The countdown has begun. There are just seven days until you set foot on a futuristic and dystopian Isle of Skye.

Forgotten Skye – the Ethereal Edition – comes out in one week. The Ethereal Edition is a Kindle-only release and will be followed by Forgotten Skye – the Touchstone Edition (AKA the paperback copy).

Both editions are identical, bar the format. However, as the Kindle edition comes out first, I wanted to celebrate the first wave of the release with its own identity.

Have you pre-ordered your Kindle version yet?

The Goodreads page is now live – and you can add Forgotten Skye to your shelf.

One of the most magical things about a book is its ability to transport you to another world. With The Ruined Skye Trilogy, I wanted to create somewhere you can immerse in – a whole universe’s worth of imagination with a real location as a backdrop. So many places on Skye feature in the book – all with a dystopian twist. I hope you enjoy entering this world and walking side by side with the characters.

I am thrilled to reveal the cover for Forgotten Skye, my upcoming Scottish YA romantasy and the first book in The Ruined Skye Trilogy.

My vision for the series is that each book gets its own colour palette and aesthetic. As forests are a significant location in Forgotten Skye, I envisaged a green theme with lots of trees and a touch of silver mist.

Those elements have been beautifully incorporated into one ornate cover, thanks to the talent of Simply Defined Art.

Forgotten Skye is out this summer with Evernight Teen. Add to your TBR if you enjoy a moody Scottish setting, a strategic FMC and a MMC with a strong moral compass.

Spoiler: possibly.

Forgotten Skye isn’t a cosy romantasy read. Happy-ever-after is not in its vocabulary. And the ending is intended to feel more like a gut punch than a warm hug.

What you will get

• A dramatic island setting (with real-life places you can go and visit!)
• A strategic, relentlessly independent FMC
• An isolated, smart MMC
• Side characters with zero filter (Pep steals the show)
• Twists and turns galore (you won’t see what’s coming next)
• An ending that will rip your heart from your chest and stamp on it (you might need to stare at the wall for five minutes contemplating life)

Forgotten Skye is out THIS SUMMER

…and if you can’t wait for release day, then you don’t have to.

Ally yourselves with the Skyedivers, my loyal group of ARC readers – willing to dive headfirst into this dark world before everyone else.

Remember to check the trigger warnings before diving in. You can find them here.

⚔️ ARC READERS WANTED ⚔️

She wants to destroy his world.
He’s sent to destroy her.

Forgotten Skye, my YA dark romantasy, is available to ARC readers and reviewers.

Centuries after a radiation leak on the Isle of Skye wiped out thousands, the mutated survivors developed god-like powers. Led by power-hungry Queen Creyta, they’re determined to drive the few remaining humans to extinction.

Seventeen-year-old Vesper, one of the unmutated, is determined to go down fighting. Prince Hunter, the queen’s ridiculously handsome son, might just be the key to his mother’s undoing. But the closer Vesper gets to Hunter, the more she realises he’s just as trapped as she is. Now she’s torn between taking down Creyta and protecting the boy she’s grown dangerously close to.

One wrong move and she won’t just lose Hunter. She’ll lose everything.

Perfect for readers who love:

⚔️ enemies to allies to lovers
🧠 strategic FMCs
🖤 swoonworthy MMCs
💬 banter for days
🔥 high-stakes tension
✨ side characters who steal the show
👑 Hunger Games x Powerless vibes

If you like zero-spice romantasy with gut-punch endings, you may survive Forgotten Skye 👀

(Don’t forget to check out the content warnings first!)

What do you need to do?

All you need to do is fill in the form above to apply. Successful reviewers will be contacted no later than 15 June.

If you’re approved for a free review copy, you’re asked to leave an honest review. That means tell it like it really is! If you hated Forgotten Skye, don’t hold back. Your reviews will help other readers make informed decisions – and help me improve my craft. (One of my favourite reviews for Venom and Blaze is a one-star that came from a reader who clearly understood the book and what I was trying to say – it just simply wasn’t for them. I actually finished reading their review with a beaming smile because they really got the characters!)

Again, please remember to check the trigger warnings. Dark things happen. Make sure you take care of yourself, first and foremost.

When do you need to do it by?

Applications cut off on 15 June, so make sure to fill in the form before then if you’re interested.

Ideally, reviews need to be in by 31 August as the book comes out this summer (release date TBC, so there’s no hard and fast review-by date).

My upcoming novel, Forgotten Skye, is the first in my Ruined Skye trilogy. Like the name suggests, all three books are set on the Isle of Skye – but it’s probably a little different to the island you know and love.

Skye is consistently romanticised in fiction – and why not? It’s visually stunning, geographically spectacular and incredibly beautiful. But I wanted to do something different. So my futuristic Isle of Skye? It’s been devasted by a radiation leak in a terrible time period known as the Changing. Humanity has split into two groups; Radions, mutated beings with powerful abilities; and Blands, normal humans who weren’t affected by the radiation.

Here are the real-life locations you can go and visit, all of which make an appearance in my books.

Portree

Visit Portree in peak tourist season, especially when a cruise ship is in, and it’ll feel like a world apart from life after the Changing. In my world, the streets are overgrown with weeds and trees. Rusty cars lie decaying. The houses and shops have all been looted, anything of value taken a long time ago.

Portree Forest

As far as I’m aware, this is the correct name for the lovely forest behind the Isle of Skye Candle Company. In Forgotten Skye, Vesper considers the forest to be hers. Her parents built a cabin, nestled close to the top of the treeline, and she is extremely territorial. As you would expect, given most people she comes across want to kill her.

Take a walk in the forest and you’ll be immersed in Vesper’s world. She loves the feel of seclusion and safety, being surrounded by trees. This is her safe place. Will it stay that way? You’ll have to read the book and find out.

The Fingal Centre

Portree’s sports centre and library make an appearance in the first book. It’s the setting where Vesper and Hunter, two bookworms, first meet. Naturally, it’s been completed trashed and most things of valuable taken away years ago. But rumour has it you can still find the odd book more or less in tact if you look hard enough…

The Lump

Home to the Apothecary’s Tower (which really needs to appear in the trilogy at some stage!), The Lump comes to life every August for the Skye Highland Games. It also makes an appearance in my stories (but I really can’t say too much more as it would spoil the story!)

Dunvegan

Currently, Dunvegan attracts a ton of visitors – exploring Dunvegan Castle, travelling through en route to Neist Point or simply exploring the village. But in the year 2227, my reimagined Dunvegan is home to Creyta, Radion Queen and devoted destroyer of Blands.

Dunvegan Castle

When I was much younger, my uncle and aunt took me around Dunvegan Castle. My favourite part (I was a macabre child) was the dungeon, essentially a hole in a rocky floor. Back in the day, the hole wasn’t covered over, allowing young me to feel the icy cold air. The dungeon was located next to the kitchens, where the smell of food would waft through to the prisoners. The dungeon features heavily in my story.

I’ve since been to the castle multiple times and it forms the inspiration for Queen Creyta’s home and where Hunter and Pep grow up.

The gardens are beautiful and, in my head, are the setting where [SPOILER] something extremely traumatic happens to Hunter as a child.

Currently, as there are no evil Radion queens and vicious Blandhunters in the area, you’re free to visit the castle and take a ride on the seal boats.

Sligachan

Writing this trilogy made me see Skye through new eyes. It really is quite something that the island’s main road takes you past such incredible scenery.

The Cuillins

The Cuillins make quite a major appearance in the third book. They’re the setting for an epic showdown and the trilogy’s finale. And what a setting they are.

Forgotten Skye comes out this summer with Evernight Teen. I can’t wait to transport you to a futuristic version of Skye that you’ve never seen before.