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About the Book
For fans of Hannah Whitten's For the Wolf and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone comes a dark, romantic fantasy about a witch, a monster, and the two parasitic demons who’ll stop at nothing to keep them apart.
Raye is cursed. Living things crumble at her touch, drained by the demon who clings to her like a shadow. No wonder the townsfolk want her dead. Tormented and pursued, she seeks shelter in a mysterious castle.
The castle is an eerie place. Its residents lie trapped in time like flies in amber, all save one. Mir has a demon of her own, one that forces her to seek blood. When the two women begin to unravel their curses with the castle’s trove of magic, their demons unite, refusing to let their hosts escape. Perhaps even more dangerously, Mir can bear Raye’s poisonous touch: the first caress either of them has felt in years.
As monster hunters close in on the castle, Raye and Mir will have to break the binds of their twisted quadrangle before the past catches up with them.
Raye is cursed. Living things crumble at her touch, drained by the demon who clings to her like a shadow. No wonder the townsfolk want her dead. Tormented and pursued, she seeks shelter in a mysterious castle.
The castle is an eerie place. Its residents lie trapped in time like flies in amber, all save one. Mir has a demon of her own, one that forces her to seek blood. When the two women begin to unravel their curses with the castle’s trove of magic, their demons unite, refusing to let their hosts escape. Perhaps even more dangerously, Mir can bear Raye’s poisonous touch: the first caress either of them has felt in years.
As monster hunters close in on the castle, Raye and Mir will have to break the binds of their twisted quadrangle before the past catches up with them.
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Product Details
- Publisher: Simon Maverick (November 10, 2026)
- Runtime: 9 hours and 15 minutes
- ISBN13: 9798347204892
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Raves and Reviews
"A beautiful, brutal sapphic fantasy reminiscent of your favorite fairy tales, The Thorns We Wear Inside will indeed sink its thorns into you."
– L.R. Lam, USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling author of Dragonfall
"A lush, bewitching fairytale reimagining cloaked in yearning and death."
– Tanya Pell, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Her Wicked Roots
"Aching with yearning and sharp enough to draw blood. . . . Utterly bewitching."
– Susan J. Morris, author of Strange Beasts
"A deliciously eerie gothic fantasy for readers who yearn for more monstrous love stories."
– S.M. Hallow, author of The Halls of the Dead
"A darkly betwitching fairy tale."
– Laura R. Samotin, author of The Sin on their Bones
"A gripping gothic fantasy with lesbian yearning and monster-for-monster dark romance. A refreshing witchy take on the Beauty & the Beast tale for lovers of queer fantasy-horror."
– C.M. Rosens, author of The Crows
"Sexy, bloody, and dark, this is a story for everyone who likes their fairy tales with teeth."
– M.K. Hardy, author of The Needfire
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