If you love slow-burn devotion, devilish transformation and dark fantasy built on myth and memory—you want in on this ARC.

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Some love stories are meant to be rewritten. Others are meant to be relived.

When one dark elf sacrifices himself to destroy the archdevil he once served, he shatters the life he built with the man who loved him most. But death doesn’t end devotion—and in We Were Men Once, that devotion becomes a war cry.

This is an ARC call for readers who crave character-driven dark fantasy. Who feel deeply. Who love their slow burns messy, myth-soaked, and razor-edged.

Dive into We Were Men Once:

Two dark elves are separated by death when one of them sacrifices himself to take out an archdevil he’d sold his soul to.
Kyarlin will stop at nothing to find Xaraan’s soul in the bowels of Hell and bring him back. But can he bring him safely home when the archdevil, Astaroth, has transformed his husband into a devil with no memories and plans to use him to take over Hell?

Tropes You’ll Love

💟 Yearning
💔 Grief
😈 Devils (not demons!)
📜 Deals with devils
🔥 Hellscape
🎮 Tragic flaw
🧠 Lost memories
🎻 Orpheus and Eurydice retelling
💖 True love in a dark world
🔪 Obsession
🗺️ A quest of love
⏳ Slow burn
🛡️ Protector

Content Warnings

⚠️ Grief
⚠️ Spiders
⚠️ Anxiety
⚠️ Hallucinations
⚠️ Intrusive thoughts
⚠️ Deteriorating mental health
⚠️ Panic attacks
⚠️ Self-harm
⚠️ Body horror
⚠️ Blood and gore
⚠️ Dismemberment
⚠️ Open door intimacy
⚠️ Character death on page

About the Author

Candice Morris writes emotionally intense dark fantasy where grief, myth, and obsession intertwine. A teacher and girl mom based in Hong Kong, Candice draws from classic literature, cross-cultural experiences, and her love of fantasy roleplay to build worlds where love is dangerous, memory is fragile, and transformation comes at a cost.

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