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A Fate Worse Than Drowning
Paperback
FantasyGeneral FictionGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
Publisher Price: $18.99
ISBN13: 9781464238147
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: Jul 21 2026
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.90
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
For fans of A Dark and Drowning Tide and The Lighthouse Witches comes a queer speculative 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 harbor. Elle, as 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 arises from all sides: the merciless sea, ruthless men on the mainland, and the infernal bargain itself...
Souls and sisterhood, fate and fire - what must be sacrificed for the devil to get his due?
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