{"product_id":"her-wicked-roots-9781668087305","title":"Her Wicked Roots [Pell, Tanya]","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eTanya Pell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"creepy as hell\" (Christopher Golden, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author) queer retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne classic gothic horror story, \u003ci\u003eRappaccini's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, a young woman is lured to a lush estate owned by a botanist who might be hiding dark secrets.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCordelia Beecher is on the run. In search of her missing brother Edward, she has fled the oppressive charity school she was raised in, desperate to find the only family she knows. Using clues from his past letters, she sets off for the sleepy town of Farrow, but everyone there claims to have never heard of Edward--not even the man he was supposedly working for as an apprentice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With nowhere to go, Cordi turns to Lady Evangeline, a local female botanist who owns the magnificent Edenfield estate. The benevolent lady of the manor has made it her mission to take young, often traumatized, women into her employ and protect them from man's world of wicked desires and deceits. Hired as a maid and companion to her enigmatic daughters, Prim and Briar, Cordi quickly settles into Edenfield. Even as her relationship with Briar blossoms, Cordi can't help but suspect that there are secrets in the estate...and when she stumbles across evidence that Edward was once there, she's determined to find answers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Atmospheric, eerie, and thoroughly original, \u003ci\u003eHer Wicked Roots\u003c\/i\u003e will establish Tanya Pell as a \"wickedly creepy\" (Josh Winning, author of \u003ci\u003eHeads Will Roll\u003c\/i\u003e) and vital voice in gothic horror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.04oz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.31w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668087305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTanya Pell is a narcoleptic horror author who drinks bougie coffee and lives in the American South. She is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eHer Wicked Roots, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCicada, \u003c\/i\u003eand several short stories featured in anthologies like \u003ci\u003eMother Knows Best \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eObsolescence.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45018511442096,"sku":"9781668087305b","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2341\/9361\/files\/img_6a7918a9-761c-4896-8697-1f17f615a010.jpg?v=1773967865","url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/her-wicked-roots-9781668087305","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}