SHATTER MY NIGHT
Urban Romantasy/Paranormal Romance
RELEASING 27 NOVEMBER 2026
She’s indestructible. And it just might kill her.
Anika Camardo’s bulletproof mage abilities make her the ideal bodyguard for hire. That is, until a client dies from a hit meant for her, leaving Anika on the run and pursued by a secret organization that wants her dead. A job in Berlin seems like the perfect sanctuary.
Stefan Kohnstamm has managed to outlive the rest of his criminal dynasty by hiding behind the spelled walls of his ancestral manor. He wants Anika both as bodyguard and detective, because while the magic keeps people out, something inside is hunting his employees. Three are already dead—and counting.
But Reo, Stefan’s current bodyguard, is determined to prove Anika’s presence isn’t required. He’s smart, capable, frustratingly handsome, ruthlessly sanctimonious... and may have more secrets than Anika.
With the clock ticking, and multiple threats looming inside and out, Anika and Reo must find a way to work together before one of them becomes the next victim—or their dark pasts catch up to them both.
From award-winning author Sarah L Richhelm comes another high-stakes new adult urban romantasy with an excruciating slow-burn rivals-to-lovers romance between two bodyguards trying to protect their client at all costs.
Shatter My Night is the second instalment in the interconnected standalone Shadow Cages series mixing mafia vibes with romance, action, and spice in a reimagined, modern-day Europe.
Cover design: Jaqueline Kropmanns at Jaqueline Kropmanns Professional Cover Design
The Tropes
Rivals-to-lovers
Very slow burn
Stabby stabby “John Wick” female characters
An FMC with Harley Quinn energy
Grumpy x Chaos
Everyone is morally grey
Bodyguard vs bodyguard
Motorbike-riding MMC
“Sarah Richhelm has created one of the most unique, vivid, fast-paced, intriguing, beautifully crafted worlds I’ve read in an age.”
— H.M. Hodgson, award-winning Paranormal Romance author
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Awards:
SHORT-LISTED FINALIST Australian Romance Readers Association First Kiss 2026
FINALIST Australian Romance Readers Association First Kiss 2025
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!SPOILER WARNING BELOW!
Shatter My Night is a dark new adult fantasy for mature audiences and contains criminal activity and characters recovering from trauma. Anika has good times and not-so-good times throughout, and if you find any of the following content or themes distressing, please take care and seek support if you need it: profanity, violence, alcohol use, graphic sexual content, murder, torture, suicide, gaslighting, depictions of dead bodies, some minor horror themes, brief on-page sexual contact with someone who isn’t the love interest (not cheating, pre-relationship), references to child neglect (on and off-page), references to trafficking (off-page), and references to nonconsensual activity regarding sexual practices, human experimentation, and drug consumption (off-page).
A full list of content and/or trigger warnings can be found below. If there is something not included that you as a reader found distressing, please contact me so it can be added.
Profanity
Violence (including gun & knife violence)
Alcohol use
Graphic sexual content
Murder
Torture
Gaslighting
Assumptions of suicide
Depictions of dead bodies
Brief (on-page) sexual contact with someone who isn’t the love interest (not cheating/pre-relationship)
Captivity (on and off-page)
Minor horror themes
References to child neglect (on and off-page)
References to trafficking (off-page)
References to nonconsensual activity including sexual practices, human experimentation, and drug consumption (off-page).
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