Whispers on a Wicker Crown

<p>She gave herself to the land but the land demanded a price far more carnal than she ever imagined.</p><p>In the village of Shatt a creeping Blight withers crops and starves its people. The elders desperate turn to the ancient Harvest Rite-a grim forgotten ritual that demands a willing soul be given to the earth to appease the malevolent Harvest God. When the lots are drawn Marianne a strong-willed weaver is chosen as the sacrifice. She braces herself for a swift painless end a final surrender for the survival of her home.</p><p>But the Harvest God is no simple monster. He is a creature of gnarled bark twisted vines and ancient amber eyes and his hunger is not for blood but for a dark sinfully intoxicating bargain. He demands a consort a mortal queen to share his power and become a part of his primordial essence. In a terrifying union of raw elemental power and forbidden desire Marianne is bound to the God becoming a vessel for his will. Each night she must return to him a sacrifice of lust for a harvest of life. The more she surrenders to his carnal demands the more the Blight recedes but at what cost to her body her soul and her very identity?</p><p><em>Whispers on a Wicker Crown: A Harvest Rite of Love and Lust</em> is a dark and seductive tale of power perversion and primal passion. Perfect for fans of <strong>forbidden romance</strong> and <strong>dark fantasy</strong> this story will ensnare you in a world where the line between salvation and corruption is as thin as a single thread. Can Marianne save her village without losing herself to the very force she swore to defeat or is her terrifying new life the only path to a bountiful future?</p>