A Debut Romantasy

The Witches of Mara

Step beyond the veil — into a realm of ancient magic, dangerous courts, and stories that linger long after the final page.

Book One The Vaelment
Genre Dark Fantasy · Romantasy
Status Available Now
The Vaelment, Book One of The Witches of Mara — cover art
The Vaelment book cover

Book One · The Witches of Mara

The Vaelment

Witches Fae Court Arranged Betrothal Ancient Magic Slow Burn Prince of Shadows

Ophelia Eldryn was never meant to rule. She was never meant to survive.

Summoned from the witch‑isles of Mara to the gilded fae kingdom of Valdyris, Ophelia is bound by a covenant older than kingdoms to a betrothal not of her choosing — and watched by powers older than gods. The royal court calls it tradition. The witches call it a warning.

When the Vaelment trials begin, the court expects her to break beneath them. Instead, something ancient stirs at Ophelia’s touch — something the Mothers themselves have marked.

As court politics sharpen into quiet cruelty and her fate entwines with a prince of shadows, Ophelia must uncover what she truly is before the throne decides for her… and the darkness claims her.

Because some witches wield power.
And some witches are power.
You are something the sky remembers.
— The Vaelment

The Witches of Mara

A Series Unfolding

Two kingdoms. Three Mothers. A bloodline the gods cannot ignore. The veil is only beginning to thin.

Book One

The Vaelment

Ophelia is summoned to Valdyris — bound by a covenant older than kingdoms, watched by powers older than gods. The trials are only the beginning.

Available Now
Book Two

Valcaelum

Some thrones are claimed in candlelight. Others are forged in shadow. The story continues — and the Mothers are watching.

Coming Soon
Monika Muldoon, author

Portrait by Rachel Rossetti Photography

Meet the Author

Monika Muldoon

Monika writes the kinds of stories she always wanted to disappear into — ones filled with magic, tension, and characters who don’t walk away from the dark, but step into it.

Her work lives in the space between softness and danger, where love is complicated, power has a cost, and transformation is never gentle.

When she isn’t writing, she balances the beautiful chaos of life as a mother of three — living in the present while often daydreaming about the cliffs of Mara.

Stay witchy, little ravens. — The Mothers are always watching