Midnight Ballerina
Rituals and Relics, Book One
By Jhani Mills
Publisher: Cipher Veil Publishing LLC
Published: February 14, 2026
ISBN: 9798999588036
Genre: Romantasy
She was born a rarity.
Lysandra has spent her life in a silk cage, dancing for a monster who sees her hybrid blood as the key to tearing open the veil between worlds. She is half-Fae, half-mortal, a living anomaly trained to suppress every flicker of power that could expose what she truly is.
Then they send a Destroyer to end her.
Rylan is the Order’s most lethal weapon, forged without mercy, raised without attachment, sworn to eliminate hybrid corruption wherever it breathes. His mission is simple: observe, confirm, and execute.
But some targets refuse to be prey.
When the tether breaks and Lysandra’s power erupts beyond all control, she and Rylan are thrown into a deadly alliance that will force them both to betray everything they were made to be. He will break sacred oaths. She will shatter the chains of her gilded prison. Together, they will ignite a love so consuming it will literally rewrite the laws of death.
Midnight Ballerina is a dark romantasy of obsession, sacrifice, and a bond forged in blood and shadow, where the monster you were raised to fear
becomes the only one who sees you as more than a weapon.
For readers who crave: Fae romantasy, mortal/immortal romance, possessive heroes, powerful heroines, found family, he-falls-first, and love that burns worlds.
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About the Author
Jhani Mills is an award-winning, multi-genre author and founder of publishing imprint, Cipher Veil Publishing. Her work explores power, grief, devotion,
obsession, and survival across science fiction, thrillers, and speculative fiction. Midnight Ballerina is her debut romantasy, merging dark fantasy and romance into a story about breaking oaths, reclaiming power, and choosing love in defiance of fate.
