BOOK 2 – The Pride of Riverstone
A country at war.
A journey fraught with danger.
To find happiness, she’ll risk everything.
Including her life.
Five years after living the trauma of forced servitude, 21-year-old Ula leads an idyllic life as lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Praed. Content to live a sheltered life, she’s reluctant to leave her childhood home when the king and queen declare they’ll visit Ilano, the homeland of the people who invaded her country and left her toiling in the bowels of Praed Castle.
Determined to overcome her shyness, Ula makes new friends, endures heartbreak, and begins to forge her own path. But when an old enemy threatens hard-won peace, the entire continent unites for the first time in history. With war raging around her, Ula is forced to confront her feelings and face the most difficult decision of her life – to summon the courage to step out of her older sister’s shadow and seize control of her own fate.
This is the continuing story of the Daughters of Riverstone, a saga of women who are not content to stand by and allow a world of men to determine their destinies.
CW: This book contains pregnancy and miscarriage on page.
“I freaking loved this book, and now I am in a mental breakdown waiting for book 3 😭😭😭😭
~5 star review
The ending hit. I was crying. And I don’t know what I will do without book 3.”
“Of course, we know peace likely can’t last forever, but there was a good balance of hope and longing in this book that hit all the right notes. I am excited to find out what happens when book three comes out!”
~5 star review
“This was a fantastic continuation to the Daughters of Riverstone series. You could read it as a standalone if you wanted to, but you won’t know about much of the background of Riverstone. This story felt very coming of age and I think I liked it even better than the first!”
~4 star review
“The Characters were so fun and enjoyable to read about. I couldn’t pick just one cause I seemed to like all of them.
The Setting was beautifully described which made me feel like I was actually in the book while reading especially when the scenery was described.”
~5 star review
Meet Historical Fantasy Author
Mandy Schimelpfenig
Mandy received her B.S. in Zoology from Washington State University and an A.S. in Veterinary Technology from St. Petersburg College. Clearly her life goals were not geared toward a career as an author. She is a Certified Veterinary Technician specializing in small animals. When she’s not saving lives, she’s weaving tales of strong women using their intelligence to pursue incandescent happy endings. The Rise of Riverstone is the debut novel in her Daughters of Riverstone Series. She lives on the Washington Coast with her husband and their four children. Besides leaning uncomfortably over a computer screen, Mandy enjoys camping and hiking with her family, reading, and wearing out her dogs on the beach.
