MEG HAWTHORN
Birth, Death, Rebirth...
Twenty-seven years have passed since the Fair Folk were last seen. It’s as if the fae have all but vanished from the mortal realm. All except for Fia. Though she has no memory of the night she was abandoned, she has heard the horrifying stories whispered among the humans of the druid grove: tales of a babe stolen from its cradle and replaced by a cursed faerie creature. Fia is desperate to prove she is nothing like the stories, but her adoptive father does his best to keep her isolated, fearful for her safety.
When nightmarish hunters appear in the woods outside their home, Fia is shocked to discover they are fae like herself. In a violent clash, her father is captured, and Fia is thrust into a dangerous quest to save him—one that will take her back to the Otherworld, the volatile fae realm where emotion and magic are intrinsically linked, and nothing is as it seems. There, she must learn to embrace all that she is, uncover strength she never knew she had, and face the impossible choice between saving the ones she loves or sacrificing everything to stop a dark power that threatens to grow.
Shadows of Spring is the first novel of a planned four-part adult fantasy quartet.
Release Date: TBA
Hell Hath No Fury...
Blood of the Faithful is my brand new project, spawned from a mix of my seasonal depression and recent life challenges. It's a modern twist on the classic southern gothic horror genre. This book will be a love letter to my favorite kind of horror: a classic gothic monster narrative.
I don’t want to give away too much about the plot because so much can change during the drafting process, but here a few little bites to hold you over:
Demons & vampires (though maybe not in the way you expect)
Set in the modern day Bible Belt (Texas to be exact)
Themes of: gender control, religious exploitation, the intersection of faith and fear, female empowerment, religious trauma, and complex grief.
For fans of Midnight Mass, True Blood, Ninth House, & The Fall of the House of Usher.
Currently planned to be a standalone Southern Gothic Horror novel, though I am tempted by the mythology to extend it into a duology. We'll see! Anything is possible.
Release Date: TBA
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