The Crown of Moonlight

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, even if it means marrying a man she loathes. 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 escort him off her land.

Chyr never expected to owe his life to a mortal woman. He's supposed to live forever, but a mysterious wound is dragging him toward death, and the doorway back to his world is sealing shut. If he misses it, the Raven Queen will tighten her grip on Flora's realm and turn her conquest toward 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.

Forced to cross the burning Highlands together, Flora and Chyr must evade the Raven Queen's forces day and night. Trust is dangerous, but their longing 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 immortal warrior chained by magical oaths
· A mature, strategic heroine with agency and power
· A slow burn of silence, restraint, and sacrifice
· Reluctant allies who can't help falling for each other
· Mythic fantasy grounded in Jacobite-inspired history
· A shared journey through the war-torn Scottish Highlands
· Forgotten queens, god-forged crowns, and a contested throne
· Ancient sovereignty magic, fae folklore, and Celtic mythology
· Dual POV, emotional stakes, and hard-won explicit intimacy

Book One of The Five Crowns series.

Contains explicit intimate scenes and violence in the context of war. Please check warnings. Uses UK English spelling.