Her Wicked Roots

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In this queer retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne classic gothic story, Rappaccinis Daughter, a young woman is lured to a lush estate owned by a botanist who might be hiding dark secrets.

Cordelia Beecher is on the run. In search of her missing brother Edward, she has fled the oppressive charity school she was raised in, desperate to find the only family she knows. Using clues from his past letters, she sets off for the sleepy town of Farrow but everyone there claims to have never heard of Edwardnot even the man he was supposedly working for as an apprentice.

With nowhere to go, Cordi turns to Lady Evangeline, a local botanist who owns the magnificent Edenfield estate. The benevolent lady of the manor has made it her mission to take young, often traumatized, women into her employ and protect them from mans world of wicked desires and deceits. Hired as a maid and companion to her enigmatic daughters, Prim and Briar, Cordi quickly settles into Edenfield. Even as her relationship with Briar blossoms, Cordi cant help but suspect that there are secrets in the estateand when she stumbles across evidence that Edward was once there, shes determined to find answers.

Atmospheric, eerie, and thoroughly original, Her Wicked Roots will establish Tanya Pell as a wickedly creepy (Josh Winning, author of Heads Will Roll) and vital voice in horror.

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Her Wicked Roots is a stellar, genre-bending debut from Tanya Pell. Its a full-fledged Gothic, creepy as hell and full of yearning, soaked in dread and mystery. I cant want to see what Pell does next! -- Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author ofThe Night BirdsandThe House of Last Resort
Darkly enchanting, Her Wicked Roots is haunting, propulsive and as hypnotic as the poisonous blooms at the novels heart. Truly a bewitching sapphic delight. -- Francesca May, author of Wild and Wicked Things and This Vicious Hunger
"Tanya Pell is a horror horticulturist who has cultivated a manic botanic gothic that grafts Silvia Moreno-Garcia to Daphne du Maurier, and what sprouts out is absolutely beautiful.Her Wicked Rootsreaches in and rummages through the reader's subconscious until there's no weeding it out." -- Clay McLeod Chapman, author ofWake Up and Open Your Eyes
"Her Wicked Roots is a true treat, sure to delight and thrill in equal measure; a must-read for fans of queer gothic novels." -- Johanna Van Veen, author ofBlood on Her TongueandMy Darling Dreadful Thing
"Tanya Pells Her Wicked Roots is a winding, creeping ivy, a nighttime garden bursting and blossoming with rich texture and dark, sinister bouquets. Beautiful flowers can, however, be deadly. A richly Gothic and lush retelling." -- Cynthia Pelayo, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Vanishing Daughters
This gorgeous, haunting story coiled tight around my heart and refused to let go. An intoxicating tale of secrets, desire, hurt and bravery, rooted in the fear of losing the ones we love. Tanya Pell is such an exciting voice in horror, and this gothic mystery is truly unforgettable.

-- Josh Winning, author ofHeads Will Roll

Author Bio

Tanya Pell is a narcoleptic horror author who drinks bougie coffee and lives in the American South. She is the author ofCicadaand several short stories featured in anthologies likeMother Knows BestandOBSOLESCENCE.