Jess Layne
Dion Evestre has been the right hand to the Fae king for over eighty years. In that time, he has fulfilled every dark order presented to him, each one hardening his heart. But two women, from two different times, will test Dion as he never has been before.
Ciaragen Vey: wielder of shadows, daughter to a famed general…and orchestrator of the downfall of the Fae king. Will she succeed in her task, or will her darkness and desires be her own downfall?
Althea Cardenia: fourth in line to the crown of the human continent, and a powerful healer. In a centuries-old tradition, she must choose a man to marry by her twenty-first birthday. She’s resolved to do her duty, despite the part of her that wishes for more.
But, as always happens in faerie tales, Althea learns to be careful what she wishes for. Because the fate that comes to her in the final hour is far worse than the last.
With no knowledge nor experience in how to fight this new enemy, Althea finds herself forced to do something even harder: to trust them. Him. The one who betrayed her, and her family.
Or, maybe she’ll stab him–again.
Tropes
'In Beds of Flowers' will give you:
-
Slow burn
-
Fated mates
-
Enemies to lovers
-
​He falls first
-
Touch her and d!e
-
Touch him and d!e
-
Forced proximity
Microtropes:
​
-
Nightmare scene
-
She's HIS bodyguard
-
Spies & royals
-
Hair washing scene
-
Q & A
​
Content Warnings:
'In Beds of Flowers' contains certain content a reader may wish to avoid.
This includes sexual desires and actions, explicit sexual content, kidnapping, suicidal ideation, murder/death, loss of a child, prejudice to disability, verbal and physical abuse, sexual harassment, off-page sexual abuse and assault, and off-page rape.
​
Your mental health is first, always.
Meet the POVs
'In Beds of Flowers' has three POVs: get to know them here!
Dion Evestre
Meet the royal executioner----turned spy.
​
Dion has spent nearly a century of his life in service to a terrible king. And, in order to bear it, he has done what most would have in his position: he shut himself off from his own deeds.
​
Yet, in two different times, he finds himself confronted with those deeds in ways he never would have imagined. Will he continue to run from them, or will Dion finally face that which he fears most: himself?
Ciaragen Vey
In one time: a guard to the male she hates most in the world.
In another: a general to the armies that male once sought to destroy for his king.
​
After the loss of her father, Ciaragen was faced with overcoming a rage that, left unattended, would fester until she became perhaps worse than those who took him from her.
​
But the very person who helps to heal that rage within her may well prove to be the source of it all too soon.
Althea Cardenia
A princess to the human continent, a powerful healer, and skilled warrior. Althea has always been one to do her duty, but after a her life is threatened, she finds herself far less willing to return to the fate she once knew.
​
After a shocking tragedy involving both those known and unknown to her, Althea is forced into quite a different fate. Only this time, there is truly no choice in it.
​
In the face of so many uncertainties, only one is able to slip through the cracks of the wall she built around her heart. Even if she doesn't realize it.
Socials
_edited.jpg)
​
@authorjesslayne
Find more information about In Beds of Flowers, fun snippets and scenes, and more on Jess's Instagram.
GoodReads
​
Jess Layne
Find In Beds of Flowers on GoodReads in time! Jess will be posting on her Instagram in time regarding this, ARC readers, and publishing.
_edited.jpg)
​
@authorjesslayne
Catch a glimpse of what the world within In Beds of Flowers will look like!