Shield of Sparrows
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Accolades: AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Feature film now in development at Amazon MGM Studios with John Wick screenwriter Derek Kolstad attached • Amazon Best Romantasy Books of the Year 2025 • Apple Books Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Novel Best Sellers 2025, #27 • Audible Top Ten Best Romantasy Listens of 2025 • Indigo Best Fantasy Books of 2025 • Goodreads Choice Award finalist 2025: Readers’ Favorite Romantasy • Spotify Best Romantasy Audiobooks of 2025 recommendation • Kobo Books Best Books of the Year 2025 Shield of Sparrows is a slow-burn, high-stakes romantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros—where enemies become lovers, monsters stalk a cursed realm, and a forgotten princess finds the strength to tear off her crown and become the warrior she was never meant to be. The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel. I’ve spent my life kneeling—to their will and to my father's. As a princess, my only duty is to wear the crown and obey the king. I was never meant to rule. Never meant to fight. And I was never supposed to be the daughter who sealed an ancient treaty with her own blood. But that changed the fateful day I stepped into my father’s throne room. The day a legendary monster hunter sailed to our shores. The day a prince ruined my life. Now I’m crossing treacherous lands beside a warrior who despises me as much as I despise him—bound to a future I didn’t choose and a husband I barely know. Everyone wants me to be something I’m not—a queen, a spy, a sacrifice. But what if I refused the role chosen for me? What if I made my own rules? What if there’s power in being underestimated? And what if—for the first time—I reached for it? The Shield of Sparrows trilogy is an epic slow-burn romantasy best enjoyed in order. Reading Order: Book #1 Shield of Sparrows Book #2 Rites of the Starling Book #3 Seven and the Swift
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