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Melissa has a BookTok account (@melissas.bookshelf on TikTok) where she discusses and reviews her favorite books, including Indigenous and queer fiction, sapphic books, LGBTQ+ romance, feminist literature, and non-fiction.","products":[{"product_id":"an-honored-vow-paperback","title":"An Honored Vow - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis thrilling romantasy about king's Blade, Keera, and her epic quest to avenge her lover, save her people, and bring down a tyrant king is the final installment of Melissa Blair's highly acclaimed series. The Halfling Saga showcases BIPOC and queer representation, love, passion, betrayal, magic, and great battles of the sword and the soul.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Your land is not the one you take; it is the one you die for.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Keera has tried to keep her final promise to Brenna, the partner she was forced to kill to save a kingdom--but that promise has led to the most difficult struggles of her life. She's been at war with her worst self while battling King Damien for the freedom of the Halflings, and she's lost too many along the way. 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This is much-needed fantasy with its fangs honed sharp by the power of resistance. Melissa Blair has built a tremendous world.\"--Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThese Violent Delights\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy body is made of scars, \u003cbr\u003e some were done to me, \u003cbr\u003e but most I did to myself. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Keera is a killer. As the King's Blade, she is the most talented spy in the kingdom. And the king's favored assassin. When a mysterious figure moves against the Crown, Keera is called upon to hunt down the so-called Shadow. She tracks her target into the magical lands of the Fae, but Faeland is not what it seems . . . and neither is the Shadow. 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