The witches at the Beltraine Sisterhood are becoming more cold-blooded every night. Gloria just watched them burn a vampire to death with fire magic. And while she laughs with them as the sickening scent of burning flesh assaults her nostrils, Gloria is absolutely terrified of her own fate in the Sisterhood. She’s a vampire herself, hiding her dark secret from the murderous witches. One wrong step would have her skin-scented ashes scattering into the campus’ eternal blackness. But the chilling fact is her blood cravings are intensifying each night, and Gloria is wise enough to know it’s only a matter of time before all hell breaks loose.
On the other side of the city, tension is high among the four royal vampire families. Tamsyn Blackcross, daughter of the ruling Vampire King, struggles with a problem of her own: she’s a witch, the very faction her ruthless father wants to slaughter. And as she seeks desperately to hide her secret, Tamsyn’s magic continues to blossom like a dark flower. Coupled with a forbidden love with Kain Fangsworth from the disgraced Fangsworth vampire house, Tamsyn plays a deadly game of death and deceit. And as her devious father drafts Kain into the vampire army to attack the witches at the Beltraine Sisterhood, Tamsyn’s clairvoyant reveals he’ll die there. Refusing to lose the love of her life, she’ll do everything in her power to prevent that from happening, even if it means using her magic for all to see.
Fans of dark, atmospheric fantasy like The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice and A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness will be drawn into the shadowy world of Veingloria, where witches, vampires, and forbidden magic collide in a tale of deadly secrets, dangerous love, and power struggles that could tear an ancient city apart.
The Scarlet Incantatrix Series
Vampires of Twilight Castle (Book 1)
At an academy attended by witches, one student's bloodline will be their salvation... or a curse.
Despite my red hair and divine stubbornness, I thought I was a normal teen girl doing teen girl things. Then it happened... my mother taken by creatures I only see in nightmares. Pale, evil, and annoying handsome. Vampires. Yes, vampires. They exist because hunting vampires and shifters is what I do now at the Witch Academy.
The witches here think I'm special for reasons I'm just beginning to understand. Reasons connected to my mother's disappearance. I rubbished this idea at first, but that was before I realized there's something simmering inside me, something the cutthroat witches here would kill for. Maybe this power is the answer to saving my mom, the reason I'm here. But the whispers also warn of a terrifying choice: embrace the darkness and become the very monster I hunt, or extinguish it and watch the world burn.
Vampires of Twilight Castle is followed by Wolves of Blood and Rule and is PERFECT for fans of Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy and The Vampire Diaries.
Wolves of Blood and Rule (Book 2)
Fangs, spells, and broken crowns.
Kaia, once an innocent teen, has become a pawn in a brutal game of hunger and power. Cursed by the bite of both a Lycan and a vampire, she grapples with two monstrous urges warring within her. Nightmares paint her lips scarlet, whispers of dark magic tempt her tongue. She mourns a lost past, now fractured in her transformation.
Satin, a vampire as old as time, has known centuries of sleepless nights. Yet, Kaia's plight becomes his torment, their destinies intertwined by an ancient pact formed in infancy, a forgotten promise whispered in blood. To atone for past sins, he must battle his own demons and nurture the burgeoning Scarlet Incantatrix within her.
Lycan King Satyrion, consumed by an ambition for dominance, knows the whispers of the prophecy. To establish his reign, he must claim the ultimate prize, the red-haired witch, whom he has marked, now transformed into a potent weapon. He will stop at nothing to control her, his court yearning for her scarlet power.
Secrets rise from the ashes. Alliances shift like desert sands. In the Scarlet Chronicles, loyalty is a double-edged sword, and love might just be the deadliest weapon of all...
Blood Quintet Trilogy
Bonds of Chrome Magic (Book 1)
Sam is a peculiar young man plagued by death, whose specter took his parents and sister, Sally, who has long been suspected of witchcraft. But are the deaths mere coincidences? Is the one-eyed crow perched on his gate mere happenstance? Perhaps not, for the weirdness continues around Sam and his circle of friends, getting deeper and darker every time.
Tony, who believes in science and logic, struggles to explain the absurdities happening around him: From floating gemstones channeling magic to an Oak acting as a portal to other realms. Could magic be real?
Parris cannot explain her strong attraction to Sam. She knows his boyfriend, Tony, realizes, but what can she do? It seems fate keeps bringing them together, igniting a spark she knows will one day erupt in tears...and perhaps...Blood.
Gemini, introverted and intuitive, is convinced magic runs through her veins and that of her friends. Her artful dreams are never wrong, and in them she sees her friends tangled in a web of magic, prophecy, and...Death.
Kane prides himself as the comedian of the group, but even he struggles to find humor in the terrifying events unfolding around them. A witch is hunting them, and he's now starting to realize why. He knows she has killed before and will not hesitate to do it again.
Sharp, witty, and darkly effervescent, Bonds of Chrome Magic is followed by Binds of Silver Magic and Souls of Dark Magic, and is PERFECT for fans of The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik and The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg.
Binds of Silver Magic (Book 2)
Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered.
In the second instalment of the Blood Quintet trilogy, Binds of Silver Magic introduces you to a dangerous school for the magically gifted.
Following a harrowing final year at Candentis Academy, Sam and his friends are invited to the magical academy of NOX REGIA to hone their unique magical abilities. Being members of the Blood Quintet with the power to stop the Veil Rapture from reducing the community to a fiery wasteland, the five children are hunted by a rising, shapeshifting god who viciously pits them against themselves. Can they survive the plot of an evil god as the death toll rises around them, inching closer and closer each time?
NOX REGIA: A southbound realm and biosphere with strange animals, and skies teeming with the spinning silver magic of flamboyant electric light. The realm contains the Nox Regia building—a fantastical magical school of Sorcery and Witchcraft where young wizards & witches are tutored — A deadly education.
IMAJINAEREUM: Another realm in which a rival gothic magical school stands. A dangerous school for the magically gifted, Tony, one of Sam’s friends, winds up at the gothic Imajinaereum institute, learning dark magic, an art with which he’s obsessed. Tormented by his friends’ betrayal, Tony befriends Serafina, a broken girl with a dark agenda.
Binds of Silver Magic is perfect for fans of Lev Grossman's The Magicians, and bestselling author Naomi Novik's A Deadly Education.
Souls of Dark Magic (Book 3)
Hunger Games meets Harry Potter…
The third instalment in the Blood Quintet Series delivers a riveting continuation of the cliffhanger ending of Binds of Silver Magic.
After being tricked into leaving the magical haven of Nox Regia, Sam and his friends re-enter their community of Hargreave Hollow only for tragedy to strike immediately. The ill-fated friends barely have time to mourn as they find the place shrouded in deep, preternatural darkness. Furthermore, every non-magical being is either missing, or dead. All of these occurrences point to one thing: the apocalyptic Veil Rapture has begun, and its symptoms match Seer Sybel’s prophecy to the devilish detail. Sam and his friends have the power to stop it, but they cannot do it without their fallen friend.
After a heartbreaking series of events, Kane is plunged into the soul-crushing underworld of Hellenogyrum. Despite his hollowed out chest, he is not dead. Who knew there was a magical school for children whom were touched by death but not taken? Depressed both by the hellish atmosphere and the prospect of permanent death, Kane meets demons, dragons, and children with frightening abilities. There is hope of making it back to his friends, but he has a tall task ahead: he has to win his Monomakia duel, or his very soul will be destroyed.
In this chapter of the Blood Quintet series, Asher crafts a mesmerizing tale perfect for fans of Hunger Games and Divergent.
Queen of the Darkling
In the Kingdom of Indigo, where Moon Magic fuels the powerful Fluorishes, Phoes, and Equiids, Nym is a glaring anomaly—a girl without magic in a world where it’s everything. Hunted by the ruthless Fluorish authorities, her very existence is a crime. But when she makes a desperate escape into the deadly realm of the Phoes, something impossible happens—she survives.
As Nym navigates this dangerous new world, she begins to unravel the secrets of her true nature, secrets that link her to an ancient prophecy powerful enough to shake the very foundations of the Kingdom. In a land rife with deception and dark magic, Nym’s path to survival hinges on embracing the very thing that makes her different.
In this pulse-pounding dark fantasy, Nym’s journey will challenge the meaning of power and identity. With the fate of Indigo hanging in the balance, her choices could spark a revolution—or doom them all.
My Sweet Darkness
My Sweet Darkness is a unique poetry collection that explores themes of trauma, heartbreak, loss, love, healing, self-love, personal transformation, and self-esteem. Sometimes transgressive, sometimes playful, and at times philosophical, these deeply personal poems offer companionship to those going through dark phases of their lives. With its lyrical style, "My Sweet Darkness" invites readers to embrace the shadows within, offering solace in the beauty of the night and the depth of the human soul. With a voice that echoes in the corridors of the heart, these poems guide you through the labyrinth of your darkest emotions, encouraging you to find strength in vulnerability and light in the midst of your own... sweet darkness.
Dear Darkness
My sweet darkness
The soul that speaks to you
Knows your name
I call you forth to hold
When my broken heart overflows
And my spirit
Numb
Cries out for a friend
To share pain like sisters
Lost and shattered
This pottery mocks the clay
Fears molding tears into words
They are but deep ravines
Calling your name
Dear darkness
Forsake me not tonight
I have yet more art to craft
From this troubled mind
My sweet darkness...
From Sheep to Storm
There is time for everything under the Sun
A time for for mercy, a time when there's none
When thine anger rises from the deep
When they take you for a harmless sheep
Mercy is a virtue, a balm for wounds
Yet, in the depths, vengeance looms
Anger, a tempest from the soul's abyss
A silent scream to a savage hiss
Misjudged as a lamb, a harmless guise
Yet within, a seething a tempest lies
No words articulate the soul's despair
Only echoes of silence in the stagnant air
I burn you up in mental hell
And make pearls from your blackened shell
From ashes of strife, strength compels...
Gems of wisdom, my pen to tell
Angles of Isolation
Me, myself and I. My triangle of isolation
My ego remains innocent in this quotation
Always a weird one with acute anxiety
Never fitting in social circles, any variety
Moral compass divergent from the norm
No true connection to make me warm
Smart but obtuse, striking chords of discord
The few moments of bonds, never disbarred...
From this law that grips me in a chokehold
Loner who makes blankets from the cold
Soul of one who walks tundras sole
In this cirque du soleil with a frozen role
Lone wolf and black sheep condensed
Few can bear my polar-izing lens
Sharp wit cuts deep with words and pens
Enemies are born in a world of friends
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