Freya Marske

eBook, ePUB

Swordcrossed (eBook, ePUB)

A queer fantasy with a steamy rivals-to-lovers romance

Beschreibung

'If you're doing romantasy without Freya Marske, you're doing it wrong'
- Casey McQuiston, author of Red, White & Royal Blue

A dazzling queer fantasy from the bestselling author of A Marvellous Light, brimming with steamy romance, rougeish charm and intrigue. Perfect for fans of Travis Baldree, Lex Croucher and Casey McQuiston.

Low stakes. High heat. Sharp steel . . .

Mattinesh Jay, heir to his family's struggling business, needs his arranged marriage to go off without a hitch. But if he's to successfully restore his house's fortunes, Matti must first hire a swordsman to defend him against any sword-challenges at the altar. Unfortunately, the only duellist he can afford is part-time con artist and full-time charming menace Luca Piere.

All Luca wants to do is make some easy money and forget the crime he committed in his home town. He didn't plan on being blackmailed into giving sword lessons to a chronically responsible - and inconveniently handsome - wool merchant like Matti.

However, neither Matti's business troubles nor Luca himself are quite what they seem. As secrets threaten to drive a blade through their growing alliance, both Matti and Luca will have to answer the question: how many lies are you prepared to strip away when the truth could mean losing everything you want?

'Deliciously cosy and blisteringly hot'
- Lex Croucher, author of Gwen and Art Are Not in Love

'Swordcrossed proves there's nothing in fantasy - or queer romance - Marske can't do'
- Sarah Rees Brennan, author of Long Live Evil

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Autor

Freya Marske is the author of A Power Unbound, A Restless Truth and A Marvellous Light, the latter of which became an international bestseller and won the Romantic Novelists' Association's Award for Romantic Fantasy. Her work has appeared in Analog and has been shortlisted for three Aurealis Awards. She is also a Hugo-nominated podcaster, and won the Ditmar Award for Best New Talent. She lives in Australia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781035039319
• Artikelnr.: 69205731

Rezensionen

A USA Today bestseller!
A New York Times Best Romance of 2024

"Marske writes what I crave most in romantasy: brilliant craft, fresh voice, characters worth obsessing over, and genuine honest-to-god heat."-Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White and Royal Blue

"Freya Marske is the queen of romantic fantasy novels."-Polygon

"Spicy and heisty and cozy in just the right balance."-The New York Times

"This cozy fantasy sizzles.... Fans of Marske's Last Binding series (beginning with A Marvellous Light, 2021) will be thrilled to find the same effortless worldbuilding, rich characterization, gentle humor, and steamy love scenes here."-Booklist, _starred review_

"There's

nothing in fantasy or queer romance that Marske can't do."-Sarah Rees Brennan, author of Long Live Evil

"The perfect blend of charm, yearning and romance delivered at sword's point, Swordcrossed is a compulsively readable fantasy with characters who will steal your heart."-C.S. Pacat, New York Times bestselling author of Captive Prince

"A delightful diversion."-Entertainment Weekly

"What a world Freya Marske has created for us! I feel like I could close the book and go walk the streets of her city-and enjoy myself thoroughly. A beguiling romance between a man who is too careful and a man who thinks he has nothing to lose."-Ellen Kushner, author of Swordspoint

"Freya Marske's books are something special."
-Sarah MacLean, New York Times bestselling author

"Both deliciously cozy and blisteringly hot, Swordcrossed is a book best read by a fire, with a glass of mead in your hand and a hot swordsman on your knee."-Lex Croucher, author of Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"Clever, sparkling, and perfectly indulgent, Swordcrossed feels like stepping into a party already in full swing. Everything is possible; everything is wondrous. This is fantasy romance at its very best."-Grace D. Li, New York Timesbestselling author of Portrait of a Thief

"Swordcrossed is so good I want to set it on fire and physically throw it at people's faces. . . . It filled my brain with tickly champagne bubbles of glee."-Alexandra Rowland, author of A Taste of Gold and Iron

"An effervescent, sparkling fantasy romance that eagerly pulls you along into its blade-sharp dance until the final words."-Emma Denny, author of One Night in Hartswood

Praise for the Last Binding Trilogy

"The prose is sublime, the world-building top-notch, and the magic system is fascinating and unique."-TJ Klune, New York Times bestselling author of The House on the Cerulean Sea

"Stunning-the writing is lush, the world-building is fascinating, and the romance is searing hot. I am completely obsessed."-Cat Sebastian, author of The Queer Principles of Kit Webb

"Delightful and spicy . . . Marske is simply superb at her chosen genres."-The New York Times

A USA Today bestseller!
A New York Times Best Romance of 2024

"Marske writes what I crave most in romantasy: brilliant craft, fresh voice, characters worth obsessing over, and genuine honest-to-god heat."-Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White and Royal Blue

"Freya Marske is the queen of romantic fantasy novels."-Polygon

"Spicy and heisty and cozy in just the right balance."-The New York Times

"This cozy fantasy sizzles.... Fans of Marske's Last Binding series (beginning with A Marvellous Light, 2021) will be thrilled to find the same effortless worldbuilding, rich characterization, gentle humor, and steamy love scenes

here."-Booklist, *starred review*

"There's nothing in fantasy or queer romance that Marske can't do."-Sarah Rees Brennan, author of Long Live Evil

"The perfect blend of charm, yearning and romance delivered at sword's point, Swordcrossed is a compulsively readable fantasy with characters who will steal your heart."-C.S. Pacat, New York Times bestselling author of Captive Prince

"A delightful diversion."-Entertainment Weekly

"What a world Freya Marske has created for us! I feel like I could close the book and go walk the streets of her city-and enjoy myself thoroughly. A beguiling romance between a man who is too careful and a man who thinks he has nothing to lose."-Ellen Kushner, author of Swordspoint

"Freya Marske's books are something special."
-Sarah MacLean, New York Times bestselling author

"Both deliciously cozy and blisteringly hot, Swordcrossed is a book best read by a fire, with a glass of mead in your hand and a hot swordsman on your knee."-Lex Croucher, author of Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"Clever, sparkling, and perfectly indulgent, Swordcrossed feels like stepping into a party already in full swing. Everything is possible; everything is wondrous. This is fantasy romance at its very best."-Grace D. Li, New York Times bestselling author of Portrait of a Thief

"Swordcrossed is so good I want to set it on fire and physically throw it at people's faces. . . . It filled my brain with tickly champagne bubbles of glee."-Alexandra Rowland, author of A Taste of Gold and Iron

"An effervescent, sparkling fantasy romance that eagerly pulls you along into its blade-sharp dance until the final words."-Emma Denny, author of One Night in Hartswood

Praise for the Last Binding Trilogy

"The prose is sublime, the world-building top-notch, and the magic system is fascinating and unique."-TJ Klune, New York Times bestselling author of The House on the Cerulean Sea

"Stunning-the writing is lush, the world-building is fascinating, and the romance is searing hot. I am completely obsessed."-Cat Sebastian, author of The Queer Principles of Kit Webb

"Delightful and spicy . . . Marske is simply superb at her chosen genres."-The New York Times