She’d given up on magic—but this club won’t take no for an answer

You’re invited to join the most exclusive—and dangerous—club in town….

Esme Wallace is happy to read tarot cards for Toronto’s bar scene dupes. But she doesn’t like it when the cards get too loud. When they tell her change is coming. And it does: in the form of handsome, rich Julian Holt. Esme can’t help but fall under Julian’s spell—until he inducts Esme into his ultra-secret magic club and asks her to train under his brainy best friend. 

Michael Cairns acts like he detests Esme, but could he have another motive for keeping her at arm’s length? Yet, as Esme’s life begins to unravel and it looks like dark magic may be responsible, she turns to the lone club member she can trust—and the one man whose arms she shouldn’t enjoy.

Because sometimes magic crosses over. Sometimes, it wants you dead. And once you’re in this club, there’s only one way out.

Coming soon.

Truth is more dangerous than fiction…in this exhilarating upper YA fantasy that will capture fans of Shadow and Boneand Dark Water Daughter

In ancient times, the Elder Wrights breathed their magic into the fabric of the seven seas. Now what was once an ocean of plenty is slowly becoming a sea of death, and the Talin—a race of hidden mages—are beginning to starve.

And for the first time ever, one of their own has no magic.

Ostracized by her own people, Nieve is certain that the old stories hide a missing piece of the puzzle. It’s just a matter of unlocking the secret.

But when a stranger comes sailing into their harbor, Nieve’s world is suddenly blown wide open. Now she’s sailing on the seven seas—with a too-charming, swashbuckling pirate, a group of strange misfits, and a woman who claims to be one of the Elder Wrights.

It’s like Nieve is living one of the stories she’s always loved…only now, she’s weaving a legend of her own.

Except that the old tales don’t mention those journeys that end in tragedy, a king’s calculated interference, or a world poised on the tides of death.

And they certainly don’t mention mutineers with a talent for stealing a girl’s heart…and lying all the while.

In a world of legends, some stories turn deadly. 
It’s been mere months since Nieve SeptÎle—once thought to be the only Talin born without water mage abilities—reopened Llyan’s Gate and flooded magic back into the world. Nieve doesn’t yet have a firm grasp on her new, godlike powers, and when Keir Manseray, the pirate mage who captured her heart, is attacked by mercenaries, she lets slip the fragile threads of her control. But how can she and Manseray make a life together if she is no better than a monster?
Pirate lord and water mage Keir Manseray doesn’t want to part from his true love, even for a short time. Yet, Nieve needs time to learn control, while Manseray—a target of King Hyperion’s war against magic—must act quickly, or see all that he loves suffer. But there are more dark forces at play than just Hyperion’s soldiers. Lurking in the deep, destroying ships across the seven seas, is a terrifying creature that had long been relegated to stories. The Kraken has awakened, and she is claiming victims
When Vauna’s priestesses are captured by Hyperion’s forces, Nieve and Manseray are reunited—but their happiness is fleeting. To free the priestesses, they’ll need to put aside the hunt for Kraken and return to the one place they hoped never to set foot again: Hyperion’s Metal Court. But what is supposed to be a straightforward rescue mission quickly devolves into a desperate gambit for their lives. And soon, a slippery connection is revealed between the water beast and the king’s realm.

Between betrayals and revelations, what surfaces will change everything.

“Confession: I love X-Men and the idea of people developing different kinds of powers, be they psychic or shapeshifting or elemental control. This is exactly what I got in True Born, and it was so cool.” 

– Dani, Dani Reviews Things

“More people need to be reading this series – more teens and adults, alike. It’s a series I am absolutely shocked does not come up in every bookish conversation. … L.E. Sterling’s True Born trilogy is going to be a major game changer in not only young adult literature, but also in the science fiction and dystopian genres.” 

– Wendy, A Cupcake and Latte