Brought To Heel

<p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In the shadowy alleys of Victorian London a new terror stalks the fog</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- it is whispered to be a demon and feared even by those sworn to fight the dark. </span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Brought To Heel is a lush gothic young adult novel </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>set in a London still recovering from the infamous </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Jack the Ripper</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> killings. It blends the eerie allure of classic </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>gothic fiction</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> with a </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>bold heart-pounding mystery</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> that will captivate fans of </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>sapphic historical fiction</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Alix Hawthorne has grown up in the shadows waiting for the day she is allowed to take her place in the </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>secretive and mysterious organisation </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>that her family serve </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Order of Athena </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>an organisation dedicated to protecting London from the shadows themselves. When her closest friend is murdered Alix's pursuit of the killer not only puts her at odds with The Order but threatens her very future in it. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Thea Loftus is the daughter of an Earl struggling to find herself under the weight of both her family's and society's expectations. Everything changes when a near brush with death and London's newest demon catapults her into Alix's dark world. </span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As the two girls chase answers through the bloody streets macabre carnivals and gilded ballrooms they must not only confront the chilling truth behind the attacks but the growing intensity of their bond. </strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>For readers of Kerri Maniscalco's <em>Stalking Jack The Ripper</em> series and lovers of all things eerie romantic and unapologetically queer</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Brought To Heel</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a thrilling blend of </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>coming of age</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>young adult fiction gothic horror and sapphic romance</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> that will keep you turning pages deep into the night. </span></p><p></p>