Anastasis Blythe

Guardian of Talons and Snares

The Selection meets Throne of Glass in this dark and twisted tale of a deadly bridal competition for the hand of a mysterious shadow king.It is said that the Neverseen King comes for a bride every hundred years. I thought it was only legend . . . until he came for me.I am one of twelve assassins forced to compete for the hand of our unseen king, who I'm beginning to doubt is even human at all.Why he needs a bride, much less one who wields a blade, isn't any of my business. All I'm trying to do is get out of here with my life and my heart intact. I don't want to care about the mysteries I begin uncovering about the king, about why he never shows his face, about his palace that turns into a nightmare after dusk. I'm just trying to escape. But apparently, my choice is to win this competition or die.I'm not dying.And I'm definitely not falling in love with the Neverseen King.The Assassin Bride is the first in series fantasy romance of an assassin and her Neverseen King, perfect for fans of The Serpent and the Wings of Night, Sylvia Mercedes, and Elise Kova who love dark, swoon-worthy heroes and a sweet (not steamy) slow-burn romance.

(the King and the Assassin, Book 1)

The Assassin Bride

Farming, not magic, is Liena's heritage. Thus, she never expected to have a vision in the middle of harvesting the fall crops. Suddenly she's a Seer and the only hope of her family for a better life. She's shipped off to the competitive and rigorous Academy to be trained in magic and combat.

But once there, she realizes how insignificant and weak her magic is, and how woefully behind she is in her studies. Nevertheless, that doesn't stop her from harboring a hopeless crush on the crown prince himself, said to wield fire magic so powerful it can incinerate entire armies.
He'll never notice her, not while she's failing at everything. But another young man, dabbling in dark, illegal magic, might.

Can Liena learn to overcome the odds stacked against her? Can she succeed in this dangerous, rigorous environment?

Can she even survive her first year?Y

Maiden of Candlelight and Lotuses 

Princess of Shadows and Starlight

Maiden of Candlelight and Lotuses

Warrior of Blade and Dusk

A shunned princess. A resentful warrior. The magic that could save-or doom-them both.Princess Meiling harbors a deadly secret.Her people believe her lack of magic to be a curse, so she has spent her life in the background, all but shunned from court.But she does have magic-and it's the magic of legends.When the secret of her magic is threatened, she is forced to flee her home into the dangerous wilderness with nothing but a begrudging warrior as protection. Handsome and taciturn Tan Shangdi isn't happy to have his career waylaid, but he will do whatever it takes to fulfill his duty and protect Meiling with his life.But no matter how careful Meiling is, she cannot hide her magic forever. Especially not from Shang. It's only a matter of time before he discovers that he has grossly underestimated her, that she's not the helpless princess he thought she was. And when he does, he will have the power to destroy her.For to harbor such a secret is to doom her life, and the lives of all her loved ones.

(the Zheninghai Chronicles Book 3)

To save her people, she will doom herself. To save her, he'll die.Finally back home, Meiling finds that returning to her old life as the cursed princess is harder than she imagined. She's told to rest and recover from her harrowing time in the enemy's fortress and enjoy the week-long festival.She can't. Not when Shang faces losing everything-including his life-because of her. She won't rest until he is pardoned, but that is easier said than done in a world that still believes her cursed.It doesn't help that with each passing day, she cannot ignore the growing feelings in her heart for Shang. It's impossible to think when he looks at her the way he does, with so much tortured intensity.But with Shang's trial, Meiling's secret magic, and Fang Zedong making it clear he hasn't forgotten them, dreams of a future with Shang become even more unrealistic. For anyone in the empire to be safe, someone must stop Zedong's conquest.Can that someone be the forgotten shadow princess of Zheninghai?

(the Zheninghai Chronicles Book 5)

Daughter of Darkness and Dreams

Dreams of magic and romance have no place in the heart of a poor farm girl . . . until the day she becomes a student at the dangerously competitive Academy.Magical visions have a way of turning the world upside-down. One minute Song Liena is a simple farm girl hoping for good luck at the matchmaker, and the next she is a student at the empire's rigorous magic Academy.It doesn't take long for her to realize she's ten years behind, her magic is weak, and she is in way over her head. But Liena is determined to work hard if it means a chance at a better life for her family.She just wasn't counting on being noticed by the handsome Crown Prince-a warrior-in-training said to have fire magic powerful enough to decimate entire armies. But princes are not for peasants, and everything is not as it seems at the Academy. Monsters lurk around every corner, and someone is dabbling in dark, illegal magic.Someone who has set their sinister sights on her.

(the Zheninghai Chronicles Book 0)

Can they stop almost killing each other long enough to save their empire? Or will his secrets destroy them both?Sun Aranya just wants a stable job so she can care for her ailing grandfather. After years of relentless magic training, she has finally earned a city wardenship-only to discover on her first day that annoyingly handsome Shi Kai is laying claim to her position.There's only one option: they'll just have to compete for it.But while Aranya and Kai are forced to work together until one of them wins their competition, trouble brews in the empire. Whispered threats of enemy invasion abound, and magic-wielders are disappearing across the empire without a trace.Can Aranya and Kai see past their rivalry to discover the fate of the missing magic-wielders? Or will Kai's secrets destroy them all?

(the Zheninghai Chronicles Book 1)

An enslaved princess. A desperate warrior. And the traitor hungry for revenge. Imprisoned in an enemy fortress, Meiling finds herself at the mercy of a ruthless captor. Having spent the last decade preparing his forces, Fang Zedong is determined to make Meiling use her magic to betray her empire. And he will use whatever means necessary to make her bend to his will. Alone without aid except for the quirky healer Li Feiyan, Meiling must figure out Fang's plans and escape if she wants any hope of survival. But how can she escape a heavily armed fortress with no training in magic and no experience in combat? She cannot help the quiet question that plagues her. Will Shang come for her? Or is he already dead?

(the Zheninghai Chronicles Book 4)

Captive of Twilight and Treachery

They'll save their empire . . . or be each other's downfall.After narrowly escaping the clutches of the conniving and dangerous Shi family, Aranya and Kai find it more difficult than ever to work together amid the pressures of their secret mission, and the constant danger of the monster-ridden wilderness they travel.An unexpected kiss only serves to complicate things further.Can Aranya learn to trust Kai? Or will the slow unraveling of his secrets doom the chance of them becoming anything more than enemies?Will it be Kai's knife that finds its way into her heart?

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