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  1. Public Bookmark 3

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    It's the summer of 1913, the global turn of the century accumulating into the Edwardian Period crowning the First Decade; it's a time of progression, of discovery, of the arts. Hundreds of years since the Crusades, kingdoms and latin-states have risen and fallen...

    In a cross-continental move across the globe, the Nile loses a daughter to the Hudson as a young girl discovers that the Mediterranean is never truly left behind in her new life among vipers hidden behind lilies.

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    12 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 18

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    [DARK ROMANCE]

    She was born in the land of snow, where hearts are cold and vows never break. He ruled a kingdom of sand, faith, and fire. A man marked by both crown and curse.

    Princess Evelaine of Sollene is bound by oath to King Baldwin IV, a ruler shrouded in silver and secrecy. Yet the closer she draws to him, the more she glimpses the man behind the mask, powerful, devout, and dying.

    Her marriage was meant to unite two kingdoms. Instead, it awakens something far darker. Between them grows a love that should never exist, hungry, desperate, and doomed to be consumed by the very faith that binds them.

    Because in Jerusalem, nothing holy survives untainted.

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    04 Apr 2026

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  3. Public Bookmark 15

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    This is the second book in The Phoenix of Jerusalem series.

    At nineteen, King Baldwin IV wages war on three fronts—against the invaders beyond Jerusalem's walls, the factions fracturing his court, and the leprosy consuming him from within. Surrounded by unrest and racing against time, he leans on the one person who sees him beyond the crown or the illness: Ysolde, his brilliant physician and once-lost childhood friend, who returned for duty and found love. As the kingdom begins to fall, Baldwin and Ysolde fight to hold what remains, protect each other, and carve out the right to live on their own terms before all that they are—king, healer, city, and bond—is lost to fire and memory.

    ‼️Disclaimer: This novel is a work of historical fiction inspired by the life of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem. While the character may be familiar from the film Kingdom of Heaven, this story draws instead from historical chronicles, medieval sources, and scholarly interpretation—seeking to explore Baldwin's legacy as it might have truly been lived.

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    03 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 25

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    ‼️Previously completed. All 68 chapters currently being remastered.‼️

    At eighteen, Baldwin IV, the Leper King of Jerusalem, entrusts his life to a physician unlike any other—a brilliant woman from the East who bears a face he believed lost to tragedy years ago. As political threats close in and his body continues to fail, Baldwin must confront an impossible truth: the cure for his dying soul may be the very woman fate once stole from him—and now returns.

    ⚠️Disclaimer
    This novel is a work of historical fiction inspired by the life of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem. While the character may be familiar from the film Kingdom of Heaven, this story draws primarily from medieval chronicles, historical sources, and scholarly interpretations—seeking to portray Baldwin’s legacy as it might have truly been lived.

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    03 Mar 2026