“From the lush setting to dire stakes and whip-smart banter, This Vicious Grace is romantic, suspenseful, and utterly unforgettable.” - Sarah Glenn Marsh, author of the Reign of the Fallen series “Remixing all the best parts of a dark fantasy and a romantic comedy, This Vicious Grace is a wonderfully fun time from start to finish, with lush, complex worldbuilding, intensely relatable characters, and relationships that are easy to root for.” - Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf “Riveting, passionate, and full of high stakes danger.” - Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author He holds the key to her survival and her heart, but is he the one person who can help her master her gift or destroy her once and for all?Įmily Thiede’s exciting fantasy debut, This Vicious Grace, is the first in the Last Finestra duology and will keep readers turning the pages until the devastating conclusion and leave them primed for more! But as rebellion explodes outside the gates, Dante’s dark secrets may be the biggest betrayal. When a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is the island’s only hope, her own soldiers try to assassinate her.ĭesperate to survive, Alessa hires Dante, a cynical outcast marked as a killer, to become her personal bodyguard. Now, with only weeks left until a hungry swarm of demons devours everything on her island home, Alessa is running out of time to find a partner and stop the invasion. Alessa’s gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner’s magic, not kill every suitor she touches. This Vicious Grace Serpent & Dove meets The Bodyguard in this romantic, thrilling debut fantasy where one girl's magic can save-or it can kill.

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