'This book is a pressure-cooked vial crafted with perfect romantic tension and pure
gangster-style grit ... I loved every chapter' RAVEN KENNEDY Sunday Times bestselling author
of the Plated Prisoner series. Australian BookTok star Stacey McEwan's stunning new slow-burn
romantasy duology traces a fated pair who stumble upon a world-changing secret in youth and are
catapulted into a violent class war in adulthood finding each other amidst love loss and
devasting betrayals. Nina Harrow and Patrick Colson are only twelve years old when they are
whisked from their disenfranchised mining towns to dazzling Belavere City to test for magical
abilities. Nina's lifelong dream is to become an Artisan a powerful elemental mage who
fulfills the city's grand ambitions while Patrick wants only to reunite with his family of
Craftsmen in the mines. But together they discover a devastating secret: Artisans aren't born
they're chosen. With this information they part ways. Patrick returns home while Nina finds
her place as one of the rarest most coveted types of Artisan. When a Craftsman revolution
ignites years later Nina is captured by Patrick's rebel group - and he hasn't forgotten her.
In fact he needs her help for a mission that could shift the tides against Belavere City. She
reluctantly agrees to aid him battling the sparks between them. But when Nina's first love
reappears asking her to betray Patrick for the Artisans she faces an impossible choice that
will determine the fate of their world. A concoction of all the best romantasy tropes:
Elemental magic Found family Tension & Slow burn Political Intrigue Class War What
readers and authors have been saying about A Forbidden Alchemy : 'If I could give this book
more than 5 stars I would ... This story has the morally gray characters of my dreams!! ... I
will be telling everyone that I know to read this book. I NEED MORE!!' READER REVIEW 5 stars
'I'm never going to shut up about this book ... the romantasy book you'll never get over'
HANNAH NICOLE MAEHRER internationally bestselling author of Assistant to the Villain 'It
catapults readers into an immersive romance a rustic setting dynamic characters a world of
secrets ghastly betrayals ... I am obsessed with this book ... this is the best romantasy I've
read' READER REVIEW 5 stars
