Heathcliff, Moriarty, and Poe's raven have a problem.
Ever since they were yanked from the pages of their respective novels by the cursed magic of Nevermore Bookshop, literature's three most infamous villains have been living their best not-so-quiet lives in the sleepy village of Argleton--drinking tea they didn't pay for, committing light recreational mischief, and absolutely not admitting they're bored out of their brilliant, brooding minds.
Then she walks in. Mina Wilde, with her haunted eyes, punk clothes, and her bright, stubborn nature. She needs a job. They need a distraction. What they find instead is obsession.
Now the villains must decide what they want more: their carefully curated chaos ... or the girl who makes them feel dangerously human.
Add in an overzealous Knight of the Round Table with a hero complex, a curse they don't understand, simmering jealousy, and three literary bad boys catching feelings that absolutely weren't in the manuscript, and the plot positively sizzles.
A wickedly whimsical companion to A Dead and Stormy Night, The Plot Thickens reimagines the chaos, curses, and criminal flirtation of Nevermore Bookshop from the delightfully unhinged POVs of Heathcliff, Moriarty, and everyone's favorite raven, Quoth. Because villains fall hardest.
Contains mature themes.
About the Author :
Steffanie Holmes is a USA Today bestselling author of dark and steamy paranormal romance. Her books feature clever, witty heroines, wild shifters, cunning witches, and alpha males who get what they want. Before becoming a writer, Steffanie worked as an archaeologist and museum curator. From Dark Age Europe to crumbling gothic estates, Steffanie is fascinated with how love can blossom between the most unlikely characters. Steffanie lives in New Zealand with her husband, a horde of cantankerous cats, and their medieval sword collection. She also writes dark science fiction under the name S. C. Green. Nathan Wolfe is the Lorry I. Lokey Visiting Professor in human biology at Stanford University and director of Global Viral Forecasting, a pandemic early warning system which monitors the spillover of novel infectious agents from animals into humans. He has been published in or profiled by Nature, Science, the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Economist, Wired, Discover, Scientific American, NPR, Popular Science, Seed, and Forbes. The recipient of a Fulbright fellowship in 1997, Wolfe was awarded the National Institutes of Health (NIH) International Research Scientist Development Award in 1999 and the prestigious NIH Director's Pioneer Award in 2005.
Gabrielle Baker is a highly respected and experienced British voice actor with her own studio at her home in Kent, England. A trained actor, she has become a bestselling audiobook narrator for award-winning authors around the world. Gabrielle has a natural RP British accent and is also experienced with accents such as Dublin, Cork, Scottish, Australian, and most regional British accents. More than anything Gabrielle describes herself as a "storyteller," and her love and passion for audiobooks has seen her rise in the industry over the last few years. She has a strong following of listeners and authors who seek out her work, and she has been described as " . . . an auditory joy!"
