What is a lawspeaker?
In Duskryn, a lawspeaker is one who knows the ancient laws that bind land, oath, and obligation. They interpret sworn words, hear disputes, and speak judgments that carry consequences beyond the courtroom. When a promise is broken or a boundary falsely claimed, a lawspeaker must determine what the law requires to set matters right.
In the fae realm of Duskryn, law and land are bound together. A false boundary or a broken oath wounds the ground itself, and someone has to pay to set it right.
Humans live here too, as tenants under the fae Houses, with no standing in the courts that decide their fate. Over three books, that begins to change.
Each novel follows a new couple through a slow-burn, closed-door romance, where telling the truth costs something and is the only thing that holds.
A Free Duskryn Court Story
Stable Ground
Return to Duskryn Court in a standalone story about Fenn, a man whose quiet responsibilities reveal another side of life in the realm.
What are the Fae Houses?
In the realm of Duskryn, the Fae Houses are ancient families whose authority is bound to the land they hold. Their rights and obligations are governed by laws older than living memory, and the promises they make can shape the lives of generations.
Humans live and work on House lands, tending fields, maintaining households, and honoring agreements that determine where they belong and what they owe.
Each House has its own history, interests, and obligations. When boundaries are disputed or sworn promises broken, the consequences can reach far beyond the families involved.
In Duskryn, land, law, and loyalty are inseparable, and even the most powerful House must answer for the words it has sworn.
The Vowed Houses
Set in the same world as the Duskryn Court, where a sworn word binds the land it names. The Duskryn books follow the courts. These follow the marriages.
A marriage vow here is a binding like any other, and the ground answers to how truly it was sworn. Each novel is a complete, closed-door romance with its own couple and its own happily ever after, set among the fae Houses and the human households who keep their land.
Start with either series. They share a world and its laws, and each book stands on its own.
What is a binding vow?
In the fae realm, marriage vows carry obligations that reach beyond the couple who speaks them. A binding can protect a home, secure a holding, and determine who has the right to remain on the land. The words matter, and so does the promise behind them.
The Mender of Promises
Set on the far border of the same world, a long way from the courts and the great Houses. Out here the fae take people at their word, exactly, and an ordinary sentence can cost far more than anyone meant to pay.
A woman buys a kettle and says she’ll pay in the spring. A tired young mother accepts an invitation for the evening. Then a traveling mender arrives, asks everyone to repeat precisely what they said, and sets about putting it right.
These are whimsical fantasies, funny and tenderhearted, with a small shiver at the edges. There is no romance at the center of them. Each book is one village, one promise gone wrong, and a complete story.
What is a mender?
In a world where promises carry power, a mender is someone who travels from village to village setting broken promises right. She listens to what was said, discovers what was meant, and finds a way to mend the harm left behind.