Lyndall Clipstone – författare

'Using lyrical prose that hums with tension and chemistry, Clipstone crafts an immersive and captivating queer gothic romance.' Starred Review, Publisher's WeeklyPerfect for fans of For the Wolf and House of Hollow, Tenderly I Am Devoured is a lush Gothic romantasy in which a young woman must bind herself to a dangerous chthonic god with the help of the son of a rival family to save her family's legacy -and herself - from ruin.Expelled from her prestigious boarding school following a violent incident, eighteen-year-old Lacrimosa Arriscane returns home in disgrace to discover her family on the point of financial ruin. Desperate to save them, she accepts a marriage of convenience . . . to Therion, the chthonic god worshipped by Lark's isolated coastal hometown.But when the betrothal rite goes horribly wrong, Lark begins to vanish from the mortal realm. Her only hope is to seek help from Alastair Felimath: the brilliant, arrogant boy who was her first heartbreak, and his alluring older sister, Camille. As the trio delve into the folklore of gods, Lark falls under the spell of the Felimath siblings.Ensnared by a fervent romance, they perform a bacchanalia with hopes the hedonistic ritual will repair the connection between Lark and her bridegroom. Instead, they draw the ire of something much darker, which seeks to destroy Therion - and Lark as well.

Everline has devoted her life to the wardens - warriors who guard against monsters known as the vespertine. When a series of strange omens occur, Everline disobeys orders and sneaks out from the enclave to investigate.On the moorland, Everline meets Ravel Severin, a rogue vespertine. Everline knows she is sworn to kill Ravel, but when her best friend is captured, she makes the dangerous choice to ask for his help instead. Ravel agrees to assist her, but in exchange he demands a price - her blood.As Everline and Ravel travel further across the moorland, Everline realizes the question isn’t whether she will survive the journey, but if she will return unchanged - and if she wants to.

"A whirlwind journey, filled with heart-wrenching tension and sinister twists. This is the kind of dark romance you thirst for!" - Alexandra Christo, author of To Kill A Kingdom.Sink your teeth into a bloodstained tale of a girl torn between her vows and her heart, where falling in love may be the deepest sin of all. . .Everline Blackthorn has devoted her life to the wardens - a fierce sect who wield arcane magic to guard their community against vampiric monsters known as the vespertine.When a strangely human vespertine is killed on their borders, and a series of unsettling events follow, Everline disobeys orders and uncovers a startling truth in the form of Ravel Severin: a rogue vespertine who reveals that monsters have secrets of their own.Everline's own magic has failed to appear, and she is feeling both outcast from her own community and powerfully drawn across the vespertine-fllled moors. As Ravel also needs Everline as cover to return home, he promises to use his magic to ensure safe passage for them both for the treacherous journey, but at a heavy price: vespertine magic requires blood, and Everline will have to allow Ravel to feed from her.But it's a sin for a warden to feed a vespertine - let alone love one. As Everline and Ravel travel across the desolate moorland, their fractured, temporary trust in each other is put thrillingly to the test and Everline realises the question isn't only whether she will survive the journey - but if she does, if she will ever be the same again . . .

There are monsters in the world.Violeta Graceling has spent her life in an isolated cottage, trying to protect herself and her beloved younger brother Arien from their adoptive mother's twisted cruelty. A cruelty driven by the mysterious shadows that unwillingly spill from Arien's hands, spelling dark magic and an even darker underworld.To escape means taking a position at the haunted estate of Rowan Sylvanan-the so-called "Monster of Lakesedge"-who comes seeking Arien's dark magic. The monster who, it is whispered, stalks the halls of his manor and the shores of the blackened, cursed lake.Yet as Violeta investigates Lakesedge's tragic history, she discovers that its prickly, standoffish lord is far from a monster, but an orphaned boy not much older than she is. As their friendship blossoms, Violeta learns the tragic truth of Rowan's curse and his fateful bargain with the Lord Under. To save Lakesedge, she must make a bargain of her own with the fiendish being who rules over the world Below.

The stunning sequel to Lyndall Clipstone's Lakesedge, for fans of Naomi Novik's Uprooted and Brigid Kemmerer's A Curse So Dark and Lonely.At the lake's edge, I made my promise. In the forest, I will fall.The curse that haunted Lakesedge Estate has been broken, but at great cost. Violeta Graceling has sacrificed herself to end the Corruption.To escape death, Leta makes a desperate bargain with the Lord Under, one that sees her living at his side in the land of the dead. And though he claims to have given her all he promised, Leta knows this world of souls and mists hides many secrets.When she discovers she is still bound to Rowan, Leta goes to drastic lengths to reforge their connection. But her search for answers, and a path back home, will see her drawn into even more dangerous bargains, and struggling to resist the allure of a new, dark, power.