Book One: Saving Tropic

Saving Tropic is the first of the Esmeranza series. In this book, the authors introduce Velour, a mellow girl with a fine sence of humor (who also narrates the first book), and Skyla, her fun-loving sister who has a dark side that comes out when a loved one is in danger. They also come to Cella, their protective guardian from the Vajou, and her full-grown daughter Vess'la and her son Sun'ri. The book starts going when Cella finds Velour and Skyla's father, Bowser, ruling an army of evil Koopas in Lava Land, and sends the sisters to find their mother, Tropic, in the royal Aurevale jail. Later in the book, the authors introduce Raina Emerald, the current queen of Aurevvaine, who has wreaked havoc on the citizens of Aurevvaine, and around this time Tropic says her most famous quote: "Yes. I am going to slay Raina. Yes."

In the middle of the story Skyla is captured, then freed, from her jail cell in Aurevale, beaten and bruised. Luckily, Cedar, Allegro, Maple, a former guard, and Vivace with them, and they altogether heal Skyla.

In the end of the book, the group becomes a dream team, and they set out to hunt Raina, leaving the readers on a cliffhanger.