Banished

Banished is Book One in this stunning coming-of-age adventure - where one girl takes on a mission to banish evil and hold back the night ...

Kit is proud to be a Blackhart, now she's finally encountered her unorthodox cousins and their strange lives. And her home-schooling now includes spells, fighting enemy fae and using ancient weapons. But it's not until she rescues a rather handsome fae prince, fighting for his life on the edge of Blackhart Manor, that her training really kicks in. With her family away on various missions, Kit must protect Prince Thorn, rely on new friends and use her own unfamiliar magic to stay ahead of Thorn's enemies.

As things go from bad to apocalyptic, fae battle fae in a war that threatens to spill into the human world. Then Kit pits herself against the Elder Gods themselves - it's that or lose everyone she's learnt to love. While writing her debut novel, de Jager fostered her love of YA and genre fiction by developing the popular My Favourite Books review blog. This ran for seven years and enabled her to gain a unique insight into the publishing industry. She grew up in South Africa and now lives and works in the UK with her husband Mark. Banished is de Jager's debut novel. Banished is Book One in this stunning coming-of-age adventure - where one girl takes on a mission to banish evil and hold back the night...