Devney Perry : Shield of Sparrows

Takakansi

IF YOU'RE NOT TERRIFIED, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.

The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel.
I've spent my life kneeling - to their will and to my father's. As a princess, my only duty is to wear the crown and obey the king.
I was never meant to rule. Never meant to fight.
And I was never supposed to be the daughter who sealed an ancient treaty with her own blood.
But that changed the fateful day I stepped into my father's throne room. The day a legendary monster hunter sailed to our shores. The day a prince ruined my life.
Now I'm crossing treacherous lands beside a warrior who despises me as much as I despise him - bound to a future I didn't choose and a husband I barely know.
Everyone wants me to be something I'm not - a queen, a spy, a sacrifice.
But what if I refused the role chosen for me? What if I made my own rules? What if there's power in being underestimated?

AND WHAT IF - FOR THE FIRST TIME - I REACHED FOR IT?

Esittely

A swoon-worthy, spicy romantic fantasy filled with legends and monsters-The Witcher meets Cinderella.

Long ago, the gods unleashed monsters upon the five kingdoms of Calandra to remind us that humans are insignificant. I didn't need a deity to remind me I was powerless. Being a princess had never been more than a performance.

Until the day an infamous monster hunter and a prince walked into my father's throne room and ruined my life. The day I married a stranger, signed a magical treaty in blood, and set off to the most treacherous kingdom in all the realm. That was the day I learned that not all myths are make-believe. And that the only way to kill the monsters we fear was to become one.