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Overview: For young adult audiences, Emily is the author of the award-winning romantic dystopian fantasy series, The Seven Sins. She is also the co-editor of two fiction anthologies.

Genre: Sci-Fi Fantasy | Dystopian Fantasy

0. Shadows of the Seven Sins:
In the oppressive world of the Commonwealth, citizens live and die by the rules of the Seven Deadly Sins: pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth. Attachment is forbidden, and romantic relationships are punishable by death…but all the rules in the world can’t stop people from falling in love. It’s terrifying to fight back against the High Priests who make the Commonwealth’s rules and the vicious Bellatorum warriors who enforce them. But for love, people will take chances they’d never dare to otherwise. For love, people will do terrible—and wonderful—things.

0.5. Sacrifice of the Seven Sins:
In a world where kindness is for the weak, can a boy find a way to be a hero? Born in the Commonwealth of Ashes, where citizens live and die by the tenets of the Seven Deadly Sins, teenager Ari Westergaard has known little but violence and deprivation. Though attachment to others is forbidden, he’s struggled all his life with the desire for connection—and the sin of pride—only to be rebuffed and punished repeatedly. Then, one day, during a routine execution of a sinner, he sees a girl dare to defy one of the Commonwealth’s High Priests…and falls hopelessly in love. Lust is one of the Seven Sins, and love is seen as the first step down the road to dissolution. Ari’s feelings for Eva Marteinn are forbidden—a temptation and a secret, a virtue and a sin. Though Ari and Eva have never spoken, his thoughts of her sustain him as he battles his instincts in order to survive in a world where cruelty is the norm and kindness is for the weak. But when Ari is faced with a fellow citizen in need of protection, he must make a difficult choice: Stand up for what he believes in—or pay the ultimate price.

1.5. Sacrifice of the Seven Sins:
Experience the dramatic opening scene of Sword of the Seven Sins from Ari’s point of view. When Ari Westergaard first sees Eva Marteinn, she’s forced to sentence a man to death. As the blood pools at her feet, he can sense she is the bravest person he has ever seen. Although he is drawn to her, he must keep his feelings a secret, for in the Commonwealth, any kind of love, even friendship, is a killing offense. Meanwhile, Ari’s childhood friend Gentian can’t help protecting the weak and feeding the hungry, even when doing so violates the laws of the Commonwealth. When Ari takes the fall for one of Gentian’s crimes, he commits a double offense—lying, but also friendship itself. Ari learns fast that growing up in the Commonwealth requires hiding your feelings and doing what you’re told. The punishment he receives to protect Gentian and the power he sees in Eva’s gaze only clarifies his path. He’s meant to be a warrior. A bellator.

2. Siege of the Seven Sins:
What do you do when the victory you’ve been fighting for is doomed to break your heart? Rogue bellators Eva Marteinn and Ari Westergaard have escaped the restrictive world of the Commonwealth, and they would like nothing more than to leave it behind forever. But Eva is the formidable weapon the Commonwealth wants—and they’ll stop at nothing to get her back. For years, Ari has seen Eva as his temptation and his secret, his virtue and his sin. Now that they’re finally free, he wants what he’s been craving—to start a new life…with her. But Eva is keeping a devastating secret of her own: the very victory against the Commonwealth the two of them have been fighting for is doomed to break their hearts. She faces an impossible decision—to be the face of the revolution she’s dedicated her life to and abandon the boy she loves…or to sacrifice everything she’s fought for to stand by his side.

Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Seven-Sins-Dystopian-Collection-ebook/dp/B0CBG8GQ28