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The Bone Below
The Bone Below Duology: Book 1
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Release: April 2024
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Tropes: Political Espionage/The Reluctant Hero
Spice: Clean/Wholesome
"Throne of Glass meets Bridgerton in this Princess and the Pea fairytale retelling!"
Each time Nelka leaves her cottage she seems to bump into the same unnamed stranger who teases her relentlessly and ignites feelings she isn't prepared for. When her sister becomes ill, Nelka leaves the safety of her village to find a cure. Trouble becomes imminent when Nelka is taken prisoner and held hostage by the foreign King and Queen. Their son, and soon-to-be King, has plans and Nelka is exactly what he needs to set them into motion.
Each day Nelka spends in the castle with the Prince brings her closer to a truth she didn't know had been hidden while pushing her further from the village farmer of her past.
The Bone Below is a journey of self-discovery, first love, and learning about one’s place in a vast world.
The Bone Above
The Bone Below Duology: Book 2
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Release: February 2025
Genre: Fantasy
Tropes: Political Espionage/The Reluctant Hero
Spice: 1 pepper
As tensions rise, will Nelka be able to handle it all, or will she finally make the ultimate choice that prioritizes her?
Nelka has now been crowned Queen of the Nidora-Lecit Commonwealth alongside her husband King Andrius. However, he views her as nothing but his pet, making her a prisoner with no autonomy once again.
After learning of her husband’s harrowing plans, Nelka knows the peasants need her more than ever as they prepare to rebel against the nobility. Nelka is forced to use the few allies she has made in her time at the castle to get her foot through the door, so when she ultimately kills Andrius, the people trust her to rule on her own.
What she doesn’t expect is for her sister, Olesia, and her once secret lover Eva—a local lord’s daughter—to arrive at the castle as honored guests. Everything becomes even more complicated when Kazimir ends up on the castle premises, desperate to be with her no matter the cost.
In the sequel to The Bone Below, Nelka is tested. Expectations of her are at an all time high as she tries to please her family, her people, and her heart.
Meet Sylwia Koziel
Sylwia is a born and raised Chicagoan, spending her days exploring the city, one train stop at a time. She currently works as a media planner at a large media agency where she daydreams of the day when a slack notification no longer makes her heart jump in fear.
Sylwia writes all sorts of genres that have strong romantic subplots. She enjoys character driven stories where the main character is on a journey of discovering themselves and learning to let go of the expectations weighing on them.
On top of publishing her debut duology, The Bone Below and The Bone After, with Conquest Publishing, she is also in the early drafting stages of self publishing a series of novellas under her pen name KC Silver.