Unfallen

Taking place on an Earth very different than the planet we are familiar with, the story in Exile introduces the reader to Ava, the youngest daughter of the eternal Adam and his wife Aurora. The immortal family lives happily in the Garden of Eden. Adam alone bears the weight of a secret-that before Aurora was created he had a wife named Eve who was banished from Paradise.The first in a series of alternative historical novels entitled Unfallen, Exile opens with Ava being tricked into leaving the Garden. Allowed to conditionally retain her immortality, the existence of Eve's descendants is revealed to her and she is sent to live with them with a promise that she may someday rejoin her family if she strives to choose good over evil.Ava's first experience with her stepsiblings is nothing like she expects and when Ava enters Evlantis, a city ruled by women where every male is enslaved, she is faced with tipping the balance of power between Rachel and her rival Sephora. As Evlantis is on the brink of civil war, Servus, the self-proclaimed King of Slaves, secretly plans a revolt. Forced to live in a realm she finds alien and often repulsive, Ava is dramatically thrust into Sephora's political machinations. Which faction should she support? Her decision is complicated by her emerging feelings for Servus, feelings of doubt over who is telling the truth, and the threat to her immortality.Filled with Shakespearian mistaken identities, love and romance appropriate for all ages, and an intriguing upside-down world that challenges cultural beliefs, this fast-paced novel will keep readers thoroughly entertained until the very last page.