Rachel A. Collett

Ilianna Drakara almost had everything — the ardent Prince Castiel of Anolyn, and a country willing to accept her as their own — until both were ripped from her. In a labyrinthine castle as twisted as the very bloodline she hails from, Ilianna confronts the reappearance of her father....

Magic runs in the Drakara bloodline. To 17-year-old Ilianna it’s a curse. Born a bastard and raised by an abusive uncle, she struggles to conceal her late-bloomed gifts, but it’s hard to hide when your uncle is king....

Supernatural forces want 19-year-old Ava Matthias dead, but this is the last of her concerns. Dangerous with a knife and skilled in combat, Ava doggedly presses to discover answers she’s been denied, such as who murdered her mother years before, and why does that same being hunt her now? The...