Innamorata

<p><b>A visionary and atmospheric gothic fantasy about necromancy, vengeance, and soul-consuming love, the first in a duology from the <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>A Study in Drowning</i> and <i>Lady Macbeth.</i></b><br><br><b>'A gorgeously gruesome Gothic romance.'</b> Jacqueline Carey<br><br>'<b>Reid is a singular, extraordinary talent.'</b> Sasha Peyton Smith<br><br><b>'A powerful and essential voice.' </b>Samantha Shannon<br><br>________________________________________________<br><br>Once there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven noble houses ruled by the arcane secrets of necromancy.<br><br>A conqueror s blade brought them low, burning their libraries, killing their lords, and extinguishing their eldritch magic.<br><br>But defiant against the new order stands the House of Teeth and its last living members: beautiful Marozia, the heiress to the House, and her cousin, the uncanny Lady Agnes.<br><br>Though she has not spoken a word in seven years, Agnes is the true carrier of the House s legacy. And she has her orders. She must recapture the secrets of death magic and avenge her family s fallen honour. She must arrange the betrothal of her beloved cousin Marozia to Liuprand, heir to the conqueror s throne, for access to the forbidden library in his grotesquely grand castle.<br><br>Revenge burns in Agnes s heart, but so do stranger passions and it is Liuprand, the golden prince, who speaks to her soul. This passion is as treasonous as it is powerful, poisoning the kingdom s roots and threatening to tear the already shattered realm in two.<br><br>For Agnes s final order is the gravest: She must not fall in love.<br><br><b>Book One of The House of Teeth Duology</b></p>