Hi, my name is Nikita Slater and I'm the International Bestselling author of The Queens series, Fire & Vice series, The Sanctuary series, Driven Hearts series and several standalone novels. I've loved the written word my entire life and am an avid reader, as well as a writer. I live, eat and breathe books and I'm always working on something new!
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I live on the beautiful Canadian prairies with my son and crazy awesome dog. I have an unholy affinity for books (especially dark romance), wine, pets and anything chocolate. Despite some of the darker themes in my books (which are pure fun and fantasy), I am a staunch feminist and advocate of equal rights for all races, genders and non-gender specific persons. When I'm not writing, dreaming about writing or talking about writing, I love to help others discover a love of reading and writing through literacy and social work.

Only the strongest can survive in a hostile world ravaged by a disease that turns humans into primitives.

She is the Desert Wren, a rebel bent on providing safe passage to illegal refugees entering into her Sanctuary city. If she’s caught she’ll be executed, but the price is worth the privilege of doing what she knows is right. Except when she’s finally caught, the sentence isn’t death, it’s her freedom.

It’s the Warlord’s job to weed out the weak and sacrifice them for the good of the Sanctuary. Brutal and autocratic, he is the highest authority. The only threat to his dictatorship is a rebel faction rising up from the slums of his city. When he arrests a rebel leader, the Desert Wren, he sees his redemption. She will help him guide Sanctuary into the future. He just needs to convince his little captive that she’s better off with him than flying free.

What is the price of Sanctuary in a dying world and is it worth the sacrifice?


The Sanctuary Series

I'm shocked by the dust and smoke filling the air as we step out the front doors of the Tower. The cloud from the explosion seems to have moved quickly, swathing the city. All four of us, Garrett, Dee, Milla, and I, stare to the west where great billows of smoke are rising up into the air and being pushed outward by the wind. It's difficult to see the extent of the damage past the other buildings, but the sheer amount of dust flying toward us indicates that the rebels meant business when they decided to take down a section of the wall.


"Explosives," Garrett mutters as he opens the door to a vehicle. Milla and Dee climb in without a second thought. I pause for a second, torn. The destruction of the wall is a huge step in the rebellion. I don't know why they've done it, but I do know they would have to have a good reason. Even if I don't agree with the method. Someone could've been killed. 


"Taran," Garrett snaps impatiently from next to his vehicle indicating that I should get in. 


Chapter 45: Taran