Lyndall Clipstone

Když se osmnáctiletá Lark vrátí po vyhazovu z akademie domů, najde jen zkázu. Solný důl, který rodinu živil, je prázdný a jejím bratrům zbyly jen dluhy. Ve snaze zachránit domov se rozhodne uzavřít svazek s bohem moře a soli Therionem. Místo spásy však přivolá temnotu. Jedinou nadějí na záchranu se stanou děti jejich věřitele – Alastair, který jí zlomil srdce, a jeho přitažlivá sestra Camille. Zatímco však Lark propadá kouzlu sourozenců, síla, jež se probudila, chce zničit nejen Theriona, ale i ji samotnou.

Když se osmnáctiletá Lark vrátí po vyhazovu z akademie domů, najde jen zkázu. Solný důl, který rodinu živil, je prázdný a jejím bratrům zbyly jen dluhy. Ve snaze zachránit domov se rozhodne uzavřít svazek s bohem moře a soli Therionem. Místo spásy však přivolá temnotu. Jedinou nadějí na záchranu se stanou děti jejich věřitele – Alastair, který jí zlomil srdce, a jeho přitažlivá sestra Camille. Zatímco však Lark propadá kouzlu sourozenců, síla, jež se probudila, chce zničit nejen Theriona, ale i ji samotnou.

'Using lyrical prose that hums with tension and chemistry, Clipstone crafts an immersive and captivating queer gothic romance.' Starred Review, Publisher's Weekly Perfect for fans of Saltburn, For the Wolf and House of Hollow, Tenderly I Am Devoured is a lush Gothic romantasy in which a young woman must bind herself to a dangerous chthonic god with the help of the son of a rival family to save her family's legacy -and herself - from ruin. Expelled from her prestigious boarding school following a violent incident, eighteen-year-old Lacrimosa Arriscane returns home in disgrace to discover her family on the point of financial ruin. Desperate to save them, she accepts a marriage of convenience . . . to Therion, the chthonic god worshipped by Lark's isolated coastal hometown. But when the betrothal rite goes horribly wrong, Lark begins to vanish from the mortal realm. Her only hope is to seek help from Alastair Felimath: the brilliant, arrogant boy who was her first heartbreak, and his alluring older sister, Camille. As the trio delve into the folklore of gods, Lark falls under the spell of the Felimath siblings. Ensnared by a fervent romance, they perform a bacchanalia with hopes the hedonistic ritual will repair the connection between Lark and her bridegroom. Instead, they draw the ire of something much darker, which seeks to destroy Therion - and Lark as well.

Sink your teeth into a bloodstained tale of a girl torn between her vows and her heart, where falling in love may be the deepest sin of all. . . Everline Blackthorn has devoted her life to the wardens - a fierce sect who wield arcane magic to guard their community against vampiric monsters known as the vespertine. When a strangely human vespertine is killed on their borders, and a series of unsettling events follow, Everline disobeys orders and uncovers a startling truth in the form of Ravel Severin: a rogue vespertine who reveals that monsters have secrets of their own. Everline's own magic has failed to appear, and she is feeling both outcast from her own community and powerfully drawn across the vespertine-fllled moors. As Ravel also needs Everline as cover to return home, he promises to use his magic to ensure safe passage for them both for the treacherous journey, but at a heavy price: vespertine magic requires blood, and Everline will have to allow Ravel to feed from her. But it's a sin for a warden to feed a vespertine - let alone love one. As Everline and Ravel travel across the desolate moorland, their fractured, temporary trust in each other is put thrillingly to the test and Everline realises the question isn't only whether she will survive the journey - but if she does, if she will ever be the same again . . .