Fount and Fortune

Book One of the Empire Eternal Duology

Nothing matters more to farmer Evangeline Lovette than taking care of her 7-year-old sister. It’s the least she can do after their mother’s death, a tragedy she blames herself for. But her world is shattered when she learns her little sister has terminal cancer. Evan refuses to watch another person she loves die, and nothing will stop her from embarking on a dangerous quest to save her sister. All it takes is securing a lifesaving Immersion in the Fount, a natural spring known to pause aging and cure the impossible. 

There’s just one problem. 

The Fount is ensconced deep within the palace of the Conquistador, Florida’s brutal ruler of more than five hundred years. Even worse, only those with enough pesos are granted access. Money Evangeline does not have.

Con man Rafe Roldan relishes supplying fake identities to Florida’s downtrodden, offering a foot into elite society. Haunted by the atrocities he suffered as a youth under the Conq's regime, Rafe will do anything to subvert the man’s reign. So when he crosses paths with Evangeline, he makes a snap decision that results in the most dangerous con of his life: defying the Conquistador and scamming their way into the Fount. 

For Evangeline and Rafe, the cost to enter the Fount is steep, but the price of failure is everything, including the one thing they never expected to want: each other.

Fount and Fortune is a dual point-of-view, slow-burn romantic fantasy set in an alternate version of modern-day Florida. For romantasy fans of Carissa Broadbent, Rachel Gillig and Danielle L. Jensen.

Note: Fount and Fortune ends on a cliffhanger, but stay tuned for Book 2, Fount and Fury, with a guaranteed HEA.

Tropes:

👀 Dual POV enemies to lovers

🌹 Romantic fantasy

💀 Dystopian adventure

⛲️ Magical fount

👑 Immortal ruler

💕 Forced proximity

🏍️ Ride-or-die friendships

🔪 Who did this to you?

🔥 Slow burn

🥾 Road trip gone awry

🤫 Secret identities

💰 Let’s do a heist

⛺️ One tent

💍 Fake marriage

🛟 She saves him

🏠 Chosen family