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Anything goes in love and war. Despite finally being free, Charlotte has never been more lost. Adrift on the sea, she's surrounded by dozens of rebellious LaViolettes who are hungry for change but unwilling to get their hands dirty. Lawrence is finally back at her side, which should give her the peace she's been craving, but the unforgiving hand of resentment has already begun to spread its fingers through their tenuous relationship, and she doesn't know how to stop it. With Colleen a prisoner of an increasingly erratic Harlowe, every step Nicolas takes is the most precarious of his life. He'll enact his craziest plan yet to get her back, but it will cost him more than he's willing to pay. Closer to home, Lauren is weeks from delivering their son, prompting him to make the first but most important demand he's ever made of her: Stay. Let me protect you. Lauren's unborn son is Harlowe's prime target for destroying the Deschanel legacy, so she agrees to his protection. She convinces herself there's no other way, as she and Nicolas grow closer and more comfortable together in their sequestered hideaway, leaving her more confused-about Nicolas, but also Ashley, the man she believes she loves-than ever before. As a volatile squall of sedition circles the family from all sides, it will take more than force to win the war that will leave both the Deschanels and the LaViolettes with nothing but ash and rubble. The Midnight Dynasty series continues in this pulse-pounding penultimate tale. Dive into the secret, ancient, powerful world of two New Orleans families, the Deschanels and the Sullivans... Midnight Dynasty Series: A Tempest of DiscoveryA Storm of RevelationsA Torrent of DeceitA Squall of SeditionA Chaos of Awakening The Saga of Crimson & Clover: A sprawling dynasty. An ancient bloodline. A world of magic and mayhem. Welcome to the Saga of Crimson & Clover, where all series within are linked but can be equally enjoyed on their own.

Two fractured souls. One heart-stopping legacy. Escape into this breathtaking tale of two passionate young men who have lived their lives for everyone but themselves.Pesha and Fen have shouldered the grief, pain, and fear for the people they love for as long as they can remember. Fen as his sister's protector and handler, and Pesha as his brother's trusted right hand. Neither has given thought to their own happiness, because a life of crisis only allows for chaos. Contentment is an affliction neither can afford.When Pesha embarks on a desperate, risky journey to a homeland he's never been to, in a final attempt to save his dying sister, Fen doesn't hesitate to come along to help the man he's been slowly falling in love with. But Pesha's bewildering, escalating hostility on the road leaves him rejected and confused.Making matters far worse, their "welcome" to the Territory of Asgill is far from warm. They are both descendants of the Forsaken, a faction who waged a violent uprising against their Medvedev leader almost three decades earlier. Though neither have any knowledge of those days, they're branded as seditionists and stripped of freedoms. Pesha's sister is taken away for healing, but if her treatment isn't successful, the end for her is death. To save her, and themselves, they will need to learn to do the impossible: accept they need as much help as they have always offered others.Fen and Pesha will either break this chain...Or die trying.___The Hand and the Heart is a friends to lovers romance set in the Kingdom of the White Sea universe, featuring characters first introduced in The Melody and the Master. It is the second story in the Darkwood Cycle of The Book of All Things trilogy. The final book is The Wulf and the Witchling. The Book of All Things is a series of fantasy romance tales set in the vibrant, epic world first introduced by USA Today Bestselling Author Sarah M. Cradit in the Kingdom of the White Sea trilogy.

She'll break his heart to save it.Sink into this alluring tale of a reclusive pubkeep and the dazzling, unattainable noble whose life is wrapped in a deadly mystery he can't resist solving.Anastazja's cruel rejection leaves Tyreste shattered and clinging to desperate solitude. Oblivious to the malevolence that waits for her every night when she returns home, he finds it easier to believe she never loved him than to explore his fear that she's in serious trouble.Behind the veil of Ana's seemingly charmed life, an ancient evil stalks her family's revered halls. Her cunning stepmother wields terrible threats against Ana's loved ones to coerce her into assisting in horrifying experiments against the Ravenwood priests and priestesses, longtime allies of Ana's family.Tyr's love for Ana remains steadfast despite her abrupt departure from his life. To distract himself from his heartbreak, he immerses himself in work, translating a series of mysterious and chilling letters, only to find himself entangled in a harrowing mystery spanning generations.A mystery that revolves around Ana's family.The very same one consuming-and destroying-Ana, piece by piece.For years, she has fought this war alone, exhausting all her resources against the wicked witch who holds her family hostage. She's out of tactics and, more importantly, time.As the end draws near, she realizes the key to ending the witch's reign of terror might lie with the tavern boy who stole her heart. Her solitary light in endless years of darkness.Only together can Anastazja and Tyreste end the terror that has gripped the north, and the Ravenwoods, for centuries.The Belle and the Blackbird is a forbidden love fantasy romance Snow White & Rose Red retelling, featuring Tyreste and Anastazja, characters first introduced in The Altruist and the Assassin. It is the second story in the Guardians Cycle of The Book of All Things, but can also be enjoyed as a standalone.

The House of Crimson & Clover continues in the third volume, The Illusions of Eventide. The mystic awakens. Nicolas' life is painted by betrayal. Stinging disloyalty from the two people he loves most leads to overwhelming loss, and an existence devoid of purpose. He takes a note out of Ana's playbook and flees the pain, ending up at his family's holiday home in the Gulf of Mexico. Instead of solitude he finds Mercy, a breathtaking woman with many layers of secrets and a stubborn refusal to answer any of his reasonable questions. Mercy needs Nicolas, but he can never know the truth: that she is not a woman at all, but a being thousands of years old, at the end of a journey she needs his unwitting help to complete. But in her presence, Nicolas' own dormant magic starts to surface. Magic he was never supposed to get back. Magic that awakens beings more ancient-and dangerous-than Mercy. The House of Crimson and Clover SeriesThis is the recommended reading order for the series.Volume I: The Storm and the DarknessVolume II: ShatteredVolume III: The Illusions of EventideVolume IV: BoundVolume V: Midnight DynastyVolume VI: AsunderVolume VII: Empire of ShadowsVolume VIII: Myths of MidwinterVolume IX: The Hinterland VeilVolume X: The Secrets Amongst the CypressVolume XI: Within the Garden of TwilightVolume XII: House of Dusk, House of Dawn The Saga of Crimson & CloverA sprawling dynasty. An ancient bloodline. A world of magic and mayhem. Welcome to the Saga of Crimson & Clover, where all series within are linked but can be equally enjoyed on their own. For content warnings, please visit sarahmcradit.com.

A kingless crown will fall. A crownless kingdom will rise. It all began with a desperate demand from a broken crown. Four brides. Four Reaches. Unquestionable and absolute fealty from the mothers and fathers who were given no choice but to comply. A startling sequence of events followed, with stunning repercussions that reached across the entire realm. Now, the king is dead. The would-be brides have forged their own destinies-some for the better, others for worse. Not all who started this dance will finish it. Those left will wear the lingering scars with a mix of pride and remorse. From his stolen throne, Oldwin rules with a hand that grows shakier by the hour, as his once unparalleled magic dwindles. His grasp on power is reliant upon his truths remaining hidden by the shadows, just beyond the reach of the fraught kingdom. But Oldwin is not the only powerful sorcerer in the kingdom. There are others who would see the terrible circle of their traitorous past come to a decisive end. Their moonlight maneuvering saved the life of Dain Rhiagain, and from his line the last sprig of hope remains: a chance to save the kingdom... to save all the worlds. Dain's three children, each raised in obliviousness, must now prepare to confront the staggering truth of why they were born, and what they must now do, if the kingdom is to survive the final days ahead. But theirs is not the only sacrifice required. The dying words of an old man will stir one man and his Reach toward a new destiny, one that will decide the fate of all the worlds... The perilous and provocative world of Kingdom of the White Sea, by USA Today bestselling fantasy author Sarah M. Cradit, comes to a startling conclusion in The Hidden Kingdom. For content warnings, please visit sarahmcradit.com

The House of Crimson & Clover continues in the second volume, Shattered. Ana can't run from the darkness inside of her. Ana's shattered heart is divided between the St. Andrews brothers. One light. One dark. Finn's kind heart offers a selfless love she doesn't deserve as Jon's embrace of darkness swiftly turns to cruelty. The delicate line between love and hate casts a dark pall over their tense household, rooted in the dangerous, deadly secret that binds all three together-forever. It's long been time for her to return home to New Orleans. For Finn's sake. For Jon's. Even for her own. But hope keeps her in the arms of one man, and the crosshairs of another. And now there's nothing, nothing that can stop the catastrophic landslide her choice has put in motion. The House of Crimson and Clover SeriesThis is the recommended reading order for the series.Volume I: The Storm and the DarknessVolume II: ShatteredVolume III: The Illusions of EventideVolume IV: BoundVolume V: Midnight DynastyVolume VI: AsunderVolume VII: Empire of ShadowsVolume VIII: Myths of MidwinterVolume IX: The Hinterland VeilVolume X: The Secrets Amongst the CypressVolume XI: Within the Garden of TwilightVolume XII: House of Dusk, House of Dawn The Saga of Crimson & CloverA sprawling dynasty. An ancient bloodline. A world of magic and mayhem. Welcome to the Saga of Crimson & Clover, where all series within are linked but can be equally enjoyed on their own. For content warnings, please visit sarahmcradit.com.

Freedom is her desire. Vengeance is his price.

The House of Crimson & Clover continues in the tenth volume, The Secrets Amongst the Cypress. Time is a perilous wheel when turned by untested hands. Amelia and Jacob have landed in a very familiar where. The when, on the other hand... Jacob's first time using his time travel ability sent them to 1861 Louisiana on the eve of the Civil War. But with no luggage or invitation, and a weak cover story, they find themselves at the mercy of Amelia's ancestors. As the strange and terrible dynamics of the nineteenth century Deschanel family come to light, Amelia and Jacob are each drawn into the family's complex web, challenging long-held truths. These revelations place them in grave danger from those around them... but also from themselves. Amelia's deep emotional wounds drive her further from Jacob and into the strange world of enigmatic Victor, who knows way too much about her. Jacob has demons of his own. His inability to save Amelia from her pain leaves him cynical and weary, quickly losing sight of who he is... and who he is desperate to become.The hands of time have taken hold, and the clock is ticking. If they don't find a way to return to their time soon, they'll be stuck in the past forever.

The House of Crimson & Clover comes to a stunning conclusion in the twelfth volume, House of Dusk, House of Dawn. In the end is their beginning. This is the end.This is the beginning.The stage is set. The players, ready.A midnight dynasty, cursed to fall. An empire of shadows, determined to rise once more.Here they are, at the end of everything.One wrong move spells irreversible defeat.But, ah, what if they win?

The House of Crimson & Clover continues in the penultimate volume, Within the Garden of Twilight. Chaos circles the calm.Fleeting peace descends on the Deschanels in New Orleans. Loved ones have returned. A calm appears in the chaos. Life is-seemingly-back to normal.Those who had been away re-establish old routines. They trade intrigue for dinner parties. Survival skills for day jobs. Settling into a quiet life comes with a sense of long-awaited relief, one they desperately want to embrace. To sit in silence in their gardens at twilight and dream of a future where their loved ones are happy, healthy, and safe.Yet under the surface lurks the shadows of their past and the dark promises of tomorrow. A reckoning awaits, and this time, there's nothing left to do but meet it head on.

The House of Crimson & Clover continues in the ninth volume, The Hinterland Veil. Bravery conquers fear. Fate races time.The Deschanels are scattered across Europe in a last bid to protect what matters most. Finn gets closer to finding Ana every day, but time is running out. He must embrace his Quinlan training or lose her forever.Their son, Aleksandr, flourishes under Quinlan protection as he discovers who he is and what he wants. But for the young man who must fulfill his side of the prophecy to save his family, falling in love proves to be the biggest danger to him yet.Desperate for a miracle and powerless against Mercy's delusions, Nicolas follows her to Scotland in search of the unknown. Deep in the middle of nowhere, Ana's feverish dreams dangle the impossible, while her nightmares are a horrifying glimpse of will happen if she can't find a way to escape Agripin's dangerous hold. Every last Deschanel must dig deeper than ever before and bravely face their fears or everything they've worked for will be lost to fate's cruel hand.

The House of Crimson & Clover continues in the third volume, The Illusions of Eventide. The mystic awakens. Nicolas' life is painted by betrayal. Stinging disloyalty from the two people he loves most leads to overwhelming loss, and an existence devoid of purpose. He takes a note out of Ana's playbook and flees the pain, ending up at his family's holiday home in the Gulf of Mexico. Instead of solitude he finds Mercy, a breathtaking woman with many layers of secrets and a stubborn refusal to answer any of his reasonable questions. Mercy needs Nicolas, but he can never know the truth: that she is not a woman at all, but a being thousands of years old, at the end of a journey she needs his unwitting help to complete. But in her presence, Nicolas' own dormant magic starts to surface. Magic he was never supposed to get back. Magic that awakens beings more ancient-and dangerous-than Mercy.

The House of Crimson & Clover continues in the seventh volume, Empire of Shadows, featuring an original song, Shadows, by Raven Quinn. An evolution written in the stars.A sacred vow once united the Farværdig and the Quinlans. One race born of fire, the other nature. Together they enjoyed centuries of peace and prosperity under the protective blanket of the hallowed oath.But when war came to the doorstep of the Quinlans, the Farværdig turned their backs. The broken vow drove the Quinlans into hiding and divided the Farværdig into radical factions. An ancient prophecy has pushed both races out of hiding and into a new war promising mutually assured destruction. The Deschanels, ancestors of both races, are vital both the past and the future of this conflict. The four family members named in Morrigan's Prophecy must choose whether to rise to the role fate wrote for them. It's their last hope for survival. The only one. If they don't, annihilation awaits.

The House of Crimson & Clover continues in the sixth volume, Asunder. A love that began with a prophecy. The Deschanel Curse tore through the family once again, leaving their spirits broken and their numbers diminished. But amidst their pain, a prophecy takes shape. One that began with the ancient Quinlan clan, in a time forgotten, and is now being realized. Amelia, devastated by her choice to distance herself from her soul's true mate, dreams of a shadowy man and woman who are destined by fate to live their story over and over again. But some dreams are not dreams at all. With formidable foes closing in on all sides, the Deschanels must come together to make their loved ones whole if they have any chance at all of surviving what's coming.

The House of Crimson & Clover continues in the fifth volume, Midnight Dynasty. All curses are born of vengeance. Dormant for a decade, the Deschanels' worst nightmare returns with a tragedy and quickly escalates into the unimaginable. Seers and other witches arrive in New Orleans from all over the world, hopeful this is the round they finally put an end to the curse that has stolen precious Deschanel lives for over two centuries. As the body count rises, one young Deschanel emerges with a shocking idea. A cruel, terrible scheme that will ruin lives to save them. The Deschanel Magi Collective has spent hundreds of years searching for a way to stop the ancient, malevolent evil, and has never come close to winning. But failure will lead to more death, and time is not on their side. The desperate sacrifices of two young Deschanels will drive an irrevocable split straight through the center of their midnight dynasty. Forever.

The House of Crimson & Clover continues in the fourth volume, Bound. Fate demands a sacrifice. Finn lost everything when Ana left. He's not oblivious to the whispers, the pity from others who believe he should move on. But he can't move on. Because he's missing part of himself. The part that makes him whole. Ana no longer knows who she is. Or what. She longs equally for what she has and what she left behind, torn between two opposing worlds. As Aidrik watches Ana's life force drain away, now beyond the help of his magic, he realizes fate demands a sacrifice. One that goes against everything he has come to believe over thousands of years. But it is the only thing that will save Ana now.

The House of Crimson & Clover continues in the second volume, Shattered. Ana can't run from the darkness inside of her. Ana's shattered heart is divided between the St. Andrews brothers. One light. One dark. Finn's kind heart offers a selfless love she doesn't deserve as Jon's embrace of darkness swiftly turns to cruelty. The delicate line between love and hate casts a dark pall over their tense household, rooted in the dangerous, deadly secret that binds all three together-forever. It's long been time for her to return home to New Orleans. For Finn's sake. For Jon's. Even for her own. But hope keeps her in the arms of one man, and the crosshairs of another. And now there's nothing, nothing that can stop the catastrophic landslide her choice has put in motion.

"Her (Cradit's) talent for creating atmosphere rivals Daphne du Maurier."- Christopher Rice, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Heavens Rise One lone witch. Two tempting brothers. An island forged in darkness. From USA Today bestselling fantasy author Sarah M. Cradit comes The Storm and the Darkness. This turbulent love triangle wrapped in depravity and redemption is the first volume in the bestselling witches family saga, The House of Crimson & Clover. Ana did something unforgivable. Her guilt takes her to a remote Maine island, but she finds no reprieve among the cold-mannered locals. The worst is Jonathan St. Andrews. Harsh. Judging. Like he can see right through her. His brother, Finn, is her one light in the darkness. The shock of waking one day with both brothers at her bedside is quickly eclipsed by two horrifying revelations: she was gravely injured in a fall she doesn't remember, and a crippling storm has shut down the island. Her magic can't help her. Not even her family, the powerful Deschanel witches of New Orleans, can reach her. While Ana heals, riding out the storm with the brothers, she battles confusing feelings for the enigmatic men who risked their lives to save hers. But her feelings will have to wait. Because someone is coming for her. Someone Jon and Finn have known all their lives. Someone who won't stop until they take back what the brothers have stolen.

Marry your enemy. Dare to survive. Disappear into this scintillating tale of mortal enemies forced into a perilous, passionate marriage. Yesenia Warwick artfully dodges her father's talks of marriage, set on proving she is just as capable as her brothers. Her three loves-kin, homeland, and independence-are all she needs. Corin Quinlanden suffers under the cruel contempt of his ruthless father and brother as they scheme and plot from their castle in the trees. He's given up wishing for happiness. A strategic marriage, far from home, is as high as he dare dream. But the king of this realm has his own plan. Everything the gilded Quinlandens have "earned" was stolen from the Warwicks. So when all the leaders of the realm are summoned to a celebration with the king, both houses approach this fete balancing on a sharp blade's edge. But the king's celebration quickly turns to horror. The lords and ladies can only watch, helpless, as the devious king masterminds a series of marriages between their children, spinning the kingdom into chaos. Brash, fearless Yesenia Warwick is now the unwilling bride of tender-hearted Corin Quinlanden. Neither her silver-tongued wit, nor her unmatched skill with daggers, can erase what has been done. The choice ahead of her is simple, but impossible. Embrace her dangerous new life in the den of her enemy, or send the kingdom to war. __The Book of All Things is a series of standalone fantasy romance tales set in the vibrant, epic world first introduced by USA Today Bestselling Author Sarah M. Cradit in the Kingdom of the White Sea trilogy. The Sylvan and the Sand is the first story in the Southerlands Cycle of The Book of All Things. The Southerlands Cycle: Arranged marriages, enemies to lovers, and salt & sand redemption in the Southern Reach (medium low heat)The Sylvan and the SandThe Flame and the ForsakenAnd more

One raven. One boy. One destiny. Escape into this story of fractured duty and forbidden love weaving together a fate bigger than man, bigger than magic. Evrathedyn Blackrook whiles his days away at university, blissfully oblivious to the horrors afflicting his homeland. He escapes into dusty books, content as a second son. Rhosynora Ravenwood spends her sleepless nights fantasizing of ways to escape her icy, suffocating dynasty. To flee her birthright is to invite a traitor's penance. To stay is another kind of death. But time and fate have a way of mending all mistakes. Evra soon finds himself the new Lord Blackrook. His inheritance is a plague-ridden land, the pyres from his late father's campaign against magic still smoldering. His realm's future in the balance, he travels beyond his borders to a remote northern hamlet, where he meets Rhosyn. The spark between them is immediate; the suspicion even stronger. In Rhosyn, Evra sees her rare magic as the perfect answer to his troubles. In Evra, Rhosyn sees everything wrong with the depraved world of men. But Evra is out of options. And Rhosyn is out of time. As they resist the undeniable, forbidden bond growing between them, Evra's dawning horror of Rhosyn's fate brings him to an impossible choice. His home, or her? __The Book of All Things is a series of standalone fantasy romance tales set in the vibrant, epic world first introduced by USA Today Bestselling Author Sarah M. Cradit in the Kingdom of the White Sea trilogy. The Raven and the Rush is the first story in the Blackwood Cycle of The Book of All Things. The Blackwood Cycle: Forbidden love, second chances, found family, and the Rise of House Blackwood (low heat)The Raven and the RushThe Priestess and the PaladinAnd more

The perilous and provocative world of Kingdom of the White Sea, by USA Today bestselling fantasy author Sarah M. Cradit, comes to a startling conclusion in The Hidden Kingdom.A kingless crown will fall. A crownless kingdom will rise.It all began with a desperate demand from a broken crown. Four brides. Four Reaches. Unquestionable and absolute fealty from the mothers and fathers who were given no choice but to comply. A startling sequence of events followed, with stunning repercussions that reached across the entire realm.Now, the king is dead. The would-be brides have forged their own destinies-some for the better, others for worse. Not all who started this dance will finish it. Those left will wear the lingering scars with a mix of pride and remorse.From his stolen throne, Oldwin rules with a hand that grows shakier by the hour, as his once unparalleled magic dwindles. His grasp on power is reliant upon his truths remaining hidden by the shadows, just beyond the reach of the fraught kingdom.But Oldwin is not the only powerful sorcerer in the kingdom. There are others who would see the terrible circle of their traitorous past come to a decisive end. Their moonlight maneuvering saved the life of Dain Rhiagain, and from his line the last sprig of hope remains: a chance to save the kingdom... to save all the worlds.Dain's three children, each raised in obliviousness, must now prepare to confront the staggering truth of why they were born, and what they must now do, if the kingdom is to survive the final days ahead.But theirs is not the only sacrifice required. The dying words of an old man will stir one man and his Reach toward a new destiny, one that will decide the fate of all the worlds...