Fading

YA Romantasy • Small Town Secrets • Fated Love • Hidden Worlds Seventeen-year-old Leath Elliott has never truly belonged in her tiny North Carolina town. Everyone knows her past, everyone whispers about her loss-and no one knows how badly she wants to escape. Her only refuge has always been her dreams. Night after night, she grows up alongside a boy with storm-gray eyes, a boy who feels more real than anyone in her waking life. Then James Turner arrives in Woodvine. He's the quiet, mysterious new guy. And impossibly, he's the boy from her dreams-exactly as she's always been seeing him. James hasn't come by accident. He crossed worlds to find Leath, drawn by a connection neither of them can fully explain. And now that he has, he wants her to come with him-to a hidden world she's never seen and a destiny she never chose. But secrets run deep. And James isn't telling her everything. Because their bond was never random. And falling in love may be the most dangerous thing they've ever done. Fading is the first book in The Fading Series, a clean YA romantasy featuring dream magic, slow-burn romance, hidden worlds, and a heroine forced to choose between the life she knows and a destiny she never asked for. Tropes: Fated Love, Dream Magic, Mysterious New Boy, Hidden Worlds, Impossible Romance Tone: Emotional, Atmospheric, Romantic Heat Level: Clean Romance Comps: The Vampire Diaries (no vampires), Fallen, Beautiful Creatures

YA Romantasy • Hidden Worlds • Star-Crossed Love • Memory Magic Leath Elliott is done running. There's only one thing that matters now-finding James Turner, the boy whose love was written into her dreams long before she ever met him. But searching for someone across worlds comes at a cost. Reality itself is shifting behind her. Memories are unraveling. And the moment Leath leaves Woodvine, she knows she could lose everything she's ever known-even her mother's memory of her existence. So she travels light. A silver heart locket from Victor. A wedding token shaped like a J from James. And the pistol she never leaves behind. That's it. Because now that Leath remembers the truth-about James, about their bond, about the dreams that tied them together-she refuses to let him fade away again. But Judaculla is not welcoming her back. And the secrets waiting there are darker than she imagined. Some truths were never meant to be uncovered. And some loves demand everything in return. Searching is the second book in The Fading Series, a clean YA romantasy featuring memory magic, cross-world journeys, slow-burn romance, and a heroine willing to risk her entire reality for the boy she refuses to forget. Tropes: Lost Memories, Searching Across Worlds, Star-Crossed Lovers, Dream-Connected Romance, "I Will Find You" Energy Tone: Emotional, Tense, Romantic Heat Level: Clean Romance Comps: The Vampire Diaries (no vampires), Beautiful Creatures, Fallen

YA Romantasy • Hidden Worlds • Dangerous Magic • Love Under Siege Leath Elliott thought she finally had control. Her memories are restored. Her heart belongs to James. And her future balances between two worlds she's only just begun to understand. But Judaculla magic doesn't stay contained-not anymore. It's bleeding into Leath's world, twisting shadows where they shouldn't exist and whispering truths she was never meant to hear. Then an unexpected offer arrives… From someone who was once her enemy. Someone who claims to have answers-and suddenly wants to help. Leath doesn't know if she's being manipulated, warned, or handed a truth that could shatter everything she believes. Meanwhile, James is unraveling. Haunted by the past. Hunted by forces he can't outrun. Pulled between two worlds that are slowly destroying him. As time runs out, Leath is forced to confront the question she's avoided for too long: Does she truly know the boy she's risked everything for? Or has she been loving a dream all along? When magic turns deadly and lies run deep, love may not be enough to save them. Pretending is the third book in The Fading Series, a clean YA romantasy filled with dream-bound love, shifting realities, hidden agendas, and the cost of believing in someone when the truth refuses to stay buried. Tropes: Lovers Pulled Apart, Enemies-to-Uneasy-Allies, "Do I Really Know You?" Tension, Magic Bleeding Into the Real World, Secrets & Hidden Motives, Race Against Time Tone: Darkly Romantic, Emotional, Suspenseful Heat Level: Clean Romance Comps: The Vampire Diaries (no vampires), Beautiful Creatures, Fallen, A Discovery of Witches

YA Romantasy • Hidden Worlds • Dangerous Truths • Love Under Fire Leath Elliott has survived fractured memories, shifting timelines, and a love that defies the laws of two worlds. But when James's father disappears, one truth becomes impossible to ignore- they won't stop until they bring him home. Returning to Judaculla should have meant familiar danger. Instead, Leath is forced to walk through literal fire just to cross the veil. And that's only the beginning. Judaculla is unraveling. Someone close-too close-is entangled with the Elders in ways Leath never suspected. Old alliances rot from the inside. And when the truth finally surfaces, it arrives soaked in blood-a friend she trusted has committed murder. Now Leath and James are trapped in a world on the brink, forced to confront: • corruption spreading through the Elders' ranks • secrets that have followed James since childhood • and the terrifying possibility that freedom may cost more than love can survive As enemies close in and loyalties fracture, love becomes their greatest strength- and their most dangerous vulnerability. Because in Judaculla, belief is power… and believing in the wrong person can get you killed. Believing is the fourth book in The Fading Series, a clean YA romantasy filled with hidden worlds, political intrigue, dangerous magic, and a slow-burn romance tested by loyalty, truth, and sacrifice. Tropes: Crossing Through Fire, Hidden Traitors, Ride-or-Die Romance, Corrupt Magical Council, Secrets Within Secrets, Fighting for Freedom Tone: Dark, Emotional, Suspense-Driven Heat Level: Clean Romance Comps: The Vampire Diaries (no vampires), Beautiful Creatures, Shadowhunters

YA Romantasy • Final Book • Revolution • Love as Defiance Leath Elliott has spent her life walking between two worlds. Now both are on the verge of collapse. Judaculla is spiraling toward open rebellion. Ancient laws are breaking. Magic is growing unstable. And the Elders' grip on power is finally slipping. At the center of the coming storm is a truth no one can ignore- a single future-changing force that could redefine every family, every bond, and every rule Judaculla was built on. Victor is rising into a role Leath never imagined he would claim. James is fighting battles no prophecy ever prepared him for-against destiny, against power, and against those determined to turn him into a weapon. And Leath stands between them. To protect the people she loves, she must risk everything she is: her memories, her safety, and the fragile future she's fought so hard to build. Because in a world tearing itself apart, love isn't a weakness. It's an act of rebellion. In the explosive final book of The Fading Series, loyalty is tested, ancient laws crumble, and Leath must decide what she's willing to sacrifice- and what she's willing to shatter-to save the ones she loves. Shattering is the fifth and final book in The Fading Series, a clean YA romantasy filled with hidden worlds, political upheaval, dangerous magic, and a slow-burn romance that culminates in hard choices, earned hope, and lasting love. Tropes: Rebellion & Political Upheaval, Reluctant Leader Rising, Love as Defiance, Found Family, High-Stakes Magic, Ancient Laws Crumbling, Final Battle Tension Tone: Emotional, Epic, High-Stakes Heat Level: Clean Romance Comps: The Vampire Diaries (no vampires), Beautiful Creatures, emotionally driven romantasy finales with revolution and sacrifice