During her final year of high school, Lyra Brooks is trying to focus on graduation, friendships, and moving on from a broken heart.

Then three mysterious exchange students arrive, and everything changes.

Time freezes. Shadows move without light. And every time Lyra meets Lucien Kade´s gaze, the world seems to hold its breath. He is controlled, unreadable, and dangerously magnetic, and the connection between them feels less like attraction and more like fate.

But the closer she gets to him, the clearer it becomes. Their meeting was never a coincidence.

Something ancient has awakened.
Something that answers to darkness.
And it wants her.

As secrets unravel and the shadows creep closer, Lyra must decide whether to cling to the life she knows... or step into a world where love and danger are bound together.

Because some bonds are not formed in the light.
They are forged in shadow.

Denice Filipsson writes young adult fantasy romance filled with tension, hidden worlds, and fated connections. Her stories explore the fragile line between light and darkness, where love can be both salvation and ruin. Spring of Secrets is the first book in the Bound to the Shadows series.