Shield of Sparrows
When 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.
1. SHIELD OF SPARROWS by Willa Nash
SYNOPSIS
The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel.
Iβve spent my life kneeling to their will and to my fatherβs. 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 fatherβs throne room. The day a legendary monster hunter sailed to our shores. The day a prince ruined my life.
Now Iβm crossing treacherous lands beside a warrior who despises me as much as I despise him?bound to a future I didnβt choose and a husband I barely know.
Everyone wants me to be something Iβm 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 thereβs power in being underestimated? And what if for the first time I reached for it?