A Thousand Lives
Anathema (The Eating Woods #1) by Keri Lake - Hardcover
Anathema (The Eating Woods #1) by Keri Lake - Hardcover
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Book #1 in The Eating Woods Series
Tropes: Gothic Dark Fantasy, Slow Burn, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Magic System
A spellbinding gothic dark fantasy about a shunned woman who is forced beyond the mortal realm's forbidden boundary, into a terrifying world of cursed souls and grotesque creatures.
Only the banished know what lies beyond the woods ...
There are whispers about what lurks in Witch Knell—the forest where sinners go to die. The villagers call it The Eating Woods because what’s taken is never given back. Only those who’ve lost their senses would dare to go near it.
Or the banished.
Maevyth Bronwick knows better than to breach the misty labyrinth of trees, but a tragic turn of events compels her beyond the archway of bones, to a boundary no mortal has crossed before. One that cloaks a dark and fantastical world that’s as dangerous as it is alluring.
It’s there that he dwells, the cursed lord of Eidolon. The one tasked to keep her hidden from the magehood that seeks to crucify her in the name of an arcane prophesy. Zevander Rydainn, known to his prey as The Scorpion, is the coldest, most calculated assassin in all of Aethyria and he’d sooner toss his feisty ward to a pack of vicious fyredrakes than keep her safe.
If only he could.
Maevyth’s blood is the key to breaking his despised curse and vanquishing the slumbering evil in Witch Knell. Unfortunately for Lord Rydainn, fate has other plans for the irresistible little enchantress. And his growing obsession with her threatens to destroy everything.
Including himself.
Author Notes: Anathema is a full-length, gothic dark fantasy, the first book in The Eating Woods duology. Perfect for readers who enjoy a plot-heavy and atmospheric story with a unique magic system, a slow-burn romance and a touch of horror.
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Maevyth doesn’t have much to look forward to in this life, being an outcast, supposedly cursed and targeted by the townsfolk and family she tries her hardest to remain positive… her one bright shining light is her sister Aleysia.
When Maevyth is sold off to be wed and Aleysia is banished to the woods where nothing survives all hell breaks loose…
Zevander… kings assassin, cursed and struggling to control a power that never should have been his… what could possibly go wrong🤔 while on a mission to kill the remaining person to break his curse the last thing he expects to find is a mortal woman that he finds both compelling and confounding!
Will Zevander take the last remaining life needed to give him freedom… RUN DONT WALK! YOU NEED THIS BOOK ON YOUR SHELVES ♥️♥️♥️