A Swan Dark

Seventeen-year-old Morgan is haunted by a week she can’t remember.
Drawn back to the lake where she vanished, she finds a swan maiden waiting—and that's only the beginning. But Morgan’s real fear isn’t the magic. It’s what she might discover if she remembers.

Kehl is bound to the last dragon.
His clan was slaughtered because of that bond, and he lives for one thing: revenge. Then he finds Morgan—a girl with no memory of her past who frightens even his dragon. He swore he’d avenge the dead. He never expected the living to give him a reason not to.

A Swan Dark is a YA fantasy inspired by swan maiden folklore, with dragon bonds, morally gray choices, and transformation that costs everything.

Currently in edits.

mute swan in low light photography
mute swan in low light photography

A YA Mythic Fantasy Novel

She can't remember. He can't forget.

Forest in sunlight.
Forest in sunlight.

Where Magic Leaves Scars

For readers drawn to morally complex characters, folkloric darkness, and fantasy where magic costs everything—and the scars prove it

Two swans swimming in snow.
Two swans swimming in snow.
Girl sitting on forest floor.
Girl sitting on forest floor.
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