Books by Sheila Masterson

To err is human. To avenge is Divine. Every person Harlow Carrenwell kisses dies immediately, and that’s the way she likes it. The poison-lipped youngest daughter of Lunameade’s magical founding family has used her power to annihilate their opposition. Her first husband is in the ground. Her new betrothed is next. But the merry widow has a secret. When she’s not acting as an assassin at her parents' whims, she moonlights as a vigilante for abused women in their walled-off city. Meet a man. Lure him in. Kill him with a kiss. Until one night Harlow kisses a mark and he doesn’t die. Worse, her invincible partner in passion is her new betrothed, Henry Havenwood, and now he knows about her double life. Instead of selling her out and bringing the rival families to blows, he does something much more sinister—whisks her away to wed in his wild mountain fort. Harlow doesn’t trust Henry, but the only way to protect her family and the city of Lunameade is to figure out what his family is planning. Cursed with a husband she can’t kill and trapped in a fort miles of vampire-infested woods from home, Harlow’s survival requires her to do the impossible: Make the man who knows she’s a killer fall in love with her anyway.

The war is over but the godly games continue. Stella McKay has only ever wanted one thing: an epic romance like her parents have. She was raised on fairy tales and thinks she's finally found her own legendary love with Prince Arden. But when her prince is unexpectedly betrothed to someone else, Stella and Arden must seek out the goddess of love in the desperate hope she'll grant them a coveted heart bond. Instead, the mischievous deity links Stella to the last person she'd ever want an intimate emotional connection with: Teddy Savero. The only way to break the bond and reclaim her true love is to win the Gauntlet Games and secure a favor from the gods. The brutal tournament will test Stella in feats of wisdom, memory, and magic. But the greater threat to her happily ever after comes when Teddy enters as a contender. With rebel assassins lurking, her opponents out for blood, and her new heart bond proving to be a perilous liability, Stella must outwit both gods and men before her competitors claim the winning favor-or her life. A LEGACY OF STARS is a standalone spinoff from The Lost God Series that can be read before or after reading the original series. This rivals to lovers story is full of witty banter, complex family dynamics, and two warriors at odds with each other and their own hearts. It's perfect for readers who loved the next generation stories in The Ever Seas Series by LJ Andrews, the brutal godly magical tournament of Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas, and the scorching romance of Helen Scheuerer's Blood and Steel.