Acquisition Announcement
More books!
Friends! I said with full confidence last newsletter that you wouldn’t be hearing from me until Two Twisted Crowns was released but I was wrong (Bob Ross says there are no mistakes, just happy accidents). You are hearing from me again, and that is because I have amazing news—our strange and wonderful book journey continues! I am so excited to announce I will be writing not one, not two, but THREE MORE BOOKS!
THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH
Coming Spring 2025 to Orbit Books, the start of a brand new fantasy duology!
Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. She sleeps, and dreams of seven unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum’s windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams.
But just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral, and Sybil dreams of a moth—the death Omen. Then, one by one, the Diviners begin to vanish.
To find them, Sybil enlists the knight’s help. But the world outside the cathedral’s cloister is wrought with peril. The seven Omens are not merely figures that visit her wakeless mind—they are real. Ancient, sorcerous, and cunning, Sybil must face each of them to recover the lost Diviners. And the knight, with whom she has become inextricably entangled, may be one of them.
I love eerie quests/adventures, and I’ve been wanting to write something that feels like a dark fairytale for a long time! Comped with Rebecca Ross’s A River Enchanted and T. Kingfisher’s Nettle & Bone, this duology includes:
Perilous quest
🖤Romance, banter, ANGST🖤
Knightly
vicesvirtuesHaunted landscapes, eerie castles
Old gods, new tricks 🔮
A very peculiar gargoyle
BUT WAIT—THERE’S MORE!
Following THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH duology, also to Orbit Books…my first fantasy romcom!!
AS BAD LUCK WOULD HAVE IT
It’s bad luck to fall down a well on your wedding day—even if you are pushed. Such bad luck, that when Orla Fogarty hits the water at the bottom of the well, he is already there, waiting for her.
Mallory Devlin keeps a careful count. Twelve days for a black cat crossing your path, a week for putting your shoes on the table, and a whopping year for falling down a well. He’s a Reynard, a trickster from a darkly enchanted realm—and Bad Luck incarnate. Caught in a wager with his awful brother Felix, Mallory has until the month’s end to tally one-hundred unlucky years. He’s certain to fail—until the unluckiest woman he’s ever met tumbles into his lap.
The two strike a bargain. Mallory will help Orla discover which high-society member pushed her down the well, and she in turn will accrue as much bad luck as possible to win Mallory his wager. But as they draw closer to her assailant’s identity—and Orla’s new wedding date—one question remains. Would it count as lucky or unlucky to fall in love with Bad Luck himself?
FRIENDS. This fantasy rom-com standalone is the self-indulgent, utterly romantic, warm/cozy fantasy of my heart. Vibes include: Howl’s Moving Castle + swoony/spicy Bridgerton + flowery spring vs. spooky autumn. It came to me out of no where and I’m sooooo glad it did because I’m having so much fun!
Magic! Manners! Mischief!!
Opposites attract
💕INTENSE PINING💕
A cantankerous black cat 🐈⬛
Whimsy. SO much whimsy
Thank You!
This is the part of the missive where I, a delicate flower, weep out my thank yous.
Always and forever thank you to my indomitable agent Whitney Ross for going full speed ahead with every story I hold out to her. And thank you to the AMAZING Orbit Books US and UK who bought these stories when they were still just pitches. Your faith in me is delightfully staggering, I can’t wait to write more books together!
Last (but NEVER least) thank you, dear reader. These next three books might never have left the strange forest of my mind had you all not thrown your support behind me and my debut series, The Shepherd King. I just…I feel so lucky to have found readers (or be found by readers) who like the same sort of stories I do. From the bottom of my soft heart, thank you 🥹
Preorders aren’t available yet as these books are still ages away, but rest assured I will keep you up to speed on things as they progress! As always, here is the link to my debut, One Dark Window, and preorder link to its anticipated sequel, Two Twisted Crowns, which comes out in exactly TWO MONTHS!
Talk soon!
Rachel
These sound excellent!! So thrilled for you!!!
Ahhhh I can’t wait!