{"product_id":"a-dark-and-wild-wood","title":"A Dark and Wild Wood","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Dark and Wild Wood\u003c\/i\u003e reads like a grimoire for overcoming, a hypnotic spell that pulls you under and then pushes you out into the light. I can't wait for whatever Sarah Nicole Lemon writes next.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A gorgeously gothic fairy tale that goes down as sweet and bitter as blackberry wine. I would follow Lemon's voice into the fey depths of the forest.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAva Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A lushly beautiful, devastatingly real story wrapped in the trappings of classic fairytale horror, \u003ci\u003eA Dark and Wild Wood\u003c\/i\u003e feels like a fever dream I never wanted to wake up from.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKiersten White, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"No one writes like Sarah Nicole Lemon. She is a poet with knives for teeth. Her language will leave you carved out, and her sense of story is its own kind of witchcraft.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Dark and Wild Wood\u003c\/i\u003e is a feverishly beautiful dream of a novel, with lyrical prose and a vengeful heart.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTasha Suri, nationally bestselling author of The Jasmine Throne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Dark and Wild Wood\u003c\/i\u003e is not a romance, but you will fall in love with Salomé's journey. Reading Lemon's work is a joy, her art begs you to linger. By the time you reach the end, you will be as hungry as the forest for more.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNikki St. Crowe, nationally bestselling author of The Never King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A dark, spellbinding, and eldritch story. Its claws and teeth sink into you like a beast in the woods and don't let go\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eS. Jae-Jones, New York Times bestselling author of Wintersong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Lemon's voice is beautifully raw and unapologetic, in that way can only be earned from lived experience. Her words--always a study in survival, always holding space for women to be both soft and sharp--are vitally important.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily X.R. Pan, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Color of After\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Lemon] is a poet with knives for teeth.\" --Roshani Chokshi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Reads like a grimoire for overcoming.\" --Hannah Whitten\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gorgeously gothic fairy tale.\" --Ava Reid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired by the tale of Bluebeard, \u003ci\u003eA Dark and Wild Wood \u003c\/i\u003eis the lush and atmospheric story of a maiden with dark magic who becomes the apprentice to Lord Death--for a price. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEver since she was a child, Salomé has been plagued by visions of spirits and dangerous powers she can't control. After watching her foster mother burn as a witch, she and her beloved sister Rochelle are raised together in a convent, a grim and dreary existence. Until one day, Rochelle vanishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetermined to find a way to save her, Salomé runs: first to a brothel, and then, after a terrible accident, away from the village and into the woods. Deep amongst the trees of the wild Black Forest, she comes face-to-face with Lord Death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than taking her life, he brings her to his home at the heart of the woods, a strange manor full of locked rooms and mysterious corridors, crumbling one moment, magnificent the next. He promises to make her his apprentice and teach her how to harness her mind and magic. His words are as seductive as his presence--but should one trust Death?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA swirling mirage of gothic fairy tale and historical fantasy, \u003ci\u003eA Dark and Wild Wood \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel best devoured all at once. But proceed with caution, as everything is not what it seems...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/01\/2026 pg. 91 (EAN 9780063441583, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/16\/2026 (EAN 9780063441583, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780063441583, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eLemon, Sarah Nicole\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Nicole Lemon\u003c\/strong\u003e has lived many lives and earned every story. These days, she resides in North Carolina with her partner, four sons, and a rescue chihuahua named Shorty. When not writing, she works as a VP of Brand \u0026amp; Content and still reads voraciously--everything from romance to Zizek. \u003cem\u003eA Dark and Wild Wood\u003c\/em\u003e is her debut fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Harper Voyager","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496093843734,"sku":"9780063441583","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780063441583.jpg?v=1783053046","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/a-dark-and-wild-wood","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}