Luke Garrett We are three. Three hearts in love with each other. Three souls entwined in a world that is unaccepting. I am her stepson. She is nine years older. He cannot come to terms with his own sexuality. Our love is a burning pyre of desire that we must keep hidden. In the end, when our taboo affair is discovered, how can our love survive? Everyone in my life leaves. Once our secrets are revealed, Rachel and Evan will leave me too. The Shadow Thorne Series is about a polyamorous MMF relationship that extends through the entire series. The books should be read in order as it is one consistent story broken up into four books. The series includes a taboo theme as well as reverse age gap, friends to lovers, struggling with sexual identity, bisexuality, loss and comfort, and an immortal stranger who will affect their relationship in ways they never could have imagined. The story reflects the intricacies of complicated love with in depth emotions and the effects society has on those feelings.