The Sway — Amy Patrick

A member of the Dark Court, Vancia has spent her life among humans--together but separate, hiding in plain sight. Now Pappa says it's time to put her glamour to use against the unsuspecting humans and, worse, agree to an arranged political marriage with a guy she's never even met.

After the sudden death of her parents, Vancia felt lucky to have been taken in by family friend Davis Hart, who is not only generous to her, he's a powerful Senate committee chairman.

Now, five years later, she's settled into her new life, splitting her time between their homes in Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, Georgia, where she goes to school. She'd like to feel like a regular high school student, but there's nothing regular about their world. Her busy adoptive father is always travelling, and he's secretive, spending a great deal of time with a shadowy organization he calls The Council.

When he tells Vancia about a political marriage he arranged for her years ago, she reluctantly agrees. After all, she owes her "Pappa," and he deserves her loyalty. Besides, she gets the distinct feeling that his request isn't actually a choice. And there may be even more to her mysterious groom and their impending marriage than he's letting on.

THE SWAY is a companion novella to The Hidden Saga, a Young Adult fantasy romance series that begins in the backwoods of rural Mississippi and ends up affecting the entire world.