Janan has been on the run for years. But her true nature may just force her to confront the very evil that created her.

Genie Janan is a misfit in two worlds: not human enough to live with humans, but not djinn enough to be a djinn. She's spent years running from the evil djinn who created her?and from her own magic?until a djinn revolution threatens what little safety she's managed to find. Even worse, she soon learns her powers are much darker than she'd ever imagined.

Laurelin dreams of being the world's next great chemist, but a rejection from the college prep program of her dreams sends her into a tailspin. But when Laurelin finds a glass bottle, she uncorks more than a genie. She is thrust into a world of myth and fairy tales... and surrounded by an impending magical war.

Can genie and human work together before time runs out? Or will the djinn conquer them and shroud both their worlds in death and dark magic?

This Cursed Flame is the wished-for first YA urban fantasy novel in the This Curse series. If you like imaginative fantasy, unlikely companions, and fast-paced action, then you'll love Selina J. Eckert's enchanting book.

Selina is a biologist-by-day, writer-by-night native of Pennsylvania. She lives with her husband, dog, and two cats and spends her time writing, reading, creating art, and dreaming about fictional worlds. Besides writing and sciencing, Selina also runs an author support business, Paper Cranes, LLC, that provides editing, consulting, and mapmaking services to authors, writers, and students. She has written two fairy-tale retelling short stories that were both finalists in Rooglewood Press short story contests and a fantasy short story, "Queen of Mist and Fog," available through her newsletter.

These aren't the genies you grew up with…

Janan is a misfit in two worlds: not human enough to live with humans, but not djinn enough to be a djinn. Then one day, while fleeing from the malicious djinn who transformed her into a genie, she runs to the human world and hides inside a glass bottle-that is, until a human girl uncorks it. Her plans crumble to ash, and she finds herself in danger all over again…as are all the djinn who ever helped her.

Laurelin dreams of being the world's next great chemist, but she's just been rejected from the college prep program of her dreams. Then, while still mourning her failure, she discovers an entrancing glass bottle in a closet. But when she uncorks the bottle, she finds more problems than she bargained for: trapped in a world of fairy tales and surrounded by an impending magical war.

Now, thrust together with time running out, the girls are faced with the biggest decision of their lives: get Laurelin home or somehow work together to stop the djinn who turned Janan? But all is not as it seems, and Janan learns her powers are much darker than she'd ever imagined. Will she be able to control this new darkness to stop the djinn?

Or will the djinn conquer her and shroud both realms in death and dark magic?

This Cursed Flame is the wished-for first YA urban fantasy novel in the This Curse series. If you like imaginative fantasy, unlikely companions, and fast-paced action, then you'll love Selina J. Eckert's enchanting book.