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

Diogo's voice comes from behind me and I twist in my chair to look at him. He's dressed in dark clothes from head to foot, leaving off his military outfit for the sake of his people. Tonight, he's one of them. His terrifying war mask, the skull of a Primitive, covers half his face so I can't see his expression, but I know from the sound of his voice that he's in a pensive mood. So am I.


"It's tradition," I answer simply and turn back to my little mirror, leaning forward to put the finishing touches on my own mask, which I've painted on. I'm wearing a ghoulish skeleton, with a red heart across the top of my cheek, just below the sweep of my lashes.


Diogo comes up behind me and drops a kiss on the top of my head. "Stunning, as always."


I smile up at him and then laugh as the lips in the mirror twist into a grotesque smile. I did a really good job of my makeup this year. "How's Blaze?" I ask Diogo.


Chapter 151: Taran