Join us in welcoming Raven Kennedy to talk about her new novel, 'The Sweetest Fiend',

Join us in welcoming Raven Kennedy to Waterstones Cardiff to talk about her new novel, The Sweetest Fiend, the first in a new duology retelling the story of the Pied Piper with a dark twist.

Brimming with dark, seductive magic and drawing inspiration from a medieval German legend, the first book in an addictive romantasy duology from the megaselling author of the Plated Prisoner series finds our half-fae heroine captured by the mysterious Piper who saves her city from the Plague.

It's time to pay the Piper.Our world cracked open like an egg. Power burst out, and with it, nine monstrous Banes ready to destroy everything. The powerful Core fae finally slayed them all, but each Bane left a Plague to punish us.But that's not the only thing they left behind.I'm half Bane, half fae, and wholly hated. Survival means enduring every vicious glare and cursed outbreak. Until one day, a Plague descends upon my city that means certain death.Then he comes. The Pied Piper.He rids my city of the Plague, but it comes at a cost. One hundred and thirty people are taken as payment. Including me.I don’t know what he’s going to do to us, but I know I have to get home. My family’s lives depend on it. But the Piper won’t let me go, and something wicked stirs between us. The sweet scent in my veins beckons him, while the seductive lure of his magic sinks under my skin.I have to escape before it’s too late. Because if I don’t, it’s not just my heart at risk…But the entire world.Note: Pied Piper reimagined. This dark fantasy is full of romance and secrets, with mature themes and explicit scenes only suitable for adults. This is book one of a duology.

Raven Kennedy is an international bestseller whose love for books pushed her into creating her own worlds. The Plated Prisoner Series, a dark fantasy romance, has sold in over twenty countries. It became a New York Times, USA Today, Sunday Times, and Spiegel bestseller, and has sold over six million copies worldwide.

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