The Secret Mage

<p><strong>Prophecies. Secrets. Power she was born to hide.</strong></p><p></p><p>Elice has spent her whole life hidden.</p><p></p><p>Locked away in a secluded cottage she's grown up under one rule: stay out of sight. With a magic ban enforced by the king and rare elemental powers she can barely control-air earth and water bending to her will whether she wants them to or not-her guardian Lenore says it's the only way to keep her safe.</p><p></p><p>Elice has always believed her. She's never had a reason not to.</p><p></p><p>Until Lenore vanishes.</p><p></p><p>Now Elice is breaking every rule she was raised on venturing into a world that was kept from her for reasons she's only beginning to understand. But the deeper she searches the stranger things get-especially when she crosses paths with a charming lord and a crown princess who shares her exact face.</p><p></p><p>Lies have followed her since birth. She just never knew to look for them.</p><p></p><p>And the truth might unravel everything she thought she knew about who she is where she came from and why she was really hidden away.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>The Secret Mage</em> is book one of <em>Elice the Great</em> a young adult fantasy series that retells the classic fairytale Rapunzel with slow-burn romance diverse characters and themes of coming-of-age self-discovery and identity.</strong></p>