She's destined to seal the Tarot.
After a violent childhood outburst leads to the disfigurement of her bully's face, Mingxia is labeled as Shangzihua's village yaoguai. The humans fear her destructive power, leading to years of hostility, distrust, and abuse. Despite the humans' hatred towards her, she strives to prove them wrong by becoming a successful herbalist.
But fate has other plans. When Crown Prince Liwei and Emperor Xun arrive in Shangzihua, a powerful mate bond ties her and the Crown Prince together, revealing her true identity and the secrets of the past.
As she tries to accept her Celestial dragon origins and the truth about her parents, Mingxia faces another inevitable truth: the coming of the Tarot. In order to fulfill her destiny as the Last Celestial, she must overcome the demons of her past and successfully cultivate to prove to the Council, and the people of Wuzhen, she is worthy of being their Empress.
• • •
Word Count = 90,000-100,000
Cover by Kat Miller
♡ 2019 Wattys Winner in Fantasy
♡ Please note that this is a sample. eBook and Paperback versions are available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo. Discounts are usually available around LNY and AAPI Heritage Month.
♡ #1 in Asian Fantasy, Mythic Fantasy, Historical Fantasy & Chinese Mythology
♡ Featured on @UndiscoveredStories, @highfantasy, @NA, @adventure, @HistoricalFiction, @Romance, @FreeThePOC, and Wattpad's homepage
Lenora did not have a wonderful life. After her engagement to Prince Ronan is broken, she loses everything... her reputation, her home, and her family. Starving on the streets, she dies angry and bitter at how her life unfolded...
Only to wake up in her old bed, fifteen again, five years before she died.
Now she must struggle to change her fate, and the fate of those around her. This time she won't trust in something as flimsy or changeable as love. No, this time she'll have the power and the money to protect herself.
Lenora has already lost everything once. She's not going to lose again.
No matter what the cost.
(Cover submitted by @QueenHelmer)