{"product_id":"the-maiden-and-her-monster-9781250367754","title":"The Maiden and Her Monster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A dark and endlessly enchanting fairy tale.... I adored every page.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Ava Reid\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Maiden and Her Monster \u003c\/i\u003eis a gorgeous, atmospheric debut fantasy rooted in history, folklore, and sapphic romance--perfect for fans of Katherine Arden, Ava Reid, Hannah Whitten, and Naomi Novik.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe forest eats the girls who wander out after dark.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the healer's daughter, Malka has seen how the wood's curse has plagued her village, but the Ozmini Church only comes to collect its tithe, not to protect heretics with false stories of monsters in the trees. So when a clergy girl wanders too close to the forest and Malka's mother is accused of her murder, Malka strikes an impossible bargain with a zealot Ozmini priest. If she brings the monster out, he will spare her mother from execution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen she ventures into the shadowed woods, Malka finds a monster, though not the one she expects: an inscrutable, disgraced golem who agrees to implicate herself, but only if Malka helps her fulfill a promise first and free the imprisoned rabbi who created her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut a deal easily made is not easily kept. And as their bargain begins to unravel a much more sinister threat, protecting her people may force Malka to endanger the one person she left home to save--and face her growing feelings for the very creature she was taught to fear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaddie Martinez was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has a BA in Political Science from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts and an MA in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University in Washington, DC. You can now find Maddie in New York City, filling her tiny apartment with an unwieldy number of books. \u003ci\u003eThe Maiden and Her Monster\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589913411858,"sku":"9781250367754","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dfb14cca-8a97-4b5f-aa0f-22d269482ffe.jpg?v=1756814018","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-maiden-and-her-monster-9781250367754","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}