Desire or Destiny
Book One · December 1, 2026
Welcome to
BETHELBRIER
An island history forgot.
Desire is rarely innocent.
Duty is rarely simple.
And everyone has something they want.
Erotic Adventure Fantasy
FANTASY WITHOUT
THE MAGIC.
No dragons. No spells. Just desire, power, religion, war—and the terrible things people do when they think they're right.
Book One of the Bethelbrier Trilogy
DESIRE or
DESTINY
Penelope has always known what her future holds. Then she is sent across the island to West Elm, the licentious capital of Bethelbrier, to find a husband among the royal family.
Nothing there resembles the world she knows.
Releases December 1, 2026.
“What he wishes, or what any of us wishes, is not a trustworthy principle upon which to guide a life.”
One island. Four regions.
MEET
BETHELBRIER
Different roads. Same island. Vineyards and mountains, farmland and court—each region certain it understands how a life should be lived.
THE GRAND VALLEY
Vineyards. Leather. Tradition.
Vineyards. Leather. Tradition.
THE NORTH
Diamonds. Mountains. Resentment.
Diamonds. Mountains. Resentment.
THE CENTRAL REGION
Farmland. Faith. Certainty.
Farmland. Faith. Certainty.
WEST ELM
Silk. Power. Appetite.
Silk. Power. Appetite.
The Bethelbrier Trilogy
THREE BOOKS.
ONE ISLAND.
Burden or Blessing
Book Two · June 1, 2027
Rise or Ruin
Book Three · December 1, 2027
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