❖ QUEENKILLER, KINGMAKER Book 1 ❖ Feudal Southeast-Asia filled with magic, daemons, and a royal conspiracy. This is Isla's quest for the truth, and her slow spiral into becoming her very own worst nightmare. When the gods ascended thousands of years ago, they left behind the divine gift of theurgy. Its powers still echo amongst men, but run fiercer yet in the blood of kings and queens. And one of them will stop at nothing before Isla is dead. A betrayal lures her out of refuge and into her journey home, where she must unmask her enemies before they unmask her. The theurgy that she has had to keep hidden for many years can be her greatest ally or her most lethal foil. Only her wits can guide her through the dangerous politics of the Surikh court. But amidst the plots and schemes bubbling around her, she uncovers something far more sinister than the identity of her enemies. Something that can change her entire life; indeed, entire kingdoms. ↝ this work contains violence, profanity, and sexual references ↜ ↝ Winner of Wattys 2016 HQ Love Award ↝ Winner of FANTASCI's first season Chosen One awards ↝ Winner of The Cryptic Awards 2018 ↝ Featured in Fantasy as of 18-01-2017 ↝ Wattpad Editor's Pick January 2021

Callister Jensen, son of billionaire Nathaniel Jensen, was a millionaire in his own right. Despite his family and the connections that came with it, he'd made his way up in the world from scratch. If you were to ignore the expensive boarding schools he'd jetted around, of course. But otherwise, he had started off on his own, using his savings to launch a small accessory line. He'd hired his friends from school, beginning his entrepreneurship with only those he trusted, and their business had quickly expanded into entire chains of department stores. His determination and cynical view of life had been the driving factors in his success, and he was not ashamed of that...until a skinny brunette had walked up and told him in so many words that he was a complete failure. And when, after many such encounters, he'd found himself completely and irrevocably in love with her, he'd cursed himself for the folly and set about trying to make things right. Namely, how to con her into marriage. He was a cynic after all.