Unfortunate Creatures: a heart-ripping standalone gothic fantasy crossover novel

Holly Race

Mar 2027 · Hachette UK

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304

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This book will become available on March 11, 2027. You will not be charged until it is released.

About this ebook

How far would you go to bring back the one you love? 🫀
Eighteen-year-old Crissa Blackwood is mourning the death of her soulmate Emres after his brutal murder.

Desperate to bring him back, she carves his heart from his freshly buried corpse, knowing that with the right magical element and a new body, anything is possible.

But the magic is in the possession of Emres's wealthy rival, and when Crissa challenges him and his friends to a competition up in his mansion, he has no choice but to accept, or face the humiliation of his peers.

Sequestered in the mountains, the mansion harbours secrets of its own; among them Loren, its enigmatic and handsome resident, who seems to know Crissa better than anyone - except Emres. But when the group is gruesomely attacked, Crissa faces the ultimate choice: resurrect her lost love, or save her newfound friends, but risk losing him forever . . .

Have your heart ripped out with this exciting new gothic fantasy Unfortunate Creatures, Frankenstein meets Starling House for a crossover audience (16+), from Sunday Times bestselling author Holly Race.

TROPES
Obsessive Romance 🔴
Creepy Manor House 🏠
Morally Grey FMC 🩶
Love Triangle 💘
Family Secrets 🤫
University Setting 🎓

PRAISE FOR UNFORTUNATE CREATURES:
'Race will break your heart, then eat it whole' Kat Dunn
'Twisty, dark and heart-wrenching' M.A Kuzniar
'Gothic and glorious, with a gory heart at its core' Georgia Summers

How far would you go to bring back the one you love? 🫀 Eighteen-year-old Crissa Blackwood is mourning the death of her soulmate Emres after his brutal murder. Desperate to bring him back, she carves his heart from his freshly buried corpse, knowing that with the right magical element and a new b...

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About the author

Holly Race is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Tudor-inspired fantasy trilogy Six Wild Crowns (Orbit), and Young Adult urban fantasy trilogy Midnight's Twins (Hot Key). She is currently a Royal Literary Fund fellow, attached to the Department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge University. She lives in Cambridge with her husband and daughter in a crumbling Bridgerton-era house, and when she isn't writing she can be found renovating, baking and river swimming.

Holly Race is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Tudor-inspired fantasy trilogy Six Wild Crowns (Orbit), and Young Adult urban fantasy trilogy Midnight's Twins (Hot Key). She is currently a Royal Literary Fund fellow, attached to the Department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge University. She l...

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