The Maiden and Her Monster

ΓÇ£A dark and endlessly enchanting fairy tale…. I adored every page.ΓÇ¥ΓÇö#1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid The Maiden and Her Monster is a gorgeous,atmospheric debut fantasy rooted in historyfolkloreand sapphic romanceΓÇöperfect for fans of Katherine ArdenAva ReidHannah Whittenand Naomi Novik. The forest eats the girls who wander out after dark. As the healerΓÇÖs daughterMalka has seen how the woodΓÇÖs curse has plagued her villagebut the Ozmini Church only comes to collect its tithenot to protect heretics with false stories of monsters in the trees. So when a clergy girl wanders too close to the forest and MalkaΓÇÖs mother is accused of her murderMalka strikes an impossible bargain with a zealot Ozmini priest. If she brings the monster outhe will spare her mother from execution. When she ventures into the shadowed woodsMalka finds a monsterthough not the one she expects: an inscrutabledisgraced golem who agrees to implicate herselfbut only if Malka helps her fulfill a promise first and free the imprisoned rabbi who created her. But a deal easily made is not easily kept. And as their bargain begins to unravel a much more sinister threatprotecting her people may force Malka to endanger the one person she left home to saveΓÇöand face her growing feelings for the very creature she was taught to fear.