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The Courting of Bristol Keats

by Mary E. Pearson · 2024

From NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Mary E. Pearson comes a thrilling romantic fantasy full of dangerous fae, dark secrets, and addictive romance-- the first book in a duology. After losing both their parents, Bristol… more

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Our past is a shadow that follows us. For better or worse, it shapes us, and sometimes it controls us.
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But I don't want you to think he's not worth saving." "Noted," she answered. "I suppose none of us would be worthy of saving if only judged by our worst qualities.
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Change was a distraction. Sameness demanded reflection.
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Honor was like glamour, useful only when it served a purpose; otherwise, it just got in the way of who you really were.
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A lifetime of question marks had hooked together in a chain and dragged her to this reality.
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Forgiveness is a thing of the heart, and every heart is wounded and mended in its own way.
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Cully startled awake and jumped to his feet when he heard the screaming. ‘No’, Madame Chastain said, ‘Stay put. That is not a scream of pain. The king does not need rescuing
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Run and keep running, until the gods die - or you do.
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Their pasts together would remain forever unresolved. It was impossible to move forward when part of you was trapped in the past.
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The only thing in this world or any other that can stop me now ...is you

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From NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Mary E. Pearson comes a thrilling romantic fantasy full of dangerous fae, dark secrets, and addictive romance-- the first book in a duology.

After losing both their parents, Bristol Keats and her sisters struggle to stay afloat in their small, quiet town of Bowskeep. When Bristol begins to receive letters from an “aunt” she’s never heard of who promises she can help, she reluctantly agrees to meet—and discovers that everything she thought she knew about her family is a lie. Even her father might still be alive, not killed but kidnapped by terrifying creatures to a whole other realm—the one he is from.

Desperate to save her father and find the truth, Bristol journeys to a land of gods and fae and monsters. Pulled into a dangerous world of magic and intrigue, she makes a deadly bargain with the fae king, Tyghan. But what she doesn't know is that

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First published
2024
Genre
Fantasy
Goodreads rating
3.66 (22k ratings)

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