\\\WINNER OF THE 2018 WATTY'S LONGLIST/// With Ethan's permission, I took home the painting. I borrowed Luke's hammer and got to work, hanging the frame on the wall across from my bed. Nails between my teeth, I took a step back, admiring my handiwork. The others were wrong. Naomi wasn't here anymore, for now it was just little old me. But if she did come back, I'd be the first to know...

❝Your secret is a painting?❞ I took a few cautious steps; the hairs on my arms stood on end. ❝Not just any painting.❞ Dorian approached the easel, shadows on his face as he touched the cloth protecting it. ❝It's a dark object, the manifestation of my curse. The reason I shall always live and never die.❞ I swallowed. ❝Show me.❞ * * * When Dorian Gray dies, and returns to life, Amelia Thorne is introduced to the world of the supernatural. Here, monsters exist and paintings become portals to other worlds. Amelia learns Dorian's most precious secret - an evil painting that holds the key to his immortality, and his dark side. When the painting is destroyed, his inner monster is unleashed. Soon, Amelia finds it hard to separate her feelings for Dorian and the demon he created. Especially when destroying his evil twin means destroying Dorian as well...

NEW DARK ACADEMIA FANTASY [The Alchemical Child] The crown prince is dead. As the mourning bells ring, a student finds a sealed letter deep in the alchemical library. A letter that's addressed to her... The Alchemical Child is a dark academia novel about Sage, an apprentice of the alchemical arts. When her studies are interrupted by a letter from her estranged sister, Sage joins forces with a mechanical bird and a surly librarian as she begins to uncover the dark secrets hidden beneath her university's veneer of gold. Fantasy│Dark Academia│Romance Updated on Tuesdays and/or Fridays! [Cover designed by myself│Cover graphic 'Alchemical elements' attributed to Tatkuptsova on Dreamstime RF]

The year is 2163, and the 700 Isles drift along seas blackened with secrets and scandals and the souls of men too wicked for damnation. A Nation bound by science and pride. A Nation that rose above. Denden is the only reality Zaharah has known since an accident left her and her sister orphaned. With graduation and her art degree within reach, she dreams of making a better life for her family. But when her primary caretaker is killed, her reality is turned on its head, and the people she once called family hunt for her head. She will have to choose between sacrificing herself for a better life for her sister, or challenging powers that be and being forced into a life of running and hiding.

Twenty-five years ago the Vardeshi came to Earth. Then they vanished without a trace. Graduate student Avery Alcott always knew they would return. When they do, she's the only one who can speak their language. She's quickly recruited to join the crew of an 11-man starship on a one-year mission into the depths of space. Avery leaps at the chance to leave behind everything she's ever known. Wearing a Vardeshi uniform, adapting to their culture, following their orders, she's as close to being one of them as she'll ever be. But there's more to interstellar diplomacy than knowing the right words to say. And shedding her identity turns out to be harder than she expected. When her ship, its crew, and the fragile human-Vardeshi alliance are threatened, Avery's humanity-the very thing putting her at risk-just might be the one thing that can save her.