Azanelle was a rising star of the academy — brilliant, sensual, and determined to push the Violet Realm’s magic beyond its carnal roots. She had love, promise, and centuries ahead to pursue her passions.
Then fate intervened. Her mother, the Empress Paramour, fell to a mysterious illness, and Azanelle was torn from her studies and thrust onto the throne. Unprepared for politics, she struggled to balance duty with her thirst for knowledge.
But power always attracts shadows. As Azanelle grappled with the burdens of rule, desire twisted to betrayal, and her closest bonds began to unravel.
This is the story of her fall — a tale of love corrupted, magic undone, and a Realm cast backwards on the edge of a new age.
The Fall of Azanelle is a prequel novella in The Burning Stones series. It stands alone, but opens the path to Unleashing the Spiral.
For readers who crave dark romantasy — where passion empowers, desire betrays, and the most dangerous magic is born in the body.

Sandra McConnely never believed in magic. But when an ancient circle of stones drags her into a realm of shadow and desire, she discovers a world where power is earned through ritual, submission, and dangerous pleasure.

The Violet Realm is ruled by treachery and temptation. Every gift Sandra gains comes with a cost: strength bound to the body, skills awakened through rites of hunger and surrender. To survive, she must navigate erotic trials, fae bargains, and creatures who blur the line between seduction and terror.

Jasper, the one man who tethered her to normality, is loses his way. To save him, Sandra must embrace the very forces that threaten to consume her — even if it means losing herself to the Realm’s intoxicating pull.

A dark romantasy for readers who crave sensual magic, dangerous bargains, and a heroine who discovers her power where passion and peril meet.