A Queen's Pride

<b>...A powerful roller coaster of emotions that still makes time to probe themes of discrimination and entitlement.<em><b> Readers will be hooked</b></em>. <b>Publishers Weekly<br></b><br><br>A Coming of Age Shapeshifter Story</b><br><br><br>For centuries humans descended on shifters' lands killing and claiming. They devoured all in their path--gold God and glory their battle cries. From the flames of destruction on the Zafeo continent two nations emerged--the human territory of Vumaris and the feline nation of Shona. <br><br>No more wars. No more bloodshed. Eight decades of peace.<br><br>For eighteen-year-old Asha traveling to Vumaris with her parents lion alphas of the Kingdom of Shona should've been a simple matter. Recommitting to an eighty-year-old peace treaty between their countries should've been easier still. Yet greed and corruption know no boundaries of time and place. So when a group of mercenaries converges on Sanctum Hotel hellbent on kidnapping Asha and assassinating her parents her family trip turns into the bloodiest night of her life. <br><br><b><em>Will Asha lose those closest to her heart--her parents and Ekon a young bodyguard she loves?</em></b> If so will she forgive her enemies or seek divine retribution? <br><br>Only time will tell and it's running out for Princess Asha of the Kingdom of Shona.<br><br><br><em>Warning: Gun violence and torture (non-sexual)</em>