The Count at Play and Slaughter

Abducted by an ancient, evil entity to his castle and into his service, what is one to do? Amalina is about to find out. The darkest, most dangerous time in her life begins. With dark humor, suspense, and new takes on genre tropes, this dark fantasy series quickly grows to surprising, epic proportions, but it starts here in the first novel: Amalina and the Secrets of the Wailing Castle.

Amalina's dark adventure continues. Now, helplessly folded into the creature's plans, Amalina struggles to remain above suspicion as she works against him, serving as an agent for the commander of a growing counterforce intent on bringing him down. All while trying to keep her friend, a guileless princess from the west, entertained, unaware of her peril, and out of harm's way.

Amalina—once an unwilling servant to a monster—now finds reasons to stay in his service: to protect the lives of seven innocent young princesses while they visit the castle; to discover the identity of a vicious murderer and put him out of action before he can strike again; and even more compelling, to hide from a terrifying entity, much more powerful than her master, who seems to be hunting her down. All in a day's work for our clever Amalina? Or, in the end, will it be too much for her to survive?