Immortal Summer

A DECADENT SUMMER. A STEAMY NEW LOVE.

BUT DANGER LURKS UNDER THE SOUTHERN SUN…

When struggling student Sumner Caldwell is invited to a classmate’s decadent estate, she begins to realise her wealthy, attractive new friends aren’t all they appear.

It’s the beginning of the summer break and Sumner is desperate. She can’t afford to stay in university housing, but she’ll do anything to avoid returning to her suffocating backwoods hometown. So when her friend Tripp Caraway invites her to join him at his swanky estate on Hilton Head Island, she reluctantly becomes his charity case.

Evermore is a home as beautiful and strange as its inhabitants. There’s Ellis, cold and unfriendly, who has an enigmatic bond with Tripp. Priscilla, timeless as a Hollywood starlet. And Henry, the gorgeous, brooding writer who takes Sumner’s breath away.

But as Sumner loses herself in Henry and the group’s seductive, darkly lavish lifestyle, strange occurences make her question her hosts. And when ravaged bodies begin appearing in the swamp, blamed on a predatory alligator, Sumner realizes that the reason for her invitation might be much darker than simple charity.

Then again, Sumner isn’t quite who she seems, either. And she might not be a vampire, but she knows how to bite back…

Reviews

PRAISE FOR SYDNEY J. SHIELDS

'Utterly transportive and thrilling. Shields is clever as they come, and this the author at her most ambitious and triumphant' S. T. Gibson bestselling author of A Dowry of Blood

'An Arcane Study of Stars is a deal with the devil like you've never read before. Sharp, clever, spicy; this is the blueprint for dark academia romantasy' Breanne Randall, author of The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic

'An atmospheric and devastating tale… This magical, phenomenal novel will keep you guessing until your last second at Cygnus' Kamilah Cole, USA Today bestselling author of An Arcane Inheritance

'Gothic, gripping and utterly spellbinding' Hazel McBride, author of A Fate Forged in Fire

About the author

Sydney J. Shields is a swamp creature who evolved to hold a pen. She is a Magna C*m Laude graduate of Columbus State University where she majored in Communication. She currently lives in Savannah, Georgia with her partner and their dog. You can find her across social media @SydneyJShields, or her website, sydneyjshields.com.