“Evercrown” book 1 of the “Our Holy Mother” series:
Eloea and her brother are charged by the Council to attain the sacrifice for Batobim’s most holy ceremony – one not performed in generations. But before they find their prize, Eloea spots five strangers being chased to the shore by a horde of supernatural creatures. Though they intervene and bring the five strangers back to the last Free City of Nirafpoten, they soon realize not all is as it seems. With secrets uncovered from the dark, the strangers are rent in the wake of Batobim’s most sacred holiday and anointed under the moon as both guests and prisoner.