Anathema, by Keri Lake (softback, english edition)

🇬🇧 This book is in English

"Only the banished know what lies beyond the woods."

ANATHEMA

The Eating Woods: Book 1 by Keri Lake

The Spellbinding Gothic Dark Fantasy from the Author of Nocticadia

She was shunned. Then she was taken. Now she must survive what lies beyond.

THE STORY THAT WILL BEWITCH YOU

Maevyth Bronwick knows the rules. No one enters Witch Knell — the forest the villagers call The Eating Woods — because what's taken is never returned. Only the banished dare approach its archway of bones.

But tragedy doesn't ask permission.

Forced beyond the forbidden boundary.

Into a world of cursed souls and grotesque creatures.

Into the dark realm of Eidolon.

And into the hands of Zevander Rydainn.

Cold-blooded. Cursed. Tasked with keeping her alive — because her blood alone can break what was done to him. But protection and obsession are dangerous bedfellows, and Zevander's growing fixation on Maevyth threatens to unravel everything.

Including himself.

In a world where the magehood hunts her and the cursed lord consumes her thoughts...
survival may cost more than she's willing to pay.

WHY READERS CAN'T PUT THIS DOWN

• Morally grey MMC — A cursed assassin lord who is dangerous, obsessive, and utterly compelling
• Immersive gothic world-building — A forbidden forest, a dark fantastical realm, and creatures that haunt the imagination
• Slow-burn tension — The pull between protector and obsession builds with every chapter
• Shunned heroine — Maevyth is resilient, complex, and impossible not to root for
• Dark fantasy atmosphere — Lush, eerie, and utterly transportive
• Epic length — 624 pages of gothic dark fantasy you won't want to end
• Series starter — Book One of The Eating Woods duet

PERFECT FOR READERS WHO LOVE:

Gothic dark fantasy • Morally grey heroes • Cursed MMC • Forbidden worlds • Slow-burn romance • Dark atmosphere • Fans of Rachel Gillig, Devney Perry & Kaylie Smith

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:

"Keri Lake has done it again. The world-building alone is worth every page."

"Zevander broke me. I am not okay. 5 stars."

"The gothic atmosphere is unmatched. Dark, lush, and completely addictive."

🖤 Anathema is Book One in The Eating Woods duet.
The story continues in Book Two.

A dark, fantastical world of cursed souls, forbidden boundaries, and an obsession that threatens to consume everything — including the one it's meant to protect.

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