Book One of the Downworlder Series ~~~~~~~~~~~ Do you know what it feels like to have your current reality torn from your grasp and a new one shoved in its place? Neither did Sutton Kendrick. Sutton had lived on Haven her entire life, floating above earth and the beasts that inhabited it. They were strange creatures. Half beast, half human. They were animals as far as she was concerned. Haven was safe. It was for the preservation of the purity of the human bloodlines. However Sutton's reality ends when after her eighteen birthday she discovers she has a beast of her own under her skin. Her world ends in a night of pain and the bang of a gavel because she is no longer human. No longer pure. She is thrown to the wolves. Her life changing in an instant. She has to learn how to survive, how to run, and how to live on a planet that is hellbent on devouring her whole because those that go to the downworld never return.

Twenty years later, it's time for an heir to take the throne and time for a new ruler to lead the wolves. It is time for a new beginning. It is time for a new King and Queen to rise. _____________________________________ They said I wasn't ready. They said I wasn't smart nor strong enough to lead as Queen. The weight of our world was on my shoulders and it was slowly killing me. I was hated before I had even begun. What I didn't know was what the future held: a mate. A king to rule beside me. Little did I know that mate would be the most feared man to walk our grounds. They feared him and now they will fear us. I am the Queen and he is my king: The Lycan. And together, we will rule.

Selene Lykos is a disgraced princess. She's the last survivor of a murdered dynasty and the rightful Queen, but she lives among her enemies, trapped and with no choice but to smile and obey. Every night, she dreams of freedom, of a life away from the betrayal and intrigue that constantly surround her, but escape seems like an unattainable fantasy. When the chance to break her chains finally arrives it demands an unexpected price, one that comes in the form of ruthless warlord Alpha Kaspian. || WATTYS 2018 LONGLISTED ||