A secret affair. A disfiguring punishment. A burning need for revenge. Kyrra d'Aliente has a bad reputation and an arm made of metal. Cast out of the luxurious world of silk to which she was born, played as a pawn in a game of feuding Houses, and blamed for the war that destroyed her family and the man she loves...Kyrra disguises herself as a man and navigates a dangerous world of mercenaries, spies, and smugglers. Only one thing keeps her going: she believes her missing lover is alive, and she will stop at nothing to find him. But when Kyrra is offered the chance to assassinate the man who betrayed her and put the wheels of war in motion, the seductive draw of revenge changes everything. In a world of scheming gods and precarious loyalties, vengeance comes at a deadly cost. Now Kyrra must choose between killing the man who took everything from her...or rescuing the man who gave her back her life. Revenge is finally within her grasp. But is she willing to pay its price? An epic love story set amid the ashes of war and betrayal for fans of Robin Hobb, Guy Gavriel Kay, and Juliet Marillier. Read Fortune's Fool and sink into award-winning author Angela Boord's lyrical and dark Renaissance fantasy world today!

An Eterean Empire standalone novel Kyrra d'Aliente's metal arm gets her in trouble. Sometimes, it's not even her fault. Mercenary Kyrra d’Aliente’s homecoming is not as triumphant as she hoped. Her family is dead, her pockets empty, the man she loves missing, and a bunch of out-of-work sellswords want to steal her metal arm. So, when an encounter with an old friend leads to a smuggling job, she’s more than willing to hop on board in exchange for a bag of coins and a little revenge. But will this mysterious cargo be worth the firestorm it ignites? Smuggler’s Fortune is a standalone novella that takes place just before Fortune’s Fool, the first novel in the Eterean Empire series and runner-up in Mark Lawrence's 2019 Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off (SPFBO5).