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Here’s the short story:
I’ve always loveds tories that whisk me away to far-off places & make my heart race. The dream of my life has always been to write books filled with heart, adventure, and, of course, kissing.
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Graceless
Heart
In the 15th century, Ravenna Maffei enters a competition, desperate to save her brother, hosted by Florence’s most feared immortal family, revealing a dark power in a city where magic is forbidden.
Witch Dance
March 9, 2027
In the Summer of 1518, the citizens of Strasbourg are dancing themselves to death.
Brilliant medical student Evelina del Valle arrives determined to stop the plague before the quarantined city collapses… while keeping a terrible and fatal secret: she’s a witch. But she’s left her coven, her sister, and that life behind her for good. All she wants now is a career in healing.
But Strasbourg’s sickness defies everything she knows about medicine. Every experiment of hers fails in uncovering how and why the plague is spreading. The afflicted cannot stop dancing, and the local physicians insist they must “dance it out,” even as bodies fall and no natural cause can be found.
Then Alaric Keller crosses her path―secretive, dangerous, and bound to the shadowed Black Forest beyond the city walls, where rumors whisper of hidden fae courts, gemstone magic, and bargains struck in the dark. His mother was the plague’s first victim, and he is desperate to save her. He needs Evelina’s help, but the way he looks at her suggests he already knows the secret she keeps―and he threatens to use it against her.
As suspicion tightens and the death toll climbs, Evelina is forced to choose what she’s willing to sacrifice: the life she’s built, the identity she’s hidden, or the man who may not only hold the key to the truth and her heart, but also her ruin.
Because Evelina fears this is no ordinary plague.
And she knows that once the dance begins, it does not stop.
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Graceless Heart
Ravenna Maffei enters a competition, desperate to save her brother, hosted by Florence’s most feared immortal family, revealing a dark power in a city where magic is forbidden.
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Where the Libary Hides
As Inez and Whitford’s uneasy partnership ignites into a fiery romance, their search for a hidden library unravels deadly secrets that could bind—or destroy—them both.
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What the River Knows
In 1884, Inez Olivera, a 19-year-old Argentinian heiress, defies societal expectations by embarking on a perilous journey to Egypt to uncover the truth behind her parents’ mysterious deaths. Armed with her wits and a touch of magic, Inez navigates treacherous waters, both literal and political, to solve the mysteries shrouding her family’s past.
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Together We Burn
A fierce flamenco dancer must face fire, dragons, and a brooding dragon hunter to save her family’s legacy and uncover the truth behind a devastating attack.
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Woven in Moonlight
A decoy condesa with the power to weave moonlight must infiltrate her enemy’s palace, but revenge becomes complicated when she uncovers dangerous secrets and unexpected allies.
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Written In Starlight
Banished to a deadly jungle, a displaced queen must survive its dangers, embrace a divine destiny, and decide if reclaiming her throne is worth the cost.
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Reclaim the Stars
From stories that take you to the stars, to stories that span into other times and realms, to stories set in the magical now, Reclaim the Stars takes the Latin American diaspora to places fantastical and out of this world.
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The Storyteller's Workbook
Your companion to writing a novel from start to finish, with thoughtful prompts, calendars, & checklists to guide you along the way by Isabel Ibañez & Adrienne Young.
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For requests regarding ARCs, events, interviews, and other media please reach out to my publicist, Wednesdaybooks [@] stmartins.com
For rights and permissions inquiries, and blurb requests please contact my agent Sarah Landis of Sterling Lord Literistic
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