Evangeline Lovette has never strayed from the stone walls surrounding the remote farm where she lives and works in the Empire of Florida. But when Evan learns her little sister is dying from a terminal illness, she becomes desperate to save her, and only one thing will cure her: an immersion in the Fount, a magical spring known to pause aging and cure the impossible.
There’s just one problem. The Fount is fiercely guarded by Florida’s brutal near-immortal ruler, and only those with enough status and pesos can enter—resources Evan doesn’t have. When Evan crosses paths with Rafe, a con man with secrets of his own, they embark on a dangerous quest to steal a miracle and save a young girl's life. The price to enter the Fount is steep, but the cost of failure is everything—including the one thing Evan and Rafe never expected to want: each other.
Fount and Fortune is a dual-point-of-view, slow-burn dystopian romantic fantasy set in an alternate version of modern-day Florida. Perfect for romantasy fans of Carissa Broadbent (Daughter of No Worlds) and Danielle L. Jensen (The Bridge Kingdom) and dystopian fans of H.M. Wolfe (Daggermouth) and Brooke Fast (To Cage A Wild Bird).
Note:Fount and Fortune ends on a cliffhanger, but stay tuned for Book 2, which will end with a guaranteed HEA (happily-ever-after).
She’ll Defy An Empire to Save Her Sister
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Their Love Just Might Spark a Revolution
Saving her little sister was all Evangeline Lovette ever wanted. She certainly never expected to fall in love with con man Rafe Roldan in the middle of a dangerous scheme to heal the girl in Florida’s magical Fount. But then everything went horribly awry. Now imprisoned and tortured, Evan is desperate to protect her loved ones while in the crosshairs of a vengeful Conquistador. After she’s forced into the Conquistador’s service, she struggles to survive while enduring the ruler’s sick games. But when the extent of the Empire’s depravity becomes clear, Evan must learn to fight for the world she wants before the Conquistador silences her for good.
Convinced everything he touches turns to ruin, Rafe is hell-bent on burning the Empire of Florida to ashes if that’s what it takes to save the woman who captured his heart. When the regime begins targeting his friends and allies, Rafe will have to decide whether to trust the shadowy Scythe of Thorns rebels to help him dismantle the Empire Eternal and save everyone he holds dear.
For Evan and Rafe, the only way to fight their way back to each other may just involve taking down an Empire—before it destroys what’s left of their world.
This is the sequel to Fount and Fortune, a dystopian romantic fantasy set in an alternate version of modern-day Florida ruled by a brutal, near-immortal Conquistador. Readers of Danielle L. Jensen, Nisha J. Tuli, H.M. Wolfe, and Brooke Fast will enjoy the dystopian action-adventure, slow-burn romance, found family, and high stakes.
Coming in September 2026.
