release on June 1st. As part of a new interview series on my blog, where I dive into the minds of authors who write love that devours and characters who bleed with meaning, I had the honor of asking her a few questions. What followed was a co...

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 To Burn in Rapture by R. A. Raine is a dark romantasy novella that spans from the time of Roman gods to the modern world. Tension-packed, compelling, and sharply written, this story blends the irresistible pull of fated mates with precise, evocative prose. This is a tale of paradoxes—of love that consumes, defies fate, and burns through every boundary. Sabine, a woman on the brink of death and violation, is saved by Janus—the Roman god of beginnings and endings, a god without a heart. And yet, something about Sabine stirs him. She isn’t just someone he saved. She is the soul he’s been missing for centuries—his other half. It’s the story of a god who falls for an immortal human he cannot have, yet keeps breaking the very laws he created just to keep her close. And a woman willing to walk through the flames of the Underworld to stand beside her god. Sabine is a strong female lead who doesn’t shrink in the face of divine power. The love in this story lingers long after ...

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