When darkness falls, the vampires come out. Sixteen-year-old Kiara Morrow knows that better than anyone. She's been trained her whole life to wipe bloodsuckers off the face of the earth. But then she meets Luke. He's a vampire but he's unlike any vamp Kiara's ever known. ***** Luke may be what Kiara's been looking for her whole life, but as far as her family is concerned, the only good vampire is a dead vampire. The closer she grows to him, the more Kiara is forced to confront the foundation of lies her life has been built on. But Kiara's bloodthirsty family isn't the only problem they have to face. People in town are dying. Something evil is looming on the horizon... [[word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston

The Kingdom of Ruin Book One of the Ruined Realms Saga For over a century, Ria has lived in the Mortal Realm-hidden from the crown that once was hers, and from the male who stole it. When a deadly encounter forces her into the hands of a silent, ink-marked warrior with a power darker than legend, everything begins to shift. Now making her way across the fractured lands of Elyndor-the land of the Fae-Ria must navigate ancient kingdoms, twisted alliances, and a world that she no longer remembers-but one that may still need her. As secrets surface and enemies draw closer, she's pulled toward a fate written in blood and flame... and toward a bond she never expected. Her heart is pulled in two directions and yet there is only one path. In a realm where trust is dangerous and power is never given freely, Ria must decide what she's willing to become to reclaim what was taken. And who she's willing to make a deal with, even if it means trusting the most feared King Elyndor has ever known. *********************** "She is the key to a forgotten throne. He is the weapon no one dares name." "He isn't fire. He's something worse. And she made a deal with him." "Power like his was meant to be buried. But fate has other plans."

At Valor Academy, power decides who matters. Amira Castania was never supposed to belong among the wealthy elemental heirs, beautiful fae, and demigods raised to rule. She is a sharp tongued girl from the slums of Ithican with no influential family, no protection, and absolutely no intention of letting anyone see how terrified she is. But the more Amira learns to control her Fire, the more her magic refuses to follow the rules. Keeping her head down becomes impossible. Especially when she catches the attention of Drax Umbranox, the dangerously powerful son of the High Enforcer. Cruel, arrogant, and impossible to ignore, Drax seems determined to discover every secret Amira is trying to bury. Every argument between them burns too hot. Every threat feels too personal. And beneath his hatred lies something neither of them is willing to name. As forbidden abilities awaken and powerful families begin watching her, Amira realizes Valor Academy was never simply a school. It is a battlefield built upon bloodlines, secrets, and magic powerful people would kill to control. Amira came to Valor to master one element. She may leave with the power to destroy its entire order.