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A slow-burn, high-stakes romantasy where enemies become lovers, monsters stalk a cursed realm, and a forgotten princess finds the strength to tear off her crown and become the warrior she was never meant to be.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now in development as a feature film with Amazon MGM Studios, with\u00a0<\/span>John Wick<\/span>\u00a0screenwriter Derek Kolstad attached to write the script!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve spent my life kneeling\u2014to their will and to my father’s. As a princess, my only duty is to wear the crown and obey the king.<\/p>\n I was never meant to rule. Never meant to fight. And I was never supposed to be the daughter who sealed an ancient treaty with her own blood.<\/p>\n But that changed the fateful day I stepped into my father\u2019s throne room. The day a legendary monster hunter sailed to our shores. The day a prince ruined my life.<\/p>\n Now I\u2019m crossing treacherous lands beside a warrior who despises me as much as I despise him\u2014bound to a future I didn\u2019t choose and a husband I barely know.<\/p>\n Everyone wants me to be something I\u2019m not\u2014a queen, a spy, a sacrifice.<\/p>\n But what if I refused the role chosen for me? What if I made my own rules? What if there\u2019s power in being underestimated?<\/p>\n And what if\u2014for the first time\u2014I reached for it?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add to Goodreads<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Website\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0\u00a0Facebook\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0\u00a0Instagram\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0\u00a0Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry is live! A slow-burn, high-stakes romantasy where enemies become lovers, monsters stalk a cursed realm, and a forgotten princess finds the strength to tear off her crown […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[290],"tags":[685,634],"class_list":["post-78869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-news","tag-devney-perry","tag-release"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Shield-of-Sparrows.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-kw5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Amazon<\/a> \u00a0| Audiobook<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Hardcover<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Devney is the USA Today bestselling author of the Jamison Valley series. She lives in Montana with her husband and two children. After working in the technology industry for nearly a decade, she abandoned conference calls and project schedules to enjoy a slower pace at home with her kids. She loves reading and, after consuming hundreds of books, decided to share her own stories. Devney loves hearing from readers!\u00a0 Connect with her on social media.<\/p>\nFind more amazing reads on our\u00a0Devney Perry Author Spotlight<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n