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My Thorns For Your Roses
Release Date: April 2026
Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance
A husband is a necessary inconvenience to escape Lark's complicated home life, but when a faerie roots a rose in her flesh, people assume it's from another man. Lark must convince the petty bastard to remove the blossom, but the forest is full of danger - and newfound desire.
As one of the few survivors of her generation, Lark wants to live a quiet, peaceful life. All she needs is a tolerable husband. On her 24th birthday, Lark offends the local faerie lord, the shapeshifter Tamlin, who punishes her with a rose rooted in her flesh.
When the whole village assumes the flower is a token from a mysterious suitor, rumors run amok, slashing her already slim chances of finding a man. In her efforts to convince Tamlin to undo his handiwork, Lark visits the forest daily and discovers the breathtaking and terrifying wonders of the realm and its master.
With the appearance of a handsome mortal huntsman in town, Lark assumes all her troubles are over. But this is just the beginning. Each of them has a secret which threatens to ruin all her plans.
Kristen Argyres
Kristen was born and raised in the Midwest and has always loved reading and story-telling. Among her fanfiction readers, she'd built a reputation for writing characters that “act like real people,” causing readers to throw their phones across the room (and immediately retrieve it to see what happens next).
The author’s other loves include family, TTRPGs, and chocolate. Kristen lives with her wife and high school sweetheart, Gertrude, their two children, and their clumsy senior cat.
My Thorns For Your Roses is Kristen’s debut novel, but her first traditional publication, “A Promise on Prom Night,” will be part of Wild Ink Publishing’s Prom Perfect anthology, Spring 2025.
