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The Empress

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*This limited deluxe edition comes with gorgeous red sprayed edges, foil, and embossing*

From New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series Kristin Cast comes a spicy and spellbinding light romantasy filled with tarot, adventure, and a hero who is broody, sexy, and just the right amount of trouble.

What happens when a no-nonsense modern woman stumbles into a world of magick, mystery, and one ridiculously hot, broody hero? She breaks all the rules, obviously.

Hannah has always played by the book—until a tarot reading goes sideways and drops her into a world where magick is real, danger lurks in the shadows, and men look like they've stepped out of a fantasy novel. Case in point: Kane, the kingdom's gruff yet infuriatingly gorgeous protector, who claims Hannah's arrival isn't an accident. Apparently, she's the key to saving his realm from ruin.

Hannah's priorities?

Get her tarot card back.

Find a way home.

Absolutely not fall for the battle-scarred warrior who makes her want to forget all her plans.

But as the palace's secrets unravel, and enemies close in, the line between duty and desire blurs. Because if Hannah wants to return to her world, she'll have to embrace the magick inside her and trust the one man who makes her question everything.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 25, 2024
      Bestseller Cast (the House of Night series) kicks off the Towerfall series with this expertly genre-blended romantasy. Chicago marketer Hannah is trapped in a loveless relationship and on an—admittedly stalled—“self-help journey” when she stumbles upon a tarot shop and decides to venture in. A bizarre encounter with the fortune teller working there leaves her rattled—and soon thereafter she’s transported by a tarot card to the fantasy world of Towerfall, which is governed by figures from the major arcana. There she meets alpha male protector Kane, whose help she needs to survive the machinations of the Tower and the Empress—and hopefully get home in one piece. Cast’s sumptuously detailed worldbuilding combines themes from the tarot deck with elements of Regency romance, striking a perfect balance between fantasy and love story. The heroine makes some frustrating and unmotivated decisions and hero Kane’s grizzled warrior shtick can be a bit much. Still, their chemistry is spicy and intense, and a cliffhanger ending will leave readers eager for more. It’s a promising start.

    • Library Journal

      December 1, 2024

      A miserable day just gets worse when a tarot card pulls Hannah from the modern day into another realm, called Towerfall. After being rescued more than once by the deadly warrior Kane, Hannah is determined to find the missing Empress tarot card and return home, but she lost the card in the Kingdom of Pentacles palace. To gain entry, she and Kane pretend to be married and pose as ambassadors from the Kingdom of Cups. Meanwhile, the Kingdom of Pentacles is on the brink of revolt with townsfolk starving because the king is controlled by a magick-wielding villain. Hannah is instantly smitten, if distrustful of Kane, who is hiding his own magic, so when things go south between them and Kane lands in the dungeons, she must decide whether to escape home or find a way to set things right with him and within Towerfall. Hannah's rash decisions and bumbling nature make her a near constant damsel in distress, which quickly turns from comedic to exasperating and may detract from the romance. VERDICT Cast (The Key to Fury) creates a uniquely magical otherworld based on tarot cards, excelling in depicting the passionate relationship between a dreamy, brooding hero and an impetuous heroine.--Eve Stano

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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