The Blackened Blade

The heroine dies in a prison cell, burned alive after years of confinement and beatings that never broke her. Then she wakes ten years earlier, before she was locked away, at Wensridge Academy, a place she remembers only for pain and suffering.

She has been given a second life, and she means to use it. Her aim is to end the cycle of misfortune that led to her death, and to bring down every person who caused her suffering. This time she intends to have the life she should have had from the start.

The Blackened Blade is the first book in a paranormal why-choose series. That means the heroine is paired with several love interests and is never asked to pick one: here there are five, all described as dark and damaged.

Expect action and revenge in a school setting, with a time-slip premise that lets her act on what she already knows. The book contains adult themes and language that some readers may find upsetting.