The Crown of Moonlight - The Five Crowns, #1

A mythic romantic fantasy inspired by Scottish history, where the land itself is magic and tests a woman to become its champion.

She's the Highlander who saves his life with forbidden magic. He's the immortal stranger who falls for her—one healing touch, one impossible kindness at a time.

Flora Domhnall is determined to protect her people and keep her Highland clan neutral in a war between immortals. Then she finds a dying warrior—one of the rebel king's own Riders—bleeding in her woods. If the Raven Queen's soldiers catch him, Flora's clan will hang as traitors. If she turns him away, the rebel's side will demand revenge. With every option a trap, she chooses to save him and binds her fate to his.

Chyr never expected to owe his immortal life to a human woman, but a mysterious wound is dragging him toward death, and the last doorway back to his world is sealing shut. If he misses it, the Raven Queen will finish her conquest of Flora's realm and invade Chyr's world beyond the Veil. His oaths have turned Chyr into a weapon, and they won't let him rest until the war is won.
 

Hunted by the Raven Queen's forces, Flora guides Chyr across the burning Highlands, her fury growing at the price her people pay. Still, the longing between her and Chyr grows with every mile they share a saddle, every sacrifice made in silence, and every moment they guard each other.

Then the ancient sovereignty magic of the Cailleach Queens awakens in Flora—and marks her for a test no woman has faced in four hundred years. And if she passes, Chyr's oaths will command him to destroy her.

For Flora, he'll try to defy those oaths. Even if he must die to save her.

The Crown of Moonlight is a luminous Celtic romantic fantasy perfect for readers who love the haunting historical romance of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, the soul-deep yearning of Rebecca Ross, and the dark, aching magic of Rachel Gillig's One Dark Window. It is the first book in a sweeping series about ancient crowns, impossible oaths, and a love that must survive betrayal, war, and the gods themselves.
 

CELTIC MYTH AND MAGIC IN A SCOTTISH HISTORICAL SETTING

· An emotionally mature, strategic heroine with agency and power

· An immortal warrior chained by magical oaths

· A slow burn of mercy, courage, restraint, and sacrifice

· Reluctant allies learning to trust despite conquest and competing truths

· Mythic fantasy grounded in Jacobite-inspired history

· Forgotten queens, ancient sovereignty magic, and a contested throne

· Dual POV, emotional stakes, and hard-won explicit intimacy

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING

"I COULD NOT STOP reading. The slow burn! THE TENSION! THE YEARNING!" —BookTok Reviewer

"The romance reminded me of Rebecca Ross's writing—it's soul-deep, human, and emotional, and I loved it." —ARC Reviewer

"As a massive fan of Outlander, I went into this story hoping for a touch of sweeping romance, aching emotion, and lush world-building—and I was not disappointed...the same sense of fate-touched love, and that slow, simmering tension between two characters who feel destined for each other." —ARC Reviewer

"Readers feel both the mortal cost of Flora's courage and the immortal ache of Chyr's duty. Their chemistry is beautifully rendered—never rushed, always earned..." —ARC Reviewer

Book One of The Five Crowns series concludes with the central romance unresolved. Contains explicit intimate scenes and violence in the context of a brutal war. Please check warnings. Uses UK English spelling.