Cruel Magic

Eva Chase

Book 1 of Royals of Villain Academy

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After watching her parents murdered by rival mages, college student Rory Franco is dragged into Villain Academy, a cutthroat school for dark magic royalty, and learns she's secretly the long-lost heir to one of its five ruling families. Forced to live alongside four powerful, arrogant young scions who expect her to bow to them, Rory instead sets her sights on tearing the whole corrupt system down from the inside. It's a paranormal academy story blending magical rivalry, slow-building romantic tension, and a heroine determined to claim her own power on her own terms.