Nightshade: A Dark Academia Romance of Revenge and Forbidden Love

Performed in duet by Elloise Thomson and Ben Holtzmuller.

'Immensely fun and sexy. . .this book combines everything I love about dark academia and new adult! Autumn Woods wrote a winner!' - Sunday Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood.

He’d burn the world down for her . . . but she plans to burn his to the ground.

Ophelia Winters wants revenge.

Isolated in the Scottish Highlands, Sorrowsong University usually only welcomes students from the most powerful and corrupt families. Ophelia doesn’t belong, but a rare scholarship grants her the perfect opportunity to investigate her parents’ “accidental” death near the castle grounds. Her plan? Keep her head down to find out what truly happened and punish those responsible. The last thing she needs is to wind up in a mafia war or step on the toes of actual royalty.

Things get off to a rocky start when she runs afoul of the mysterious Alex Corbeau-Green — son of her prime suspect. As far as she’s concerned, he is just a younger version of his billionaire father. A monster hiding beneath a beautiful façade.

Loneliness has been Ophelia’s only dependable companion for years. But when an unknown tormentor begins to stalk her, she realizes she may not be able to survive Sorrowsong on her own. It’s Alex who becomes her unexpected ally—and alibi for murder. And as she begins to fall for the soft heart that hides beneath his hard exterior, her hunger for revenge wavers for the first time.

Can she really bring herself to destroy everything he’s ever known?

Mystery. Murder. Revenge. Welcome to Sorrowsong University . . . A dark academia TikTok sensation packed with romantic suspense, murder, and addictive, enemies-to-lovers tension.

PRAISE FOR NIGHTSHADE

'EVERYTHING I needed and more—5 stars, no hesitation.'

'It completely took over my life, and I have zero regrets. . .Think dark academia, eerie Scottish highlands, and secrets lurking around every corner.'

'YOU WILL WANT TO DEVOUR AND SAVOUR THIS BOOK ALL AT ONCE'

'Literally no words right now. 10 stars.'

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NIGHTSHADE IS AUDIOBOOK ONE IN THE SORROWSONG DUOLOGY.

© 2025 Macmillan (Audiobook): 9781035084029

Release date

Audiobook: 26 June 2025