Notes From Your Bookseller Kerri Maniscalco is back at it with the first book in her latest series, complete with witches, dark magic and a haunting murder mystery. Set in atmospheric 19th-century Italy, Kingdom of the Wicked follows Emilia and Vittoria, twin streghe sisters who hide their magical powers in plain sight. When Vittoria is found murdered, Emilia reluctantly teams up with Wrath, a dark prince of Hell, to find out who is behind the gruesome murders happening in Sicily. This book will pull you in and leave you begging for the next harrowing installment. (And it has sprayed edges!)
This Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition features an alternate jacket, and contains an annotated chapter with notes from the author.From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series comes a new blockbuster series...
Two sisters.
One brutal murder.
A quest for vengeance that will unleash Hell itself...
And an intoxicating romance.
Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe - witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria misses dinner service at the family's renowned Sicilian restaurant. Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin...desecrated beyond belief. Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sister's killer and to seek vengeance at any cost-even if it means using dark magic that's been long forbidden.
Then Emilia meets Wrath, one of the Wicked-princes of Hell she has been warned against in tales since she was a child. Wrath claims to be on Emilia's side, tasked by his master with solving the series of women's murders on the island. But when it comes to the Wicked, nothing is at is seems...