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 narrow my eyes at the man in front of me, Grayson, my bodyguard turned jailor. He's blocking the door I'm trying to exit through. "Why?" I demand, hands on hips, trying to bury my annoyance. I knew leaving the apartment wasn't going to fly, but I'm over being cooped up. "Am I a prisoner?"


He clears his throat and shifts, looking distinctly uncomfortable, which is a funny look on a guy his size and scariness. He actually reaches for his gun and rests his hand on top of it. Probably a habit when he feels threatened. I swallow a grin at the possibility that I'm making this huge military man deeply uncomfortable. It's only going to get worse. 


"Did my husband tell you to block me from leaving our apartment?" I demand stepping closer into his space.


"Commander Fuentes gave orders that you can't leave without permission and an escort. I don't have any excursions outside the apartment cleared with him."


Chapter 64: Taran