"Want to know what's worse than being torn away from everything you knew? Try finding out that everything you knew was a lie.
Yeah. That's where I'm at.
Turns out there's a lot I didn't know. About myself. My parents. Hell, about everything.
It seems like for every answer I find, I'm handed two new questions—ones even more difficult to unravel than the last.
I'm done with secrets. Finished with lies. It's time for some damned truth for once. I'm crossing my fingers and toes me and the guys will find just that at my father's summer home in Spain—La Casa Rosa. Martin said we might in the letter he left for me. He said other things, too—things I wish I could forget . . .
But La Casa Rosa isn't what we expected. Either we've finally stumbled onto a bit of fortune, or what we've found will lead us all to a fate far worse than death."
"No matter what I say, both the Arcane Authorities and the Arcane Council deny any witch involvement in the kidnapping and slaughter of the shifters and vampires.
It's total bullsh*t. I know what I saw, and I'll prove it.
But just when I think I'm onto something—disaster strikes. A student is found dead on Academy grounds. Drained of blood. A gnarly bite mark in her neck.
Naturally, all fingers point to my familiars. I could understand why they'd be obvious suspects; except they were with me when it happened. And it couldn't have been the dangerously sexy vamp who's been visiting me after dark, either right?
Draven wouldn't do that. I'm sure of it.
So, then who? Why?
One thing becomes terrifyingly clear after the second body is found—the longer we take to figure it out—the more students will wind up dead."
"The hallowed halls of Arcane Arts Academy are no place for an orphan who peddles illegal potions and lives out of a caravan . . . and yet here I am.
After my volatile magic nearly killed a bunch of mortals, I thought for sure I'd be carted off to Kalzir prison, but they sent me here instead. Gave me shackles under the guise of mercy for my crimes.
As if that wasn't bad enough, there are wolf shifters in the woods on campus, secrets hidden in the walls, and a hot teacher who may or may not want me as much as I want him.
But dangerous distractions aside, I'm about to find out that some secrets have claws and if I'm not careful, these ones will swallow me whole."
"Finding out I'm descended from royalty should have been like winning the lottery. Except I got all of the renown and none of the spoils.
That's what it means to be related to the dark prince.
Still reeling, I throw myself into uncovering more about my dark heritage. Meanwhile, Cal and Adrian try to solve a mystery of their own. Shifters from other packs are going missing . . . and all the evidence points to witches.
Elias says it isn't my problem, but he's wrong. And when my worst fear is realized, I set off on a risky crusade to make it right. What I will encounter along the way is more terrifying than I ever could've imagined and could shake the foundation of the witching world forever."
"My fresh start is finally around the corner—but so is the man standing in the middle of the f*cking road.
He could’ve died when I hit him, and his two friends are downright furious. But instead of pressing charges, they offer me a deal: work for them for six months, and they’ll let it go.
Their secluded mountain estate is vast and beautiful. Full of stolen artifacts and dark secrets.
Atticus, Elijah, and Seven might be equally alluring, but they’re also damaged and dangerous—driven by a thirst for revenge they say I can help satisfy.
Only now that they have me, they don’t seem to want to let me go. And it’s not one-sided.
Before long, their vengeance becomes my own, and I begin to understand that even if helping them claims my life, it’s too late to turn back now.
I can’t guard a heart they’ve already stolen.
White Rose Painted Red is a dark romance full of kindle-melting chemistry and possessive, damaged men who will do whatever it takes to get the revenge they crave and keep the girl they never meant to fall for.
*This book contains themes and scenes that may be disturbing to some readers.
Tropes:
Psycho golden retriever
Who hurt you?
Forced proximity
Damaged heroes
Badass FMC
Found family
'F*ck it'"
"One, two, the Crows are coming for you
Three, four, time to settle the score
Five, six, Rook will get his fix
Seven, eight, accept your fate
Nine, ten, this is your end.
Warped Minds is the fourth and final book in the Boys of Briar Hall series and should be read after Twisted Games."
"Favors and debts. Blood and sacrifice. The good and the bad. I can’t have some and not the rest.
I can’t have it all.
This place and these men have seeped into me, and not even my blades can cut them out. But Rook, Corvus, and Grey aren’t the only ones keeping me up at night.
There’s Diesel St. Crow, an imminent gang war, and an anonymous shadow from my past. Each one clinging to my bones as irrevocably as my own shadow. Any of them could be the end of me unless I do something about it.
It’s time for me to show them I’m not a toy to be played with. I’m not just Ava Jade Mason anymore. I am Sparrow. I am Ghost. I am motherf*cking AJ. I am the queen they’ve all been waiting for.
And what do queens do?
It’s time for some new rules in Thorn Valley, and I’m going to be the one making them.
Twisted Games is book three in the Boys of Briar Hall series and should be read after Wicked Trials. "
"This wasn’t supposed to happen. I was supposed to glide through senior year unnoticed and ride into the sunset on the back of my aunt’s inflated bank account. I was supposed to be in control.
Now they are.
The trials will last 60 days. They can happen anytime, anyplace, and anyone or anything is fair game. I won’t see them coming. I’ll need to be ready at all times. Prepared to fight, to steal, to save, and to kill at Diesel St. Crow’s command.
While I sit on standby, he’s ordered his sons to keep an eye on me, and they’ve become my own personal wardens.
Corvus, Rook, and Grey. Their watchful stares will make destroying them from the inside harder than I planned for.
But as truths are dragged out of the shadows and new dangers emerge, I may be forced to accept that they are more than armed roadblocks in my path. They might also be my only hope of survival.
Wicked Trials is a full-length dark enemies-to-lovers reverse harem romance, meaning the main character will have more than one love interest. It is book two in the Boys of Briar Hall series and should be read after Crooked Crows."
"Unapologetically f*cked up. Heartlessly cruel. Broken beyond repair.
Corvus, Rook, and Grey - The Crows.
Bred in a world of gang wars, violence, and secrets, they rule the bloody town of Thorn Valley and all the people in it...too bad for me I've never been good at kissing ass or keeping quiet.
Even if their savage spirits awaken something inside of me I thought was long dead, I can't break. I won't.
They think they scare me, that I'll run and hide, but the joke's on them. The Crows aren't the first monsters I've faced, and they won't be the last. There are worse evils out there waiting to take their stab at Ava Jade Mason.
I say let them try. I'm tired of running. Tired of holding back my darkness. Thorn Valley isn't ready for a new boogie man. Too bad I'm already here.
Crooked Crows is a dark enemies-to-lovers #WhyChoose romance, meaning the main character will have more than one love interest."
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