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Princeweaver

Welsh inspired high fantasy romance

an apothecary whose magic allows him to bond to other living things, in a land recently occupied by those who forbid magic

when his brother accidentally kills a guard, he offers his life to protect him - and the prince overseeing their province offers him a deal, to become his consort to fix his own political ends

in his new life as a prince consort, he has to learn more about the court and politics - but when people start being cursed into horrific tree monsters, he has to try and figure out who’s responsible before he is accused

The second book in the Land of the Wildest Skies series, and the sequel to Princeweaver, now has a release date!

Princebreaker will be released on April 6, 2027! Both Amazon and Barnes & Noble have the hardcover edition ready for your pre-orders. Bookshop.org has the ebook up for pre-orders (and I'm sure the hardcover will be up soon)!

The official summary is below, though you may want to avoid this if you haven't read Princeweaver yet!

I picked this book up because I'd seen the cover around and I've always enjoyed arranged marriage romances. In Princeweaver, Meilyr lives in hiding in occupied fantasy Wales due his ability to wield forbidden magic. When a chance encounter leaves his brother accused of a dangerous crime, he's swept up in a plot to marry the prince—but his position may offer less protection than he hoped, since someone is using illegal magic to kill high-ranking nobles.

The queer political romance is ground that's already been well-tread by excellent books like Winter's Orbit and A Strange and Stubborn Endurance, and this is a solid entry in the genre, if not quite to my taste. Meilyr is shy, highly strung, and prone to panic attacks. The slow-burn romance consists mostly of kind and steady Prince Osian calming him while they both pine sadly (because they're supposed to get divorced after Osian's political position is stabilized). The pretext for the political marriage is more conveniently plot-induced than anything else, too: Osian effectively stumbles on Meilyr on the street and impulsively asks Meilyr to be the spouse of his scheme. Meanwhile, the series of magical murders sets up a clear mystery/intrigue plot, but the two do little in the way of actual investigating. Mostly Meilyr just publicly protests that he didn't do it, despite his ethnic background. The focus is firmly on the romance, with most of the plot consisting of Osian and Meilyr lying on opposite sides of the bed and wrestling with their complex emotions.