Sartorias-deles: Modern (Romantic Fantasies)

I guess these would be called romantasies now--though I don't know if that term will stick. Cozy romantic fantasies, definitely. ("Cozy", for me, being defined by a text that soon clues the reader that nothing horrible is going to happen by the end, though there might be some emotional turmoil and even danger.) These were all written when I was a twenty-something.

Crown Duel

Book #1 from the series: Sartorias-deles: Modern (Romantic Fantasies)

Over their father’s deathbed, young Meliara Astiar and her brother Branaric promise to lead their people against the evil King. The impoverished count and countess discover that even when the cause is right, leading a war is much tougher than it appears. When Meliara falls into the hands of the elegant Marquis of Shevraeth, the enemy commander,...

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The Trouble with Kings

Book #2 from the series: Sartorias-deles: Modern (Romantic Fantasies)

“With music you can tell the truth about human experience.”

In this romantic fantasy set in the same world as Crown Duel, Flian is an ordinary princess who would rather be left with her music, but gets abducted not once, not twice—three times.

What is a civilized princess to do? Especially when she can’t tell which prince is the hero and which the...

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Sasharia En Garde

Book #3 from the series: Sartorias-deles: Modern (Romantic Fantasies)

This romantic fantasy is set in the same world as Crown Duel, to which Sasha’s mother, Sun, was once swept away by a real prince.

But not to happily ever after.

Her prince vanished, and a wicked king took the throne. Since then, Sasha and Sun have been hiding on Earth, both training in martial arts until Sasha is tricked into going back to...

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