Five Queens Prophecy

Stars are born to burn.Content to live overshadowed by my mother's personality, I spend my days happily sewing her extravagant gowns.When one of her guests won't leave me alone at a party, I escape deep into the desert.I knew better.The desert is full of hungry monsters, and one misstep trying to escape a pack of sand wraiths has me falling down a crevice into Mictlan. There, I come face to face with the ruler of the spirit world, Tizoc. He'll let me go back to the land of the living if I can beat him in a sewing contest.As time goes on, we grow closer and I realize that I don't want to leave this handsome ruler after all. If we don't figure out what's--or who--is stopping souls from finding rest, though, it won't be up to me.Can we solve it together before Mictlan collapses, taking us all with it?Of Fire and Fear is a low-stakes and low-steam fantasy romance. It's a retelling of an old Mexican tale: The tailor and the devil mixed with Aztec mythology.

Living in a kingdom cursed by endless winter isn't a fairy tale... it's a desperate, deadly fight to survive.Princess Elsie has spent years burying her forbidden ice magic beneath a mask of royal duty, terrified that discovery means exile. When she's forced to escort the enigmatic dragon heir through her frozen kingdom, every moment threatens to shatter the careful control she's built around her heart-and her deadly secret.Ember, the bold dragon heir with her lilting brogue and piercing gaze, sees through Elsie's walls in ways that both terrify and thrill her. As they journey through a land that no longer remembers warmth, Elsie finds herself torn between the safety of isolation and the dangerous pull of someone who might actually understand the fire burning beneath her icy exterior.Together, they uncover buried truths and power that could restore spring-but the deeper they dig, the more Elsie realizes that saving her kingdom might mean embracing the very magic she's feared. With political enemies closing in and her feelings for Ember growing impossible to ignore, Elsie must decide: will she risk everything for love and her people, or let fear freeze her heart forever?Of Air and Wrath is book 4 of the Five Queens Prophecy. It is a retelling of the Ice Queen with dragons. Sharlene Healy has been telling stories for as long as she can remember. After many twists and turns, her life road led her to her husband, who encouraged her to participate in NaNoWriMo 2013 while their son was still a baby. She now has four kids and spends most of her time juggling them as best she can. She lives on the West Coast after slowly migrating from Pennsylvania. She loves to read, craft, and generally cause mayhem. She can be found on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads, and TikTok. If you'd like to discuss her books, join her Facebook Group: Can't Stop Won't Stop Reading or her Discord Channel: Sharlene's Book Club.