From internationally bestselling author Mary E. Pearson, The Courting of Bristol Keats is the first book in her debut adult fantasy series, filled with forbidden romance, deadly faerie curses and pulse-pounding action.This exclusive hardback edition features beautiful sprayed edges.'Mary E. Pearson is the new queen of Faerie' - Stephanie Garber, bestselling author of Once Upon A Broken HeartAfter losing both their parents, Bristol Keats and her sisters struggle to stay afloat in their small, quiet town of Bowskeep. When Bristol begins to receive letters from an "aunt" she has never heard of who promises she can help, Bristol reluctantly agrees to meet - and discovers that everything she thought she knew about her family is a lie. Even her father might still be alive. Not killed but kidnapped by terrifying creatures to a whole other realm - the one he is from.Desperate to save her father and find the truth, Bristol journeys to a land of gods, fae and monsters. Pulled into a dangerous world of magic and intrigue, she makes a deadly bargain with the fae king, Tyghan. But what she does not know is that he is the one who drove her parents to live a life on the run. And he is just as determined as she is to find her father - dead or alive . . .A heart-wrenching love story that spans worlds and decades, The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson explores second chances - the ones we are denied, the ones we refuse to give, and the lines we cross that may never be forgiven.