LAY-uh ee WEHL-kur—yes, like Princess Leia / General Organa, and no, it's not Walker.
Short bio
Leah E. Welker graduated from Brigham Young University (Provo) in 2016 with a degree in English language and a minor in editing. She then edited for seven years and pivoted to writing in 2023. She is based in the DC area, where she lives with her family. Follow her at leahewelker.com.
Medium bio
Leah E. Welker writes light-filled high-fantasy romance (“romantasy”) books. She is currently based in the DC area but hates cities, traffic, and going to museums (go figure). She's an INT/FJ, Enneagram 1, Gold, Gryffindor, hoping to escape to some backwoods cottage, where she can sit on the porch and bask in the peace and quiet for the rest of her days. She also doesn't like most sweets, but she accepts 70% dark chocolate with a hint of sea salt.
Long bio
Leah E. Welker began crafting stories almost from the moment she learned to speak. One of her very first novels was a fantasy retelling of Robin Hood, emailed to her siblings and best friend chapter by chapter.
Though she voraciously read all sorts of fantasy, she found her home in the full-fantasy realms of Gail Carson Levine, Patricia C. Wrede, Tamora Pierce, Mercedes Lackey, Christopher Paolini, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Tolkien. She hopes The Blood of the Covenants, her young adult fantasy series, pays homage to these greats (with an added dash of romance, too).
Leah lives in the DC area with her family. You can find out more about her at leahewelker.com.
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About Dragon's Blood (Book One)
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- Genre: YA romantic fantasy
- Subgenres: clean romantasy, portal fantasy, epic fantasy
- Publication date: June 20, 2024
- ISBN (ebook): 978-1-964174-00-6
- ISBN (paperback): 978-1-964174-01-3
- ISBN (audio): 978-1-964174-18-1
- Formats: ebook · 5.5×8.5″ paperback · audiobook (author-narrated)
- Page count: 406
- Price: varies by format & retailer (USD)
The Covenants are unraveling, the dragon King is dying, and the Heir is desperate—yet only a lost young woman from another world can help him save them all.
Recent high-school grad Sarah Lind falls into the perilous Six Realms, inhabited by dragon shapeshifters fighting for their survival against the monsters of Earth's myths. If Sarah is to find her way home, she will have to work with their Heir, Koriben, who believes she is the leader he needs to restore the broken Covenants that are the foundation of his people's existence . . . before the Devourer consumes their worlds.
C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia meets clean YA romantasy—a dual-POV, slow-burn romance.
Sarah Lind thinks her biggest problems are picking a college and helping her large family—until she falls into the dangerous Six Realms, inhabited by human-dragon shapeshifters who fight for their survival each night against the monsters of Earth's myths. If Sarah is to find her way home, she'll have to work with their Heir, who is warm and handsome enough to put her in a different kind of peril.
Koriben Sunfilled thinks his biggest problems are finding a cure for his father and redeeming the broken Covenants his people rely on for their very existence—in that order. Until he finds Sarah, an entrancing Earthren who is just the person he needs, if only he can keep her safe from the monsters now hunting her.
But as their feelings for each other grow, even greater shadows creep across the horizon: a dark and ancient evil is returning. If the Six Realms and Earth are to endure, both Sarah and Ben will have to embrace their destiny—before the Devourer consumes their worlds.
Readers who love Brandon Sanderson's hope-filled, immersive fantasy—but, let's be honest, crave a bit more romance—will devour Dragon's Blood, Book One of the Blood of the Covenants series.
Fast facts
- Genre: YA romantic fantasy
- Subgenres: clean romantasy, portal fantasy, epic fantasy
- Series: Blood of the Covenants (6 books, complete)
- For readers of: Brandon Sanderson & C. S. Lewis's Narnia
- Based in the DC area
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