Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match” where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Debbie Cassidy!
Writes
Hi, I write fantasy and paranormal romance featuring kick-butt heroines morally grey characters, and strong elements of found family. My stories blend magic, deep world building, and characters you’d want to hang out with. Books like WICKED ONYX, a dark academia about a cursed sorceress who will go to any lengths to prove her family innocent of a heinous crime. As the last of her bloodline, she gains admission to Nightsbridge Academy, a school at the edge of nowhere, responsible for keeping monstrous creatures called Horrors and Echoes at bay. The only problem is, you don’t graduate Nightsbridge Academy, you survive it.
About
It’s just as well I love the rain because England has plenty of it, and I can enjoy it to my heart’s content tucked away in the southeast.
I’m a mum of three humans and two cats and am generally a homebody who loves nothing more than curling up with a good book, my sketch pad, or a decent TV show. I’m a huge fan of strategy and RPG games and have a large collection, and don’t even get me started on DnD!
So, if you want to curl up with a pot of tea, an array of snacks, and watch the rain while alternating between reading and chatting about anything and everything, then I’m your gal!
What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match:
- Enjoys banter, angst, and yearning.
- Gets a kick out of strong female leads who can save themselves.
- Loves morally grey heroes.
- Isn’t afraid of falling for the villain.
- Gets excited by hooks and cliff hangers.
What to expect if we’re compatible:
- Slow burn romance, because falling in love should be savoured.
- Steam and spice. You can’t have one without the other
- Page turning plot.
- Heart pounding action.
- Oh, and you can expect to be introduced to all my other book babies too. They’re dying to meet you.
WICKED ONYX by Debbie Cassidy
a ruthless magical academy where she’s cursed and powerless, the last Onyx must unravel dark family secrets and navigate dangerous alliances to reclaim her legacy and make those who betrayed her pay.
You don’t graduate Nightbridge Academy—you survive it.
Born into a sorcerer bloodline, cursed, and cut off from my power, I was accustomed to being an outcast. For generations, my bloodline carried the weight of a crime committed by our ancestor. But my mother’s death changed everything. She left a clue that could prove our innocence: an ancient text hidden deep beneath Nightsbridge Academy.
The Academy is a fortress of power, housing the most dangerous incantors and sorcerers, conscripted to keep Horrors and Echoes at bay. And as the last surviving Onyx, I’m owed admission.
My plan is simple—find the book and expose the Imperium as the liars they are.
But I didn’t plan for the whispers that haunt my dreams. Or the complication of feelings I shouldn’t be capable of—stirred by two men bound to the very institution I’ve come to destroy. One sees too much yet says too little. The other is steady, protective, and always in my corner.
I can’t have either.
Yet when I’m in their presence…my curse begins to crack.
If they discover my true purpose, I’m dead.
But some truths are worth dying for.
The Imperium cursed my bloodline. Stripped us of our magic. Branded us as traitors. And now they will pay.
Romance Fantasy | Romance Romantic [ Page & Vine, On Sale: February 10, 2026, Trade Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9781964264295 / eISBN: 9781964264387 ]
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About Debbie Cassidy
Debbie Cassidy lives in England, Bedfordshire, with her three kids and very supportive husband. Coffee and chocolate biscuits are her writing fuels of choice, and she is still working on getting that perfect tower of solitude built in her back garden. Obsessed with building new worlds and reading about them, she spends her spare time daydreaming and conversing with the characters in her head. She writes Urban Fantasy, Romance, Fantasy and Reverse Harem Fantasy. All her books contain plenty of action, romance and twisty plots.
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