Traitor of Villains

Hero. Traitor. It all depends on which side you're watching from. When the vicious ruling mages launched a war against their heirs, they tore the magical community in two-and I walked out on my family to stand with their enemies. You could say I was championing compassion over tyranny, but really it was pure self-preservation. Two years after our victory, I'm tutoring a way-too-charming heir who's totally off limits, dodging my parents' vengeful spells, and trying to figure out where I'll land after graduation. My once-prestigious ancestry isn't doing me any favors. Most of my peers look at me with more suspicion than warmth. Then a mysterious, brooding man arrives on campus with news of a conspiracy that could destroy our newfound peace. To unravel it, I'll have to reconnect with the dark side of our community. Disavow my few friends. Woo the mages who idolize my family. If I fail, they'll probably kill me. By now, I know there are worse things than death. And this might be my one chance to prove I'm more than a traitor-to my allies and myself. But with the charming heir and the mysterious brooder along for the ride-two bad ideas I can barely resist-and a horror from my past rising from the ashes, I'm in way over my head. Will I win the day? Ha. The real question is, how much am I going to lose? *Crooked Magic is the first in a new urban fantasy trilogy set in the Villain Academy world. Enter here for magical conspiracies, an outcast heroine, and a fraught romance where she'll get to keep both her suitors.*

I thought I was fighting to prove myself, but it turns out I've been duped. The traitor betrayed… I guess there's a certain poetic irony to that. Unfortunately, neither poetry nor irony is going to get me or the guy I inadvertently dragged into this mess to safety. I've got nothing left to bargain with. So when the worst of our betrayers offers us a way out, what choice do I have but to take it? There's a long journey ahead of us, one I couldn't have been prepared for. One that'll require I somehow trust the last person I want to. One that'll push all three of us to our limits-with no guarantee that we'll make it to the end alive.

My enemies have dug their claws into me far deeper than I ever realized. All I wanted was to help the people who've supported me so much... and instead I've become their greatest threat. With every expert the barons can draw on struggling to pick apart the strange magic lodged inside me, while one of my new lovers is forced to keep his distance, I can't help wondering if my parents have won after all. I'll be lucky to even survive the next few weeks. But that means I don't have much to lose. Cressida Warbury was once one of the ruling mean girls of Blood U. I gave up my bullying ways, but maybe it's time to bring the bitch back-and turn her lose on the villains who thought they could destroy me. *Rebel Destiny is the third and final book in a new urban fantasy trilogy set in the Villain Academy world. Enter here for magical conspiracies, an outcast heroine, and a fraught romance where she'll get to keep both her suitors.*