Checkmate is my very first novel! It takes place in a world that’s separate from ours (though it’s soft worldbuilding; I don’t have many tiny/inconsequential details). Here’s a little summary:
Sadha Verkinsen has lived in the mountains her whole life with her family and could never dream of anything different. But then she’s forcibly taken from her home and shoved into life at the Guyajdenma Royal Palace. There, she must adapt to her new life as she determines friends from enemies and deals with a snobby prince. Yet as Sadha finds her place in her new life, she is confronted by a conspiracy which may run deeper than a simple grab for power.
Picture credit goes to me. That is my original sketch of the Guyajdenma capital and I drew it sitting beside a lake in Montana two years ago (it’s cropped, that’s not the whole thing). It was the first-ever picture that I made for Checkmate.
CHECKMATE IS PUBLISHED ON AMAZON! Barnes and Noble page coming soon, I hope (with hopefully a lower price!)