Forbidden Alchemy

âThis book is a pressure-cooked vial crafted with perfect romantic tension and pure gangster-style grit ⦠I loved every chapterâ RAVEN KENNEDY, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Plated Prisoner series. 

Australian BookTok star Stacey McEwanâs stunning new slow-burn romantasy duology traces a fated pair who stumble upon a world-changing secret in youth and are catapulted into a violent class war in adulthood, finding each other amidst love, loss and devasting betrayals.

Nina Harrow and Patrick Colson are only twelve years old when they are whisked from their disenfranchised mining towns to dazzling Belavere City to test for magical abilities. Ninaâs lifelong dream is to become an Artisan, a powerful elemental mage who fulfills the cityâs grand ambitions, while Patrick wants only to reunite with his family of Craftsmen in the mines. 

But together, they discover a devastating secret: Artisans arenât born, theyâre chosen. 

With this information, they part ways. Patrick returns home, while Nina finds her place as one of the rarest, most coveted types of Artisan.

When a Craftsman revolution ignites years later, Nina is captured by Patrickâs rebel group â" and he hasnât forgotten her. In fact, he needs her help for a mission that could shift the tides against Belavere City. She reluctantly agrees to aid him, battling the sparks between them. But when Ninaâs first love reappears, asking her to betray Patrick for the Artisans, she faces an impossible choice that will determine the fate of their world. 

A concoction of all the best romantasy tropes:

Elemental magic 
Found family
Tension & Slow burn 
Political Intrigue / Class War

What readers and authors have been saying about A Forbidden Alchemy:

âIf I could give this book more than 5 stars I would ⦠This story has the morally gray characters of my dreams!! â¦ I will be telling everyone that I know to read this book. I NEED MORE!!â READER REVIEW, 5 stars

âIâm never going to shut up about this book ⦠the romantasy book youâll never get overâ HANNAH NICOLE MAEHRER, internationally bestselling author of Assistant to the Villain

âIt catapults readers into an immersive romance, a rustic setting, dynamic characters, a world of secrets, ghastly betrayals ... I am obsessed with this book ⦠this is the best romantasy I''ve readâ READER REVIEW, 5 stars