Guardian Cadet

Merry Arlan: Breaking The Curse is part one of the Guardian Cadet series, an exciting urban fantasy from debut author Will Soulsby-McCreath. It is a series about exploring your place in the world with a healthy dash of magic, adventure, and romance. Merry wants to be a Guardian, there's just a few things standing in her way: her gender, her secret heritage, her penchant for questioning authority. Her repeated petitions turned arguments with the Guardian Commander have got Merry exactly nowhere and, as her second year of study at the Five Towers University nears its end, Merry is starting to worry she won't have a job after Graduation. Or, at least not one beyond her current gig as a bartender. When a Guardian Colonel comes to Merry for help, the logical thing to do is agree, after all Colonel is only one-step down from Commander. But, when that help includes searching the places that will put Merry's security most at risk she has to turn down the opportunity of a lifetime. Until the Colonel sweetens the deal.

Merry Arlan: Finding The Heir is part two of the Guardian Cadet Series, an adult fantasy series with action adventure, heapings of magic, and a delightful heart-warming romance. Merry has never been a good liar. She is, however, adept at keeping secrets: she's been passing herself off as Human for years. But that ruse and her position as a Guardian Cadet are called into question when the Elven Queen summons Merry to fulfil a role she ran away from years ago: Elven Lord. If she wants out, she has to travel to the Elven Court - a vipers nest of lies and schemes that press against her unwilling bond with a lie-detecting, curse-breaking amulet - to find a replacement before the upcoming Mid-Spring Ball. To deal with the Court and the pain of returning to a house that was once her prison, Merry has to turn to the last person she would expect to help her. And then assassins begin to strike at leaders on the Rubisle.