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A witch. A murder. A curse… Beneath the murky waters of the lake, an ancient being slumbers, and Brygida is its servant. Kept sheltered in the woods by her mothers from the nearby village, Brygida has never had so much as a friend—until the day she meets a charming stranger painting by the lake. He invites her to the village’s harvest feast, but her taste of the forbidden ends with a murder. Called into service for the first time, Brygida must take up her ancestral duty as Reaper of Death and solve the murder within three days. If she brings the murderer to the lake on the third day, the being she serves will be sated. If she fails, Brygida herself will be drawn beneath the murky waters, and the village massacred. There’s only one problem: the main suspect is her charming painter, Kaspian. As Brygida investigates, the dangers are many and answers few. The village and her family stand against her, and with time running short, the lake demands a price. Brygida believes Kaspian is innocent, but can she stake her life on it, when failure means condemning the rest of the village, and being dragged into the deep...?
Author
Miranda Honfleur is a born-and-raised Chicagoan living in Indianapolis. She grew up on fantasy and science fiction novels, spending nearly as much time in Valdemar, Pern, Tortall, Narnia, and Middle Earth as in reality. In another life, her J.D. and M.B.A. were meant to serve a career in law, but now she gets to live her dream job: writing speculative fiction starring fierce heroines and daring heroes who make difficult choices along their adventures and intrigues, all with a generous (over)dose of romance. When she’s not snarking, writing, or reading her Kindle, she hangs out and watches Netflix with her husband, gets constantly tackled by her dogs Gizmo and Luna, and plays board games with her friends. Her next book release is the fifth volume in the romantic epic fantasy Blade and Rose series, The Dragon King, slated for release (barring any further apocalyptic events and meteors) in Q3 2021. Blade and Rose, a romantic epic fantasy series (ongoing), includes:
- Blade & Rose
- By Dark Deeds
- Court of Shadows
- Queen of the Shining Sea
- The Dragon King – forthcoming
- Immortelle – forthcoming + Winter Wren (A Blade and Rose novelette) – available for free on www.mirandahonfleur.com The Dark-Elves of Nightbloom, a series of fantasy romance standalones (ongoing), includes:
- No Man Can Tame
- Bright of the Moon
- An Ember in the Dark (forthcoming)
- Crown to Ashes (forthcoming) Demon Dropout, an urban fantasy series (ongoing), serialized on Kindle Vella and Patreon every Thursday, includes:
- Slay Date The Witch of the Lake, a mythic dark young-adult fantasy series (completed) with Nicolette Andrews, includes:
- Feast of the Mother
- Fate of the Demon
- Fall of the Reaper For regular updates on her releases, be sure to sign up to her newsletter on www.mirandahonfleur.com.
