𝚇12 𝙵𝙴𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙴𝙳 𝓘𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓼 𝓲𝓽, 𝓼𝓱𝓮'𝓵𝓵 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓷. There are secrets that dwell in the shadows of the Crown. Lady Rosalynde Steel, lady-in-waiting to the apparent heir during the day and general of the Crown at night, has learned how to survive the fatal intrigues of the desires of the Crown with her wicked wit and illustrious skills. But after rising as new head of the secret services after the death of the former general - Lord Brek Haywire, Rosalynde's new task slowly unveils layers of a mystery that puts her on a dangerous course. Steel will have to dig deeper than she ever has to protect the secrets of the Crown in all its forms, with the incommensurable help of the banker of Lun, Hector Grey. A lethal assassin and an abstruse banker will have to work together to uncover the identities of the conspirators plotting against the Crown. Between veiled truths and realistic illusions, will they survive to see a new dawn? ----------------------------------------- Now, all the credits for this fantastic cover all go to @Heuristic_Hashmath. Hash, I'll never stop telling you how outstanding this cover is. Because this is simply a masterpiece. And that AMAZING END BANNER is the work of the outstanding Dee. @-DeeIsDead- Please please check them out - they will come up with something incredible for your book!!! Currently editing this Offline, this is the terrible and unedited version of it.

| ᴏɴᴄ 2023 ꜱʜᴏʀᴛʟɪꜱᴛᴇʀ | x7 ꜰᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇᴅ | ❝ ᴡᴇʟʟ, ɪ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴʟʏ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ᴍᴀʀᴠᴇʟʟᴏᴜꜱ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʀᴜɪɴɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ.❞ Goddess-blessed Zofia has the power to heal even the gravest of wounds running through her veins, the urge to use it when she sees even the smallest of bruises stronger than the intensity of a wildfire. When a Dragon-born soldier - an enemy of the Kingdom of Aerla - falls from the sky with his wings torn to ribbons, this impulse is no different. Dragon-born Larc has been banished from the Nusal Empire as the war between the humans and the dragons begins to grow. With the intention to seek revenge on his people for exiling him, he asks the help of the humans to destroy the powerful artefact his queen has been searching for. Is it the right decision for Zofia to trust the enemy that grips the Kingdom of Aerla in the throes of war? Or should she have never healed him when he fell from the sky? BOOK ONE - COMPLETE COVER AND END BANNER BY @ryevain 2023 © -DeeIsDead-

A princess in search of her past. A boy driven by money. A crew that is loyal to the end. Princess Ria is adopted, and she has lived with the acceptance that she will never know her real parents. But when she learns of the existence of her adoption document that was kept hidden from her all her life, the desire to know her past is triggered. She is determined to get her hands on it and she sets off on an adventure aboard the Opal with her childhood friend--an army lieutenant--and a crew of cunning sea drifters. She hires this group to plan and execute a heist to retrieve the document, but when she obtains it, she finds more than what she is looking for--something that can root doubt in the people of the kingdom and threaten her brother's throne. On her journey, she works with Gin, a sea drifter and a concresi--one with the ability to influence tangible non-living materials. For years, he has worked on grand thievery jobs, gaining a reputation for the Opal. He is a skilled dredger, and undefeated in coin dives. Despite his past, he is strong minded but bad history had its way of sowing cynicism in him. He cares about money and his crewmates, nothing more. To him, the rich are all the same selfish and egocentric people, and he sees Ria as one of them. Ria and Gin don't trust each other but when plans go awry, they are forced to set aside their differences to survive. Running for their lives across the Kingdom of the Draga Isles, a friendship grows between them and blooms into a forbidden passion that neither of them has expected. * * Inspired by the Bajau (sea nomads) in the Philippines. * Completed Draft 0 * #Romantasy #Fantasy #Steampunk #Romance #Adventure #YoungAdult #Action * #20 in #FantasyRomance (out of 23K stories) (04/30/23) #2 in #FilipinoAuthor (05/29/23) #12 in #Filipino (07/09/23) #3 in #Steampunk (05/28/23) #16 in #Heist (05/27/23) #10 in #Gypsy (05/27/23)