A young woman fighting to break her chains.

A young man fighting to keep his own shackles locked tight.

A dying world only they can save...

The Confederacy of Man is on the brink of collapse twenty years after its armies brutally wiped magic from its thirsting lands, but all that rebellious Kathiria can focus on from within the confining walls of her manor is evading her dreaded duty as a bride prize. When Deklan, a handsome but mysterious noble with a shadowy past, shows up with a proposition that promises escape, she jumps at the chance to break out of her box. 

But freedom is not what Kathiria anticipates when she emerges from the bubble of her estate… and neither is the boy riding beside her in the carriage. Deklan has a secret - a secret that stands to shift the fate of their floundering world. As hidden truths about the War on Magic are revealed and survivors begin emerging from the deepest part of the darkest wood, the two discover they are uniquely qualified to reverse the damage done by their parents’ generation.

But to do that, they’re going to have to defy the Confederate Council and embrace the magic inside them… before it’s too late.  

All Of Us Monsters, book one in the Essence of Magic series, is the first installment in a planned duology and subsequent prequel set in the same world.

Tropes & Content Warnings:

This is a new adult novel, with (discretionary) YA crossover. Includes references to sexual assault and forced breeding, discrimination, imprisonment, adoption trauma, parental loss, violent death, insinuation of sexual activity. Spice is fade-to-black. Discretion strongly advised for readers under 16.

Familiar tropes include fake engagement, found family, forced proximity, shifter romance, he-falls-first, gothic forest, mythological creatures, yearning, morally grey golden retriever MMC, touch her & die, political unrest, soft magic system, feminine rage, & hidden agendas.