<p><b>From internationally bestselling author Mary E. Pearson, <i>The Courting of Bristol Keats</i> is the first book in her debut adult fantasy series, filled with forbidden romance, deadly faerie curses and pulse-pounding action.<br><br>This exclusive hardback edition features beautiful sprayed edges.</b><br><br><b>'Mary E. Pearson is the new queen of Faerie' - Stephanie Garber, bestselling author of <i>Once Upon A Broken Heart</i></b><br><br>After losing both their parents, Bristol Keats and her sisters struggle to stay afloat in their small, quiet town of Bowskeep. When Bristol begins to receive letters from an &ldquo;aunt&rdquo; she has never heard of who promises she can help, Bristol reluctantly agrees to meet - and discovers that everything she thought she knew about her family is a lie. Even her father might still be alive. Not killed but kidnapped by terrifying creatures to a whole other realm &mdash; the one he is from.<br><br>Desperate to save her father and find the truth, Bristol journeys to a land of gods, fae and monsters. Pulled into a dangerous world of magic and intrigue, she makes a deadly bargain with the fae king, Tyghan. But what she does not know is that he is the one who drove her parents to live a life on the run. And he is just as determined as she is to find her father &mdash; dead or alive . . .<br><br><b>A heart-wrenching love story that spans worlds and decades, <i>The Courting of Bristol Keats </i>by Mary E. Pearson explores second chances &mdash; the ones we are denied, the ones we refuse to give, and the lines we cross that may never be forgiven.</b></p>