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The Haunting of Lady Death

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The Haunting of Lady Death

By: Maddie Martinez
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A tale of obsession and desire . . .

The city of Larzég glitters around its famous Nectar Performance House, where violinist Kasia has worked her fingers to the bone to chase one dream: becoming Perla, the theatre’s prestigious concertmaster. When the current Perla mysteriously dies during a performance, Kasia won’t be distracted by whispers of a phantom in the theater’s wings. All she sees is her chance to replace the fallen star—until the orchestra director refuses her an audition because of her Azjarian heritage.

Devastated, Kasia strikes a bargain with Death herself – the phantom of the theater. Behind her dark veil, Lady Death will help Kasia in her quest to become Perla, if Kasia becomes her companion. In exchange, Kasia receives Death’s mark and a gift: her music becomes entrancing, capable of bending any audience to her will.

But her rise into Larzég’s circles of power comes at a cost. Influential men seek to control her, Lady Death’s demands grow darker, and Kasia finds herself falling further into the thrall of a master who promises her everything . . . as long as Death can call Kasia hers.

Critic reviews

Beautifully written and bursting with detail, The Maiden and Her Monster is a dark, atmospheric and riveting debut, wreathed around a love story like no other - (Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree on The Maiden and Her Monster)
A dark and endlessly enchanting fairy tale, unfurled in frost and wood-smoke . . . I adored every page (Ava Reid, author of The Wolf and the Woodsman on The Maiden and Her Monster)
Maddie Martinez is an incredible talent and definitely one to watch (Alexis Henderson, author of The Year of the Witching and An Academy for Liars)
A gorgeous dark fantasy rendered in detail sharp as a tailor's needle (S. T. Gibson, author of A Dowry of Blood on The Maiden and her Monster)
A dark, poignant fairy tale about resilience, faith and redemption (Allison Saft, author of A Dark and Drowning Tide on The Maiden and Her Monster )
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