Cricket is trapped.
When she was wed, her dreaded mother-in-law laid a blood curse on her, and now that her husband is dead, fully intends to commit her to an asylum … or worse.
To save her life, Cricket flees to a small New England town and throws herself upon the mercy of a man she has never met.
Gabriel Throckmorton is not happy when Cricket turns up on his doorstep, but he does grudgingly agree to help her break the curse. Cricket expects the process to be difficult, but she has no idea how many secrets are waiting for her in the forest just beyond the garden wall.
There is a ghostly woman who visits Cricket in her dreams. Whether to seduce her or to ask for help, Cricket isn't sure. Then there is Throckmorton himself with a garden full of poisonous plants and a predator's smile. The two of them awaken desires in Cricket that she has never experienced and threaten to reveal secrets she has long kept hidden.
When she discovers bones in the forest, a strange hole in the ground that exudes a frightening power, and townspeople driven to terrible violence by deep and wild magic, she begins to think she might be in over her head.
A Wild and Hungry Place
“An eerie, sun-drenched fable spun from longing and lyricism, A WILD AND HUNGRY PLACE will root down inside your heart like an old-growth forest.” S.T. Gibson, author of A DOWRY OF BLOOD
“That was a fucking fever dream. 5 stars.” Sarah, a reader.
Bestsellers
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The Companion
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The Craft of Love
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A Wild and Hungry Place
About EE Ottoman
EE Ottoman is a romance and speculative fiction author specializing in trans and queer fiction with a historical setting.
He is also a historian who has written extensively on the life of 19th century trans physician Dr. James Barry.
EE also works as a writing coach and research assistant. Helping other authors with project and career planning, goal setting, writing without plotting, accountability buddy services, brainstorming, and help with historical research.
Praise For The Books
“Ottoman’s prose is crisp and clear as water, but the reader is left gasping with thirst.” –New York Times Book Review
“Impossible to put down.” –BookRiot
“This novella is as slender and delicate as a line of feather stitch in linen thread — and is just as quietly strong.” – The Seattle Review of Books
Biography:
EE Ottoman currently lives outside of Philadelphia with his wife and an entire house full of dogs and cats. He grew up surrounded by the farmlands and forests of upstate New York. Ottoman has an undergraduate and a graduate degree in US history and a degree in library science concentrating on archives. He is passionate about history, stories, and the queer spaces between the two. In his free time, Ottoman is an avid vegetarian cook, practicing fiber craftsperson, and novice mushroom cultivator.