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1592. Cybil Harding, daughter of a secret alchemist, was born under cursed stars. Destined to bring disaster to those around her, Cybil is trapped in a grand house with a mother paralysed by grief and a father willing to sacrifice everything in pursuit of magic.Miriam Richter is a creature born of shadow. Forged by the dark arts, she is doomed to exist for eternity and destined to be alone – consuming the souls of mortals for sustenance.Everything changes when Miriam meets Cybil, whose soul shines with a light so bright, she must claim it for herself. Miriam offers a bargain: she will grant Cybil reincarnation and the chance to change her stars in exchange for her soul.Thus begins a dance across centuries as Miriam seeks Cybil in every lifetime to claim her prize. But Cybil isn’t inclined to play by the rules. As the two women circle each other, drawn together inescapably as light and dark, the bond forged between them grows stronger. In their battle for dominance, only one of them can win… but perhaps they can’t survive without each other.Natasha Siegel's fantasy debut is full of transporting historical detail, with thrilling twists and an abiding, thought-provoking romance that feels at once epic and deeply personal. Ambitious, gothic, and magical, As Many Souls as Stars is about the lengths we go to protect ourselves, our legacy, and those we love.

1592. Cybil Harding, daughter of a secret alchemist, was born under cursed stars. Destined to bring disaster to those around her, Cybil is trapped in a grand house with a mother paralysed by grief and a father willing to sacrifice everything in pursuit of magic.Miriam Richter is a creature born of shadow. Forged by the dark arts, she is doomed to exist for eternity and destined to be alone – consuming the souls of mortals for sustenance.Everything changes when Miriam meets Cybil, whose soul shines with a light so bright, she must claim it for herself. Miriam offers a bargain: she will grant Cybil reincarnation and the chance to change her stars in exchange for her soul.Thus begins a dance across centuries as Miriam seeks Cybil in every lifetime to claim her prize. But Cybil isn’t inclined to play by the rules. As the two women circle each other, drawn together inescapably as light and dark, the bond forged between them grows stronger. In their battle for dominance, only one of them can win… but perhaps they can’t survive without each other.Natasha Siegel's fantasy debut is full of transporting historical detail, with thrilling twists and an abiding, thought-provoking romance that feels at once epic and deeply personal. Ambitious, gothic, and magical, As Many Souls as Stars is about the lengths we go to protect ourselves, our legacy, and those we love.

‘A gorgeous Gothic romance’ Heat Magazine1592. Cybil Harding, daughter of a secret alchemist, was born under cursed stars. Destined to bring disaster to those around her, Cybil is trapped in a grand house with a mother paralysed by grief and a father willing to sacrifice everything in pursuit of magic.Miriam Richter is a creature born of shadow. Forged by the dark arts, she is doomed to exist for eternity and destined to be alone – consuming the souls of mortals for sustenance.Everything changes when Miriam meets Cybil, whose soul shines with a light so bright, she must claim it for herself. Miriam offers a bargain: she will grant Cybil reincarnation and the chance to change her stars in exchange for her soul.Thus begins a dance across centuries as Miriam seeks Cybil in every lifetime to claim her prize. But Cybil isn’t inclined to play by the rules. As the two women circle each other, drawn together inescapably as light and dark, the bond forged between them grows stronger. In their battle for dominance, only one of them can win… but perhaps they can’t survive without each other.Natasha Siegel's fantasy debut is full of transporting historical detail, with thrilling twists and an abiding, thought-provoking romance that feels at once epic and deeply personal. Ambitious, gothic, and magical, As Many Souls as Stars is about the lengths we go to protect ourselves, our legacy, and those we love. Praise for AS MANY SOULS AS STARS ‘Siegel’s prose is enrapturing as she spins a tale that crosses centuries. A dark and dreamy portrait of two star-crossed souls finding one another again and again through time. Delicious and heartbreaking in equal measure – I couldn’t put it down’ Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson, Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Principle of Moments‘Dark longing waltzes hand-in-hand with historical elegance in this hypnotic gothic tale’ S. T. Gibson, author of A Dowry of Blood‘With lyrical writing and a poet's touch, Siegel delivers an epic story of deep loneliness, tormented love, and one woman's quest to set herself free – no matter how many lives she must be born into’ Sunyi Dean, bestselling author of The Book Eaters‘This is a gorgeously written tale of a Faustian bargain and a dangerous game of desire and destruction across the centuries. Vividly conjuring up different time periods and the shadows that haunt those women who are called monstrous, the book kept me as spellbound as any of the circles of salt within its pages’ Sarah Brooks, author of The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands

We humbly request your attendance at The Auction of Secrets.1795. Five years has passed since Genevieve de Vienne fled the falling blade of the French Revolution. Yet still she is haunted by the past.Until she receives a seemingly impossible invitation to an auction at a grand chateau, where secrets are for the bidding and the prize is your heart’s desire.High in the Alps, Château Rêverie clings to its mountaintop, beautiful and merciless. Alongside other competitors, Genevieve is offered a chance to stay as long as she can, and to sell her secrets at the final hour in order to win her greatest wish. But there can only be one winner, and the longer Genevieve remains, the more she must reveal.Leander Sterne does not remember his past. When his own invitation to the auction arrives, he does not have any secrets to bid with – but his greatest desire is worth risking everything for. And he has nothing to lose.As the château’s enchantments grow more intoxicating and more cruel, Genevieve and Leander must decide what they are willing to surrender. In a place where honesty is currency and illusion is power, winning may cost them everything…