Ann Bakshis

What lengths is someone willing to go to for power? How many lives need to be destroyed or ruined to gain the highest level of control possible? Will a simple colony takeover be the answer, or do you need to hold an entire nation hostage? These are the questions everyone should be asking themselves when selecting a new premier, but no one believes someone could be that corrupt or harmful. Hannah Barnes is just like everyone else her age, planning...

Katarina Whylde takes pride in her work as an assassin, and relishes that moment when the last breath of life escapes her victims. What she doesn’t know is why. Still, as a member of the Najem—a group of hired thieves and killers—she’s taught not to question such things. All of that changes when the Forum sends her on a special assignment that awakens memories of a past she’d long forgotten. Now, Kat finds herself second-guessing the intentions...

Twins born at a time when such an event hasn’t been seen in centuries. Some fear them, others revel in their arrival, but no one is prepared for the chaos they will bring to the region. Only, this isn’t the first time the pair has caused such disaster. They’ve been around for centuries, a period of twelve cycles in time with their generation. No one remembers their previous existence except those who are sworn to guard the twins through the...

Realms rise and fall like the sun, and Reynes is no different. When the chaos finally settles after a fight for control, nine kingdoms emerge, each responsible for diverse races of dark magic creatures forged by a plague that swept over the land. Dermont the Wise, a sorcerer and master of light magic, bound and destroyed this curse, then sealed off the realm from the rest of the world to protect it, thus severing the powers to all magical beings who...

Wars cause more damage than solve problems. But what do you do if your enemy is immortal? Embattled leaders make the rash decision to decimate their own world to send a creature called the Arliss back to his den in the Fomorian Plateau. The consequences of their actions leave the surface of the world uninhabitable and their citizens more vulnerable than ever. Darker horrors await the survivors of the apocalypse, driving one right into the arms of...

Many would enslave her. It’s up to Honora to save herself by any means necessary. The power of the Shadows courses through Ore’s veins, making her a prize an onslaught of enemies conspire to claim. To her great regret, they aren’t alone in their desires to exploit her. Evander, her husband, has taken to using her when it suits him, then casting her aside. Greed, arrogance, jealousy, and power: each are selfish masters who dictate the lives...

Righteousness comes at a price and now payment is due. Following the death of her horrid husband, Evander, Honora prayed she would finally be free. However Evander’s master, Dolos, has returned and seeks to claim the Shadows for himself. More than ever, Honora is determined to protect her child by escaping those eager to control them both. Yet as painful sins from the past are revealed, those Honora hold dear are forced to relive their worst crimes....

The prophecy failed; now what? Michael’s dead, the kerk has fallen, and Aven has been sent to the Dryad Forest with Zander. Their relationship may have been irrefutably damaged because of his constant lying and trickery. Her father, Delphi, isn’t any better. Aven is forced to master her magical skills by using a device called the Gehenna Sphere, an instrument only one other person has ever defeated and it’s been known to warp minds. But that’s...

A fortunate turn of events has Evander seeing his desires finally being fulfilled, but at a great cost to his wife Honora. Her only wish now is to flee the realm, but that can’t happen until the gate into the lost kingdom of Toorkuns has been unlocked. The moment it is, all the creatures in Reynes will have their full powers restored, and balance of rule will shift to the dark magic beings. But neither she nor Evander have the nine medallions required...

The past should remain in the past, but it has a nasty habit of shoving its way to the surface. No matter what Aven does a life stolen from her keeps roaring back, bringing with it nothing but torment and heartache. She refuses, however, to let the past define who she is now, and even celebrates a joyous occasion to finally bring happiness to her chaotic life. But the merriment is short-lived when the Ancients, along with the Guardians, try to dictate...