In a patriarchal world where love is just another chain, Zoe makes a vow that she will never belong to any man or even to God. Her freedom is sacred. Her heart is hers alone. But when Michelle, a powerful and seductive vampire, enters her life, everything begins to unravel. He offers her more than love,he offers release. From fear. From silence. From herself. As passion consumes reason and shadows stir ancient truths, Zoe teeters on the edge of madness. Will she surrender to the darkness, or fight for a redemption she never believed in? Shackles is a dark Gothic paranormal romance full of passion, pain, and forbidden desire, where freedom has a price and love could be the deadliest chain of all.