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The Shadows of Lysoria
A fallen kingdom. A hunted princess. A spy who was trained to break her.
When the kingdom of Lysoria burns in a single night, Princess Miren survives by vanishing into the shadows of her own realm. Branded a traitor and hunted by the very captain who once swore to protect her, she has nothing left—no throne, no allies, and no idea why her mother, the queen, never called upon the kingdom’s legendary magic to save them.
Her only chance of staying alive is an elite operative of a secret Order, razor‑sharp, ruthlessly efficient… and hiding far too many secrets of their own. Thalen knows the truth about the coup, the enigmatic Lady Isolde Rose, and the Ashen Circle pulling Lysoria’s strings from the dark. They also know exactly how to turn Miren from sheltered royal into a weapon the enemy will never see coming.
As Miren is dragged through black‑market bazaars, forgotten tunnels, and a remote rose‑choked cottage steeped in forbidden magic, she discovers two terrifying the power that toppled Lysoria is tied to the ancient Convergence pulsing beneath the land—and her blood is the key to controlling it.
But Miren isn’t the only one shaped by a mother’s machinations. Thalen was forged in Isolde’s service, molded into the perfect infiltrator and assassin. Protecting Miren means betraying the woman who made them…and choosing a future that might destroy them both.
With assassins closing in, a corrupted magical network spreading like rot, and a ritual planned at a storm‑lashed bay that could rewrite the laws of the world, Miren must decide who she is without a crown—and whether she can trust the one person who was trained to lie to her.
If she chooses wrong, Lysoria will not be reborn. It will be remade into something far worse.
The Shadows of Lysoria is the first book in The Linen Rose, a dark romantasy series filled with courtly intrigue, morally gray spies, knife‑edge banter, slow‑burn tension, and a heroine who must claim her power before others use it to break the world.
When the kingdom of Lysoria burns in a single night, Princess Miren survives by vanishing into the shadows of her own realm. Branded a traitor and hunted by the very captain who once swore to protect her, she has nothing left—no throne, no allies, and no idea why her mother, the queen, never called upon the kingdom’s legendary magic to save them.
Her only chance of staying alive is an elite operative of a secret Order, razor‑sharp, ruthlessly efficient… and hiding far too many secrets of their own. Thalen knows the truth about the coup, the enigmatic Lady Isolde Rose, and the Ashen Circle pulling Lysoria’s strings from the dark. They also know exactly how to turn Miren from sheltered royal into a weapon the enemy will never see coming.
As Miren is dragged through black‑market bazaars, forgotten tunnels, and a remote rose‑choked cottage steeped in forbidden magic, she discovers two terrifying the power that toppled Lysoria is tied to the ancient Convergence pulsing beneath the land—and her blood is the key to controlling it.
But Miren isn’t the only one shaped by a mother’s machinations. Thalen was forged in Isolde’s service, molded into the perfect infiltrator and assassin. Protecting Miren means betraying the woman who made them…and choosing a future that might destroy them both.
With assassins closing in, a corrupted magical network spreading like rot, and a ritual planned at a storm‑lashed bay that could rewrite the laws of the world, Miren must decide who she is without a crown—and whether she can trust the one person who was trained to lie to her.
If she chooses wrong, Lysoria will not be reborn. It will be remade into something far worse.
The Shadows of Lysoria is the first book in The Linen Rose, a dark romantasy series filled with courtly intrigue, morally gray spies, knife‑edge banter, slow‑burn tension, and a heroine who must claim her power before others use it to break the world.
428 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 8, 2026
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August 6, 2026
really addictive
I really was not ready for this book. It reels you in from page one. It’s full of angst and mystery magic and mayhem. Its world building is epic and extensive. It’s picked me up and got me desperate for book two.
I really was not ready for this book. It reels you in from page one. It’s full of angst and mystery magic and mayhem. Its world building is epic and extensive. It’s picked me up and got me desperate for book two.
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