Happy March everyone! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. Now, let’s give a big round of applause to this month’s Book of the Month winner. Congrats to A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson! Now I’m already familiar with Olson’s work having read and enjoyed Sing Me Forgotten (see review here) so I am looking forward to reading this title.

Remember to stay tuned for March’s selection of titles and check out the details below for A Forgery of Roses. Happy reading!

Synopsis

From the author of Sing Me Forgotten comes a lush new fantasy novel with an art-based magic system, romance, and murder…

Myra has a gift many would kidnap, blackmail, and worse to control: she’s a portrait artist whose paintings alter people’s bodies. Guarding that secret is the only way to keep her younger sister safe now that their parents are gone. But one frigid night, the governor’s wife discovers the truth and threatens to expose Myra if she does not complete a special portrait that would resurrect the governor’s dead son.

Once she arrives at the legendary stone mansion, however, it becomes clear the boy’s death was no accident. A killer stalks these halls—one disturbingly obsessed with portrait magic. Desperate to get out of the manor as quickly as possible, Myra turns to the governor’s older son for help completing the painting before the secret she spent her life concealing makes her the killer’s next victim.