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

"Commander, we've temporarily shut down all sector checkpoints and the main gate. We've deployed people throughout Sanctuary with orders to watch for Mrs. Fuentes, Stryker and Stryker's vehicle. I'm confident someone'll report their position soon." Bossman follows me out to my car, giving me the rundown on the search for Taran.


I don't know how long she's been missing, I don't know if she's safe or in danger. I can't imagine Stryker would do anything to hurt her, but I don't know his reason for moving my wife without permission. He can't be in his right mind. He has to know that his actions today have essentially signed his death warrant.


"I should've seen this coming," I mutter my frustration as I open the door to my jeep. I'd tried remaining in one place, in my office at HQ, but the inaction was killing me. I can't remain sitting while my wife and unborn child are missing.


"If you don't mind my saying, you're only one man, Commander."


Chapter 124: Diogo