The Congregation

The boy she was certain about just told her the truth-he was never hers to begin with.Three weeks ago, a gray-eyed stranger pulled Ellyce and Benson out of their world and into a war. Now she's a prisoner in a crumbling tower, forced to read her father's books day after day to prepare for a battle she never wanted, while back home, half of Hayvenhurst has vanished underground to live among monsters, and a rising power called the Congregation tightens its grip on everything left standing.Ellyce can live with the war. What she can't live with is what Benson finally admits-he isn't her bashert. He never was.The future she always imagined was never hers to begin with.According to Benson, the soulmate chosen for her is someone else-the last person she would ever choose, and someone she has every reason to fear. But there's no time to fall apart. The Congregation came for power once before and now their master is hunting the seven keys that open the realms. If he breaches the gates out of order, every realm falls. Ellyce and Benson have to get there first.But then, Sydney Parker drops a bombshell that changes everything, and Ellyce realizes saving the realms may cost her far more than her life.There will be a war. There will be a wedding. Choose whom you will serve. I grew up in a tiny, magical town in Illinois-total population: 800. In 2014, I brought my love of books, a Midwest hankering for a good Horseshoe Sandwich (also known as fat-on-a-plate), and Southern Sweet Tea to sunny SoCal.About an hour north of Los Angeles, I live with my husband, Craig, two of our three kids, and our sweet, slightly neurotic, standard poodle, Eisley. My oldest daughter flies the friendly skies, so if you see a super cute flight attendant named, Elyssa, be sure to say, hello!When I'm not chasing Eisley, or chauffeuring my teens around town, I'm writing. For seventeen-year-old Ellyce Jensen, the world is spiraling out of control.The week before her birthday, her father disappears. Then, by accident, she finds a secret room in his closet. But she can't tell anyone, including her best friend, Benson Monroe, because he's now her ex-boyfriend. He's also dating her nemesis, Sydney Parker. And if that wasn't enough, a solar flare erupts, plunging the entire world into darkness and chaos.As Ellyce uncovers the truth about Thomas' life, she discovers the ancient prophecies and the stories of the seven realms he wrote about are true, and a war is coming. With no time to lose, Ellyce will have to choose which kingdom she's willing to serve as she prepares to battle against the people she thinks she can trust-and the supernatural forces trying to stop her.You're invited to embark upon a story ripe with ingenuity and intrigue as Ellyce Jensen unlocks the secrets of the seven realms and finds herself entangled in an epic battle between two ancient kingdoms.