Her Dark Grace
An Obsidian & Glass Novel - Book 1
Coming March 4, 2025
Blurb
Northern law demands sacrifice.
For the Skath born in the realm of Kygem, this means certain death. After fate was cheated twenty-seven years ago, a spark of defiance lives on in one woman who will bring an unrelenting storm to the north.
Under the cover of darkness from which she draws her magic, Eirlys rescues infants from the same death that once loomed over her—but what if instead of just a few, she could save them all?
When her lover, Prince August of Kestyra, assassinates the Kygemian royalty, he unwittingly reveals that Eirlys is the abandoned daughter of those royals, and stands to inherit the crown. Though leaving her home and her prince feels like losing a part of herself, Eirlys chooses to take her rightful place on the northern throne to save the Skath once and for all.
But in Kygem, the gods condemn the magic in her veins and Eirlys must find a way to rule a bloody realm she does not understand or love. At least until Price, a loyal and pious priest, teaches Eirlys the ways of the north and an undeniable attraction ignites between them that not even the gods can tame.
Meanwhile, a devastating secret threatens not only her own life, but the priest Eirlys has fallen for and the prince she left behind. Now to keep any more Skath or her lovers from facing the blade, Eirlys must confront the very gods themselves and their ruthless smiles promise a fate far crueler than death.
Character ART
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Eirlys Resier
“The world tilted. For a moment, it felt like she was upside down. Like the world was trying to shake her off. This fraud, this monster, that somehow had always been her. Traitor and scum. Fucking Kygemian royalty. She was one of them.”
reckless, loyal, angry, passionate, loving, fearless, blunt, impulsive, violent, brash
VaSkath
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August Karakos
“Five thousand years we have watched Kygem kill their children, send their sons and daughters over the Barrenlands making them Devoid. We have sat back and done nothing. Eirlys has done more for this country, for the northern Skath than this pathetic excuse of a royal family has in centuries.”
committed, dutiful, steady, proud, carefree, generous, emotional, valor, courageous, charming
SaKlara
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Price Esana
“The pain settled into the back of his mind while he raced across the continent. Maybe he was supposed to hate her for being Skath, but all Price could think about was getting there to protect her, before his gods and his realm hurt her like they had him.”
quiet, pious, patient, bitter, jaded, frustrated, playfulness, compassionate, warm-hearted, tender, merciful
RaKlara
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“A moment of peace—a glimpse of the normalcy they might have had. If August were not a prince, and she not a queen, and if the very realm in which they stood had not hated Price so much they’d broken him and called it a gift. If they were just people; Skath and Skath and Klara; darkness and the light that brightened their days. If they were born in a world without hatred and horror.”