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A marriage neither wanted. A passion too epic to deny.Disappear into this magnetic tale of a stormy arranged marriage built on the backs of ruined lives and broken hearts.Erran Rutland, heir to the wealthiest region in the Southerlands, would have surrendered his birthright for his first love, until she was sold into a political marriage. To alleviate the dishonor he brings upon his family when he tries to steal her back, his father arranges a quick, quiet betrothal with someone far beneath his station.One day his heart is shattered, the next he's married to the most unnerving woman he's ever met.Mariel Ashdown is even more disgusted by the match. The Rutlands and their lackeys first starved her people and then stole their land from under them, leaving blight and death in their merciless wake.From the heartache was born Obsidian Sky, a band of rebels she founded at the young age of twelve. They work under the subterfuge of darkness and masks, slowly taking back everything pilfered from their people. But her repulsive marriage affords her something they could never obtain on their own.Access.This next job could change everything, but if they fail, she and her five friends-including her beloved brother-will hang.Erran is not the stupid dilletante she assumes him to be. He's known from the start she's hiding something. Motivated by the threat of being disowned if he cannot get his marriage in order, he follows her one fateful morning, and what he discovers, he simply cannot believe. Before he can even process it, though, she does something drastic to save her friends from the scaffold.He's faced with a choice he has no time to ponder.Though Mariel has offered her husband nothing but contempt, Erran takes a leap of faith, leaving them shipwrecked, battered, and fighting for their very survival.The Flame and the Forsaken is an enemies to lovers, female Robin Hood fantasy romance set in the Kingdom of the White Sea Universe, featuring characters first introduced in The Sylvan and the Sand. It is the second story in the Southerlands Cycle duology of The Book of All Things.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.

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.

He's the calm in her storm.Disappear into this entrancing tale of the forbidden love between a young poison mistress and her brother's best friend.Edriss Blackwood has always been alone. Neglected. Abandoned. She converts this angst into action, wielding her vibrant imagination as both sword and shield, slashing through the malevolence slowly destroying her homeland.Her one light in the darkness is her steadfast protector, Lorcan James.It all began by a riverbank a decade ago when he found his best friend's little sister, broken and alone. What started as a matter of honor blossomed into an unshakeable bond between two passionate souls, forged in love, trust, and fierce loyalty.There was only rule: don't fall in love. Too bad hearts don't play by the rules.But the very thing that brought them together-honor-is what will tear them apart. Their friend Arwenna, extorted by the men waging war against Edriss's family, convinces a reluctant Lorcan to secretly pretend to be her lover, an elaborate, twisted ruse she claims is the only way to keep Edriss safe. The truth, however, is much more sinister.Edriss licks the wounds of her shattered heart by wading deeper into the war tearing the Westerlands apart. Reckless, and with nothing left to lose, there's no limit to what she'll do to bring down the men responsible.But one young woman alone cannot stand against pure evil.If Lorcan can't find a way to win back her faith, both Edriss and the Westerlands will be irrevocably consumed by the flames.__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 Poison and the Paladin is a brother's best friend, forbidden love romance featuring Edriss and Lorcan, characters first introduced in The Raven and the Rush. It is the second story in the Blackwood Cycle of The Book of All Things, but can also be enjoyed as a standalone.The Blackwood Cycle: Forbidden love, second chances, found family, and the Rise of House Blackwood (low heat)The Raven and the RushThe Poison and the Paladin

Four years. How much can a person change, in four years?How much does the world change, in four years?The series concludes in 1980.

Seven Siblings. Seven Years. Seven Spellbinding Novels.1973. New Orleans. The Deschanel siblings are now scattered, searching for meaning in their new lives.Charles, the playboy, moves from his first heartbreak to solemn acquiescence, as he promises his mother he'll marry a woman who is, by all accounts, a monster. Augustus, the fixer, is all business, until one of his employees catches his attention in a unique way, and he can't and won't ignore the strange appeal. Colleen, the adherent, finds lurid temptation undermining her better judgment. Evangeline, the genius, finally enrolls in college but lives a second life no one, not even Colleen is aware of. Maureen, the haunted, discovers there's more to her terrible ability than she's ever known, but the cost may be her soul.And only Elizabeth, the anguished, knows how their stories will go on, or end. She would do anything to change the future. She'll finally try to do just that.As the family progresses through the seventies, they'll discover the power of secrets, lies, and a fate they cannot escape, no matter how powerful they are.

1976. New Orleans. The Deschanel siblings are parents themselves now, and they must leave their own childhoods behind forever.Charles, the playboy, is torn between love for his son and heir, and the prospect of having children with a woman who is far more welcoming and loving than his wife. Augustus, the fixer, now a widower, loses himself in the one thing that still gives his life meaning: Anasofiya. Colleen, the adherent, is married to the love of her life, and mother to a new daughter, but faces a new challenge as she is asked to step into the shoes of the family matriarch. Evangeline, the genius, falls nicely into her new world in Cambridge, but must soon confront the same fears she'd hoped to escape by leaving home. Maureen, the haunted, has her life turned upside down by a most unlikely connection.Elizabeth, the anguished, prepares for adulthood by pouring herself into being a caretaker for her brother and niece, carefully avoiding her own future that she's seen clearly, and horribly, so many times.As the family progresses through the seventies, they'll discover the power of secrets, lies, and a fate they cannot escape, no matter how wealthy or powerful they are.

Seven Siblings. Seven Years. Seven Spellbinding Novels.1975. New Orleans. The Deschanel siblings are far from children now, some having kids of their own, others settling into the possibility, as they make choices that will shape their futures forever.Charles, the playboy, finds new meaning as a father, and swears off his old life, littered with indiscretions. Augustus, the fixer, sees his marriage further dissolve just as he learns his wife is pregnant. Colleen, the adherent, is head over heels in love in Scotland, but worries their relationship won't hold up once he learns her dark secret. Evangeline, the genius, escapes to New England, letting her education be the balm of choice for her broken spirit. Maureen, the haunted, discovers her true purpose as a mother, but fears her arranged marriage will create the instability that drives her daughter down a path too similar to hers.Elizabeth, the anguished, recovers from the damage wrought by her past choices, and finds penance in helping Augustus with his own struggles. But, for the first time, she will have to do it without her lifeline, Connor, who has been sent away by his parents.As the family progresses through the seventies, they'll discover the power of secrets, lies, and a fate they cannot escape, no matter how wealthy or powerful they are.

Seven Siblings. Seven Years. Seven Spellbinding Novels.1974. New Orleans. The Deschanel siblings move through early adulthood, some married, others searching, desperately, for meaning.Charles, the playboy, settles into a horrific marriage, as he watches the only woman he ever loved marry his best friend. Augustus, the fixer, discovers his wife may not be as easy to fix as other things in his life. Colleen, the adherent, begins anew in Scotland, and meets someone also from New Orleans, but their different worlds create a wall between them. Evangeline, the genius, learns about the ups and downs of forbidden love the hard way. Maureen, the haunted, sees an opportunity to forge her own path, but quickly finds herself in way over her head.Elizabeth, the anguished, the unwilling storyteller of the fated clan, discovers there might yet be a relief for her terrible visions, but the cost is terrible.As the family progresses through the seventies, they'll discover the power of secrets, lies, and a fate they cannot escape, no matter how wealthy or powerful they are.

Seven Siblings. Seven Years. Seven Spellbinding Novels.1972. New Orleans. The remaining six Deschanel siblings live with their long-suffering mother outside New Orleans, in the historic family plantation. Each of them unique. Each of them born with a gift. In some cases, a gift they wish they could give back.Two years have passed since the tragic loss of one of the seven. Life goes on, but no one is the same. Charles, the playboy, spirals further into the comfort of depravity. Augustus, the fixer, buries his heartache in business. Colleen, the adherent, falls deeper into her own escape, her education. Evangeline, the genius, discovers a life outside her studies, but at a dark cost. And Maureen, the haunted, takes back her power, only to find her autonomy is a false promise, like so many other things in the lives of a Deschanel.And Elizabeth, the anguished, knows what the others do not. She carries the burden of this knowledge, as she carries all the family's bleakest moments.If they thought 1970 was the last of their heartache, they were dead wrong.

One of the seven will die. There's nothing they can do to stop it.1970. New Orleans. The seven Deschanel siblings live with their long-suffering mother in an historic Garden District mansion. Each of them unique. Each of them born with a gift. In some cases, a gift they wish they could give back.When August Deschanel died, he left his wife, Irish Colleen, with more than seven children to raise. She inherited a job she was never prepared for: bringing up his heirs in a world she doesn't understand. She'd never seen true magic, not before marrying into the most prominent-and mysterious-family in New Orleans. Now, she can't escape it.Irish Colleen knows a terrible secret. Her youngest, a prophet, has seen a future that is unavoidable: the Deschanels will not leave 1970 without losing one of the seven. She knows only that it will happen, but not when, how... or to whom.Charles, the playboy heir apparent. Augustus, the family fixer. Colleen, the unfailing pragmatist. Madeline, the bleeding heart. Evangeline, the genius. Maureen, the dreamer. Elizabeth, the tortured one.One of her children must die, and Irish Colleen can do nothing to stop it.Seven Siblings. Seven Years. Seven Spellbinding Novels.The Seven Series1970197219731974197519761980The 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.Series ListThe House of Crimson & Clover Series: Dive into the secretive, ancient, powerful world of the Deschanels & Sullivans.The Midnight Dynasty Series: There's no place like home.Vampires of the Merovingi Series: From the ashes of the sorcerer kings rose an empire.The Seven Series: Seven siblings. Seven years. Seven spellbinding novels.

Freedom is her desire. Vengeance is his price.Slip into this scintillating tale of a young royal whose loyalty is torn between the prince she was sold to and the tempestuous knight determined to ruin her.Imryll is unfit to be a princess. Everyone has always told her so. So when the king stuns everyone by crowning her the prince's consort, her life is completely upended, crushing any lingering dreams of a future away from the suffocating Rhiagain court.Still reeling from the news, she meets Drazhan, the formidable, mercurial knight who wins the right to be her personal guard. But when he defiantly refuses any show of respect, a dangerous spark ignites between them, one she doesn't know how to extinguish. Worse, she's not sure she wants to.The dark knight's licentious midnight whispers linger over her, commands she feels inexplicably called to obey. His dangerous promises spread their tendrils over her desperate, failed attempts to embrace life with the prince, her childhood best friend. They take her apart and put her back together, piece by agonizing piece.Yet she can't shake the sense Drazhan is hiding something important. He refuses to explain why he surrendered a life of privilege to become her guard. The roaring vengeance burning in his heart, scorching him from the inside out, is a painful mystery Imryll can't solve.But she will.Because Drazhan's revenge doesn't just start with Imryll.It ends with 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 Claw and the Crownedis the first story in the Sceptre Cycle of The Book of All Things.The Sceptre Cycle: Stolen thrones, love triangles, arranged marriages, and fractured duty from the descendants of Ilynglass (high heat)The Claw and the CrownedThe Duke and the Disciple

She's searching for redemption. What she finds is her destiny.Disappear into this tumultuous tale of revenge and redemption, as two fated souls are thrust into each other's paths once more.Rhiain enjoys a charmed life as the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the realm. Spoiled and vain, she has never met a need or want she couldn't attain. The dark spots in her memory have been tucked away, with all other unpleasant things.Then a terrible mistake brings her entire world crashing down around her. Her life shifts in an instant; her fate, uncertain. Her father's punishment for her is forcing her to train for a life as one of his prized assassins.But a chance encounter in a familiar tavern will change everything.Everything she knows.Everything she feels.Everything she is.As Rhiain gets closer to handsome, enigmatic Asterin- a man she doesn't remember but claims to possess the truth about her dark spots-she begins to accept there is much more to these gaps in her understanding of the past.Because these memories were taken from her for a reason. And there are those who will do anything to stop her from remembering.__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 Altruist and the Assassin is a fated love fantasy romance tale set in the Kingdom of the White Sea universe, with hints of Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty.It is the first story in the Guardians Cycle of The Book of All Things.The Guardians Cycle: Fated love, redemption, and fierce protectiveness in the shadow of the Reliquary (medium heat)The Altruist and the AssassinThe Belle and the BlackbirdAnd moreFor content warnings, please visit sarahmcradit.com.

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.