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Unveiled

Confluence Academy #2 / 3
by Penelope Bloom
Unveiled (Confluence Academy #2) by Penelope Bloom
⧗ 9.34 / 3
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Survive. Adapt. Choose.

Nessa Thorne survived her first year at Confluence Academy—barely. With an ancient water dragon tethered to her soul and rumors of her power spreading beyond the academy walls, she's no longer just an offering fighting to stay alive.

She's a threat.

As a second-year student, new responsibilities await, but so do new dangers. The unbound leaders Lorkan and Milena Grace are amassing forces beyond the walls, flying silver spiral banners as they conquer border cities. And they haven't forgotten about Nessa.

Meanwhile, Raith has returned from a mysterious legacy mission, carrying secrets of his own. The tether binding them pulses with unspoken truths, and the history between the Aurenciels and the unbound threatens to destroy whatever fragile connection remains between them.

With Confluence's brutal training intensifying and her friends caught in the crossfire, Nessa must decide where her true allegiance lies—with the Empire that would use her as a weapon, with the unbound who promise understanding of her true nature, or with herself.

Because in her second year at Confluence Academy, the most dangerous enemy might be the one she's bound to her own heart.

Full description coming soon. Pre-order today and continue Nessa's journey through the deadliest academy in the Empire.

Also known as Unbound Book 2.
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Release date: May 20, 2026

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Penelope Bloom

Penelope Bloom doesn’t just write romantic comedy; she flips it on its head with sharp wit, fearless characters, and situations that teeter between wildly outrageous and strikingly relatable. Her books don’t tiptoe into the absurd; they leap, heels first, into laugh-out-loud chaos built on irresistible chemistry and unexpected tenderness.

Best known for cheeky, bestselling titles like His Banana, Her Cherry, and His Treat, Bloom has carved out a space in the rom-com world where humor and heat collide. Readers flock to her stories for more than just steamy scenes and punchy one-liners. At the core of each book is a heartbeat that reminds readers love doesn’t always arrive with a bow; sometimes, it shows up with a bad attitude, a banana in hand, and a perfectly timed pun.

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Her writing style walks the line between satire and sincerity. Beneath the bold covers and eyebrow-raising titles is a keen understanding of modern romance and the ridiculous ways people try to avoid falling in love. Her heroines are smart, sarcastic, and never afraid to go after what they want, while her heroes often find themselves knocked off balance in the most delightful ways.

Though she keeps a relatively low profile outside the pages of her books, Bloom has cultivated a fiercely loyal readership. Her novels regularly climb Amazon’s romance charts, and her signature brand of humor has made her a recognizable name in contemporary romantic comedy.

Writing, for Penelope Bloom, is both an escape and a rebellion against taking life too seriously. She invites readers to laugh at the mess, swoon at the tension, and maybe even blush a little along the way.

Confluence Academy

There are places meant to forge warriors, and then there’s the Academy, a place built to break them first.

In a crumbling empire where elemental magic isn’t a gift but a currency of control, Nessa Thorne walks into the selection expecting pain, maybe even death. What she finds instead is something far more dangerous: power that should not exist, a bond with a dragon that defies the academy’s rigid laws, and a mark that ties her to a long-buried legacy. At Confluence Academy, survival depends not only on magical talent, but on reading every glance, every lie, every betrayal before it lands like a knife.

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The academy's stone corridors echo with tension. Magic isn’t just taught here, it’s enforced, tested, weaponized. The students are blades in training, and Nessa is the one no one expected. Her ability to manipulate all four elements, a trait thought extinct, makes her a threat to both her peers and the empire itself. And yet, it’s not just the magic that stirs conflict. Emotions fray as loyalties twist, especially when it comes to Raith, a fire-wielding rival whose touch burns nearly as much as his secrets.

What begins as a fight to belong unravels into something deeper. Dragons whisper truths. The empire grows restless. And Nessa must decide if she will bend to the academy’s mold or become something that was never meant to be shaped.

Gripping, immersive, and laced with a dark academic tension, this romantasy series blends elemental warfare, slow-burn rivalries, and richly layered world-building into a storm you won’t see coming. Power doesn’t come without consequence here, and neither does love.


Confluence Academy consists of one book and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of two more books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Unbound (Confluence Academy #1)
Unrated
Unveiled (Confluence Academy #2)
⧗ 9.34 / 3
Confluence Academy Book 3 (Confluence Academy #3)
⧗ 8.00 / 1


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