Unsettled Shores

A dangerous island. A corrupted blade. A choice that could change everything.

Kiralin Thorne survived the Spire. She survived the gods’ machinations. And she survived discovering that the bond tying her to Matthias Ironhart is far more dangerous—and powerful—than either of them expected.

Now, she has no choice but to follow the Sea Berserker to his homeland.

On an island ruled by sailors and pirates who value strength above all else, Kira is an outsider in more ways than one. As tensions rise and the corruption within the Shardblade spreads, she begins to uncover secrets that force her to question everything she thought she knew about her magic, her bond, and the path laid out before her.

Matthias has always known what is expected of him. A warrior. A protector. A captain. But the world has a way of making obedience feel a lot like surrender—and for the first time, he must decide what matters more: the duty he was raised to uphold or the female he cannot seem to let go.

Because the gods may have set their paths in motion.

But they don’t get to choose where those paths lead.

With the Shardblade’s corruption growing and enemies cirlcling, Kira must make a choice of her own: follow the fate written for her…

or risk everything to forge a different one.

Unsettled Shores is the second novel in the Blade & Bonds series, a sweeping romantic fantasy of forbidden bonds, dangerous magic, gods at war, and a slow-burn romance where every choice comes with a price.