Bücher von Maci Aurora

A reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, the Fareviews are one step closer to discovering the truth that has them trapped behind the hedge.With the promise of finally learning her mother's secrets, Brinna Fareview and her family gather together. Only somewhere between the truth and lies, Brinna wakes to find she's trapped in a space in between the world awake and the nightmares of her family. All of them are asleep. Learning she has the ability to move from dream to dream, Brinna tries to find a way out of the dream world, but she's stuck, unable to fix what's ailing her family. But then an unexpected thing happens, Lucian Uraiahs, god of day and light, walks into her dream.While Lucian decided a long time ago that Brinna Fareview was a blight on his peace, he can't seem to avoid her. She pops up at every turn, all because his brother is god-yoked to her sister. All Lucian wants is to disappear into the oblivion of the cosmos amidst his shame and guilt, but the unbidden feelings he has for Brinna can't be contained. When Lucian is stripped of his powers for refusing to bend to his father's will, he is imprisoned with only his guilt to keep him company. Except when he falls asleep, he dreams of Brinna and somehow becomes the only link to saving her, her family, and his brother from a spell that could destroy them all.Brinna and Lucian must work together to uncover the secrets they need to break the sleeping spell, but the longer they share their dreams, the more they realize time is against them.

In the Kingdom of Kaloma, a woman is forced to rely on a man to "keep her" and is forbidden from maintaining anything of her own. It's the law.In the remote village of Sevens, at the northernmost point of the kingdom, there lives a family with four daughters and a son, toiling day in and day out together, hopeful a treaty with the boarding kingdom of Jast might change things.When one daughter-at risk of being imprisoned for fighting back-hides away in the Whitling Woods. She stumbles upon a dying man and despite the risk to herself, chooses to save him. Only who he is has the power to change everything...Tarley Fareview, idealistic and stubborn, does what she can to support herself in spite of an unjust Kaloma law. When she fights back after being attacked, she flees into the woods disguised as a boy. While in hiding, she discovers a dying man and must decide if she risks her life to save him. Unable to walk away, Tarley chooses to intervene and works to save the stranger, only little does she know that by doing so she'll also risk the heart she promised herself she'd never give to anyone. When the Crown Prince of Jast, Lachlan Nikolas-forced by the king to attend treaty negotiations with the kingdom of Kaloma in disguise-is attacked, his horse bolts, and they both careen over a cliff, falling to their deaths in a raging river below. Only, miracle of miracles, Lachlan doesn't perish, and instead is given a second chance at life, but at a price. When he wakes, he's not only been stripped of his clothes but also his identity. Saved by a strange woman-in a terrible disguise because she looks nothing like a boy-Lachlan must learn very quickly how to survive in a world where he isn't a prince anymore and with zero skills other than his entitlement and his charm. Unsure who to trust, Lachlan must reinvent himself, learn how to survive, open his heart to discover the truth about worthiness, and discover what it means to sacrifice one's self for true love.

In the Kingdom of Kaloma, women are forced to marry by the age of 26. It's the law.In the remote village of Sevens, at the northernmost point of the kingdom, there lives an impoverished family with four daughters and a son. Without the means to make love matches, the daughters are trapped by their circumstances.When one daughter discovers a golden key deep in the Whitling Woods, it may have the power to change everything...Auri Fareview, practical and realistic, does what she can to serve her family. When she finds a golden key that could be the answer she needs to save her sisters from the unjust Kaloma Marriage Laws, she discovers the treasure might be more than she bargained for. Enchanted, it doesn't just come with a price attached, it's also home to an imprisoned god, who wreaks havoc on her body, her heart, and her soul. And those aren't practical matters. He has the power to break her.Nixus Uraiahs has lost track of how long he's been imprisoned by the spell on the key. There have been six key-keepers, all of whom have failed to break the spell to free him, and Nix knows he's the reason why they haven't. So, he will hold this 7th key-keeper accountable to the bargain of the spell: three wishes and a price for each. There's no hope in her freeing him, however. Nix knows she'll be like all the key-keepers who came before her. Except Auri approaches her wishes differently than any of the others, and Nix begins to see her as more than just a key-keeper. She intrigues him, proving her strength, surprising him, and enchanting him. Though he's entrapped by the enchantment placed on the key, Nix realizes his heart is at risk of being captured by the seventh key-keeper. That is a risk he can't afford to take knowing his villainy is just a single wish away.