Junipertide

Junipertide by Sasha Leone is out now (published July 28, 2026).

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Junipertide Release Date: July 28, 2026

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Every equinox, the flooded grove tests one more woman for the dragon’s true mark. The Warden sworn to disprove every claimant never expected to face the one who might be real.
Merrit Callow tested her own grief-stricken claim five years ago and was declared false in front of the whole court, a humiliation she has spent five years trying to outwork into an unremarkable, careful life. Then an ordinary grove chore goes wrong, a stray wash of real floodwater catches her bare wrist, and the juniper-sprig birthmark every claimant prays for rises, unbidden, with no one watching but her.

Bastian Renfrew has spent eight years as Junipertide’s Doubt-Warden, trained by the aunt who raised him to certify claim after claim false, and has never once let himself hope the old prophecy might still be real. He isn’t supposed to believe Merrit. He isn’t supposed to protect her either, not before the Council has ruled. He does both anyway, and discovers a mark that holds under water he now has real reason to distrust.

What neither of them knows is that Tide-Regent Ottilie Vantress has ruled Junipertide’s interregnum for thirty years precisely because no bondmate has ever been confirmed true, and that she made certain of it three decades ago, the first time the mark ever rose on anyone at all.

Perfect for readers who love a prophecy-bound romance with a rigged ritual at its heart, a hidden-power heroine whose own pulse catches a lie, a trained skeptic hero who chooses her over the aunt who raised him, and a dragon who finally trusts her own instincts again.

🌙 A birthmark prophecy that’s been quietly rigged to fail for thirty years
💓 A hidden-power heroine whose own heartbeat catches a lie in real tidewater
⚖️ A Doubt-Warden hero who chooses the truth over the aunt who raised him
🐉 A dragon who stopped trusting her own instincts, and finally dares to again
💍 Standalone romantasy with a full, satisfying HEA
Full-length romantasy (58,000+ words). Standalone love story with a satisfying HEA. Intended for readers 18+.

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Genre: Paranormal Romance

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