She didn't ask for a crown. She just wanted to keep her sister safe. It's been just four months since Melodee lost her mother-and the fragile stability of the life she'd built. At twenty, she's doing everything she can to care for her quick-witted eight-year-old sister, Meagan. But when a surge of raw magic cracks open the sidewalk of their tiny Ohio town in broad daylight, Melodee is thrust into a world she never knew existed. Eclarona is a realm of breathtaking beauty and ancient danger, ruled by queens and pulsing with a magic older than memory. Her grandmother-the realm's dying Queen-has been waiting. Her long-absent father, a fae prince who vanished eight years ago, holds secrets Melodee isn't ready to face. And like it or not, Melodee is next in line. Guided by her no-nonsense Lady's Maid Hilra, a snarky gnome protector, and the chaotic loyalty of a new friend named Yara, Melodee must navigate political scheming, buried grief, and the slow-burning spark of power waking in her blood. Eclarona is a sweeping portal fantasy about finding strength in the ashes, family in the unexpected, and stepping into the role destiny has been saving just for you.