Her Wicked Roots
Her Wicked Roots by Tanya Pell, published by Gallery Books on October 7, 2025, is a 352-page work presented in English. This book offers a queer retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic gothic tale, Rappaccini’s Daughter, focusing on a young woman named Cordelia Beecher. As she searches for her missing brother Edward, Cordelia escapes from the oppressive charity school where she was raised and ventures into the mysterious town of Farrow, where no one seems to know of her brother’s existence.
Readers will find an atmospheric narrative that intertwines themes of horror and gothic elements as Cordelia becomes entangled with Lady Evangeline, a local botanist who harbors her own secrets. Employed at the Edenfield estate, Cordelia’s relationship with the enigmatic daughters, Prim and Briar, develops amidst an unsettling backdrop. As she uncovers clues about her brother’s past, the tension builds, revealing the dark mysteries hidden within the estate. This edition invites readers into a richly crafted world that explores the complexities of desire and deceit.
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In this queer retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne classic gothic story, Rappaccini’s Daughter, a young woman is lured to a lush estate owned by a botanist who might be hiding dark secrets.
Cordelia Beecher is on the run. In search of her missing brother Edward, she has fled the oppressive charity school she was raised in, desperate to find the only family she knows. Using clues from his past letters, she sets off for the sleepy town of Farrow but everyone there claims to have never heard of Edward—not even the man he was supposedly working for as an apprentice.
With nowhere to go, Cordi turns to Lady Evangeline, a local botanist who owns the magnificent Edenfield estate. The benevolent lady of the manor has made it her mission to take young, often traumatized, women into her employ and protect them from man’s world of wicked desires and deceits. Hired as a maid and companion to her enigmatic daughters, Prim and Briar, Cordi quickly settles into Edenfield. Even as her relationship with Briar blossoms, Cordi can’t help but suspect that there are secrets in the estate…and when she stumbles across evidence that Edward was once there, she’s determined to find answers.
Atmospheric, eerie, and thoroughly original, Her Wicked Roots will establish Tanya Pell as a “wickedly creepy” (Josh Winning, author of Heads Will Roll) and vital voice in horror.
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