A Heartbeat of Wind: Clean Fantasy Romance Forbidden Freedom and First Love

Her heartbeat keeps the sea at peace. He gives her a reason to want more.For fifteen years, Oriane has lived nine hundred steps above the earth, inside the windswept tower of the Vanecrown. The Stillsisters say her heartbeat is the only thing keeping the sea in its bed. Through a brass spyglass, she watches a world she is forbidden to enter.Then the tower's nine bronze bells fall silent-and a fishing boat vanishes on water as calm as glass.Lieutenant Emrys Callowell arrives with a warrant, a satchel of ink, and a promise to chart the dangerous western waters. He has come to investigate a current that swallows ships. He never expected the lonely Keeper to become the first person who makes him want to stay.For Oriane, his arrival offers something more dangerous than any storm: the possibility of a life of her own.As mysterious green lanterns appear upon the sea, a map, a signal-lamp, and a borrowed heartbeat carry her down the forbidden stair. She has thirteen days to discover the world beyond her window-from reed-marsh abbeys and seal-shore clans to a glittering royal regatta-and to know the man who is slowly winning her heart.But every hour she spends ashore, the sea grows restless. And every hour beside Emrys, returning to her tower becomes harder to imagine.How much can she claim for herself when an entire kingdom depends on what she gives up?Tender, atmospheric, and threaded with maritime mystery, A Heartbeat of Wind is a clean, closed-door fantasy romance featuring a slow-burn courtship, forbidden freedom, and a complete happily-ever-after.Begin the Vanecrown Accord, a saga of oaths, seasons, and nine love stories in a sea-bound kingdom.