Silver and Orchids - La série

After spending the last nineteen years in the illustrious chicken farming business, Lucia decides to leave her family's farm behind and sets out to make her fortune. Unfortunately, no one has faith in her skills as a scout - an adventuress by trade - especially her longtime friend, Sebastian. To convince the doubters she has what it takes, Lucia knows she must find something amazing. Something rare. Something so valuable, no one will be able to deny she has the prowess required to be one of the greats. Something like a phoenix's feather. Too bad she might be tracking the wrong beast...

What happens when a feisty adventuress, a lord looking to make his own way in the world, and a handsome sea captain set out to find Kalae's rarest and most valuable flower? Trouble - and lots of it. Lucia needs a job, and she needs one fast. Looting dragon caves hasn't proven profitable lately, and she's tired of waiting tables. Her business partner usually finds the work, but Sebastian isn't speaking with her, and Lucia's getting desperate. Luckily, Lucia finds a simple request posted on a community board. All the man wants is an orchid. Nothing to it. Except the flower only grows in a montane cloud forest in Grenalda... And Lucia must take a ship through sea serpent-infested waters to get there... And her new helpful friend - the one and only, dashing Captain Avery Greybrow - just might be a pirate. At this rate, Lucia's not sure if she'll ever reach the orchid. But she's determined to try.

The captain of the Greybrow Serpent is the last man Lucia's willing to trust. But he's the only one who can save her. Lucia's dreamed of finding Avery for a solid two months. In every one of her fantasies, the dashing captain has been on the deadly end of her dagger. Unfortunately, their reunion is not all she hoped it would be. The captain is back, but he comes bearing news: the Duke of Mesilca holds a grudge, and he's set a bounty on their heads. Now Lucia's running from bounty hunters, partnering with a man with the morals of a snake, and forcing Sebastian to court Adeline in a desperate attempt to keep the innocent seamstress safe. Captain Greybrow is the only one with a solid plan, one that will take Lucia into the heart of forbidden, siren-inhabited waters. But after Avery's betrayal, can Lucia find a way to trust him again? It won't be easy, especially when it appears the captain has yet another hidden agenda.

"Till death do us part" might come sooner than Lucia imagined. After living her entire life on the outside looking in, Lucia has finally ventured into the world of Kalae's nobility. Now infamous for slaying several sirens in their forbidden waters, she is the king's new pet, the courtiers' favorite conversation topic, and the queen's least favorite former chicken maid. As if navigating this new world were not enough, a shadow has fallen over Kalae's most beautiful royal city. Crime runs rampant in Teirn, alchemy supply shoppes are pillaged in the dead of night, and rumors of illicit underground masquerades abound. On top of all that, Lucia has her own problem in the form of the pirate who stole a piece of her heart. Still-healing Avery is not content with a sliver of Lucia's affection, not after what transpired between them on the mystery-enshrouded whirlpool island. But with a dark man stalking the adventuress, and a simple job spiraling her and Sebastian into the depths of Kalae's criminal underworld, Lucia's not sure if she'll live long enough to give the captain a real chance.

Avery swore he would return, but one question haunts Lucia's every waking moment: Can anyone truly trust the word of a pirate? A spring cloaked in mystery and lore bubbles deep in the heart of Elrija's high mountain desert. It's a fountain of healing water, a natural concoction of minerals and magic, and on it grows the fabled lily of the desert - a flower rumored to carry the cure for old age. It's also impossible to find. Impossible, that is, if you're anyone other than Lucia of Reginae, professional adventuress for hire... at least that's what Lucia tells herself now that she's knee-deep in sand and prickly ballo brush. Lucia's no stranger to dangerous territory, but Elrija's desert is unlike any place she's ever traveled. The wind is hot, the air is dry, and a person cannot turn over a stone without finding something venomous lurking underneath. She has a month and a half to track down the lily, but every clue she finds leads to another... and someone appears to be sabotaging the expedition. As if all that were not enough, the ring Lucia wears on the chain at her neck grows heavier each day. Avery said he'd find her, but how long will it take? And how much trouble will she find herself in before the captain finally arrives? If he arrives at all...