Book 1 of The Fatebound Trail Series
When twenty-one-year-old Virginia “Ginny” Blackthorne’s fire magic ignites during a sermon on sin, she knows one truth:
If she stays, she burns.
Fleeing her zealot stepfather and a forced marriage, Ginny follows a blood-bound pendant to an academy hidden between worlds, where the chosen study forbidden magic beneath three moons and ancient gods still whisper through the walls.
At the Umbral Academy, power comes at a price. The professors are merciless, the Trials are lethal, and her fellow students would rather see her dead than crowned Firebringer. But three dangerously irresistible men refuse to let her face the flames alone:
Owen, the forge-born warrior whose touch burns hotter than his hammer.
Dorian, the scholar who hides wicked secrets behind silver eyes and whispered spells.
Gabriel, the cursed priest whose darkness hungers for her light.
Bound by prophecy. Tested by magic. Tempted by desire that could consume them all.
To survive the Academy’s trials, Ginny must master her fire or become its next sacrifice.
But some flames were never meant to be controlled.
For fans of Zodiac Academy, House of Flame and Shadow, and The Bonds That Tie - comes a darkly seductive romantasy where the fire chooses her heart…and her harem.
Enemies. Soulmates. Monsters. Gods.
Welcome to the Academy where love is a weapon and survival is the ultimate test.
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The Wild Rose
When magic calls, you can either submit to its rules, or burn them down.
Rose Blackthorne arrives at Umbral Academy in 1970 with wild hair, bell-bottoms, and zero interest in being tamed. While other students cower before the Gothic institution's oppressive rules, Rose sees only possibility, and three devastatingly complicated men who make her question everything.
Professor Darius Thornheart teaches her to control fire magic while fighting his own desire. Finnian Cross, the scarred forge master, offers sanctuary in flames. Thaddeus Sterling, the
brilliant scholar, proposes the impossible: creating their own world, free from the Academy's suffocating surveillance.
What begins as rebellion becomes revolution as Rose and her chosen family weave forbidden magic into reality, building a sanctuary where love doesn't have to follow rules and power doesn't require submission.
But the Academy doesn't forgive those who dare to be free.
Rose will be forced to choose between bending to tradition or becoming a legend. Because some fires are meant to burn eternally, lighting the way for those brave enough to follow.
A Prequel Novella
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