Mistress of Lies by K. M. Enright Book Only (Illumicrate 'Look What You Made Me Do' exclusive)

Push too hard and push too far, and watch what you’ll make me do.

Our August 2024 Illumicrate book is an adult fantasy debut! To protect her brother, a young noblewoman assassinates her father and uses her accumulated power to become the head of her family. In the same city, an illegitimate heir discovers the first victim of a serial killer and is drawn into the royal court he’s tried so hard to avoid. With both commanded by the vampire king to find the murderer, they enter a glittering web of desire, treachery and vengeance that could cost them their souls . . .

Our Illumicrate Exclusive edition is a Royal hardback and features:

• An exclusive cover (from the publisher)
• Full colour printing and foil on the hardback (by @danlinz_art)
• Digitally printed fore-edge (by @danlinz_art); block-sprayed top & bottom edge
• Illustrated endpapers (by @spookgeist, different front and back)
• Bound-in author letter
• Digitally signed by the author

The book at a glance:

• Adult fantasy debut, first in a series
• Featuring: exclusive cover; full colour printing on the hardback; digitally printed fore-edge; illustrated endpapers; author letter; digitally signed by the author.
• M/M/F romance between a cis man, trans man, and cis woman; all bisexual MCs; biracial Filipino diaspora FMC; trans masculine LI; Filipino diaspora characters (including LI); side queer and BIPOC characters

Tropes for Mistress of Lies include: Second chance romance, court intruige, slow burn, murder mystery, morally grey

'Politics, family, and desire weave a tangled web across a decadent, blood-soaked city in this stunning debut. Dark, dangerous, and entrancing!' -Melissa Caruso

Photos by @bookwormgram