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Anastasis Blythe

For fans of Elise Kova’s Air Awakens and Leigh Bardugo, this romantic fantasy adventure of a plucky shapeshifter and her handsome rival is sure to enthrall!

Can they stop almost killing each other long enough to save their empire? Or will his secrets destroy them both?

Sun Aranya just wants a stable job so she can care for her ailing grandfather. After years of relentless magic training, she has finally earned a city wardenship—only to discover on her first day that annoyingly handsome Shi Kai is laying claim to her position.

There’s only one option: they’ll just have to compete for it.

But while Aranya and Kai are forced to work together until one of them wins their competition, trouble brews in the empire. Whispered threats of enemy invasion abound, and magic-wielders are disappearing across the empire without a trace.

Can Aranya and Kai see past their rivalry to discover the fate of the missing magic-wielders? Or will Kai’s secrets destroy them all?

If you love slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, vivid Eastern-inspired worlds, breathtaking adventure, and swoon-worthy heroes, discover The Zheninghai Chronicles, a new romantic fantasy series for fans of Sylvia Mercedes, Kenley Davidson, and Shari L. Tapscott!

Lukas Arnold

Talon David

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The Zheninghai Chronicles

Guardian of Talons and Snares

Read this swoon-worthy standalone prequel novel that readers are calling, “Mulan goes to Hogwarts.” Perfect for fans of Elise Kova’s Air Awakens.

Sixteen-year-old Song Liena is just one of the many peasants in the empire until the discovery of her unexpected magic upends her world. She’s ripped from her family and forced to join the hundreds of elite magic-wielders fighting to graduate from the empire’s rigorous Academy with their lives and honor intact.

But when she’s ten years behind her rich classmates who have the best training money can buy, everything—from the weekly battles against other wielders, to dangerous Night Games, to hunts for the monstrous mo gui—becomes another opportunity for death’s cold grip to claim her.

The enigmatic Crown Prince, rumored to possess unstoppable fire magic, takes an unexpected interest in her, leaving her to wonder exactly what the future emperor wants from a poor farm girl—and what lengths he will go to get it from her.
She will need every scrap of determination to survive the ruthless environment.

Because once you enter the Academy of Zheninghai, the options become succeed . . . or die.

If you love swoony-sweet romances, vivid Eastern-inspired worlds, Mulan vibes, and dark academia, discover Maiden of Candlelight and Lotuses, the prequel to the romantic fantasy series The Zheninghai Chronicles, for fans of Sylvia Mercedes, Kenley Davidson, and Shari L. Tapscott!

Maiden of Candlelight and Lotuses

They’ll save their empire—or be each other’s downfall.

After narrowly escaping the clutches of the conniving and dangerous Shi family, Aranya and Kai find it more difficult than ever to work together amid the pressures of their secret mission, and the constant danger of the monster-ridden wilderness they travel.

An unexpected kiss only serves to complicate things further.

Can Aranya learn to trust Kai? Or will the slow unraveling of his secrets doom the chance of them becoming anything more than enemies?

Will it be Kai’s knife that finds its way into her heart?

If you love slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, vivid Eastern-inspired worlds, breathtaking adventure, and swoon-worthy heroes, download the next installment (and final book featuring Kai and Aranya as leads) of The Zheninghai Chronicles, a new romantic fantasy series for fans of Sylvia Mercedes, Kenley Davidson, and Shari L. Tapscott!

Warrior of Blade and Dusk

The Zheninghai Chronicles - The book series

The Zheninghai Chronicles - The book series

The Zheninghai Chronicles books in order

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