Title: RENEGADE (Black Dawn 0.5)
Author: Mallory McCartney
Pub. Date: July 3, 2018
Publisher: Clean Reads Publishing
Formats: eBook
Pages: 250
“The time for Kiero’s reign in
prosperity is over.”
Six years before the Black Dawn
Rebellion, Adair Stratton and Emory Fae are following in their parent’s
footsteps and living at The Academy, a home for those who are gifted. The
pressure to uphold the future of their parent’s dream falls on them. An outcast
and feared by most, Adair longs to break away from the expectations dictating
his future. Even if Emory tries to make him see differently. An unexpected
group of friends keep him there, but as whispers of unexplained disappearances
start reaching from the capital, Adair starts to doubt The Academy is all it
seems.
An unexpected visit ignites new
tensions as the roguish king from across the Black Sea, Tadeas Maher of the
Shattered Isles, and his heir, Marquis Maher sail to Kiero. Notorious for their
pirating and wrath- for the first time in years, they demand the Fae’s listen
to their proposition for a new treaty, holding the news of Nei’s father’s
abrupt death over them. Caught in the middle of politics- Adair and Emory, with
the help of their best friends Brokk and Memphis search for the one thing that
matters most- finding out the truth.
In this gripping prequel to Black Dawn,
their world is tipped upside down as unlikely alliances are made. War ravages
through Kiero and is torn apart by acclaimed Kings. Through the throes of
betrayal, lies, hidden magic and love, Adair is faced with a life changing
decision- to fight or to bow to the darkness within him.
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One. Year.
It was a strong union, she was told.
One that would end her people’s suffering. Kiero could unite with the Shattered
Isles to ensure the longevity in their trading companies and to turn a blind
eye to the illegal pirating. So here she was, prettily packaged, trying to
quell a full country’s fire. It had surprised her at first, how angry the
people were. So, she was a rover, a pirate. More warrior than princess.
But every day in this court proved just how deep-rooted the suffering went,
everyday accusations of the government not
providing the security and protection
the people wanted, that they needed. Sighing, Nei Fae stood stretching,
her joints popping. Beneath her simple garb, bruises peppered her body,
reminding her with every step who she was. She had fiercely promised
herself that.
Her only friend in this forsaken court,
Bresslin Stratton, took it upon herself to encourage evening walks together.
Instead of dresses and gossip, they filled their time with clashing steel and
aching muscles. Smirking at the thought, Nei reminded herself what her sisters
had always said, that amongst them all she was born with the fury of the sea,
with the resilience of the rocks the water crashed upon. She would not break
beneath the pressures of being a hated queen, beneath the lies and the riots.
Her sisters had been so sure she had what it took to be here. Their excitement,
their hope of a better life, one that didn’t require constant fighting for
survival, is what kept her from running away and disappearing into nothingness.
Besides Bresslin, that’s what everyone here thought of her. That she wasn’t as
cunning and didn’t have the potential to rule beside Roque.
A sharp knock sliced through her
thoughts, and she stood quickly, tucking the note flush against her wrist and
out of sight. The door swung open to reveal Roque leaning against the
doorframe, arms crossed and mischief dancing in his cutting green eyes. Their
outfits were matching, black loose pants and shirt, a deep plum cloak fastened
at his throat.
Swallowing hard, Nei bowed her head,
rasping, “My King.”
Three hundred and sixty-five days
later, she was still not used to saying those two words. Two words that chained
her, confined her. Lifting her dark gaze, she got a lifted brow in response as
Roque stepped into her office. “Are you ready? They won’t wait forever, you
know.”
The council.
And like every other day, Nei plastered
that splintering grin, making her cheeks hurt. “Of course.”
The note felt like flames dancing up
her arms, a flare underneath Roque’s pinning gaze. His brows furrowed for a
moment before he offered his arm to her, the gentleman he was dictated to be.
She was grace and poise as she accepted his gesture, and they left behind her
sanctuary.
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Title: BLACK DAWN (Black Dawn #1)
Author: Mallory McCartney
Release
Date: February
14, 2017
Publisher: Clean Reads Publishing
Pages: 352
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Emory Fae enjoys leading a quiet,
normal life. That is until two mysterious, and handsome soldiers show up at her
apartment, and the life she knew is instantly whisked away. Memphis Carter and
Brokk Foster come from the magical and war ridden world of Kiero, and bringing
Emory back she will discover she is the long lost heir to the Royal Line and is
thrown into the Black Dawn Rebellion with a dynamic role to ignite the rebels
and reclaim her throne.
With both men being darkly woven in her
past Emory uncovers hidden secrets, a power held long dormant, and will soon
realize there are worse things than supernatural humans, love, loss, betrayal,
and a Mad King.
Some things are better left in the
shadows.
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