Underwood Sarah - Gentlest Of Wild Things - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: " A tapestry of mysteries myths and machinations all held together by a shimmering thread of love between women." Samantha Shannon #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree This stunning Greek mythologyinspired sapphic fantasy blends the story of Eros and Psyche with legends of the enthralling vampiric empousafrom the New York Times bestselling author of Lies We Sing to the Sea! Desire binds them. Hunger compels them. Love will set them free . On the island of Zakynthos nothing is more powerful than Desirelove itself bottled and sold to the highest bidder by Leandros a power - hungry descendant of the god Eros. Eirene and her beloved twin sister Phoebe have always managed to escape Desires thralluntil Leandross wife dies mysteriously and he sets his sights on Phoebe. Determined to keep her sister safe Eirene strikes a bargain with Leandros: If she can complete the four elaborate tasks he sets her he will find another bride. But it soon becomes clear that the tasks are part of something bigger; something related to Desire and Lamia the strange neglected daughter Leandros keeps locked away. Lamia knows her father hides her for her own protection though as she and Eirene grow closer she finds herself longing for the outside world. But the price of freedom is high and with something deadlysomething hungrystalking the night that price must be paid in blood .
Title: Gentlest Of Wild Things
Author(s): Underwood Sarah
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063234529
Pages: 400 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 10/1/2024