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 pace the apartment in agitation as I await news of Diogo's meeting with Emery. I know he's met her, and I just hope he sees the sweet woman beneath the tough, sometimes abrasive exterior. She's not one to hold back her opinion if she thinks a person has done something they shouldn't. But she's also very sweet, exactly the person I need to be with right now.


The door opens and Diogo strides in, his cloak of arrogance firmly in place. The implacable grim look on his face causes my heart to sink. The meeting didn't go well. She said something he didn't like or maybe even refused to come. After all, the Tower is a key building in Sanctuary and it firmly belongs to the Warlord's side. 


I'm about to demand an explanation for my missing friend when she pops out from behind Diogo. His broad body was blocking my view of her. 


"Emery!" I grin and launch myself at her. 


Chapter 97: Taran