Kindred Spirits: A Sapphic Love That Outlives Death (Prequel #1)

November 1789. A terrible storm hurls a half-drowned French noblewoman onto the wild rocks of a remote Adriatic island. The only soul brave—or mad—enough to stand in the tempest is Vlahe Bošković, a nineteen-year-old visionary dressed in men’s clothes who has always known, through dreams, that she must be there that night.From the moment Miralis du Nouveau opens her eyes and sees the impossible color of Vlahe’s gaze, both women understand: they have been searching for each other across lifetimes.In a world that would brand their love sin or witchcraft, two women with the gift of seeing beyond the veil build a hidden paradise of books, olive groves, and children born in warm water under starlight. Together they heal an island, raise sons who will never entirely belong to them, and leave a secret stone library beneath a waterfall—a message for the souls they will become when they meet again, two centuries later.A slow-burn, deeply spiritual, and fiercely tender love story spanning 1789–1841 (and beyond), where every kiss tastes of salt and prophecy, and every promise is kept across lifetimes. Read more