RISING
BOOK TWO
'Of Crows and Thorns'
Before we return to Nelle and Graysen in the third book, there are people you need to meet and clues you need to gather to make CAGED an even richer, deeper, and more vibrant read.
Most of all, RISING is the biggest book in the series thus far, because, for me, there is a sense of deep responsibility I owe Tabitha Catt. You'll soon discover exactly what she has been enduring these past 12 years when you read CAGED. Tabitha deserves the world and I needed to give her the best romance I could with this first book of hers and Varen's. In truth, it was Varen who was the one to do this for her in RISING.
Desperate to save her beloved aunt from a dark curse, Tabitha is out to steal the last magical item needed to break the spell, but a forbidden romance threatens her plans, her secrets, and the entire world she knows.
Varen Crowther is an enforcer who rules the crime lords and the cartels of the world for the dark sect known as The Horned Gods. Brutal and wild, he’s the heir to Lower House Crowther. A position he never wanted and one he earned through tragic circumstances.
Tabitha is just a servant to high-ranking families, someone seen but never noticed. Except by Varen. And while Tabitha is planning a heist to save her cursed aunt, Varen is already at work stealing her heart, leaving her torn.
She must decide between giving in to the passion building between them or saving her aunt. And much worse, an awful dread begins to grow that she had a part to play in his brother's death. A truth that will not only shatter Varen but unleash devastation upon the world of Houses.
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Two girls. Two secrets.
Only one can survive.
We’ve met Nelle Wychthorn, now it’s time to meet Tabitha Catt.
For Tabitha wasn’t hunted by malevolent forces because of her unique otherness. As a young woman, she begins to suspect there is a darker power rising inside her. One far more powerful than simply stealing pain.
And in her hunt for a rare magical item to save her aunt's life, Tabitha unearths something peculiar in a Horned God’s lair that very well may assist Nelle in her plan to escape the Crowthers’ Keep decades later.
[2019 WATTY AWARD WINNER for ROMANCE]
[2020 BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER - Mafia Community]
