Jenni Howell: Teach Me to Prey
Join us for a thrilling evening on Saturday, December 5 at Frederick Book Arts Center from 6:30-7:30 pm (doors open at 6 for a meet & greet) to celebrate the second novel from local NYT bestselling YA author Jenni Howell! Teach Me to Prey tells the story of Tara, a girl bound to the demon Thorn in a deadly deal to keep her sister’s dying heart alive. When her next target is after her for revenge, Tara must do what it takes to save her sister and herself. Jenni will be in-conversation with fellow NYT bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer. Following their conversation, Jenni will answer questions and sign books. Copies of Teach Me to Prey will be available for purchase at the event.
Doors will open at 6:00 pm for a public meet & greet with Jenni Howell. Refreshments will be provided.
This event is free and open to the public. We are proud to partner with Frederick Book Arts Center for this event.
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About the book: A reluctant teenage killer, the alluring demon she’s bound to, and the headstrong boy she’s sworn to kill are tangled in a web of dangerous desire and sinister secrets in this dark psychological thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author of Boys with Sharp Teeth.
One heart for another. One life for another. And only her soul to pay.
Two years ago, Tara Corbane made a deal with a demon. Each lunar eclipse, she must feed him a lover’s heart torn out by her bare hands—and in exchange, he keeps her sister’s dying heart alive. A desperate deal that Tara fears is making her more and more like Thorn, the twisted but tantalizing demon she’s sworn to hate.
Thirty days before the next eclipse, Tara heads to New Orleans, where her newest target awaits. But Rian Connach, the handsome heir to a real estate empire, is nothing like the others. He’s single, for starters, and isn’t out for love but vengeance. He’s hot on the trail of the serial killer he blames for his girlfriend’s gruesome death—a trail that will lead directly to Tara.
As the eclipse draws near, Tara finds herself trapped in a game of cat and mouse. To save her own skin, she must win the trust and ruin the mind of the beguiling and broken boy hunting her, all the while fighting her feelings for the demon whose secrets threaten everything she’s ever believed about him, and herself. With Rian getting closer and closer to the truth, and Thorn warning of vicious consequences if she doesn’t fulfill their bargain, time is running out to answer the ultimate question:
Is Tara the predator, or the prey?
About the author: Jenni Howell is the New York Times-bestselling author of Boys with Sharp Teeth. Before becoming an author, she tried out archaeology, linguistics, mongoose herding (known to some as “teaching”), finance, and espionage, but always got bored. Now she writes books, so her entire world changes every six months—and she will never be bored again. jennihowell.com / @byjennihowell
About the moderator: Brigid Kemmerer is the author of New York Times bestsellers Forging Silver into Stars and Carving Shadows into Gold, and two New York Times bestselling series–Cursebreakers, which includes A Curse So Dark and Lonely, A Heart So Fierce and Broken, and A Vow So Bold and Deadly, and Defy the Night, which includes Defy the Night, Defend the Dawn, and Destroy the Day. She has also written the contemporary young adult romances Call It What You Want, More Than We Can Tell, and Letters to the Lost, as well as paranormal young adult stories, including the Elemental series and Thicker Than Water. A full-time writer, Brigid lives in the Baltimore area with her family.
