The Basics
| Title: | The Crown of Moonlight, Book One of The Five Crowns Series |
| Author: | Martina Boone |
| Publisher: | Mayfair Publishing |
| Release Date: | November 11, 2025 |
| Genre: | Historical Romantic Fantasy | Epic Romantic Fantasy | Celtic/Scottish Romantasy |
| Audience: | Adult, not New Adult |
| Spice Level: | Earned explicit intimacy |
| ISBNs: | 978-1-946773-24-1 (hardback) 978-1-946773-26-5 (paperback) 978-1-946773-25-8 (e-book) / ASIN B0FTRM95H8 |
| Length: | 118,000 words, 461 pages |
| Contact: | admin (@) martinaboone.com |
Official Blurb
Outlander meets the Otherworld in a luminous romantic fantasy inspired by Scottish history, where the land itself is magic and chooses a woman as its champion.
She’s the Highlander who saves his life with forbidden magic. He’s the immortal stranger who falls first—one healing touch, one fierce kindness at a time.
Flora Domhnall is the last of her line: a healer, a strategist, her clan’s only defence in a war neither side can win. When she finds a dying immortal warrior in her woods, saving him is a terrible risk. But if he dies on her land, her clan will pay the price.
Her choice binds her fate to his.
Chyr has spent four centuries chained by the oaths carved into his flesh—oaths that read his every thought. Violence and honour are all he knows, and Flora’s brave, impossible mercy breaks him open.
Hunted across the burning Highlands, they can rely only on each other. Their longing grows with every mile they share a saddle, every sacrifice made in silence, and every night they guard each other in the dark.
He’s hopelessly fallen. She’s fighting not to fall.
Then the ancient sovereignty magic of the Cailleach Queens awakens in Flora—and marks her as something the world hasn’t seen in four hundred years.
And Chyr’s oaths may demand he destroy the one person he can’t bear to lose.
For her, he’ll try to break his oaths. Even if they’re designed to kill him for it.
The Crown of Moonlight is mythic Celtic romantasy perfect for readers who love the haunting historical romance of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander, the soul-deep yearning of Rebecca Ross, and the dark, aching magic of Rachel Gillig’s One Dark Window—the first book in a sweeping series about ancient crowns, impossible oaths, and a love that must survive betrayal, war, and the gods themselves.
Scottish/Celtic Romantic Fantasy Featuring
✨ Emotionally dangerous slow-burn romance
✨ Fantasy grounded in Jacobite-inspired history and Celtic mythology
✨ An immortal warrior chained by magical oaths that read his thoughts and intentions
✨ A kind, strategic heroine with agency and power
✨ A land of ancient sovereignty magic waking to defend itself and choose a champion
✨ Forgotten queens, god-forged crowns, and a contested throne
✨ A shared journey through the war-torn Scottish Highlands
✨ Emotional yearning and hard-won explicit intimacy
✨ Dual POV (mortal + immortal perspectives)
✨ One epic love story—no love triangle
Book One of The Five Crowns series. Book Two, The Hollow Crown, releases March 9, 2027.
Contains explicit intimate scenes and violence in the context of war. Please check warnings. Uses UK English spelling and light Highland dialect suggestive of Jacobite Scotland.
What Readers Are Saying
On BookTok
“I COULD NOT STOP reading. The slow burn! THE TENSION! THE YEARNING!! The romance was just so good I was on the floor. The Scottish lore is incredible and the world building sublime.” —BookTok Reviewer
About Comparable Books/Authors
“As a massive fan of Outlander, I went into this story hoping for a touch of sweeping romance, aching emotion, and lush world-building—and I was not disappointed…the same sense of fate-touched love, and that slow, simmering tension between two characters who feel destined for each other.” —ARC Reviewer
“The land and the world itself feel like another character in the story. The romance reminded me of Rebecca Ross’s writing—it’s soul-deep, human, and emotional, and I loved it.” —Librarian/NetGalley Review
“An immersive fantasy for readers who love magic, history, and aching romance. Perfect for fans of Sarah A. Parker and Rachel Gillig. If you love stories where courage and desire collide against impossible odds, this one belongs on your shelf.” —Librarian/NetGalley Review
About the Characters
“The heroine is instantly compelling—strong yet vulnerable, torn between duty and desire, and determined to uncover the truth even when it puts her in the path of danger. The relationships are layered with tension and emotion, and the romantic chemistry crackles through every shared glance and whispered secret.” —Librarian/NetGalley Review
“I didn’t expect a Highland fantasy to feel this haunting and tender, but The Crown of Moonlight swept me away. Boone gives us Flora Domhnall, a courageous woman caught between loyalty to her clan and the dangerous pull of an immortal warrior…a slow-burn romance wrapped in rich history and magic.” —Librarian/NetGalley Review
“Lush and atmospheric, weaving together Highland landscapes, fae sorcery, and political intrigue with a slow-burn romance that feels both inevitable and heartbreaking…The Highlands are painted with haunting beauty, the fae rebellion pulses with danger, and the chemistry between Flora and Chyr builds with delicious tension…For readers who crave romantasy with grit, passion, and mythic resonance, The Crown of Moonlight delivers in spades.” —NetGalley Review
About the Book
“Lyrical without losing momentum, pulling you deeper into a world of moonlit forests, cursed crowns, and political intrigue that keeps the stakes constantly rising. The twists are smart and satisfying, the lore is rich, and the slow-build mystery surrounding the Five Crowns adds irresistible depth. Utterly absorbing.” —Librarian/NetGalley Review
“A beautifully imagined fantasy that blends magic, mystery, and romance into an enchanting opening for The Five Crowns series. Martina Boone crafts a world that feels both ancient and alive, full of shimmering enchantments, dangerous secrets, and a royal legacy that refuses to stay buried.” —Librarian/NetGalley Review
“Atmospheric, romantic, and utterly absorbing, The Crown of Moonlight is the kind of fantasy you sink into and don’t want to climb back out of. A captivating beginning to a series that promises even more magic and danger to come.” —Librarian/NetGalley Review
Author Bio
Martina Boone is the award-winning author of romantic fiction set in magical places. Her books blend lush writing, strong heroines, wounded heroes, atmospheric landscapes, history, folklore, family secrets, and magic woven through the ordinary world. When she isn’t writing, she can usually be found traveling, reading, studying history and folklore, wrangling wildflower meadows, or playing with Shetland Sheepdogs and tuxedo cats.
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Short Quotes
Flora’s Voice
“War is never glorious. That’s a lesson we women learn at our mothers’ knees.” Ch. 1
“Mercy is a two-edged weapon. I’ve no doubt it will come back to make me bleed.” Ch. 1
“The sword is no illusion, and the threat is no mistake.” Ch. 3
“I will help him because I choose to, not because he deserves it. That difference matters more than he is likely to understand.” Ch. 5
“Love stands beside you when war is coming, and it’s there helping you burn the bodies.” Ch. 16
“You keep doing your best to die. Please stop.” Ch. 20
“Whatever I was before I found Chyr in the Sacred Wood, I will never be that again.” Ch. 24
“You don’t lie, but you aren’t honest.” Ch. 25
Chyr’s Voice
“Taunt the things you fear, and you might just prove you were right to be afraid.” Ch. 1
“Cruelty is a game in my family, but I swore I would be better.” Ch. 6
“Not only do I need to live, I think perhaps I want to.” Ch. 7
“We can’t lie, but that’s not the same as telling the truth.” Ch. 10
“I’m not judging you. I’m angry for you. I’m breaking for you.” Ch. 21
“Lying still, I count her heartbeats until their rhythm slows and my hunger has become a steady ache.” Ch. 21
“You will haunt me, Fierceness. I’m afraid that you will haunt me.” Ch. 24
“I know what it’s like to have to live without love, and that should never be your fate.” Ch. 24
“You and I—that was truth…You’re the reason my heart still beats.” Ch. 28
“It’s her heart—that fierce, courageous, impossibly kind heart of hers—that I love the most.” Ch. 40
“I will love you, whatever happens. Until my last breath, my last thought, the last beat of my heart.” Ch. 44
Between Them
“’I’d rather be fierce,’ I whisper. ‘You could never be anything less,’ he says.” Ch. 33
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