The Empress
a Towerfall novel
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1.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the House of Night series Kristin Cast comes a spicy and spellbinding light romantasy filled with tarot, adventure, and a hero who is broody, sexy, and just the right amount of trouble.
What happens when a twenty-three-year-old woman stumbles into a world of magick, mystery, and one ridiculously hot, broody hero? She breaks all the rules, obviously.
Hannah has always played by the book—until a tarot reading goes sideways and drops her into a world where magick is real, danger lurks in the shadows, and men look like they’ve stepped out of a fantasy novel. Case in point: Kane, the kingdom’s gruff yet infuriatingly gorgeous protector, who claims Hannah’s arrival isn’t an accident. Apparently, she’s the key to saving his realm from ruin.
Hannah’s priorities?
Get her tarot card back.
Find a way home.
Absolutely not fall for the battle-scarred warrior who makes her want to forget all her plans.
But as the palace’s secrets unravel, and enemies close in, the line between duty and desire blurs. Because if Hannah wants to return to her world, she’ll have to embrace the magick inside her and trust the one man who makes her question everything.
Perfect for fans of That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon and the Four Horsemen series by Laura Thalassa, step into the enchanting world of Towerfall.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Cast (the House of Night series) kicks off the Towerfall series with this expertly genre-blended romantasy. Chicago marketer Hannah is trapped in a loveless relationship and on an—admittedly stalled—"self-help journey" when she stumbles upon a tarot shop and decides to venture in. A bizarre encounter with the fortune teller working there leaves her rattled—and soon thereafter she's transported by a tarot card to the fantasy world of Towerfall, which is governed by figures from the major arcana. There she meets alpha male protector Kane, whose help she needs to survive the machinations of the Tower and the Empress—and hopefully get home in one piece. Cast's sumptuously detailed worldbuilding combines themes from the tarot deck with elements of Regency romance, striking a perfect balance between fantasy and love story. The heroine makes some frustrating and unmotivated decisions and hero Kane's grizzled warrior shtick can be a bit much. Still, their chemistry is spicy and intense, and a cliffhanger ending will leave readers eager for more. It's a promising start.
