Kerri Maniscalco's next book, 'Throne of Secrets,' debuts on October 29. Here, she shares why this was the hardest book she's ever written and much, much more.
. She has written 10 books spanning three different series, raking in spots on all the big bestseller lists and amassing a dedicated fanbase on BookTok. Her latest work,, releases on October 29. It’s the second installment in her Princes of Sin series, the first of which —Described asfollows Gabriel, the Prince of Gluttony, as he tries to take down journalist Adriana Saint Lucent before she can destroy his reputation for good.
Just look at the political landscape, the social and economic landscape that is still continuing here — these are such turbulent times. Fantasy is a juggernaut of escapist literature, where you have these very big, impossible hurdles to overcome. When you throw romance into the fantasy, then you have this safety net of knowing that there’s going to be a happily ever after. So, no matter how dark it gets, those characters are going to come through together.
Because I do historical settings in fantasy, I research everything. Let’s say we were doing a fighting scene and it’s outside the castle. It’s like, I don’t know what some of the castle terms are. So, you’re pausing to go, “What is a portcullis? What does this look like? How does this work? What is the function of that? How does it play into the scene?” So, I will know that I’m going to do a fight scene and it’s going to take place here, and I’ll look up all the different parts of a castle.
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