"They're always watching..... there is no way to escape." In a very poor place called Hillington, where it use to be paradise, eventually broke into pieces when a new heir of Royalty, a dark and evil one, took over the throne. No one can explain who, what, when, where, why or how. It is all unknown for what had happened to the past. Why so secretive......? A Girl named Alexandria and ten other girls are set to compete for a crown they did not ask for, a Dark Crown. Each of the 10 days, they must prove themselves worthy for something they do not wish for, but it is not an option. After all, wouldn't anyone be willing to do anything if it meant saving their own life and others they love? Their people? Their throne? Perhaps their whole country? Alexandria must fix this corrupt country to what once was a peaceful and beautiful one before time runs out. Will she be too late?

Book One in the TPoE series Arabella Rose is sixteen and has lived with her aunt and cousin for most of her life. She had been told that her parents had died when she was young. When her aunt leaves to visit her friend in hospital Arabella's whole life turns upside down. After being kidnapped by three amazingly good-looking boys, Arabella realises she isn't normal. When they ask her to freeze the glass of water on the table in front of her she thinks they're crazy; people cant do that, right? But what if she was wrong? What if everything she has ever been told was a lie and the only thing that she could rely on were the bedtime stories she was once told as a little girl? Highest rank: 5th in fantasy