Author: evabrandt

Before there was Lucienne, there was Dahud, the cursed princess, the damned queen, the woman who shaped the world. The tale of her tragedy begins.Emotion. It’s such a simple word, something people take for granted. For as long as I can remember, I haven’t been able to experience it, and I haven’t felt the lack. My emotions are a small price to pay for the power I wield.I have a goal—to become the … have a goal—to become the queen my homeland needs, to tear apart the crumbling empire of Rome and claim the world for myself. That is the…

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Second chances are always costly, and at The Academy of the Devil, the price you have to pay for weakness is high. Get ready. Class is in session again, and this year, the lessons we have to learn are tougher than ever.It’s official. I must be cursed.After my hellish first year at The Academy of the Devil, I thought I was prepared for anything. But things never work the way they should at this … way they should at this damn school, and as my second year begins, it becomes obvious that my troubles have just begun.My relationship with Callum,…

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Some powers are beyond human control. Some secrets hold too much weight to be carried. Some sins cannot forever be contained. This year, secrets, sins, and power come together—and the end will be upon us all.It’s my third year at The Academy of the Devil, and things finally seem to be falling into place. I’ve reached a tentative agreement with my new lovers. My life is finally headed in the right … headed in the right direction. Or so it seems—until he shows up. They say he is an exchange student. They call him Lucian and cluster around him like…

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Secrets are dangerous and, by their nature, want to be revealed. But what do you do when the most dangerous secret of all lies inside you, when you are a captive of your own mind and memories?All my life, the only thing I’ve ever wanted was to protect my family and later, to build a future with my soulmate, Pierce. That dream was shattered by an attack on my wedding, a brutal, senseless assault … senseless assault that left my father and Pierce’s mother badly wounded.The culprits need to pay for what they’ve done. They need to be punished for…

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Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. The Academy of the Devil is waiting, and there will be no mercy. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been the girl who didn’t fit in, the girl who collapsed in the middle of class, just because my brain decided to turn on me. I can’t really complain, though. We don’t live in the Middle Ages, so I have yet to be subjected to an exorcism. I can get treatment for … get treatment for my condition. Epilepsy aside, I can mostly be a normal person and have a normal life.There’s…

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