Song That Stays

Book I of The Song That StaysIn a world once held together by living music, where faith and magic were meant to rise in harmony, an ancient order shattered that balance. The Temple declared one power sacred and the other forbidden, branding those born with awakened gifts as destroyers. What followed was not peace, but a quiet, smothering silence-the kind that buries truth, memory, and mercy.Joe was one of the marked. Once a gifted student of the Song, he is now a wanderer scarred by his past and haunted by flashes of someone he cannot fully remember-a silver-haired teacher whose wisdom lingers even when her name does not. Beneath his skin, a restless heartbeat of power stirs, feared by those who hunt him and feared even more by Joe himself. With no home to return to and no future he can trust, he drifts through a world that has forgotten what harmony means.Far away in the quiet village of Everspring, Cheri has spent her life being underestimated. A healer with a gentle spirit and a strength no one sees until they need it, she has learned to mend others while carrying wounds of her own. Neglected, dismissed, and told she is nothing special, Cheri has built her hope from the small, stubborn kindnesses that no decree can extinguish. She believes in the good she cannot yet see-and that belief will change everything.When fate draws Joe and Cheri together, the world begins to shift. Their connection is immediate yet fragile, shaped by a tenderness neither of them expected and a danger far greater than they know. Shadows left behind by the Temple's ruling council close in as the old prophecies resurface-prophecies of the Heart of the Dawn, a force long feared for its potential to break or remake the world.As Joe confronts the truth about his power and Cheri discovers the courage that has lived within her all along, they step into a story woven long before their births-one of sacrifice, mercy, family, and the healing that only love can begin. The Temple calls Joe a destroyer. Cheri calls him something different. And between them, a spark rises that could restore the harmony the world lost… or ignite a fire that consumes everything.The Heart of the Dawn launches a sweeping romantasy saga about wounded hearts, quiet strength, chosen family, and the song powerful enough to outlast the darkest night.

Faithheart is Book Two in The Song That Stays series by Joseph Moro, a romantasy story about love, choice, and the true nature of power.After the events of The Heart of the Dawn, Joe is torn from everything he knows and thrust into a place where truth has been hidden in plain sight for generations. There, he discovers something the world has forgotten. Power is not something to be taken. It cannot be stolen, forced, or controlled. It can only be shared.As Joe learns to see what others cannot, he begins to understand a deeper force that connects people, one that grows stronger through unity instead of domination. But knowledge comes with a cost. The more he sees, the more he realizes how much of the world has been built on fear, control, and the illusion of strength.Back in a world unraveling under that illusion, Cheri refuses to follow the same path. As fear spreads and a powerful enemy tightens his grip, she chooses something different. Mercy over control. Connection over isolation. Strength that does not come from power over others, but from standing with them.Separated by distance but bound by something deeper, Joe and Cheri walk two paths that are moving toward the same collision.As those paths converge, the battle shifts. What began as a fight for survival becomes something far greater. The question is no longer who is stronger, but what power truly is and who is willing to trust it.In a world where control has always been the answer, choosing to share power may be the most dangerous decision of all.Faithheart continues the sweeping story begun in The Heart of the Dawn, expanding the world, deepening the stakes, and pushing its characters toward a moment that will test everything they believe. New allies rise. Old assumptions break. And the line between strength and surrender is challenged in ways no one expects.At its core, this is a story about love that does not give up, truth that refuses to stay hidden, and the kind of strength that only exists when it is given freely.For readers who enjoy romantasy with emotional depth, meaningful character growth, and a story that builds toward something bigger than any one person, Faithheart delivers a powerful continuation of a series where every choice matters and every connection counts.The story that began with a broken world is moving toward something more.And the cost of getting there is only just beginning to be understood.