The power over herbs, and her family's position, has always given Sienna a comfortable life. Though widowed and pursued by suitors desperate to claim her name as their own, she is content to spend her days alone, tending her garden and avoiding such greedy demands.Until she finds a man hiding among her plants.Cast out and run down, Sele is exactly the thing that would ruin Sienna's reputation, esp...

The Strongest are BreakingThe Queen's birth was supposed to bring peace, but it only caused animosity between her and her husband's Mistress.Now, with the Àraid rising in the west, and enemies surrounding her in court, Cerynn is torn between her desire to strengthen her powers, and the maddening need to squash the woman distracting her husband from the war rising against them.But conflict rules his mind, tormenting him with what must be done while filling him with l...

A Storm is Rising.The General's experiment worked and he once again has the upper hand. Determined to reestablish his control in his kingdom, The General uses a new, unknown power to remove the threat to his crown.Oblivious to her husband's manic slaughter, Cerynn seeks out her own people, longing to unite the Àraid and Rak and end the war. She's forced to confront her own power-hungry decisions face to face as she steps into the Àraid world, and realizes s...

The Rules Are ChangingAs The General teaches his new queen to thirst for blood, a long-lost power scrambles to accept a queen of their own, knowing if they wait any longer they'll be forgotten forever.One queen embraces her place in a cruel world. The other longs to recreate a world that accepts her people. One is given an army. The other sits unprepared for the war mounting on her doorstep.Both are losing their powers in a world determined to consu...

The madness is callingAfter a prisoner begs for their life and is granted mercy by The General, his queen is forced to confront her rising jealousy.Jealousy over this prisoner lying for his favor.Jealousy over the Mistress he obsesses over.Jealousy that everyone is more powerful than she is.The mounting need to prove her worth distorts the world around her, and blinds her to the powerful position her husband has given her.While th...

A Storm is Rising.The General’s experiment worked and he once again has the upper hand. Determined to reestablish his control in his kingdom, The General uses a new, unknown power to remove the threat to his crown.Oblivious to her husband’s manic slaughter, Cerynn seeks out her own people, longing to unite the Àraid and Rak and end the war. She’s forced to confront her own power-hungry decisions face to face as she steps into the Àraid world, and realizes she must pick a si...

The power over herbs, and her family’s position, has always given Sienna a comfortable life. Though widowed and pursued by suitors desperate to claim her name as their own, she is content to spend her days alone, tending her garden and avoiding such greedy demands.Until she finds a man hiding among her plants.Cast out and run down, Sele is exactly the thing that would ruin Sienna’s reputation, especially with the Elders seeking to promote her for her powers. But each time s...

The Strongest are BreakingThe Queen’s birth was supposed to bring peace, but it only caused animosity between her and her husband’s Mistress.Now, with the Àraid rising in the west, and enemies surrounding her in court, Cerynn is torn between her desire to strengthen her powers, and the maddening need to squash the woman distracting her husband from the war rising against them.But conflict rules his mind, tormenting him with what must be done while filling him with l...

“The Darkness Is Coming.”When Alice was captured her life ended. Tortured and broken for thirteen years left her small and afraid, but when the guard assigned to her torture helped her escape she was given a brief glimpse of hope.Until she forgot.Now hiding in a city full of its own secrets, Alice must work hard to remember why she came here, and whether she herself is a trap.

The Rules Are ChangingAs The General teaches his new queen to thirst for blood, a long-lost power scrambles to accept a queen of their own, knowing if they wait any longer they’ll be forgotten forever.One queen embraces her place in a cruel world. The other longs to recreate a world that accepts her people. One is given an army. The other sits unprepared for the war mounting on her doorstep.Both are losing their powers in a world determined to consume them.S...

The madness is callingAfter a prisoner begs for their life and is granted mercy by The General, his queen is forced to confront her rising jealousy.Jealousy over this prisoner lying for his favor.Jealousy over the Mistress he obsesses over.Jealousy that everyone is more powerful than she is.The mounting need to prove her worth distorts the world around her, and blinds her to the powerful position her husband has given her.While the young queen gra...

Nobody returns from the prisons.Everyone knows that.Because the prisons lead to the Telias, and the Telias are just blood baths for The General's amusement. When Alice was captured she accepted her fate and, after being tortured and broken for over a decade, there's not much left of her.Until the guard assigned to her torture helps her escape instead, giving her a small glimpse of freedom.But then she forgot.Now hiding in a city full of its own secre...