No one in this world is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes, everyone has embarrasing moments, and everyone especially keeps secrets, which is no except for Mal, Daughter of Maleficent. She has a reputation built up for herself, that's 90% made up. She does know who her dad is, she was abused more than she admitted, and most of all, she isn't an only child. The biggest secret of her life, was keeping her family a secret. Maleficent got involved in a couple of one night stands, that impacted her life forever. Now that Maleficent knows what love is, and three children came out of one fatal relationship, she tries her best to keep her only daughter away from other kids to prevent Mal from falling into the same habits. Mal's whole life was a lie, and when the lie falls apart when she turns 16, she regrets her mistake. As Mal falls under fire, her brothers go down with her, and then the situation gets taken further, into the public eye. Ben is extremely angry, and he isn't afraid to show it. It shows on and off the tv screen, which is unfortuante for Mal. As Mal spirals deeper and deeper into loopholes, her older brothers are the keepers of her safety, and they decide to elimate Ben from the problems. When Ben gets even more angry, the press catch him trying to kill his girlfriend, and everything changes. Ben gets put into jail, and then the problem gets overlooked, until Ben makes a comeback, determined to destroy the cause of his problems, once and for all.
Even teen evil queens need love. Right? (Or at least a handsome sword-fighting minion to do their bidding!)
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Bad things happen when Rowen is around and the worst part is, she has no idea why until a massive family secret sends her on a fantastical journey to fight her evil fate. Will Rowen fold into the forces of dark magic or honor her true self?
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On the surface, Rowen Keckilpenny-Brown seems like a normal teenage girl with normal teen problems-no boyfriend, overprotective parents, and no friends other than a three-legged cat. But her wild red hair, reptilian eyes, and legendary temper say otherwise. When Rowen accidentally blows up the school gym, she discovers a dark secret her fathers have kept from her-she's the heir to an evil queen's throne. The current evil queen, Petronella Grimshaw, is desperate to crown Rowan the new sovereign and blackmails her into traveling to the queendom. Rowen has one month to learn how to evil queen, and it's not easy because there are those in the castle who want her dead, witches are disappearing, and an annoyingly cute swordsman keeps distracting her. Worst of all, Rowan finds herself in a duel against her biggest enemy: herself. She must fight her true fate, in the process uncovering deep familial mysteries and perhaps the biggest secret ever...That maybe, just maybe, she deserves to be loved after all.
Princess Diaries meets the School for Good & Evil with a touch of Wednesday Addams thrown in for bad luck. The best kind!
Cover by @ClarissaNorth