**Book 1 in the Luminae Series** One was raised with anything she could desire at her fingertips- Except the freedom to leave castle grounds. The other had the freedom to go anywhere he chose- Except he must hide as a hunted fugitive of the crown. When an attempt on her life by a rebel group fails, Maizie is thrust into training with the new mysterious guard captain by Queen Vita. As love blossoms in court, danger grows around the princess. The rebels aren't ready to give up yet, and Maizie finds herself torn between allowing the tyrant Queen's reign to continue, or turn to the would-be usurper out for her head. *~*~* They're coming for me! She flung out of bed at the thundering of soldiers coming down the halls. They had come in the middle of the night- she thought they would at least allow her to see the sunrise. No, she trembled, I'm not ready for this! I'm not ready to- "Princess!" She heard guards burst into her foyer, the only room between the entrance and her bed-chamber. Maizie looked down at her petite body, garbed in a thin silk nightgown. Weak and without any ability to protect herself. She scoured the room, her eyes landing on the poker hanging beside the fireplace. If she made a running lunge, she might have enough time to grab it. But then she had no idea what to do with a weapon. At least she would have one. **Book 1 in the Luminae series**

Amos University is a prestigious institute with a thousand years of history. Mage families send their sons to Amos to learn their craft, make connections with other families, and prepare for their future. Mixing magic and young men promises that no one year is boring. Club rivalries, hazing, and missed assignments can become a matter of life and death. But underneath it all there are predictable variables, controls placed over the students to prevent certain apocalyptic type events from happening. There are natural laws to magic which no mage can change or cross. Such as: all mages are male. In body or soul, every mage is male. Until Naena. A bastard from the Western Cape, Naena has spent the previous three years living on the streets. She is uneducated and lacking in certain social niceties. Her mother was once a maid to a mage family, learning a coded language as a young mage in the house did, but nothing else is known about the woman except her name. The men who find Naena are determined to keep her alive long enough to find out what her appearance means. The students are both wary and intrigued. While the faculty are forced to take on the first female mage in the history of the world, nothing says they need to help her with her studies. Or to stay alive.