Elodie and The Dark Lord
Format:Hardback
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Publishing:25th Mar '27
£20.00
This title is due to be published on 25th March, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The BRAND-NEW for 2027 cosy fantasy romance from the New York Times bestselling author of THE SEVEN YEAR SLIP! A magical read for book lovers!
Pre-order the first ever cosy academia romantasy from Ashley Poston, bestselling author of The Seven Year Slip, now!
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'Beautiful, brilliant, and unputdownable, with the kind of characters (And cat) who leap off the page and into your heart!' SARAH BETH DURST
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Elodie Kess lives a quiet life in Saffron-by-the-Sea. It’s not adventure and whirlwind romance, but as a scholar of magic with no magical ability of her own, it’s all she can hope for.
But when her brother, an esteemed professor at the High Arcanum Conservatory goes missing – alongside his closely guarded research – Elodie’s humdrum existence becomes anything but. Convinced she is the only one who can save him, Elodie returns to the Conservatory, glamoured as a first-year student.
Her number one suspect: Corvo, a centuries-old Dark Lord, sentenced to a lifetime cursed as a cat. But when Elodie’s extraordinary knack for repelling magic dispels his curse, she’s surprised not just to uncover a brilliant magician, but also a disarmingly handsome man. As the two begin to work together, she’s forced to question everything she’s been taught, and soon guarding her heart seems impossible. But for every lie in the history books, there is a grain of truth, and the Dark Lord was cursed for a reason…
Your favourite authors LOVE Ashley Poston:‘I LOVED this book’ Ali Hazelwood
'Ashley Poston has done it again…Whimsical, emotional, and tender' B.K. Borison
‘An absolute and unexpected delight…the pages will probably sparkle (but with black glitter)’ Christina Lauren
‘Consider me Ashley Poston’s greatest admirer!’ Carley Fortune
'Smart, quick, and absolutely bubbling over with love for the genre of romance itself’ Emma Straub
'No one tells stories like Ashley Poston' Lindsey Kelk
'I love this book! Elodie and the Dark Lord is beautiful, brilliant, and un-put-down-able, with the kind of characters (and cat) who leap off the page and into your heart! You will forget to sleep. You will miss your stop on the train. Like the Dark Lord, you will fall in love with Elodie!' Sarah Beth Durst
'Elodie and the Dark Lord is both deeply nostalgic and utterly fresh, exactly the kind of book that always kept you up too late reading under the covers by flashlight—but for grown-ups. Elodie Kess is an enchanting, capable heroine, and Corvo's dry, brooding sarcasm (and delightful commentary!) will hold readers under his spell. Between the magical university, the bewitching mystery, and the purr-fect romance, you will never want this book to end. I need the next one right meow' Emily Krempholtz
'Elodie and the Dark Lord is a brilliantly cosy fantasy academia novel with a swoony side note of slow burn romance and so many magical mysteries that kept me guessing. I already can't wait to read the next one! Perfect for fans of Emily Wilde' August Bloom
Praise for Ashley Poston:
‘I LOVED this book. A beautiful, poignant story…at once touching, funny, breathtaking, hopeful, and dreamy’ Ali Hazelwood
'Ashley Poston has done it again…Whimsical, emotional, and tender, another enchanting romance from Poston' B.K. Borison
‘An absolute and unexpected delight. Voicy and quirky and fun; the pages will probably sparkle (but with black glitter)’ Christina Lauren
‘A gorgeous love story from one of the finest romance writers out there. I laughed, I cried, I didn’t want it to end. Consider me Ashley Poston’s greatest admirer!’ Carley Fortune
'Smart, quick, and absolutely bubbling over with love for the genre of romance itself’ Emma Straub
'No one tells stories like Ashley Poston' Lindsey Kelk
ISBN: 9780008797430
Dimensions: 240mm x 159mm x 21mm
Weight: 270g
432 pages