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Crown of Ash and Oath: Forged by Destiny
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction
Publisher Price: $20.99
ISBN13: 9781068208447
Publisher: BISAC
Published: Jun 3 2026
Pages: 462
Weight: 1.35
Height: 1.03 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A crown stolen by blood. A secret buried in the Highlands. A daughter, a woman, and a mother willing to burn it all down to protect her rightful heir.
Seven years ago, Eilidh MacKinnon fled Glen Torran in shame, cast out into exile by the very people she was meant to lead. She left behind her home, her status, and the ghosts of a clan fractured by internal strife. She lived in the shadows, building a life far from the damp, unforgiving moors of Scotland. But silence is a fragile shield. When coded lines from her mother finally reach her, the truth shatters her carefully constructed peace: her father, the Laird, did not die of a sudden, natural ailment as everyone was led to believe. He died from a blade in the dark.
Eilidh has no choice. Driven by a grief that has long since curdled into a cold, focused resolve, she must return to the shadows of the Cairngorm Mountains. She walks back into the lion's den, where the air is thick with the scent of pine, rain, and old grudges that never truly died.
Her aunt, Moira, is ready to seize the MacKinnon seat, her grip tightened by dangerous alliances and the silent complicity of those who fear change. But Eilidh is no longer the girl who ran away. She carries a burden that would crush a lesser soul: a secret hidden from the world-her rightful heir, the child who represents both the hope of the MacKinnons and their greatest vulnerability.
To claim her birthright and secure her child's future, Eilidh must navigate a treacherous landscape where loyalty is a luxury and betrayal is a tool of statecraft. She must confront a clan that views her return as an act of treason and an insult to their traditions. She faces ancient rivalries that smoulder like embers beneath ash, waiting for the slightest breath of rebellion to ignite into open war.
In seventeenth-century Scotland, power is not a gift; it is a heavy mantle, defended through steel, vengeance, and sacrifice. As lines are drawn across the glens and swords are bared in the misty dawn, Eilidh MacKinnon will learn what it truly costs to forge a destiny from the ashes of the past and the sanctity of her oath.
In a land where history is written in blood, one woman will prove that a crown is not defined by the gold upon one's brow, but by the fire in one's heart. Crown of Ash and Oath: Forged by Destiny is a gripping tale of resilience, motherhood, and the brutal cost of reclaiming what is rightfully yours.
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