The Poison Daughter

The must-have, true enemies-to-lovers standalone romantasy about a woman whose lips are deadly poison . . . until she meets the one man who can survive her kiss.

The deluxe limited edition first printing features sprayed edges, full-color illustrated case, and an exclusive bonus chapter from Henry’s POV.

In the absence of a conscience, men need something to fear. I’ve made myself their monster.

Every person Harlow Carrenwell kisses dies immediately, and that’s the way she likes it. The poison-lipped youngest daughter of Lunameade’s magical founding family has used her power to annihilate their opposition.

Her first husband is in the ground. Her mysterious new betrothed is next.

But Harlow has a secret. When she’s not acting as an assassin at her parents’ whims, she moonlights as a vigilante hunting abusive men in their walled-off city.

Meet a man. Lure him in. Kill him with a kiss. Until one night Harlow kisses a mark and he doesn’t die.

Worse, the man immune to her kiss is her new betrothed, Henry Havenwood, and now he knows about her double life. The only way to protect her secret and her city is get close enough to Henry to figure out why the Havenwoods have reappeared after years of silence and what they have planned.

Cursed with a husband she can’t kill and trapped in a fortress surrounded by vampire-infested woods, Harlow’s survival requires her to do the impossible: Make the man who knows she’s a killer fall in love with her anyway.

Tropes: Marriage of inconvenience / Feminine rage / Forced proximity / Touch her and die / Enemies to lovers / Vigilante FMC / Dash of vampires / Primal/fear play / “Who did this to you” / Dual POV

Sheila Masterson is the USA Today Bestselling author of The Poison Daughter, a dark enemies to lovers romantasy standalone about a vigilante who uses her poison kiss to take revenge on abusive men in her community, until she's unwittingly thrust into an arranged marriage with the only man immune to her magic.

Her other works include the gothic fairy tale fantasy romance, Song of the Dark Wood, the angsty epic romantasy quartet, The Lost God Series, as well as its next-generation standalone spinoff, A Legacy of Stars.

When Sheila's not busy stabbing beloved side characters and dreaming up new ways to make her readers cry, you can find her browsing the shelves at local indie bookstores, drinking fancy cocktails with friends, or curled up reading books and tarot. She lives outside Philadelphia with a small army of underwatered houseplants that survive out of spite.

“An FMC who kills men with a poisonous kiss? I’d like to formally submit my application to become Harlow’s best friend. Sheila Masterson gives us a deliciously dark and spicy story with a fierce FMC that you will be rooting for from the first page. I could not put this book down! The tension? The banter? The steaming hot spice? The twists and reveals? The Poison Daughter is a masterpiece that everyone who loves dark romantasy needs to read!” —Sophia St. Germain author of A Tongue So Sweet and Deadly

“Sexy, addictive, and deadly. The Poison Daughter is a delicious, true enemies-to-lovers that will keep you absolutely riveted. This is a book that will pull you close, sink in its claws, and never let you go.” —Jaclyn Rodriguez, USA Today bestselling author of A Vow in Vengeance

“The Poison Daughter is an expertly woven, Divine tale of arranged marriage, feminine rage, and vengeance. A must-read full of twists and turns that will have you gasping, this enemies-to-lovers romantasy is addicting, spicy, and unputdownable.” —Elayna R. Gallea, author of Tethered