BOOK II "...I know you're well-intended and very skilled at your practice, no matter what or who you are. But you're not stable and you are certainly no queen." Haunted by blood, betrayal, and her own guilt, Raena finds herself imprisoned in a strange land full of creatures who used to inhabit her dreams: myrpeople, harpies, nymphs, and faeries alike. But things take an even more sinister turn once she comes face-to-face with a power-hungry enemy that won't stop until every god and creature is within its control. With growing allies and secrets waiting to be unveiled around every corner, Raena must journey across ruins and cities, harness new powers, and join the fight to save her home. If they fail, there will be no escape for anyone. Not the even the gods themselves. This book contains MATURE CONTENT such as: cursing, violence, sexual references, and other themes that may not be suitable for all readers. More information can be found inside. This is the sequel to my book "The Cursed Kingdom" and CANNOT BE READ AS A STAND-ALONE. Cover: @plasticparadox

*Please note: this is the explicit version of Thistle and Smoke, which is the edited/reworked/expanded version of this original concept.* After Rae Campbell is murdered by her abductor, she wakes in a world that exists parallel to ours- one which diverged in 1761, when a band of Scottish Highlanders joined with the Skin-Walking Kituwah tribe to oust the British from Appalachia. Rae becomes a Spirit-Walker; she walks in the skin of the leader's mate, Ceallach, who like Rae, suffered a wrongful death. The leader and Rae make a pact- she will help him discover his mate's murderer, and he will grant her safety and shelter while teaching her the ways of this new world. When Ceallach's wolf-skin begins to awaken within Rae's body, however, everything changes. The mate bond becomes impossible to ignore, and it consumes her, body and soul. Unable to shift, however, the unsettled bond throws her new world into turmoil. Will she walk in her wolf skin in time and bear the mark of her new mate? Or will she fail and cost the man she is learning to love everything he holds dear? Mature Content: mentions of a previous abduction (and related events), references to non-consensual sexual situations, depictions of sex

"Do you want to anger me, mate? Do you wish for me to bend you over this table and show you how much of a monster I can be?" In the northern mountains of Trellomar resides a kingdom that is cursed and inhabited by people imprisoned to turn into savage beasts once a month for all eternity. When young and naive Raena accidentally goes too far outside her village, she is met with the Cursed King himself, the one responsible for his kingdom's curse in the first place. Taken from her home and claimed by the Cursed King as his, Raena must adapt to a vicious world of dark magic and brutal secrets where nothing is ever as it seems. Raena was always told to fear the Cursed Kingdom. But there is so much more to be afraid of. ⭒ HIGHEST RANKINGS: #1 in Darkfantasy, #2 in Romance, #1 in Queen, #7 in Fiction, #1 in King, #1 in Lust, #1 in Lycan, #1 in Twistedromance, #1 in Dominance, #1 in Royalty, #2 in Adult, #2 in Darklove, #3 in Magic, #3 in Matureaudience, #4 in Dark, #5 in Curse, and #11 in Mate ⭒ This book contains MATURE CONTENT such as: cursing, violence, sexual content, and other themes that may not be suitable for all readers. More information can be found inside. Cover: @plasticparadox