New Release Coming! The Princess Who Knew the Truth

George's book has been out for a month, so it's time for the bonus novella! The Princess Who Knew the Truth is a prequel novella featuring Una, our very own veiled lady. Why did a dragon attack her kingdom? And how did Una make her polite but unstoppably determined way through all the dangers of England and Faerieland, looking for a way to get rid of it?

I originally planned to include this story at the back of George, the Shield, and the Veiled Lady, but when I formatted the file for paperback I realized how long George's story was... and how long this story was... So in the interest of not giving anyone arm fatigue from balancing a massive volume, I decided that Una's story needed its own release. It will be available on August 1!

You can find Una's story on Amazon as an ebook and paperback at this link: The Princess Who Knew the Truth

As usual, you can preorder the ebook, but the paperback won't appear until release day (August 1, 2026).

Despite the fact that I didn't decide to give this story an independent release until a few months ago, Sarah Rios (Courtesy of Cat) still found time to draw the lovely character art of Una which is featured on the cover!

Five of my favorite things about this story:

- Una having no time for nonsense... but somehow being polite and kind about it (as someone who constantly struggles to compensate for my tactless nature, I really admire this!)

- The king of Perion, ultimate girl dad

- Magic knitting

- Puck, the ultimate chaos gremlin

- Dragons. Plural.

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