These Immortal Truths
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Both epic and intimate, These Immortal Truths is a powerful and romantic historical fantasy that explores not only what it means to live forever, but what it means to live fully.
A shapeshifting god. A divine peach. And a woman gifted with forever.
Anna is used to hunger and hardship. Ever since the pale shadows on her skin were mistaken for leprosy, she has lived alone in exile, each day focused only on survival.
Then a single act of kindness towards a beautiful stranger changes her life forever.
Suddenly, her body is as untouched by time as it is by harm, and Anna experiences a new freedom she has never known. But as decades and centuries pass, the lives of everyone she meets slip through her fingers like grains of sand… everyone, except Khiran—the shapeshifting god who gave her immortality. No matter the years or distance, she trusts that he will always return.
Yet there is more to immortality than Anna knows, and as she travels the ages, she will discover the beauty—and danger—of a life without end.
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Originally self-published in 2025, this sweeping romantic duology launch from Raeta (Ladybirds) follows Anna, a poor girl exiled from her home in 1185 England because of a skin condition that convinces those around her she has leprosy. After showing compassion to a stranger who turns out to be the shape-shifting god Khiran, he saves her from being burnt as a witch and grants her immortality. Short chapters showcase Anna's emotional growth over the next eight centuries, spent supporting herself as an itinerant midwife and folk healer and often putting her drive to care for others over her own well-being. The plot moves through a wealth of beautifully detailed historical venues—including vibrant 1348 Venice, Shakespeare's London in 1601, the Philippines in 1808, and 1918 France in the midst of the Great War—with the alluring Khiran frequently materializing in differing colorful guises along the way. Khiran is unable to stay away from Anna despite knowing he should, while Anna slowly learns to stop sacrificing her happiness for the sake of others. Swoonworthy and thoroughly transportive, Raeta's graceful "love letter to everyday heroes" will have romantic fantasy enthusiasts enthralled.
