A Steep and Savage Path

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From the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of THE THORNS REMAIN comes an enemies-to-lovers journey to the underworld unlike any other, for fans of THE CRIMSON MOTH and THE CRUEL PRINCE

An immortal vampire. A mortal bride. A vow that even death cant break.

Irina is about to be married to a dead man. She is the willing village sacrifice for the Wedding of the Dead: a desperate ritual designed to lay the hungry vampire that has been terrorising her Transylvanian village to rest. Irinas beloved sisters soul is trapped in the land of the dead. If Irina can retrieve it, she could bring her back but Irina would need a guide, one who can walk between the living and the dead.

Irina strikes up a deal with her new husband if he agrees to get her safely there and back again, then he can drink her blood as much as he wants.

They begin a perilous journey through the afterlife together, in which Irina realises Stefan isnt the cruel and terrifying monster that she thought. In a land of three-headed beasts, winged creatures and walking corpses, the last thing Irina would have expected was to fall in love.

Only, Irina learns that by bringing Stefan to the land of the dead she has put him in grave danger, and will be faced with an impossible choice. Will they be able to make it out, undead or alive

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PRAISE FOR JJA HARWOOD

An un-put-downable historical fantasy drawn from border ballads and myths of the fae The author has a knack for building tension, keeping the pages flying throughout. This is not to be missed.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review

Deliciously dark

WOMAN MAGAZINE

A gothic twist on Cinderella that is truly exquisite. Chilling and beautiful I devoured it in one sitting

Katie Lowe, bestselling author of THE FURIES

A thought-provoking take on a classic

SFX

An impresive debut

DUNDEE COURIER

Author Bio

JJA Harwood is an author, editor and blogger. She grew up in Norfolk, read History at the University of Warwick and eventually found her way to London, which is still something of a shock for somebody used to so many fields.
When not writing, she can be found learning languages, cooking with more enthusiasm than skill, wandering off into clearly haunted houses and making friends with stray cats. THE SHADOW IN THE GLASS was her debut novel.