They range from romance to dark erotica to horror and everything in between, exploring different aspects of the Fate of the Fallen universe. Her dark paranormal books explore a world where humanity has become prey, subjugated by “supes” - vampires, werewolves, and witches - who have seized control. She agrees with those who say that the truth is best told through fiction - even though fiction has to make sense while reality can be utterly baffling. She believes love can corrupt, power can redeem and that the best of intentions can cast shadows while the worst can create light. Phoenix (code name: Raissa) has an unhealthy fascination with contrasts: light and dark, humor and pain, heroes and villains, order and chaos. “A dark and intriguing vision of an alternate, magic-drenched Britain, Gilded Cage kept me up long into the night.R. “A dark and intriguing vision of an alternate, magic-drenched Britain, Gilded Cage kept me up long into the night.” -Aliette de Bodard, author of The House of Shattered Wings “Devious and deliciously dark with lashings of magic, mystery, and mayhem, this juggernaut of a book will keep you hanging on by your fingernails until the very last page.” -Taran Matharu, New York Times bestselling author of the Summoner series Jensen, USA Today bestselling author of The Malediction Trilogy “ Gilded Cage is a heart-pounding combination of dark magic, political revolution, and forbidden romance that had me addicted from the first page!” -Danielle L. an absorbing first installment that presages an intriguing new fantasy series.” - Kirkus Reviews conjuring up the specters of Les Misérables and Downton Abbey.
“An alternate modern-day England where enticing drama and social unrest mix with aristocratic scandal and glamorous magic. If ever there was a speculative fiction book that captured the zeitgeist of an era this is it.” - SFFWorld
a lavishly opulent, yet brutally vivid, alternate England which subtly questions modern beliefs. “Beautifully characterised and compellingly plotted, Gilded Cage is an impressive debut.” - The Guardian Look for all three books in the mesmerizing Dark Gifts trilogy: They will all discover whether any magic is more powerful than the human spirit. But their destinies entwine when one family enters the service of the other. The families have only one thing in common: Each has three children. In its glittering milieu move the all-powerful Jardines and the everyday Hadleys. This is the darkly decadent world of Gilded Cage.
Do them young, and you’ll never get over them. Do those years when you’re old, and you’ll never get through them. If you’re not one of the ultimate one-percenters-the magical elite-you owe them ten years of service. In a darkly fantastical debut set in modern-day Britain, magic users control everything: wealth, politics, power-and you.
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