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

We drive to Bishop's office together in the jeep, neither of us speaking. Diogo drives ridiculously slow, to the point that I almost think he wants me to break my vow of silence and berate him into driving faster so we can actually get to the appointment on time. But he's not trying to get to me, he's taking extreme caution with Blaze's safety. Our son is cradled in my arms as we drive and could be easily hurt if Diogo were to hit something. Though he'd scoured the city for child safety seats, he'd come up empty-handed. So few people drive, that there's just no reason to keep them around.


When we finally arrive, I reach for the door, eager to get inside, but Diogo says, "Don't move." His voice is hard and implacable. I can feel him reaching the end of his patience with me. Actually I'm pretty impressed with his patience so far. Or I would be if I wasn't so furiously angry at him.


Chapter 130: Taran