Born half-human and half-nightmare inflictor, seventeen-year-old Nadia Petrov struggles to find balance between her humanity and her predatory side. She must invade dreams to survive, though she hates inflicting terror in people. Embarrassed and conflicted by who she is, Nadia is an outcast even in her community of people with special abilities. Nadia relies on volunteers—thrill-seekers and horror junkies—to allow her to intrude their dreams. After an incident leaves her feeling more like a monster than ever, she fights to gain control over her ability. Can Nadia win the battle within herself before her humanity is lost forever? The Nightmare Inflictor is a prequel short story to the Destined for Dreams series.

Seventeen-year-old Nadia Petrov is an outcast in her tight-knit community of people with special abilities. Nadia must invade people’s dreams to survive. She sneaks into sleeping victims’ rooms, slips into their heads, and then turns their dreams into horrifying nightmares. When a new girl arrives at her compound, Nadia can’t resist giving the girl a nightmare. In the dream world, Nadia discovers Hunter Sullivan, a soul trapped in the girl’s mind. Intrigued by Hunter, Nadia secretly builds a relationship with him in the dream world, and they find solace through each other. Unable to accept a love fated for dreams, Nadia must risk losing the safety of her community to help Hunter get back to his body before he’s lost forever.

Life isn’t easy for Nadia Petrov after being cast out from the creature compound she’s known most of her life. Without the protection and resources of the Creature Council, Nadia finds herself at a public high school, among humans, testing her ability to fit in where a sleeping classmate could awaken her nightmare inflictor side. But high school is a dream compared to her love life. Loving Hunter Sullivan, the son of one of the Human Preservation Agency board members, puts Nadia in the face of danger as they risk a relationship outside of the dreams they met in. Falling in love with a nightmare inflictor was the last thing Hunter Sullivan expected from his life, considering he was raised to fear creatures. He poses as an HPA agent to keep Nadia safe, immersing himself in the HPA in hopes of changing the ideals of the organization. When Hunter’s assigned to work at the termination facility, he struggles with wanting to save the lives of others and himself. A rise in HPA activity threatens Hunter and Nadia’s relationship. After someone Nadia loves is captured by the HPA and held prisoner in its termination facility under Hunter’s care, Nadia must decide if life with Hunter is worth it. Their relationship risks exposing Hunter as a traitor to the HPA, but Nadia refuses to let the HPA destroy her life. With the help of friends, Nadia plans to cross enemy lines on a rescue mission while trying to preserve Hunter’s cover. If she fails, not only will it destroy her relationship with Hunter but also kill them both in the aftermath.

Some nightmares shouldn’t be feared. Nadia Petrov’s world is shaken when the Human Preservation Agency robs her of the chance to live a normal life with the boy of her dreams. Locked away at the termination facility, Nadia must hide her nightmare inflicting side as a means of survival because the discovery of her ability would be a death sentence. The only thing keeping Nadia from succumbing to her unbearable circumstances is that Hunter Sullivan, the boy she’s madly in love with, feigns loyalty to the HPA to protect her. Hunter is determined to help Nadia escape from the termination facility even if it’s the last thing he’ll ever do. Treating her like an inmate and watching the HPA attempt to get into her head pushes him to his breaking point. After a seemingly fatal decision leaves Nadia’s life hanging in the balance, Hunter and Nadia must fight for a life away from the HPA. But a life together in the real world comes at a cost—one neither can afford to pay. In the final installment of the Destined for Dreams series, love and loyalty are tested, trust is broken, and sacrifices are made.

Weeks after leaving the danger and destruction of their past behind, Nadia Petrov and Hunter Sullivan finally have the chance to start their lives over. When Lovers’ Day, the most romantic day of the year in the creature world, arrives, they finally have the chance to celebrate their everlasting love and new life together. The day spirals downward when new enemies arise from the shadows—enemies more merciless than even the most skilled Human Preservation Agency agent. They threaten to destroy the life Nadia and Hunter fought to create together. As their special day turns to shambles, and the lines between good and evil blur once again, Nadia and Hunter must fight to save themselves and the world they fought so hard to make safe. In a battle that tests whether or not love can conquer all, they must discover who to trust and who the real enemies are before it’s too late.