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    Twisted Vows

    An Immortal Consequences Story

    Part of The Souls of Blackwood Academy

    Author I. V. Marie
    Hardcover
    $17.99 US
    RH Childrens Books | Delacorte Press
    5-1/2"W x 8-1/4"H | 12 oz | 12 per carton
    On sale Oct 06, 2026 | 192 Pages | 9798217234530
    Age 14 and up | Grade 9 & Up
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    Step into the mysterious, gothic world of Blackwood Academy eighteen years prior to the events of the New York Times bestselling Immortal Consequences in this darkly enchanting prequel novella that traces the origins of fan-favorite couple August and Wren’s heated rivalry and eventual romance.

    This special edition features exclusive, designed endpapers and foil on the cover!

    She’d hate him for the rest of eternity. She’d hate him until the very end.

    When Wren Loughty finds herself dropped outside the gates of Blackwood Academy, the infamous magical boarding school located on the fringes of the afterlife, she quickly realizes that she's dead. Worse, she's stuck between life and death, eternally tasked with learning the magical skills required to guide lost souls to the Other Side.

    And her first assignment? A class project with the boy known as the notorious "Demon of Blackwood," Augustine Hughes.

    August doesn't do friends. He has his own reasons for wanting to get close to the new girl...reasons that are quickly becoming more complicated the more time he spends with her.

    As Wren and August navigate the darkly enchanting Blackwood campus and their cutthroat fellow students, an undeniable connection grows between them. But some connections can be twisted.

    And some betrayals can’t be undone.
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    AUGUST

    Augustine Hughes strode toward the iron gates, letter in hand.

    His mother’s voice echoed in his mind as he cut through the evening fog. Those long-­ago words she had spoken before being taken from him forever. Hollowed and broken. As if she had known her demise was set in stone.

    My son. My angel sent from above. Whatever happens . . . do not let the world harden your heart. Do not let the darkness take you. Protect your sister. You two are all that you have left.

    And he had tried. He’d tried to be the son his mother wanted him to be. The brother his sister needed him to be. But he’d failed. The darkness had taken him and spat him back out and turned him into this.

    Into vengeance.

    Into retribution.

    And no matter how hard August tried to forget the truth, he couldn’t. He had a debt.

    And now it must be paid.

    When he arrived at the mouth of the forest, he spoke to the figure standing in front of him cloaked in shadows.

    “I received your letter.”

    “Good,” replied his sister. “It’s time.”

    August unfurled the letter and let it fall to the ground. Through the darkness of night, a name stared back at him. A name he’d heard whispered to him in his dreams. Carved into the very heart of his soul. A name he had waited two hundred and sixty-­three years for.

    WREN LOUGHTY.
    Copyright © 2026 by I. V. Marie. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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    Step into the mysterious, gothic world of Blackwood Academy eighteen years prior to the events of the New York Times bestselling Immortal Consequences in this darkly enchanting prequel novella that traces the origins of fan-favorite couple August and Wren’s heated rivalry and eventual romance.

    This special edition features exclusive, designed endpapers and foil on the cover!

    She’d hate him for the rest of eternity. She’d hate him until the very end.

    When Wren Loughty finds herself dropped outside the gates of Blackwood Academy, the infamous magical boarding school located on the fringes of the afterlife, she quickly realizes that she's dead. Worse, she's stuck between life and death, eternally tasked with learning the magical skills required to guide lost souls to the Other Side.

    And her first assignment? A class project with the boy known as the notorious "Demon of Blackwood," Augustine Hughes.

    August doesn't do friends. He has his own reasons for wanting to get close to the new girl...reasons that are quickly becoming more complicated the more time he spends with her.

    As Wren and August navigate the darkly enchanting Blackwood campus and their cutthroat fellow students, an undeniable connection grows between them. But some connections can be twisted.

    And some betrayals can’t be undone.

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    1

    AUGUST

    Augustine Hughes strode toward the iron gates, letter in hand.

    His mother’s voice echoed in his mind as he cut through the evening fog. Those long-­ago words she had spoken before being taken from him forever. Hollowed and broken. As if she had known her demise was set in stone.

    My son. My angel sent from above. Whatever happens . . . do not let the world harden your heart. Do not let the darkness take you. Protect your sister. You two are all that you have left.

    And he had tried. He’d tried to be the son his mother wanted him to be. The brother his sister needed him to be. But he’d failed. The darkness had taken him and spat him back out and turned him into this.

    Into vengeance.

    Into retribution.

    And no matter how hard August tried to forget the truth, he couldn’t. He had a debt.

    And now it must be paid.

    When he arrived at the mouth of the forest, he spoke to the figure standing in front of him cloaked in shadows.

    “I received your letter.”

    “Good,” replied his sister. “It’s time.”

    August unfurled the letter and let it fall to the ground. Through the darkness of night, a name stared back at him. A name he’d heard whispered to him in his dreams. Carved into the very heart of his soul. A name he had waited two hundred and sixty-­three years for.

    WREN LOUGHTY.
    Copyright © 2026 by I. V. Marie. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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