The Knight of the Trove

What if the princess didn’t want to be rescued from the dragon?

As the knight of a dragon’s trove, former princess Nesrin would rather fight off suitors than invite one in. Twelve years ago, she was rescued from her cruel uncle by a benevolent dragon. Now that she’s grown, Nesrin protects herself and the trove from the “rescuers” her uncle sends to retrieve her. But when Kas, a bookish monk, arrives on her doorstep with a quest to stop her empire-building uncle from finding a magic artifact rumored to make any army invincible, she can’t say yes fast enough.

Pursued by the enemy through a dangerous world, Nesrin and Kas’s budding trust blooms into a love she never wanted and he is forbidden to feel. But when the casket falls into the hands of the enemy and an evil far worse than Nesrin’s uncle is unleashed, the two must trust their love and work together to imprison it before the world burns.

This high fantasy romance delivers a slow-burn, forbidden love between a sword-wielding knight and her cinnamon roll monk. Funny and heartfelt, this series-opening quest takes readers across the dangerously beautiful world of Mellora, through foreign palaces, sprawling libraries, into the den of manticores, the bedroom of a knight, and finally to a showdown between good and evil.

The Knights of Mellora series, Book 1.

This book is the first in an interconnected series and does not end in a cliffhanger. Book 2 is expected to be published in Fall 2025.

Content Warnings

Graphic: blood, gore, violence, grief, death of parents, on-page animal death, sexual content, rescue from building collapse
Moderate: child abuse (told in memory), war
Minor: cursing, emotional abuse, panic attack