In the Shadow of a Dream: Fareview Fairytales, Book 3 by Maci Aurora

Brinna Fareview has always lived in the quiet spaces between other people’s stories—until the night her family gathers to finally learn the truth about their mother. Somewhere between secrets and revelations, Brinna slips into a strange half‑world where reality blurs, nightmares breathe, and every member of her family lies trapped in an enchanted sleep. She alone remains awake… and yet not awake at all. When Brinna discovers she can move through the dreams of those she loves, she searches desperately for a way to break the spell. But the dream‑realm twists around her, shifting with every fear and memory, and she can’t reach the waking world no matter how hard she tries. Then Lucian Uraiahs—god of day and light, and brother to the god bound to Auri—steps into her dream. Lucian has spent centuries avoiding the one mortal who unsettles him most. Brinna Fareview is a complication he never wanted, a spark he refuses to acknowledge, and a reminder of everything he’s tried to bury. But when he is stripped of his powers and imprisoned in the mortal realm, sleep becomes his only escape… and Brinna is the only place he can go. In dreams, their connection is undeniable. In waking, it is impossible. Read more