Innamorata
Will be published approx. on 17. March 2026
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-1-5299-1066-7 (ISBN)
Description
A visionary and atmospheric gothic fantasy about necromancy, vengeance, and soul-consuming love, the first in a duology from the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning and Lady Macbeth.
'A gorgeously gruesome Gothic romance.' Jacqueline Carey
'Reid is a singular, extraordinary talent.' Sasha Peyton Smith
'A powerful and essential voice.' Samantha Shannon
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Once there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven noble houses ruled by the arcane secrets of necromancy.
A conqueror's blade brought them low, burning their libraries, killing their lords, and extinguishing their eldritch magic.
But defiant against the new order stands the House of Teeth and its last living members: beautiful Marozia, the heiress to the House, and her cousin, the uncanny Lady Agnes.
Though she has not spoken a word in seven years, Agnes is the true carrier of the House's legacy. And she has her orders. She must recapture the secrets of death magic and avenge her family's fallen honour. She must arrange the betrothal of her beloved cousin Marozia to Liuprand, heir to the conqueror's throne, for access to the forbidden library in his grotesquely grand castle.
Revenge burns in Agnes's heart, but so do stranger passions - and it is Liuprand, the golden prince, who speaks to her soul. This passion is as treasonous as it is powerful, poisoning the kingdom's roots and threatening to tear the already shattered realm in two.
For Agnes's final order is the gravest: She must not fall in love.
Book One of The House of Teeth Duology
'A gorgeously gruesome Gothic romance.' Jacqueline Carey
'Reid is a singular, extraordinary talent.' Sasha Peyton Smith
'A powerful and essential voice.' Samantha Shannon
________________________________________________
Once there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven noble houses ruled by the arcane secrets of necromancy.
A conqueror's blade brought them low, burning their libraries, killing their lords, and extinguishing their eldritch magic.
But defiant against the new order stands the House of Teeth and its last living members: beautiful Marozia, the heiress to the House, and her cousin, the uncanny Lady Agnes.
Though she has not spoken a word in seven years, Agnes is the true carrier of the House's legacy. And she has her orders. She must recapture the secrets of death magic and avenge her family's fallen honour. She must arrange the betrothal of her beloved cousin Marozia to Liuprand, heir to the conqueror's throne, for access to the forbidden library in his grotesquely grand castle.
Revenge burns in Agnes's heart, but so do stranger passions - and it is Liuprand, the golden prince, who speaks to her soul. This passion is as treasonous as it is powerful, poisoning the kingdom's roots and threatening to tear the already shattered realm in two.
For Agnes's final order is the gravest: She must not fall in love.
Book One of The House of Teeth Duology
Reviews / Votes
A gorgeously gruesome Gothic romance. With a sepulchral setting and cast of characters that wouldn't seem out of place in Castle Gormenghast, it reads like the gory bones of a forgotten folktale. * Jacqueline Carey *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 52 mm
Weight
803 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5299-1066-7 (9781529910667)
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Ava Reid is the Sunday Times and No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning, Juniper & Thorn, The Wolf and the Woodsman and Lady Macbeth. She has a degree in political science from Barnard College and lives in New Jersey.