Tenderly, I am Devoured

Perfect for fans of Saltburn, A Study in Drowning, and Don't Let the Forest In, Tenderly, I Am Devoured is a moody, monstrously Gothic romantic folk horror 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 convenienceâ€Ķ to Therion, the chthonic god worshipped by Lark’s isolated coastal hometown

But when her betrothal 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 both 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

Featuring a polyamorous bisexual romance, lush prose, and flower-threaded horror, Tenderly, I am Devoured is a romantic folk horror that is intoxicating as chthonic liquor, and as unstoppable as the haunted tides

  • A folktale you’d find in the library of a gloomy seaside manor—haunting, ethereal, and lace-delicate

    Hannah Whitten, NYT bestselling author of For The Wolf and The Hemlock Queen

  • Equal parts romantic and horrifying.

    Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author of House of Roots and Ruin

  • Rarely have I read a book with such delightful and sumptuously drawn imagery. This is a shimmering fever dream of a story.

    Claire Legrand, New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn

  • This book is a dark delight.

    Alexis Henderson, author of The Year of the Witching and An Academy for Liars

  • Reading felt like wandering through a dream that I didn’t wish to wake from.

    Emily J. Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel Magnifique and The Otherwhere Post

  • An ethereal tale of love, betrayal, and twisted devotion that will stay with you long after you've turned the last page.

    Meg Smitherman, bestselling author of Thrum and Swallowed

  • A romance that blossoms off the page, thorns and all.

    I.V. Ophelia, bestselling author of The Poisoner

  • Deeply lyrical and brimming with romance, myth, and creeping horror

    Logan Karlie, author of Dream by the Shadows

  • A devotional love story between the ghosts of a girl's past and the gods of her most intimate prayers

    Isabel Agajanian, author of Modern Divination

  • A captivating story of eldritch bargains, desperate desires, and secrets deep as the ocean itself.

    Elle Tesch, author of What Wakes the Bells

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Lyndall Clipstone is the author of haunting, ethereal (Hannah Whitten, NYT bestselling author of For the Wolf), bloodied but gorgeous (Victoria Mier, bookseller at The Spiral Bookcase) books, with prose that reads like a hypnotic incantation (Kirkus)

A former youth librarian who grew up running wild in the Barossa Ranges of South Australia, she currently lives in Adelaide, in a hundred-year-old cottage with her partner, two children, and a shy black cat

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