A fierce warrior seduces a mysterious rebel to protect the king. --- Epsa proudly defends the nation as a member of King Makapu's Royal Guard. When a resistance movement threatens the kingdom from within, Makapu calls on Epsa for a task requiring more than just combat skills. Epsa must seduce Izra, a mysterious and magnetic rebel leader, and extract information to help the Royal Guard smother the rebellion. As she works to gain Izra's trust, Epsa finds herself developing unsettling feelings and reassessing everything she has ever known. Embroiled in a dangerous game of politics, Epsa must decide who to trust. Who to protect. And who must die. Prequel to "The Claimed: A Clash of Copper and Gold" (also works as a stand-alone novel) |2022 Wattys Shortlist| Trigger warning: This story contains descriptions of abuse and references to sexual assault

𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐜 | Look on as they dissolve into madness. | multiple oc's | | closed |

BOOK ONE Featured 4x on official wattpad Fantasy profile: Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy, Dark Fantasy and Magical realism reading list Camille did not know what blood was coursing through her veins. But she knew it wasn't human blood. My adoptive parents didn't know what they were in for when they picked me. They say foster kids come with heavy baggage. I came with terrifying dreams. Unable to handle me anymore, they sent me to a boarding school for troubled teens, like I needed help or something. Whatever. The moment I step into the school, I know something isn't right. Turns out, monsters are real, demons are real, and I'm not who I thought I was. Highest Ranking: #1 YA Fantasy #1 Occult Fiction #1 mean girls #1 cambion #1 Magic School #1 Sorcery #1 Magical Realism #1 Spell #2 Boarding school #2 Demon #2 Horror Fiction #3 Occult #3 sorcery #4 Magic School #38 Teen Fiction #77 Paranormal

Four years ago, Evelyn Wright's perfect life as a debutante in London was ripped away from her, and her family moved to the countryside. Since then, she has adjusted to the simple life, but one letter is about to send her to the city and back into the life of a socialite, forced to suffer through balls, matchmaking, scheming mothers and worst of all, despicable rakes. Evelyn wants nothing to do with this life, eager to return home, until a ​fateful decision throws her into the path of one of societies most daring rakes, Nathanial Blackmore, the Duke of Winchester. He is arrogant, rich and entitled, everything she despises about men, but as the unlikely pair begin to work together to avoid the hangman's noose, she discovers that there is a lot more to him than sinful smiles and dangerous promises. Can they escape the death sentence that hangs above them? Or is Evelyn more in danger of losing her heart, than her head?

Rifton Girls' High School is the most elite all-girls school in the city. With a strict scholarship-only admission, a grand school campus and plentiful funding from its wealthy alumni, it is no doubt that the already-talented young ladies within its halls will develop further into future leaders. Unfortunately for some of them, one outcast concealed in the shadows will soon ruin their plans when she tears apart the facades of select students in the name of revenge. From the perspective of a troubled teenage mind, a story of merciless revenge unfolds - and all MASKED GIRLS will be exposed. ❝DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE PAWN.❞ © 2018 maskedst. All Rights Reserved. ACHIEVEMENTS | #2 in #thriller, zodiac awards honorable mention, the teen fiction awards 2018 finalist, added to 'bright young minds' reading list on @mystery.

🥇#1 in 'period drama' - 08/08/21 & 01/06/22 Diana has a loving family but she's never really felt 'at home'. She and her family go and visit an old regency house one day but for some reason it all seems very familiar to Diana. When all of a sudden things take a turn for the worst and Diana wakes up 200 years in the past. However, once she starts getting used to things and finds herself falling for someone, it becomes difficult to understand where 'home' actually is. ⚠️swearing, and some adult themes⚠️ Note: all banners and covers used are not mine - I've gotten them off of Pinterest

Disaster prone Arden Montgomery is hoping for a fresh start after burning her old school to the ground. Not on purpose! Sometimes things just happen around Arden... Ok, maybe it was on purpose, but she had a very good reason! Enter Westfall Academy, prestigious school for the young and 'gifted', in more ways than one for some students. When students at Westfall Academy start disappearing, can Arden find them before it's too late? Can she find them without bringing unwanted attention to herself, putting herself in danger of vanishing along with the other students? This started out as a House of Night & Darkest Powers mixed fanfic fun fact *REGULAR UPDATES*

England, 20th-century. Days before her wedding Aster escapes busy London, retreating to her grand grandmother's cottage in South England to pick up a traditional wedding dress. In an old chest of drawers, she finds a ticket to the city she's never heard of and a stack of love letters never sent. A ticket, curiously, expires today. What she finds a short train ride away exceeds all of her expectations and makes her finally believe in fairytales. But nothing is ever permanent in Summer. COMPLETE # 1 enemieswithbenefits (10.07.22) # 2 magickingdom # 3 lightacademia # 3 periodic # 3 magickingdom # 5 gothicromance # 8 intrigue # 8 royalcore # 11 yafantasy # 15 darkacademia Lovely cover by @DemureMissDrey

Hyacinthus, a Spartan prince whose beauty was blessed by the gods. Apollo, the god of the Sun, whose eye had been caught by him. And Zephyros, the god of the West Wind, who suffers in silence, his broken heart aching for revenge. #6 in ancient-greece - 26/6/2023