Kept captive within a community bordered by a high retaining wall and a frightening jungle, they're forced to protect tourists from the horrors that inhabit the jungle in service to the Exotic Lands Touring Company. Black 18-year-old Victoria is a Wildblood, a group of people who are treated like second-class citizens for their magical blood science abilities. Penelope, award-winning author of the Earthsinger Chroniclesīlackwood (Within These Wicked Walls) explores colonialism and slavery via a treacherous sentient jungle in this ominous adventure. Victoria's tense journey through the haunted jungle is filled with terror and beauty, both supernatural and human, and will grip you until the very last page." - L. " Wildblood is a poignant, thrilling, emotionally complex story of love and sacrifice. "A lyrically told story of healing after trauma and finding home, Wildblood is as fierce as it is beautiful, and as hopeful as it is heartbreaking." - Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf But the jungle is treacherous, and between hypnotic river spirits, soul-devouring women that shed their skin like snakes, and her ex out for revenge, Victoria has to decide - is promotion at a corrupt company really what she wants?Ī fierce, lush fantasy by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blackwood, Wildblood tells the story of a girl who must find the strength to defeat the demons of the jungle as well as her own to find where she truly belongs. And when he entrusts the mission to her, kindness turns to mutual respect, turns to affection, turns to love. Thorn is everything Victoria isn't - confident, impossibly kind, and so handsome he leaves her speechless. Her magic may be the most powerful on the team, but she’s not the image the boss wants to send their new client, Thorn, a renowned goldminer determined to reach an untouched gold supply deep in the jungle. When the boss denies Victoria an earned promotion to team leader in favor of Dean, her backstabbing ex, she’s determined to prove herself. Since she was kidnapped at the age of six and manipulated by the Exotic Lands Touring Company, she’s worked as a tour guide ever since with a team of fellow Wildbloods who take turns using their magic to protect travelers in a Jamaican jungle teeming with ghostly monsters. A thrilling new fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blackwood!Įighteen-year-old Victoria is a Wildblood.
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