The Book of Bastards

Welcome to The Gold Piece Inn! Where you can drink, gamble, and play. . .Or hide.Cursed on the day the king is assassinated, Dewey Nawton is compelled to protect the widowed queen, but protection means different things to different people (and different curses).Kings have dictated every role Queen Dafina has ever played. Now, a halfling innkeeper assigns her the role of serving lass. But is The Gold Piece Inn just another tavern? Could it be an orphanage? … surely, it's not a brothel.Oh yes, she's fallen from grace, but will that stop her from leading a handful of pirates and a dozen bastards to avenge her king and rescue Glandaeff's faeries, elfs, and mermaids (and merbutlers!) from a brutal tyrant?Dewey has a secret. Dafina has a secret. The Bastards have two secrets.Is there even a sip of moral justice in all this bawdiness?Meet you at the bar!"Riveting, intense plot of righteous vengeance with tongue-in-cheek banter."-Brian D Anderson, bestselling author of The Bard and the Blade."Rich fantasy worldbuilding and the kind of thoughtful, character-driven story that makes your brain whirl, your imagination dance, and your heart surge."-J.M. Frey, bestselling author of The Accidental Turn Series.