Marcella Caes

Auspice & Animus

Trilogy

Wonder and realism, belonging and sacrifice. A why-choose fantasy romance featuring a socially anxious woman, immortal cosmic beings, and found family.

Auspice & Animus

Trilogy

Wonder and realism, belonging and sacrifice. A queer cosmic fantasy romance featuring a socially anxious woman, immortal cosmic beings, and love earned the hard way.

When The Stars Watch Back

Wonder and realism, love and sacrifice.

Cosmic Fantasy

The universe, the stars, and the sky above woven into an urban fantasy context.

Slow-Burn Tension

Romance with painfully realistic pacing, longing, and emotional complexity.

Queer Representation

Queer characters are at the heart of this trilogy, with a why-choose MMF+ ending.

Found Family

Being chosen, changing for the better, and finding home in unlikely people.

The Books

Book 1

Auspice & Animus

Em’s life changes when she meets Vael and becomes pulled into his fold.

Book 2

Citadel

Increasing tension leads to a shift in relationship structures, bringing Em and Serith closer.

Book 3

Cataclysm

Mysteries and tensions come to a head with an earth-shattering showdown.

What to Expect

Em Dubois, 35, likes to think of herself as rational. Breakups, unstable employment, existential dread? All survivable with enough compartmentalization and panicked decision-making.

Then she catches the attention of Vael: confident, impossible, annoyingly evasive, and far more ancient than he admits. As Em is drawn into the strange, welcoming circle around him, she discovers his history comes with consequences—and when those consequences turn toward her, she has to decide whether the family she’s found is worth risking everything for.

Start Reading

The prologue begins at the birth of the universe. Chapter One begins at a bus stop. Both feel equally consequential.

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2