BOOK LAUNCH! Melody Robinette "These Vile Hearts" (w/Jenna Voris)

It is our joy and privilege to celebrate local authors in our midst! We are thrilled to celebrate Melody Robinette's debut romantasy and start to a duology, These Vile Hearts! Perfect for lovers of Emily Henry and Hannah F. Whitten's The Wilderwood Series, Robinette's These Vile Hearts is a delightfully wicked, fizzy enemies to lovers tale about a desperate mortal woman and a cursed fae prince—where survival, love, and power collide with devastating consequences. Melody will be joined by award-winning author, Jenna Voris.

Maddox Sinclair has run out of options. No job means no health insurance —a death sentence for a type one diabetic like herself. She flees to the forest to make a desperate deal with a dryad queen: K*ll the Redwood King and be cured of the illness that threatens her life.

In the redwood treetops, Prince Castor, is cursed-- anyone who loves him is doomed to die. Like Maddox, he has made an equally unwise pact with his brother, the Redwood King: get a mortal to fall in love with him by solstice and be free of his curse forever.

When Maddox mistakes Castor for the king, sparks fly and troubles ensue. Each must decide what is more important—survival and freedom, or the love they (kind of, almost) feel in their traitorous, vile hearts.

Darkly funny and brimming with magic, These Vile Hearts by Melody Robinette manages to be both wicked and warm, beguiling and moving—a richly woven story of survival and fate.

PRAISE FOR THESE VILE HEARTS

“At once warm, tender, and totally ruthless, These Vile Hearts had me completely captivated. If you love meticulous world building and sky-high stakes, this is the romance for you.” —Annabel Monaghan, author of Dolly all the Time

"Melody Robinette shines with this absolute delight of a debut novel! These Vile Hearts contains everything I want in a romantasy: magical world-building, relatable characters, and enough sexual tension to have me kicking my feet. Maddox and Castor are two sharply drawn leads who not only have sizzling chemistry, but also have incredibly realistic personal journeys. I am already begging for more!" —Falon Ballard, author of Something Wicked

JENNA VORIS is the award-winning author of multiple young adult books including Every Time You Hear That Song, Say A Little Prayer, and Made of Stars. Originally from Indiana, she now lives in Washington D.C., where she spends most of her time perfecting her road trip playlists and desperately trying to keep her cat from eating her houseplants. The Long Con is her adult debut.

MELODY ROBINETTE’s debut and start to a duology is Emily Henry meets The Wilderwood series in this delightfully wicked, fizzy romantasy—an enemies to lovers tale about a desperate mortal woman and a cursed fae prince—where survival, love, and power collide with devastating consequences. Blending the escapism of romantasy with the real-world stakes of chronic illness and the cost of healthcare, Robinette taps into a deeply contemporary fear: what happens when survival itself becomes unaffordable. Darkly funny and brimming with magic, THESE VILE HEARTS is a richly woven story of survival and fate.