The Gifted Series
In a kingdom where those with elemental magic—the Gifted—are mercilessly persecuted, Princess Alina Everglen has lived her life behind palace walls, shielded from the realities of her own people’s suffering. Raised under the watchful eyes of her stern father, King Edmund, and her distant mother, Alina is expected to embody royal perfection, even as she secretly yearns for freedom and belonging. Her world is upended when a devastating magical storm brings rebel invaders into the palace, and Alina is abducted by Kael Stormborne, the charismatic and brooding leader of the rebellion.
Taken to the rebels’ hidden mountain stronghold, Alina is thrust into a harsh new reality. She is forced to question everything she knows as she witnesses the rebels’ humanity and discovers her own long-suppressed magical Gift. Despite distrust from many, she begins training under Kael’s watchful eye, and a forbidden romance kindles between them. But tensions run high and threaten to destroy the fragile trust she builds, culminating in a crisis that forces Alina to confront the truth about her family, herself, and the future she desires.
As war looms, Alina must decide: will she take responsibility for herself and stand with the Gifted, risking everything for love, justice, and a new destiny?
Winds and Whispers is a story about people. You'll be in Alina's head and heart, living with her through everything that is thrown at her. There is danger, action and magic - but not overwhelmingly so. What happens between people who are caught in a storm is what this story is about.
If you’re looking for a fantasy romance that feels intimate, emotionally immersive, and deeply human, Winds and Whispers was written for you.
Caught up in the City’s rebel group, Alina finds herself torn between duty, loyalty, and desire. Once a sheltered princess, she now navigates the shadowy alleys and smoky taverns as a stranger—and a potential threat—among those fighting to overthrow the Crown. While Kael, the enigmatic rebel leader, draws her with his intensity and hidden scars, Darius, a charming partisan, tempts her with the promise of a life unburdened by destiny. As she’s pulled between these two men and the causes they represent, Alina must decide not only whom to trust but who she really is.
But the stakes rise sharply when the Crown unveils a new weapon: a cruel innovation capable of stripping the Gifted of their power and erasing hope for an entire generation. When Alina is captured, her spirit and her magic are tested to the breaking point. The experience leaves her forever changed—marking her with both trauma and a newfound resolve. Her ordeal becomes the turning point for the rebellion, galvanizing allies and exposing hidden enemies.
As ancient forests burn and old prophecies stir, the fate of the kingdom comes to rest on Alina’s choices—her heart, her courage, and the untapped depths of her Gift.
As the ancient woods burn and the Gifted’s magic flickers on the edge of extinction, Alina Evergarden and Kael Blackthorn lead the last desperate resistance against a tyrant king. Hunted by the Crown’s relentless armies and haunted by prophecy, the rebels' only hope lies in a fragile alliance—and a love tested by jealousy, sacrifice, and the scars of war.
When the enigmatic Silent Order emerges with secrets that could remake or ruin the realm, Alina must risk everything to unite the fractured Gift and restore the heart of magic. But the cost may be more than she can bear.
In the crucible of battle, love and power will fuse, betrayals will ignite, and the fate of the kingdom will be decided by those willing to burn for it.
In a world where nothing is spared by fire, will hope and love rise from the ashes—or be lost forever to fate?
