A Treacherous Motion (Book One) - scheduled release April 25, 2025
Intended audience: Young Adults Visit Deborah Grace White's website for other information including the latest on her release plans. Ties of Dust (Prequel)
A girl hiding in plain sight. A prince trying to save the peninsula. A very inconvenient enchantment. Flora owes her role as a royal bodyguard to her ability to control Dust—the invisible magic created by movement. She doesn’t precisely pretend to be a man. She just doesn’t correct those who assume the Siqualian princess’s bodyguard must be a man…which is everyone. Including the delegation of the foreign prince to whom the princess is betrothed.
Prince Cassius’s sole purpose in seeking a marriage alliance is to bring strength to the region before outside forces succeed in splintering the peninsula further. When a misunderstanding magically tethers him to the princess’s scrawny bodyguard, he thinks his plan couldn’t go more wrong. Until the bodyguard reveals herself to be far from the teenage boy he’d assumed—it turns out his plan can go much more wrong.
Flora and Cassius find themselves in an uncomfortable bind—especially as their own hearts become as great a threat to the proposed marriage alliance as the outside forces determined to prevent it. When Cassius’s enemies emerge from the shadows, and their tether puts Flora in even greater danger than Cassius, both will have to decide what they’ll fight to protect…even if it means choosing between their hearts and their kingdoms.
Ties of Dust is book eight in Tethered Hearts, a multi-author series of no spice fantasy romances. Each standalone story features a magical bond that forces the couple to discover how much they’re willing to sacrifice for the sake of love.
Although it’s a fully standalone story, Ties of Dust also serves as a prequel to Deborah Grace White’s fantasy series Magic of Dust and Movement. Publication History The Ties of Dust eBook (ISBN: 978-1-923218-32-1) is a prequel to the Magic of Dust and Movement series. It was published on the Amazon Kindle Store on April 25, 2025. A print edition (ISBN: 978-1-923218-33-8) is also available from Amazon and from a wide range of online booksellers worldwide. A Treacherous Motion (Book One)
A princess determined to be won, a prince strangled by duty, a sabotaged magic In Elowen’s world, every movement stirs an invisible gust of magic. But as a princess, she’s never been encouraged to study the craft. Her role is to marry for alliance, a necessity she’s accepted…mostly. If only the dutiful seriousness of her betrothed didn’t blind him to the fact that she still has a heart to be won.
Prince Theodore is used to bearing others’ responsibilities, given his older brother’s tendency to disappear. He’s never yet failed to silence the distraction of emotions and do his duty. So why do both Elowen and the promised alliance feel out of his reach? And why is his failure slowly crushing him?
With the magic of the land tilting steadily out of balance, and a series of disasters threatening the fragile peace between their kingdoms, the pair can’t afford to focus on matters of the heart. But they’re in greater danger than they know. Only when the threat becomes personal does Theo realize the truth—he’d give anything not to lose the princess he never fully had. Even his heart.
A Treacherous Motion is the first installment of Magic of Dust and Movement, a YA fantasy romance series set in the land of Ryki, where magic is generated by movement, and peace is precarious. Follow three royal siblings as the crisis gripping the Peninsula puts both their kingdom and their hearts on the line.
If you enjoy sweet romance, unique magic, and heart-stopping adventure, stay tuned for Magic of Dust and Movement, releasing soon. Publication History The A Treacherous Motion eBook (ISBN: 978-1-923218-34-5) is the first release in the Magic of Dust and Movement series. It will be published on the Amazon Kindle Store on March 31, 2026. A print edition (ISBN: 978-1-923218-35-2) will also be available from Amazon and from a wide range of online booksellers worldwide.
