Naya of the Reeds by Saoirse Stone

She was meant to serve the sun—but found her light in the shadows.

Book 1: Servant of the Sun

She was born in the reeds. Raised in silence. Destined for something more.

Naya is a servant with clever hands and a mind full of myth. She’s spent her life hidden in the shadows of the Pharaoh’s palace, unnoticed and unimportant—until the night a sacred festival turns into chaos, and one bold act of courage brings her face-to-face with power.

Kaem is the Pharaoh’s son, heir to a kingdom he’s not sure he believes in. He has vowed never to take a wife, never to be ruled by love or fate or gods. But when Naya saves a noble’s life and earns a place in the palace infirmary, their paths begin to cross in ways neither can ignore.

As rumors stir and palace walls whisper, Naya finds herself drawn deeper into court life—and into Kaem’s orbit. But in a kingdom ruled by tradition and divine decree, a servant girl must learn to navigate secrets, danger, and the price of being seen.

And when she overhears Kaem questioning the very gods she’s built her life upon, Naya must ask herself: What do you do when the man you’re falling for doesn’t believe in the stars that guide you?

Set against the heat and myth of ancient Egypt, Servant of the Sun is a lyrical, slow-burn romance of identity, devotion, and the quiet power of those who dare to choose their own fate.

Book 2: Voice of the Hawk

Inside the palace, power whispers louder than prayers. And truth can be a dangerous thing to love.

Naya has earned her place. Once a servant in the shadows, she now walks the marble halls of the Pharaoh’s palace as a healer—respected, visible, and dangerously close to a man she should never love.

Kaem is more than a prince. He is a ruler rising, bound by duty, hunted by tradition, and drawn to the one woman who refuses to bow. As he tries to steer Egypt through reform and rising unrest, a deeper threat begins to stir beneath the surface—one hidden in the grain stores, cloaked in priestly robes, and sharpened by betrayal.

When Naya uncovers a plot to sabotage the kingdom’s food supply, her gift for observation becomes her most dangerous weapon. As she follows the trail of secrets into the heart of the temple’s power, Kaem draws her closer—entrusting her with knowledge even his council fears.

But intimacy has its price. And as the court turns watchful and war looms, Naya and Kaem must ask themselves: Can love survive when it challenges the very order of the gods?

Voice of the Hawk is a romantic, high-stakes continuation of Servant of the Sun, a story of hidden truths, sacred defiance, and a love that sharpens in the shadows.

Book 3: Daughter of the Horizon

The gods demand loyalty. The people demand a leader. And Naya must decide what she is willing to become.

War stirs beyond the desert’s edge, and inside Egypt’s gilded halls, a quieter war rages—between temple and throne, tradition and reform, silence and truth.

Kaem prepares for battle. The priesthood demands he take a royal bride to secure the gods’ blessing. And Naya—healer, outsider, beloved—knows her place at his side has never been more fragile.

But Naya has never been one to stand in silence. As the court circles and threats tighten, she must choose between vanishing to protect him… or stepping into the fire and risking everything.

In the days before war, a vow is broken. A love is tested. A new kind of queen is born—not by crown or blood, but by choice.

Daughter of the Horizon is the sweeping, emotional finale to Naya of the Reeds—a trilogy of quiet resistance, sacred love, and the courage to rewrite fate.