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Book One of The Unchosen Ones Series
To have lost is to have loved. To love is to defy the gods.
On the island of Alvorium, the year is 1811, Lucy-Anne Butler, daughter of a renown viscountess, would rather hide behind her pianoforte than entertain suitors. But when her music revives wilting flowers and stirs an ancient magic long forgotten, she is thrown into a destiny she never asked for, and one that may cost her more than her heart.
Arthur Barrington, the rakish Duke of Helaero, has returned from sea not to find love, but to fulfill duty. With the weight of a legacy on his shoulders and a past he can't outrun, he proposes a courtship of convenience. Lucy-Anne agrees. It is all pretend of course, until it isn't.
When Arthur is lost at sea, Lucy-Anne must travel to Seondes, the final resting place to revive him. There, she confronts the Queen of the Dead and convince her using the same song that parted the veil between life and death.
But the gods are watching. And the song that saves one soul may awaken others. Vengeful, ancient, and waiting.
Because this was never just a love story. It was the first chord in a symphony of war.