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 watch suspiciously as the Bishop guy pulls a needle and some other equipment from his desk. I narrow my eyes at him when he approaches. Despite my death stare he smiles widely and explains what he's doing. Or what he's about to do.


"I'm going to draw several samples of your blood to see if I can isolate the protein that makes you and your sister immune to the Death Kiss. I'll need you to hold your arm like this, on this little table here."


I'm sitting on a chair next to a table. He picks my arm up and places the elbow on the table and then extends the arm with the inside facing up. When he picks up the needle, I start to pull back.


"Where I'm from we don't stick pointy things in each other unless we intend to kill the other person with it." Taran giggles from across the room and I glare at her.


"Pointy things," she says and laughs even harder.


"Real mature, sister. Is there a reason you have sex on the brain?"


Chapter 140: Skye