Cities of Smoke and Starlight

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Two tortured souls. One world on the brink of war.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Kase Shackley is an embittered hover pilot still reeling from the night his sister died in his arms. He's a screw up in every sense so when a pilot nearly dies on his watch he faces serious charges. </span><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Seeking to clear his name he flies a ragtag crew to a lost and dangerous land from which they might never return. If only he didn't have to work with the infuriating bookshop </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>girl</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> who insulted him with Shakespeare...</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Hallie Walker top scholar at the University is jaded by the glittering society she'd always dreamed of joining. Raised in the mountains she fled to the city to forget her painful past. When she loses her bookshop job and the promise of school tuition she agrees to a top-secret government mission if only for the promised substantial sum upon her return. Now if she could just ignore the ungrateful arrogant prat of a pilot...</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In a world of hoverships and crumbling First Earth artifacts it's up to Hallie and Kase to accomplish the impossible: secure an alliance with an elusive mystical race to help defend against a kingdom with dangerous technology and ancient magic. If they fail the war will be lost before it even begins.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Cities of Smoke & Starlight is a heart-wrenching character-driven steampunk novel featuring a clean slowburn enemies-to-lovers romance perfect for fans of Dune Pride & Prejudice and anyone who believed Rogue One needed a romantic subplot.</strong></p><p><br></p>