INTO THE CROOKED PLACE (#1)

INTO THE CROOKED PLACE is the story of a 17-year-old girl dealing in dark magic who embarks on a quest for redemption after her greed causes the death of a loved one.

Tavia Syn has grand plans after her contract as a busker is up. Just seven months to go and she'll pack up her dark-magic wares and turn her back on Creije for good. She'll explore foreign cities, climb distant mountains and sail across stormy seas - anything to put the past and her contentious relationships with her underboss, Wesley Thornton Walcott, behind her.

Wesley is on a mission. After growing up on streets, he won't stop until he has brought the entire country to kneel before him and his kingpin. If only Tavia would get on board with his plans...

But with her freedom in sight, Tavia makes a crucial mistake: she delivers a vial of dark magic - a weapon she didn't know she had - to someone she cares about, sparking the greatest conflict the world has seen in decades. Forced to confront her own role in the making of the kingpin's underground empire, Tavia sets out to right her wrongs, but she can't do it alone. She'll need Wesley and a few choice allies, including the notorious fighter Karam Kaur, and resistance spy Saxony Akintola, beside her.

First Book in a duology.