Books in the Awakened Fate series

Running away from home was never Chloe Kowalski's plan. Neither was ending up the target of killers, or having her body change in unusual ways. She only wanted a vacation, someplace far from her crazy parents and their irrational fear of water. She only wanted to do something normal for once, and maybe get to know her best friend's hot stepbrother a bit better at the same time.But the first day she goes out on the ocean, strange things start to happen. Dangerous things that should be impossible. Things to which 'normal' doesn't even begin to apply.Now madmen are hunting her. A mysterious guy with glowing blue eyes is following her. And her best friend's stepbrother seems to be hiding secrets all his own.It was supposed to be a vacation. It's turning out to be a whole lot more.~ Book One of the Awakened Fate Series ~

Chloe always dreamed of visiting the ocean, and now the ocean is the only place she has left to go. Trapped in the form of a mermaid and on the run from the Sylphaen, her best chance for safety lies in traveling with Zeke to his underwater home and staying under his protection there.Leaving isn't easy, however. Her best friend doesn't know where she's gone, and her family doesn't either. She's been forced to abandon Noah, the boy she's liked for years and who she's just discovered likes her too. She only hopes Zeke's people will help her so she can return soon.But when conspiracies follow her and people start to die, safety becomes harder to find than ever. The Sylphaen are coming. They're more powerful than she could have imagined.And they're not through with Chloe yet.~ Book Two of the Awakened Fate Series ~

For Chloe, the ocean was supposed to mean safety and for a time, it almost did. She overcame the Sylphaen's drugs. She discovered an unforeseen attraction to Zeke, one that he shares for her. A life underwater seemed possible, until she learned that nothing was as it appeared.After an unspeakable betrayal shattered everything she thought she knew about Zeke's world, she and Zeke have fled the ocean for the one place Chloe never expected to want to go.Home.But the challenge of living as a mermaid over a thousand miles from the ocean isn't the only problem facing her. Home has changed. Enemies are waiting, ones she never saw coming. Her little Kansas town is full of surprises.Including Noah, the guy she left behind.~ Book Three of the Awakened Fate Series ~

Chloe hoped that going home would keep her enemies away from her. She thought she could trust her parents to protect her, no matter how much they feared mermaids and the ocean.It nearly cost her life to find out she was wrong.Surviving a mad scientist and Noah's bloodthirsty relatives was only the beginning, however. An ancient creature is after her, one that's risen from its sleep to hunt her, and one that almost destroyed the world last time it awoke. To save herself and everyone she loves, Chloe's only chance lies in travelling to meet Ellie's mysterious teacher, Olivia, one of the elusive landwalker elders.But Chloe has trusted people before. She's tried to escape the madness that's chasing her before. And nearly everybody who's learned her secret has ended up wanting to use her or kill her.Will Olivia's betrayal be next?~ Book Four of the Awakened Fate Series ~

After barely surviving another attack on her life, Chloe has only one option left. Magic given to her by the wizard Joseph offers her the chance to save the world from the ancient enemy she faces, but only if she sacrifices her ability to become a mermaid or else leaves the land behind forever. With no control over which side of her heritage she'll become, Chloe may lose everything, including the two guys who both have claimed her heart.But when a desperate message arrives, the stakes become even higher. Zeke has been captured. The Sylphaen surround him. And if Chloe tries to save him, Zeke's brother promises to make certain she dies.She's running out of options and she's running out of time. Zeke's life hangs on one side of the balance and the fate of the world is on the other. Chloe has to make a choice.One that will change her life forever.~Book Five of the Awakened Fate Series~

One summer later...Ari Moreau knows all about mermaids, but they've never heard of people like her. Hidden in plain sight, the wizards of the ancient world still thrive, rich and privileged and far from the ocean magic that could kill them all.But when an evening party turns into a bloody ambush, Ari's hidden world is shattered. Assassins from the underwater kingdom of Yvaria have come to kill her people and only the last-minute intervention of a gorgeous boy with inexplicable powers saves her life.Two worlds are about to collide...But the guy who rescued her shouldn't exist. He's impossible in every sense of the word. And the truth of his identity means that nothing in Ari's life will ever be the same again.Book Six of the Awakened Fate Series

Mermaids are deadly.She is something worse.Ari Moreau’s agreement to help her people nearly cost her everything. Her past is gone, stolen by the magical procedures of the Judiciary that rules her people. Her body is no longer her own, twisted into a poisonous sea creature unlike anything the world has ever seen. If not for a last-minute rescue by the Beast, nothing of her would remain.The Judiciary won’t let her go easily, however. Ari is their experiment and the key to all their plans. In the brewing war against the mermaids, the Judiciary will stop at nothing to turn her into their weapon.On the run and outnumbered, Ari and her allies must find a way to restore her memory and reverse what the Judiciary has done. With enemies closing in and time running out, the stakes couldn't be higher, because if they fail, no one above the sea or below will be safe from the monster the Judiciary intends for Ari to become.The Awakened Fate Series#1 - Awaken#2 - Descend#3 - Return#3.5 - Abide: An Awakened Fate Novella#4 - Arise#5 - Become#6 - Rebirth#7 - Memory#8 - Defiance

Captured by the merciless Judiciary, Ari Moreau is a prisoner in her own body. She cannot move. Cannot speak. Immediate death awaits if she reveals that even a trace of her true identity still exists. Her only hope is that her family remains safe and that somehow the wizard resistance does too.But when she learns the Judiciary is pursuing a mysterious new target beneath the waves, her situation becomes even more dire. If the Judiciary finds what they seek, they will crush the wizard resistance and the mermaids alike-and they intend for Ari to lead them straight to their goal.To fight back could mean death. To remain hidden will mean the loss of everyone she loves. With the fate of the world at stake and no one to fight by her side, can Ari break free in time to save her family and her people from annihilation?

The Beast is dead.Long live the Beast.After narrowly escaping death at the hands of the Judiciary, Ari found unexpected allies in the depths of the sea. With the mermaids and the Beast beside her, she chased her enemies through the ocean, only to discover a deadlier threat than she could have imagined waiting in the sunken ruins of a place that had been lost a thousand years before.And in one moment, everything changed.Now, the Beast is gone. The mermaid world is in tatters. Ancient magic has turned Ari's worst enemy into a force unrivaled on land and sea, a monster more terrible than the Beast had ever been. Ari's friends and family are in mortal danger, and Chloe and the mermaids are the only hope to save the wizards from total annihilation.In the war against the Judiciary, the mermaids and wizards must join together or else the entire world will fall.