'Where the Dark Stands Still is a triumph a deeply romantic debut with spiralling atmospheric
prose that swept me up and away to the enchanted forests of Polish folklore. You'll never want
to leave this beautiful magical world'. Sarah Underwood NYT Bestselling Author of Lies We
Sing to the SeaA sweeping gothic fairytale romance for fans of Belladonna by Adalyn Grace and
Gallant by V.E. Schwab. Raised in a small village near the spirit-wood Liska Radost knows that
Magic is monstrous and its practitioners monsters. After Liska unleashes her own powers with
devastating consequences she is caught by the demon warden of the wood - the Leszy - who
offers her a bargain: one year of servitude in exchange for a wish. Whisked away to his
crumbling manor Liska makes an unsettling discovery: she is not the first person to strike
this bargain and all of her predecessors have mysteriously vanished. If Liska wants to survive
the year and return home she must unravel her host's spool of secrets and face the ghosts of
his past. Those who enter the wood do not always return . . . 'Treading a tender line between
unnerving and enchanting Poranek's writing is lyrical and atmospheric. With a beautiful grumpy
sunshine romance Where The Dark Stands Still is a poignant and magical tale' Bea Fitzgerald
bestselling author of Girl Goddess Queen'An enchanting spell of a read woven through with
petal-soft romance and roots-deep self-acceptance. The dark gothic fairy tale of my dreams'
Kika Hatzopoulou author of the Sunday Times Bestseller Threads that Bind'Folkloric and
beautiful Where The Dark Stands Still invites you to stray from the safe paths into a darkly
whimsical fairytale forest where secrets and bargains lead to tentative hope' Lyndall
Clipstone author of Unholy Terrors and the World at the Lake's Edge duology.
