Emily Thiede

"Riveting, passionate, and full of high stakes danger." - Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa’s gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner’s magic, not kill every suitor she touches. Now, with only weeks left until a hungry swarm of demons devours everything on her island home, Alessa is running out of time to find a partner and stop the invasion. When a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is the island’s only hope, her own soldiers try to assassinate her. Desperate to survive, Alessa hires Dante, a cynical outcast marked as a killer, to become her personal bodyguard. But as rebellion explodes outside the gates, Dante’s dark secrets may be the biggest betrayal. He holds the key to her survival and her heart, but is he the one person who can help her master her gift or destroy her once and for all? Emily Thiede's exciting fantasy debut, This Vicious Grace, will keep readers turning the pages until the devastating conclusion and leave them primed for more! "Remixing all the best parts of a dark fantasy and a romantic comedy, This Vicious Grace is a wonderfully fun time from start to finish, with lush, complex worldbuilding, intensely relatable characters, and relationships that are easy to root for." - Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For The Wolf

This Vicious Grace

This Cursed Light

Her gift can save . . . or it can kill. 'Riveting, passionate, and full of high stakes danger' Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa's gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner's magic, not kill every suitor she touches. Now, with only weeks left until a hungry swarm of demons devours everything on her island home, Alessa is running out of time to find a partner and stop the invasion. When a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is the island's only hope, her own soldiers try to assassinate her. Desperate to survive, Alessa hires Dante, a cynical outcast marked as a killer, to become her personal bodyguard. But as rebellion explodes outside the gates, Dante's dark secrets may be the biggest betrayal. He holds the key to her survival and her heart, but is he the one person who can help her master her gift or destroy her once and for all?

"One of the best fantasies of the year." - Buzzfeed "Riveting, passionate, and full of high stakes danger." —Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Thiede's exciting fantasy debut, This Vicious Grace, will keep readers turning the pages until the devastating conclusion and leave them primed for more! Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa’s gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner’s magic, not kill every suitor she touches. Now, with only weeks left until a hungry swarm of demons devours everything on her island home, Alessa is running out of time to find a partner and stop the invasion. When a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is the island’s only hope, her own soldiers try to assassinate her. Desperate to survive, Alessa hires Dante, a cynical outcast marked as a killer, to become her personal bodyguard. But as rebellion explodes outside the gates, Dante’s dark secrets may be the biggest betrayal. He holds the key to her survival and her heart, but is he the one person who can help her master her gift or destroy her once and for all? "Remixing all the best parts of a dark fantasy and a romantic comedy, This Vicious Grace is a wonderfully fun time from start to finish, with lush, complex worldbuilding, intensely relatable characters, and relationships that are easy to root for." —Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For The Wolf

A Novel

Anne Guitton

Mariée trois fois. Veuve trois fois. Chaque fois qu’Alessa touche le partenaire qu’elle a choisi et dont elle doit magnifier la magie, il succombe sous la puissance de son don. Il faut pourtant qu’elle parvienne à maîtriser son pouvoir, et vite, car bientôt tous les habitants de Saverio feront face à un fléau démoniaque qui pourrait les anéantir. Et c’est elle, la Finestra, que les dieux ont choisi pour défendre l’île. Or, elle ne peut y parvenir sans l’aide d’un Fonte, un partenaire sélectionné parmi les quelques élus doués de magie. De plus en plus, on se défie d’elle, des rumeurs circulent, et sa vie est menacée. Alessa recrute alors un nouveau garde, Dante, un paria beau et cynique qui cache un sombre passé. Elle le comprend bientôt : Dante détient la clé de son destin et de son cœur. Ce qu’elle ignore, c’est s’il sera celui qui l'aidera à maîtriser son don ou celui qui la détruira une fois pour toutes...

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The highly-anticipated sequel to the epic romantic fantasy This Vicious Grace. When the gods make the rules, the players must choose: sacrifice their love to save the world, or choose love and let it burn? Six months after Divorando, Alessa is returning from a diplomatic trip, eager to embrace her post-battle life and live happily ever after with Dante. But as the ship nears shore, a premonition of danger strikes. Little does she realise that the battle of wills between the gods is just beginning . . . In their time apart, Dante has physically recovered from his brush with death, but he's still haunted by nightmarish visions of looming attack, suffocated by the adoration of those who once loathed him, and grappling with the loss of his ghiotte powers . . . without which, every painful kiss he steals from Alessa threatens death. Desperate to regain them, he proposes the pair take a dangerous trip to find the long-banished ghiotte - but what they find at their destination could cost them each other - or the world. In This Cursed Light, Dante and Alessa face their most daunting challenge yet when the Gods demand they prove their worth by choosing the ultimate sacrifice to save humanity, once and for all.

The Epic Romantic Fantasy Sequel to This Vicious Grace

This Vicious Grace - Die Auserwählte

Her gift can save . . . or it can kill. 'Riveting, passionate, and full of high stakes danger' Tamora Pierce Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa's gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner's magic, not kill every suitor she touches. Now, with only weeks left until a hungry swarm of demons devours everything on her island home, Alessa is running out of time to find a partner and stop the invasion. When a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is the island's only hope, her own soldiers try to assassinate her. Desperate to survive, Alessa hires Dante, a cynical outcast marked as a killer, to become her personal bodyguard. But as rebellion explodes outside the gates, Dante's dark secrets may be the biggest betrayal. He holds the key to her survival and her heart, but is he the one person who can help her master her gift or destroy her once and for all? PRAISE FOR THIS VICIOUS GRACE 'A wonderfully fun time from start to finish' Hannah Whitten 'The perfect blend of humour and heart' Allison Saft 'This book is incredible' Lauren Blackwood 'Remarkably fresh' Ayana Gray 'Sure to be a favourite for fans of Stephanie Garber, Leigh Bardugo and Kerri Maniscalco' Lyndall Clipstone

The Romantic, Unforgettable Fantasy Debut of the Year

"Es ist schwer zu glauben, dass etwas so wunderschönes so tödlich sein kann, oder?" Alessa ist verzweifelt. Als auserwählte Finestra ist es ihre Bestimmung, mit ihren Kräften das Land vor einem Angriff dämonischer Wesen zu schützen. Doch sie hat ihre magische Gabe nicht unter Kontrolle - alle Menschen, die sie berührt, sterben. Um niemanden mehr zu gefährden, lebt sie daher vollkommen isoliert im Palast. Als auch noch ein Attentat auf sie verübt wird, engagiert Alessa einen Leibwächter: Dantes Kennzeichnung als Verbrecher und sein dunkler Blick reichen normalerweise aus, um andere auf Abstand zu halten. Doch je mehr Zeit Alessa mit ihm verbringt, desto besser lernt sie den Mann hinter der abweisenden Maske kennen - und desto mehr sehnt sie sich nach seiner Berührung. Doch wie sollen sie sich jemals nahekommen, wenn ihre Gabe seinen Tod bedeuten könnte? "Kennt ihr diese Bücher, die euch unter die Haut gehen? Das ist genau, was ich beim Lesen von THIS VICIOUS GRACE gefühlt habe." UTOPIA STATE OF MIND Erster Band der LAST-FINESTRA-Dilogie

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