The Phoenix Rising Trilogy

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Vivian Carmine thought the worst thing about her junior year would be surviving physics class—not accidentally setting the gym on fire. Just when she’s convinced her parents will ground her for life, they drop an even bigger bombshell: she’s not human. She’s a phoenix. And fire? It runs in the family.

Before she can wrap her head around her newfound powers, her parents vanish without a trace. Desperate for answers, she follows a trail of clues to RISE—a top-secret academy that trains demigods, fairies, and mythical creatures to blend into the human world like spies. Balancing combat training, magic management, and school bullies would be hard enough… if someone wasn’t also trying to stop her.

Now, with a rebel army of forgotten gods threatening to break the magical world wide open, Vivian must team up with her unlikely friends—a moody underworld prince and a mischievous fairy—to find her parents, master her fire, and protect both worlds from total chaos… before she burns everything down.