Cursed
Series: Morningstar Academy #1
Author: L.R.W. Lee
Genre: Young Adult Apocalyptic Fantasy
Release Date: September 28, 2022, by Independently Published
Pages: 257
Summary:
Perfect for fans of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Penryn & the End of Days series by Susan Ee, and Fallen Academy by Leia Stone this book by USA Today Bestselling author L. R. W. Lee will give perspective and hope in a world that feels like it’s upside down these days.
From the moment I killed that demon, I knew my world would never be the same.
If you love Good Omens by Neil Gaiman, Penryn & the End of Days series by Susan Ee, and Fallen Academy by Leia Stone this book will become your next obsession!
On a routine call to rescue humans, celestial warrior Gladriel kills a demon, a once-an-eon occurrence. And now its brethren plan to exact revenge. Despite the Almighty’s explicit order to let him handle things, after a month of his inaction, Glad feels ignored and breaks rank to fight back. But she’s expelled from Heaven for insubordination, as a result.
Glad finds herself enrolled at Morningstar Academy, a school dedicated to re-educating newly fallen angels. The core curriculum: making human lives a living hell, and compliance is mandatory. Never having encountered such radical ideas before, Glad finds her beliefs thoroughly challenged, but she refuses to capitulate. She just hopes she’s strong enough to weather the trials that will come with her defiance.
During one of her first classes, massive numbers of humans suddenly disappear from Earth and she and her new classmates are charged with discovering who is behind it. As they search for clues, she realizes these events are the beginning of an ancient prophecy foretelling humanity’s and her new home’s annihilation.
Despite her rebellion against the school’s rules, can Glad become friends with her new classmates and persuade them to help her stop it?
Cursed, book one in USA Today Bestselling author LRW Lee’s Morningstar Academy, is a new world packed with action, intrigue, romance, and characters you’ll fall in love with. Readers have called it angels and demons on steroids!
Tropes: angels v demons on steroids, ride-or-die friendship, end-of-the-world prophecy, slow-burn, friends-to-lovers romance, playful banter, found family vibes, dual POVBuy Now to experience this fallen angel apocalyptic fantasy that will have you denying your need for sleep.
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Damned
Series: Morningstar Academy #2
Author: L.R.W. Lee
Genre: Young Adult Apocalyptic Fantasy
Release Date: August 9, 2023, by Independently Published
Pages: 210
Summary:
Perfect for fans of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Penryn & the End of Days series by Susan Ee, and Fallen Academy by Leia Stone this book by USA Today Bestselling author L. R. W. Lee will give perspective and hope in a world that feels like it’s upside down these days.
Morningstar Academy’s three primary objectives:
1) exercise power and control over humans,
2) seduce humans to betray what they care about, and
3) make human lives a living hellConsequences be damned! The newest student, fallen angel Gladriel and her former squadron leader Kessian are in a race against time, struggling to find an ancient prophecy foretelling the purge of a quarter of humanity. But the four horsemen of the Apocalypse—war, famine, plague, and death—aren’t waiting for them to locate and decipher the cryptic tome before they begin.
Lucifer seethes with fury, nursing his wounds after the pummeling his troops took in the vicious assault he orchestrated on Israel. Far from retreating, he plots his revenge upon all who dare oppose him, raising up a human leader under the guise of peace to accomplish his nefarious schemes.
The clock is ticking. Yet, every step forward is met with obstacles they are powerless to control. Will Glad and her friends find the prophecy and discover the means to thwart it before it engulfs the world and her new home in its destructive clutches?
Buy Damned to continue the darkly addicting Morningstar Academy series today!
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Marked
Series: Morningstar Academy #3
Author: L.R.W. Lee
Genre: Young ADult Apocalyptic Fantasy
Release Date: March 6, 2024, by Independently Published
Pages: 283
Summary:
From USA Today bestselling author L. R. W. Lee, Marked is the third book in the addictive Morningstar Academy series, about a fallen angel who fights to save a world spiraling out of control, all while trying to protect humans and her own heart. This intriguing and unseen world of angels and demons is perfect for fans of Good Omens and Penryn & the End of Days. It will give perspective and hope in a world that feels like it’s upside down these days.
Despite their best efforts, fallen angel Gladriel, her new fallen friends, and her former squadron mates have had limited success shifting the world ending prophecy and they feel increasingly helpless as war, famine, plague, and hyperinflation rage, killing millions of the humans they are committed to protecting.
With conditions worsening on Earth, celestial warriors are kept increasingly busy aiding humans, making Kessien less and less available. At the same time, Morningstar Academy forces Glad to do increasingly heinous things to humans, and the distance stretches their relationship to the breaking point.
Glad and her fallen friends’ only hope for rescue is to throw themselves on the Almighty’s mercy and beg him to reverse their sentences. Trouble is, Glad will never be sorry for avenging her BFF’s honor, against his explicit orders. So when her friends promise to never abandon her for their own safety, she finds it unbearable to be the cause of their impending doom along with her own.
This gripping story of longing, found family, and fallen angels is perfect for readers who love:
Bingeworthy & unputdownable reads
Not your cookie cutter Academy series
Slow-burn, friends-to-lovers romance
End-of-the-world prophecy
Good Omens and Penryn & the End of DaysDon’t wait! Click “Buy Now” to continue the darkly addicting Morningstar Academy series today!
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Morningstar Academy Series
Coming Out June 2025
About the Author
USA Today Bestselling author LRW Lee writes genre bending fantasy romance stories that address difficult topics relevant to readers in real life. While targeting YA, heavier topics and intricate world-building appeal strongly to adult fantasy readers.
She lives in scenic Austin, TX with her husband. Their two children have flown the coop.
Since age 8, she had wanted to write a book patterned after The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, her first and favorite childhood fantasy read. She started writing professionally in 2012 after selling the dot com company she co-founded.
With a new opportunity before her, she chose to pursue her passion, going deep in her creative side despite not knowing anything about publishing or having a degree in writing. She just started putting words on paper and 20 books later, she’s still coming up with amazing new fantasy worlds.
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