Desert Rose (A Tale of Nälu, 1‪)‬

Can a desert princess find love with a foreign king?

Johari lives in the shadow of her beautiful sister until a foreign king notices her, but in her haste to prove herself worthy of affection she finds herself compromised and on a difficult journey to make things right.

This is a short story set in the world of Nälu years before the opening scene of Secrets Kept, a fantasy novel.