Mermaids! Pirates! All the Merry Men!
In celebration of the publication of Not for Faint of Heart, Gay's The Word will host an evening of queer merriment with an in-conversation event between Lex Croucher and Ella McLeod, author of The Map that Led to You. We can't wait!
Grab your ticket while you can, and we'll see you there on the night!
Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher
From the author of Gwen and Art are Not in Love…
Mariel, a newly blooded captain of the Merry Men, is desperate to live up to the legacy of her grandfather, the legendary Robin Hood. Clem, a backwoods assistant healer known for her new-fangled cures, just wants to help people.
When Mariel's ramshackle band kidnap Clem as retribution for her guardian helping the Sheriff of Nottingham, all seems to be going (sort of) to plan … until Jack Hartley, Mariel’s father and Commander of the Merry Men, is captured in a deadly ambush. Determined to prove herself, Mariel sets out to get him back – with her annoyingly cheerful kidnappee in tow.
But the wood is at war. Many believe the Merry Men are no longer on the right side of history. Watching Clem tend the party’s wounds, Mariel begins to doubt the cause to which she has devoted her life. As the two of them grow closer, one thing is clear. They must prepare to fight for their lives – and for the lives of everybody in the greenwood.
The Map that Led to You by Ella McLeod
A long time ago, a witch burst into flames. A pirate and a mermaid fell in love. A map was marked with a glowing X. And a Republic was born.
In the present day, two girls are given a history assignment: to try and piece together the rise and fall of the famous and corrupt pirate Republic, which once formed their island home. As Reggie and Maeve sift fact from fiction, they realise that everything they've been told about the Republic is wrong. That the problem with history being told by the victors is that a lot gets left out. That ancient legend might be uncomfortably close to home. As their tentative friendship deepens into something more, they realise that a magical world could be on their very doorstep – if only they could find the map…
Blending high-seas swashbuckling adventure, lyrical poetry and contemporary romance
The Map That Led To You is another genre-defying, intoxicatingly rich tale of myth and magic from Rapunzella author Ella McLeod.