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Sails Lost

YA Nautical Romantic Fantasy set in the world of Erastra

The sea whispers three stories—each bound by salt, storm, and secrets.

In the lawless reaches on the sea of the Eastern Eldertide, Captain Stormbringer rules the waves with iron resolve and elemental might. Feared by enemies and obeyed by her crew, she sails under royal sanction as a privateer, hunting threats that endanger the coast. Yet every victory pushes her closer to a reckoning. One that challenges how far vengeance can be justified before it costs her everything.

Across those same treacherous waters, Kai Ashvale, a man bound to duty and conscience, is sent to watch her. Drawn into Stormbringer’s world of shifting loyalties and violent tides, he finds himself torn between his orders and the woman behind the legend. As battles rage and storms answer her call, their growing connection becomes both an anchor, and a danger neither can afford.

Meanwhile, far from cannon fire and command decks, a young girl named Brianna clings to life on a broken reef. Cast away by fate and the sea’s cruelty, she must survive with nothing but her wits, the whisper of magic in the waves, and memories of a life stolen too soon. Each day tests her resolve as the ocean gives and takes in equal measure, shaping her into someone the tides themselves seem to recognize.

As these three lives unfold, the sea tightens its threads around them. Storms gather. Secrets surface. And the line between who we were, who we are, and who we must become begins to blur.

Sails Lost is a sweeping romantasy of identity, love, and restraint, where power is seductive, the sea remembers everything, and not all truths are meant to surface at once.

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What readers can expect

  • High-stakes adventure driven by ancient elemental magic

  • A slow-burn romance tested by loyalties and impossible choices

  • Found family forged under pressure

About BL Iverson

I didn’t set out to become a fantasy author. I just couldn’t stop listening to the characters in my head.

It started about five years ago, when a young woman named Serurz wouldn’t let me rest until I began writing her story. She’s still growing into her own saga (second book), but then, just before Christmas 2023, someone else spoke up — a determined girl named Lila who had no intention of waiting her turn. She came with a time-sliding adventure, a stubborn spark, and a boy named Ethan. I had no choice but to set everything else aside and follow her.

I've always loved stories where people fall in love — where they grow, stumble, and find something better in each other. I believe in soulmates, though I also believe there’s more than one person in the world who can change your life. So, I write stories that reflect that: full of magic, tension, loyalty, and the kind of connection that bends fate.

Time Lost wasn’t an easy book to finish. I rewrote the ending again and again, because every version tore Lila and Ethan apart. Then one day, while lying flat on a physical therapy table, aching from more than just plot problems, the solution finally came. The path opened up — and so did the ending they deserved.

If you're a reader who loves stories where time isn’t quite stable but love is, where characters change through the choices they make and the people they fight for, then welcome. You're the kind of person I write for. I hope Lila’s courage and Ethan’s devotion remind you that hope is worth holding on to — even when the clock’s against you.

I’m currently developing Captain Stormbringer, a companion series that dives into ancient sea-magic, forgotten guardians, and the shadowed conflicts stirring beneath Erastra’s waves. Stormbringer, a tidebinder with a haunted past, will uncover secrets that tie directly into the larger timeline of Time Lost.

When I’m not writing, I’m probably imagining new trouble for my characters, wondering whether Serurz and Lila would get along, or debating if the sand drake deserves his own short story. (He does. He knows it.)

BL Iverson

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