by Kim Liggett
First published 2016
Ash Larkin follows her mother's trail to Quivira, a town that exists beyond normal time. Her mother had returned to her spiritual people after speaking final words about blood and salt. In Quivira, Ash discovers ancient and ominous forces that trap her within the town's borders. She struggles with ancestral memories filled with doomed lovers, death, alchemy, and immortality. Meanwhile, she tries to resist her attraction to Dane, whose blood connection to her makes their relationship forbidden. The townspeople prepare for a ceremony they have conducted for 500 years. Ash must fight not only to save her mother but to rescue herself. She races to uncover the truth about Quivira before she becomes completely consumed by blood and salt.
Genres: romance, mystery, fantasy, supernatural
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: forbidden-romance, found-family
Setting: Quivira
Period: 500 Years
360 pages · Hardcover · Yabancı Yayınları
Content warnings: violence