“I write fantasy because real love already feels like magic\u2014the way the right person can make you brave enough to lower every defense, strong enough to carry their burdens alongside your own, and bold enough to believe in happily ever after even when the world feels like it’s burning. Every dragon I create, every magical system I build, every impossible prophecy I weave exists to explore one truth: the most epic adventures happen inside the human heart, and the greatest magic we possess is our capacity to love and be loved completely. Fantasy just gives us the language to call that magic by its real name.”<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Feature Section” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_image=”https:\/\/novelconceptspublishing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7_img.png” background_size=”contain” background_position=”bottom_center” custom_padding=”110px|0px|0px|0px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/novelconceptspublishing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Marisol-Rivera-Author-Headshot-scaled.jpg” alt=”Marisol Rivera Author Photo” title_text=”Marisol Rivera Author Headshot” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/novelconceptspublishing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5-scaled.png” alt=”Sons of the Dragon Emperor Logo” title_text=”Kiera McKenna Author Photo” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_cta button_url=”https:\/\/novelconceptspublishing.com\/contact\/” button_text=”Learn More” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ header_font=”Alice||||||||” header_font_size=”32px” header_line_height=”1.5em” body_font=”||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.8em” use_background_color=”off” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”15px” button_text_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.7)” button_bg_color=”#efe8d7″ button_border_width=”12px” button_border_color=”#efe8d7″ button_border_radius=”100px” button_letter_spacing=”2px” button_font=”|700||on|||||” button_use_icon=”off” text_orientation=”left” background_layout=”light” min_height=”538.3px” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” button_border_color_hover=”#e0c588″ button_letter_spacing_hover=”2px” button_bg_color_hover=”#e0c588″ global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_border_color__hover=”#e0c588″ button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”on” button_letter_spacing__hover=”2px” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_bg_color__hover=”#e0c588″ button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off”]
Marisol Rivera<\/strong> grew up in the rolling hills of Eugui, Navarra, Spain, where ancient Basque legends whispered through mountain winds and every family story carried the weight of centuries. Born into a family of sheepherders and doctors\u2014people who understood both the patient rhythms of tending flocks and the urgent calling of healing hearts\u2014Marisol learned early that the most powerful magic happens when someone sees past your armor to the tender soul beneath.<\/p>\n In the pastoral landscape of Navarra, where megalithic stones hold pre-Roman secrets and folklore speaks of dragons sleeping beneath the Pyrenees, storytelling wasn’t just entertainment\u2014it was inheritance. Every gathering sparked tales of ancestors who crossed mountains for love, of healers who could mend more than broken bones, and of shepherds who knew the old songs that called lost things home. This rich tapestry of Spanish and Basque tradition infuses every page of Marisol’s fantasy romance, where emotional healing carries the same reverence as any ancient magic.<\/p>\n Her debut series, Sons of the Dragon Emperor<\/em>, weaves together her heritage of patient tending\u2014whether flocks or hearts\u2014with her deep understanding that true strength often looks like vulnerability. Drawing from the healing traditions that shaped her childhood and the mountain folklore that filled her imagination, Marisol creates fantasy worlds where love is both the gentlest medicine and the most powerful force.<\/p>\n Each of her dragon-born princes carries scars that mirror the ways real people protect themselves from love’s potential pain, but they also carry the capacity for healing that Marisol learned from watching her family care for their community\u2014one patient heart, one gentle touch, one story at a time.<\/p>[\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Footer Section” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”110px||110px|” global_colors_info=”{}” global_module=”718″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ admin_label=”Footer Area” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Title” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”Alice||||||||” header_2_font_size=”36px” animation_style=”fold” animation_direction=”left” animation_intensity_fold=”20%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] Marisol Rivera”I write fantasy because real love already feels like magic\u2014the way the right person can make you brave enough to lower every defense, strong enough to carry their burdens alongside your own, and bold enough to believe in happily ever after even when the world feels like it’s burning. Every dragon I create, every […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-521","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nReach Us<\/h2>\r[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb url=”http:\/\/hello@novelconceptspublishing.com” admin_label=”Address” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ header_font=”|600|||||||” header_font_size=”16px” header_line_height=”1.8em” body_font=”||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.8em” animation_style=”fold” animation_direction=”left” animation_intensity_fold=”20%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]