Pretty, Violent Thing by Meg LaForge

UPCOMING DARK ROMANCE

PRETTY, VIOLENT THING

Six women were hanged as witches. Five survived.
Three hundred years later, they eat the wicked.

Coming soon

A SIMPLE PHILOSOPHY

“We eat the wicked.”

01 — THE STORY

Keziah Stone has spent centuries feeding on monsters while trying not to become one herself.

Then Christian Ardent walks into her life.

Suddenly, the rules that have kept her alive for hundreds of years stop making sense.

Pretty, Violent Thing is an upcoming dark romance about women who survived the impossible, the violence men mistake for power, and what happens when love becomes the one thing more dangerous than hunger.

325 YEARS EARLIER

“Never in my wildest dreams did I think my executioner would be named Bill.”

Keziah and Christian character art from Pretty, Violent Thing

02 — KEZIAH + CHRISTIAN

SHE EATS MONSTERS.

He might be the first man in centuries to make her wonder what else she is capable of wanting.

AND THEN THERE WAS HIM

“How do I explain that three centuries of unbearable static go silent when he's nearby?”

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DANGER + HOME

This man, who carries a weapon, clear evidence of how rare moments of security are for him, has drifted off to sleep at the base of a twisted elm tree. In a cemetery. With a monster in his arms.

03 — EARLY READER REACTIONS

THEY'VE SEEN
TOO MUCH.

Pretty, Violent Thing is still unreleased, so these are early reader reactions.

“
Engaging, unique, and truly kept me on my toes.

— JAMIESREADINGSPACE, ADVANCE READER

“
I rarely cry during books... but with this one I actually sobbed.

— JAMIESREADINGSPACE, ADVANCE READER

“
Badass powerful women taking out the worst of abusive men and protecting each other and the community around them.

— ABBY, EARLY READER

A TERRIBLE IDEA, PROBABLY

“His is the only altar I'd sink to my knees for.”

THE THING ABOUT MONSTERS

“But the monsters of the world don’t hide in the shadows because it protects them; they hide in plain sight, because no one is looking.”

04 — THE DETAILS
Title Pretty, Violent Thing
Author Meg LaForge
Genre Dark Romance
Status Coming Soon
Expect Morally complex women, witches, violence, centuries of grudges, and complicated love.

05 — STAY CLOSE

THE WICKED ARE COMING.

Follow along for release news, reader updates, events, and whatever questionable decisions happen between now and publication.

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