She was beauty; deep and rich in art... He was an enigma; an inexplicable force of nature... Akilah Johnson, was an art student at Cambridge School of Arts. With her dream of becoming a famous muralist, she is more than ready for the start of her senior year. As a heavily awarded fighter in one of the deadliest forms of mixed martial arts, Jevon Williams was more than ready to prove his worth in the real world. But their lives take a dramatic turn for the worse when Jevon is forced to attend Cambridge. His dream is to become a professional fighter, maybe even become an olympian. Some art school is definitely not going to get him noticed by the right people. In many failed attempts at getting kicked out of the school, Jevon's future and hopes of becoming a professional fighter are called into question. His only hope at redemption lies within Akilah; a girl he barely knows, yet seems to take over his life completely. She has one goal in mind, and that's to get the hell out of dodge. She can't wait to be on her own, completely free. She craves independence and she is damn sure going to get it. But she never thought that the road to getting there would include Jevon; a boy she barely knows, yet somehow seems to captivate her unwillingly.

*Sequel to Paladin* The kingdom of Thule stands on the brink of civil war between two armies -- the Paladins and the Uriel -- each claiming the right to serve as Thule's protector. Once a Paladin trainee, Lady Samantha of Haywood -- Sam -- has been named a traitor to king and country by the Paladins' High Commander, with a bounty set on her head. Only Sam and her friends know what the people of Thule do not: the High Commander is no ordinary man but something more--something evil. The supposed military hero holds a dark alliance with the demons that have ravaged mankind for millennia, commanding them as easily as he does his men. Worse, he can control Braeden, Sam's half-demon lover, through blood magic long thought extinct. Sam and Braeden set sail across the sea in hopes of finding a way to nullify the High Commander's power. But the secrets they uncover reveal Thule faces an even greater threat. They must return to Thule and warn the Uriel...before it's too late.