Tainted Accords
4 primary works • 10 total works Complete
Book 1
Sometimes it takes death to show you how to live.
I know many things. What I am capable of, what I will change, what I will become. But there is one thing I will never know...
The veil I've worn from birth carries with it a terrible loneliness; a suppression I cannot imagine being free of.
Some things never change...
My mother will always hate me. Her court will always shun me.
...Until they do.
When the peace delegation arrives from the savage world of Glacium, my life is shoved wildly out of control by the handsome Prince Kedrick who, for unfathomable reasons, shows me kindness.
And the harshest lessons are learned.
Sometimes it takes the world bringing you to your knees to find that spark you thought forever lost.
Warning: Cliff-hanger ending. Suitable for mature young adult readers due to swearing.
Book 2
My veil is gone and I need it back.
Stuck in the lethal Outer Rings of Glacium, I must fight to survive. And not just that; my true identity must remain the gravest of secrets. No one can find out I’m the Tatuma of Osolis - the princess of their enemy world - especially now I know why I’ve been veiled my entire life.
I have to believe I can do it, because only then can I continue the search for Prince Kedrick’s murderer and navigate my way back to King Jovan’s castle.
Has my mother refused Jovan’s peace offers and declared war? Do my brothers and Aquin know I’m alive? Who are my enemies and who are my friends?
Nothing is certain.
Though…if I think about it, nothing has been certain in a long time.
Book 3
An army is half way to Glacium.
And not just any army - it belongs to my mother.
Time is running out as I rush to prevent a war which will kill thousands; The Solati people, my brothers, and the many Bruma I’ve come to care for.
Yet it appears preventing this interworld war is just one snowball in an avalanche of problems as the situation in Glacium becomes volatile and destructive. My various identities hover on the edge of discovery forcing me to consider drastic action, and questions I’ve had since the abrupt end of the peace delegation are answered.
The two halves of me tug in opposite directions. The Tatuma of Osolis knows what she should do, and the Olina of Nowhere Special finally knows what feels right.
What it really comes down to is, am I brave enough to follow my heart?
Book 4
The final novel in the bestselling series by Kelly St. Clare, The Tainted Accords
A part of me knew when I was taken from Osolis that upon my return—if I lived long enough to return—I would carry death and destruction to her doorstep.
That is the irony of peace.
It only comes after war.
Book 4.5
Sin is quite content to fornicate, fight, and drink his life away--in that order. He's got friends, he's got goldies, and he's blissfully free of females--during the day, anyway.
Yet when Sin comes across, quite frankly, the ugliest woman he's ever seen, he finds himself offering her friendship, safe in the knowledge he'll never feel anything more.
Even if she's different than any other female he's ever met.
Even when he can't stop thinking about her.
Olorna is still recovering from the harsh effects of starvation in her struggle to survive the war. Now, she feels horribly out of depth as a new member of the Solati court.
Desperate to fit in for her mother's sake, when Olorna receives an offer which will solve all her problems, she is determined to accept despite the consequences.
Even when a man incapable of love steals a kiss from her lips.
Even if she is making the biggest mistake of her life.
PLEASE NOTE: Sin is part of a companion novella series and is designed to be read after books 1-4 in The Tainted Accords.
Book 4.6
The battle was won, but the war isn’t over.
One month ago, Olandon’s older sister abdicated the throne, leaving him a world he never expected to rule.
With his mother dead and gone, the Osolis court should be exultant. Instead, those of high rank close in on every side, threatening to endanger the new and fragile peace.
The attacks on the Ire folk continue. The loyalty of his army hangs by a thread. The scrutiny of three worlds is on him, each race weighing what kind of leader he will be.
Yet all Olandon can focus on is the danger creeping closer to the person he loves, a bruma he never thought to see again, and a person his court will never accept.
A person who, if he fails, will pay with their life.
He is Tatum.
But he has never felt more helpless in his life.
PLEASE NOTE: Olandon is part of a companion novella series and is designed to be read after books 1-4 in The Tainted Accords.
Book 4.7
He’s leaving Glacium.
Rhone has always been an outcast. Life in the castle may come with a soft bed and regular food, but that's the only difference he can see from the childhood he spent in the gutter. The assembly fear him. Rhone exists on the fringes of their friendship.
He could have handled that yesterday.
Rhone doesn’t know where he’s going, what his journey will lead to, or if he’ll ever return to the people who can barely tolerate his presence. He is purposeless and alone . . . or would be if the Ire woman with the stupid magnifying eye contraption would take a hint.
Will he always feel ill-equipped because of where he’s from?
Rhone doesn’t want to live as he has been.
He’s at a loss of how to change.
PLEASE NOTE: Rhone is part of a companion series and is designed to be read after books 1-4 in The Tainted Accords.
Book 4.8
He watches her from the shadows.
With the people of the tri-worlds converging for the first Interworld Games, Shard plans to watch from the sidelines as he protects Glacium’s royal family.
But when the woman he has pursued for over a year urges him to enter the games, he must drop everything or risk losing it all.
Now, Shard's head and heart are competing for first place. Uncertainty digs at the cracks in his battle-hardened armor. Duty and friendship struggle under mounting pressure.
The cool and calm manner he prides himself on is about to explode.
And he has no idea what will happen when it does.
PLEASE NOTE: Shard is part of a companion series and is designed to be read after books 1-4 in The Tainted Accords.
Books 4.5-4.8
The battle is won, but the war isn’t over.
With the new accords freshly signed, peace reigns between Solati, Bruma, and Ire folk at last. But the alliance hangs by a thread.
Attacks on Ire folk continue. Those of high rank close in on every side, threatening to endanger the fragile truce. One wrong move in the newly formed tri-world exchanges could undo everything the leaders have worked for. Yet the actions of four men could ensure the opposite…
This paperback boxset combines the four instalments of The Tri-World Exchange - Sin, Olandon, Rhone, and Shard - and is designed to be read after The Tainted Accords.