FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING

Gorgeously atmospheric heartrending and deeply ominous Hester Steel author of The Faceless Thing We Adore A seductive and infernal hymn of dread love and damnation Elliott Gish author of Grey Dog For fans of A Dark and Drowning Tide and The Lighthouse Witches comes a queer speculative fiction novel about a lighthouse keeper who made a devil s bargain to save her sister But when a shipwrecked survivor washes ashore she is left with an impossible choice One deal with the devil makes a fool Two A villain A year ago Elle made a deal with the devil to save her sister Now they live on a desolate spit of land beyond Halifax harbour Elle as a lighthouse keeper steers unsuspecting sailors to their destruction those are the terms of her bargain Liney need never know the cost Her safety is worth every drop of blood But a sinner s pact is not so simple When the devil returns demanding more more shipwrecks no survivors Elle knows what she must do to keep Liney safe Another ship Another crew killed in the devil s name Then a woman washes ashore Is she a soul to be sacrificed or part of a darker design As Liney and the stranger grow closer Elle faces an impossible choice kill and break Liney s heart or forfeit her own soul Danger a