Sheila Masterson & Mikayla Hornedo celebrate THE POISON DAUGHTER
About this Event
Join on Monday, August 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM ET, as we welcome best selling author, Sheila Masterson, to celebrate the release of
This is a ticketed event that includes a talk and book signing.
*Each ticket includes a hardcover copy of Featuring sprayed edges and full-color illustrated case.
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- There is a limit of one ticket per person. If you exceed or attempt to exceed the posted ticket limits, we reserve the right to cancel, without notice, any or all orders and tickets, in addition to prohibiting your ticket purchasing abilities. This includes orders associated with the same name, e-mail address, billing address, credit card number, or other information. Any tickets canceled due to violating the posted ticket limit may be refunded at face value (excluding fees).
TICKET INFORMATION
GENERAL ADMISSION- - $30.74 (Admission + one copy of + tax):
** LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**
A ticket PER PERSON includes:
- One copy of
- Admission to the event space with SHEILA MASTERSON & MIKAYALA HORNEDO.
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REFUNDS:
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ABOUT THE POISON DAUGHTER:
In the absence of a conscience, men need something to fear. I’ve made myself their monster.
Every person Harlow Carrenwell kisses dies immediately, and that’s the way she likes it. The poison-lipped youngest daughter of Lunameade’s magical founding family has used her power to annihilate their opposition.
Her first husband is in the ground. Her mysterious new betrothed is next.
But Harlow has a secret. When she’s not acting as an assassin at her parents’ whims, she moonlights as a vigilante hunting abusive men in their walled-off city.
Meet a man. Lure him in. K*ll him with a kiss. Until one night Harlow kisses a mark and he doesn’t die.
Worse, the man immune to her kiss is her new betrothed, Henry Havenwood, and now he knows about her double life. The only way to protect her secret and her city is get close enough to Henry to figure out why the Havenwoods have reappeared after years of silence and what they have planned.
Cursed with a husband she can’t K*ll and trapped in a fortress surrounded by vampire-infested woods, Harlow’s survival requires her to do the impossible: Make the man who knows she’s a killer fall in love with her anyway.
The hardcover edition includes an exclusive bonus chapter!
Tropes: Marriage of inconvenience / Feminine rage / Forced proximity / Touch her and die / Enemies to lovers / Vigilante FMC / Dash of vampires / Primal/fear play / “Who did this to you” / Dual POV
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Sheila Masterson:
The Poison Daughter is Sheila Masterson’s seventh novel and her first USA Today bestseller. Her other works include the gothic fairy tale romantasy Song of the Dark Wood and the angsty epic romantasy quartet The Lost God series, as well as its next-generation standalone spinoff, A Legacy of Stars. When Sheila’s not busy stabbing beloved side characters and dreaming up new ways to make her readers cry, you can find her browsing the shelves at local indie bookstores, drinking fancy cocktails with friends, or curled up reading books and tarot. She lives outside Philadelphia with a small army of underwatered houseplants that survive out of spite.
Mikayla Hornedo:
Mikayla D. Hornedo is the author of diverse fantasy stories that blend magic, romance, and mythology. She leverages her diverse background and identities to create the representation she always wanted to see growing up. Challenging stereotypes while also commenting on important topics in these fantasy worlds is one of her biggest passions. She also believes that doing the research is just as fun as writing. If you’re looking for stories that make you laugh, cry, reflect, and fall in love, Mikayla has a book for you.
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