Revised Edition: Previously Bitter Ashes Acts 1-4 Madeline knew her life was strange, and not just because she could sense the emotions of others. Having people die by your hand on two separate occasions can make a girl question her very existence. Still, she never thought she'd wake up in a world straight out of Norse myth. A world where corpses reanimate all on their own . . . and she's supposed to be their executioner. A normal person would run screaming into the night, but there's something about dark and alluring Alaric that's giving Madeline pause, and it's not the fact that he turns a little feline from time to time.

"Betrayal is a funny thing. The sting of it often sticks with us longer than the thrill of love, the fire of hatred, or the emptiness of loss. Betrayal eats at us when we know we should be happy, and it overwhelms us when we're already sad." Madeline had hoped to call the Salr home, but hope can be a cruel thing. Now on the run from the very people who introduced her to her new world, she'll struggle not only with her view of those around her, but with her view of herself. She'll have to enlist the help of a mischievous Viking if she hopes to survive, thought she's afraid he might be the one who kills her.

With their enemies nipping at their heels, time is running short for Madeline and Alaric. They can’t run forever. To stand a chance at survival, they must summon an ancient deity to aid them. Unfortunately, gods can be finicky, and if there’s one thing that Madeline has learned, it’s that no one does any thing for free.

The best way to win a race against time is to warp its bounds. At least, according to Mikael it is. Still, leaving an entire village of people to their deaths is tough to swallow, and Madeline isn't sure she can handle it. She's not even sure if she wants to. It would be easy to give up, but too many lives hang in the balance. Unfortunately half of those lives might have to be sacrificed to save the others, including those Madeline holds most dear.

The old gods have returned, and there will be hell to pay. Now that Madeline knows her true origins, she must face the old gods’ judgment. She shouldn’t exist, and they know it. The world has been irreparably changed, and perhaps the Vaettir no longer have a place in it. Madeline thought that once she destroyed her rival she would be safe. Now she knows just how wrong she was.

The epic conclusion to the Bitter Ashes series! Madeline has faced many things, from immortals, to gods, to loved ones lost and gained. Now she’ll face the ultimate trial, outwitting the All Father himself. Will she survive to see her daughter grow up, or will time and fate be irreparably damaged, throwing not just earth, but all worlds into chaos? Find out in Truth or Death, the final story in a series about the balance between life and death, light and dark, and all things in between!

Madeline can ignore the monsters at the door as long as she likes. The monster in the mirror is another story entirely. The first time Madeline killed, she convinced herself it wasn’t her fault. The second time, she couldn’t really argue the facts. As an empath with the gift of death, her life is riddled with pain and confusion. When she’s kidnapped in the middle of the night and thrown into a secret world more twisted than her darkest nightmares, everything begins to make sense. The Vaettir claim to be the children of the gods, created by the fates themselves, but not all gods are good, and the dark powers surrounding Madeline are no exception. She’s not sure if Alaric is friend or foe, but something about him calls out to her, and it isn’t the fact that he turns a little feline from time to time. Along with Alaric and his sister Sophie, Madeline finds herself in the middle of an ancient mystery with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Her dark gifts may just be the key to everything, but will she be able to accept them in time? Content some darker themes are present in these books that may not be suitable for all audiences. This set \-Death Cursed \-Collide and Seek \-Rock, Paper, Shivers