Tessa Gratton

Once, a witch made a pact with a devil. The legend says they loved each other, but can the story be trusted at all? Find out in this lush, atmospheric fantasy novel that entwines love, lies, and sacrifice. Long ago, a village made a bargain with the devil: to ensure their prosperity, when the Slaughter Moon rises, the village must sacrifice a young man into the depths of the Devil’s Forest. Only this year, the Slaughter Moon has risen early. Bound by duty, secrets, and the love they share for one another, Mairwen, a spirited witch; Rhun, the expected saint; and Arthur, a restless outcast, will each have a role to play as the devil demands a body to fill the bargain. But the devil these friends find is not the one they expect, and the lies they uncover will turn their town—and their hearts—inside out.

A kingdom at risk, a crown divided, a family drenched in blood. The erratic decisions of a prophecy-obsessed king have drained Innis Lear of its wild magic, leaving behind a trail of barren crops and despondent subjects. Enemy nations circle the once-bountiful isle, sensing its growing vulnerability, hungry to control the ideal port for all trade routes. The king's three daughters—battle-hungry Gaela, master manipulator Reagan, and restrained, starblessed Elia—know the realm's only chance of resurrection is to crown a new sovereign, proving a strong hand can resurrect magic and defend itself. But their father will not choose an heir until the longest night of the year, when prophecies align and a poison ritual can be enacted. Refusing to leave their future in the hands of blind faith, the daughters of Innis Lear prepare for war—but regardless of who wins the crown, the shores of Innis will weep the blood of a house divided.

Darling Seabreak cannot remember anything before the murder of her family at the hands of House Dragon, but she knows she owes her life to both the power of her Chaos Boon and House Kraken for liberating her from the sewers where she spent her childhood. So when her adoptive Kraken father is captured in battle, Darling vows to save him--even if that means killing each and every last member of House Dragon. Talon Goldhoard has always been a dutiful War Prince for House Dragon, bravely leading the elite troops of his brother, the High Prince Regent. But lately his brother's erratic rule threatens to undo a hundred years of House Dragon's hard work, and factions are turning to Talon to unseat him. Talon resists, until he's ambushed by a fierce girl who looks exactly like the one his brother has painted obsessively, repeatedly, for years, and Talon knows she's the key to everything. Together, Darling and Talon must navigate the treacherous waters of House politics, caught up in the complicated game the High Prince Regent is playing against everyone. The unlikeliest of allies, they'll have to stop fighting each other long enough to learn to fight together in order to survive the fiery prophecies and ancient blood magic threatening to devastate their entire world. From New York Times bestselling author Justina Ireland and Tessa Gratton comes the first book in a ferocious YA fantasy duology featuring ancient magic, warring factions, and a romance between the two people in the world with the most cause to hate one another.

Tessa Gratton's Lady Hotspur is a sweeping, heart-stopping Shakespearean novel of betrayal and battlefields and destiny. STRIKE FAST, LOVE HARD, LIVE FOREVER This is the motto of the Lady Knights―sworn to fealty under a struggling kingdom, promised to defend the prospective heir, Banna Mora. But when a fearsome rebellion overthrows the throne, Mora is faced with an agonizing give up everything she's been raised to love, and allow a king-killer to be rewarded―or retake the throne, and take up arms against the newest heir, Hal Bolingbrooke, Mora's own childhood best friend and sworn head of the Lady Knights. Hal loathes being a Prince; she's much more comfortable instated on the Throne of Misrule, a raucous underground nether-court where passion rules all. She yearns to live up to the wishes of everyone she loves best―but that means sacrificing her own heart, and so she will disappoint everyone until the moment she can rise to prove those expectations wrong. And between these two fierce Princes is the woman who will decide all their fates―Lady Hotspur, the fiery and bold knight whose support will turn the tides of the coming war.

"A wondrous lucid dream...laced with a vivid sensuality." —Jacqueline Carey, New York Times bestselling author of Kushiel's Dart  A talented heretic must decide between the pursuit of forbidden magic, or the ecstasy of forbidden love, in the start of a sweeping, romantic epic fantasy trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Tessa Gratton.Can an empire trip and fall on a mere strand of silk?  Iriset is a prodigy and an outlaw. The daughter of a powerful criminal, she dons her alter ego Silk to create magical disguises for those in her father’s organization, but she longs to do more with her to enhance what it means to be human by giving people wings, night-sight, and other abilities; to unlock the possibilities of gender and parenthood; to cure disease and even to end mortality itself.   Everything changes when her father is captured and sentenced to death. To save him, Iriset must infiltrate the palace and the empire’s fanatical ruling family. There, she realizes she has a chance—and an obligation—to bring down the entire corrupt system. She'll have to entangle herself in the lives of the emperor and his sister, getting them to trust and even to love her. But love is a two-way street, and Iriset’s own heart holds the most mysterious and impenetrable magic of all. ★ "A beautiful, elegant, passionate novel—as intricate and beguiling as a spider's web. A triumph and a delight from start to finish." —Antonia Hodgson, author of The Raven Scholar  ★ "Expertly balances one of the coolest magic systems of the decade, twists that had me gasping out loud, gloriously messy relationships, and the soaring ambition of the architectural genius at its heart. Immersive, riveting, and sexy as hell.” —P. H. Low, Locus- and Rhysling-nominated author of These Deathless Shores  

Blood magic. Ancient fury. Prepare for the gripping conclusion to the Chaos & Flame saga, the "fast-paced, action-filled fantasy that reads like a mix of Game of Thrones and The Last Airbender" (BCCB) from two beloved New York Times bestselling authors. A single kiss set Chaos ablaze. Picking up months after akiss transformed Darling into the long-lost Phoenix and every House regent into their empyreal form, Darling struggles to make sense of her destiny as a legendary creature. How can she, an orphan with no family, truly be the one to reunite the fractured houses and bring about peace, if she can't control the magic of her new Phoenix body? Talon Goldhoard, still in love with Darling but wounded by her betrayal, is tasked with ending the vicious war that his family instigated. With the Phoenix reborn, Talon is hopeful that the bloodshed will end swiftly. Instead, the kingdom grows more fraught, with the threat of violence ever present – especially from dark, conniving forces within the walls of his own House Dragon. As Chaos reigns, Talon and Darling must find their way back to each other to not survive but save the kingdom. Can Darling harness the power of the ancient magic that runs through her blood to bring about a new peace? Or will the fury that House Dragon fueled for a hundred-year war be too strong to break?

Para Mab Prowd, la práctica de la magia de sangre es tan natural como respirar, algo que ha visto siempre. Ha crecido en una granja aislada de Kansas, con la única compañía de otros practicantes, y jamás ha podido tener amigos de su edad. A cambio, ha desarrollado un gran sentido de la responsabilidad hacia todo lo mágico y natural: haría lo que fuera por preservar la magia de sangre y salvaguardar sus secretos. Además, vivir en medio de la nada le permite poder practicar sin preocupaciones, al aire libre, observada solamente por los cuervos. Pero una mañana, cuando está tratando de resolver un encantamiento especialmente difícil, se encuentra a Will, un chico que trata de exorcizar sus propios demonios personales y que, accidentalmente, experimenta la magia de Mab. El pobre no alcanza a comprender lo que ha vivido y se marcha rápidamente, sin intención alguna de volver a ver Mab. Sin embargo, pronto se reencontrarán. Las anteriores generaciones de magos de sangre guardan oscuros secretos, y ha llegado la hora de pasar cuentas. Solo Mab y Will serán capaces de hacer frente a una peligrosa fuerza que emerge de la tierra para reclamar el poder...

Tras la misteriosa muerte de sus padres, Silla no ha vuelto a ser la misma. Dormir y estudiar, dormir y estudiar: Silla no hace nada más, porque todo cuanto le rodea ha perdido el sentido. Y aunque la ex mujer de su abuelo, Judy, cuida de ella y de su hermano Reese como si fueran sus propios hijos, nada puede llenar el vacío que han dejado sus padres... Pero la llegada inesperada de un paquete postal logra despertar a Silla de su letargo. Se trata de un libro enviado por alguien que firma con un nombre extraño, "Diácono". Pero lo que el libro tiene de especial es que está escrito con la letra de su padre y que además contiene ni más ni menos que las instrucciones para realizar diferentes tipos de hechizos. Hechizos protectores que precisan de sangre para llevarse a cabo... Movida por la curiosidad y por la necesidad de descubrir qué relación tiene la muerte sus padres con el misterioso manuscrito, Silla decide probar uno de los hechizos en el viejo cementerio junto a su casa. Es noche oscura y Silla cree que estará a salvo de las miradas curiosas, pero un vecino suyo es testigo directo de cómo Silla regenera una flor usando su propia sangre... Se trata de Nick, un joven que se ha trasladado a vivir al pueblo hace muy poco tiempo. Para él la magia no tiene nada de nuevo: su madre, que lo abandonó cuando él era todavía un niño, hacía hechizos similares al que Silla acaba de poner en práctica y aunque Nick creía que había olvidado todo cuanto estaba relacionado con ella, la flor de Silla ha desenterrado muchísimos recuerdos... Muy pronto Nick y Silla se harán amigos. O mucho más que amigos. Juntos llevarán la magia hasta sus últimas consecuencias y descubrirán que alguien muy poderoso se esconde tras la muerte de los padres de Silla y la desaparición de la madre de Nick. Alguien que, por supuesto, no piensa rendirse.