In this enchanting and darkly imaginative debut novel full of misconception, magic, romance, and mystery, a Princeton freshman is drawn right into a love triangle with two enigmatic brothers, and discovers terrifying secrets about her family and herself-a bewitching blend of Twilight, The Secret History, Jane Eyre, and A Discovery of Witches.

Coming to Princeton for her freshman yr, Thea Slavin finds herself alone, a stranger inside a strange property. From her family members and her Eastern Western european homeland for about Wildalone: A Book the first time, she struggles to adjust to new American ways as well as the challenges of college life-including an enigmatic young man whose brooding good looks and murky previous intrigue her. Falling into a romantic entanglement with Rhys and his similarly handsome and mystical brother, Jake, soon draws Thea into a sensual mythic underworld as irresistible as it can be dangerous.

In this shadow world that appears to mimic Greek mythology as well as the Bulgarian legends from the Samodivi or “wildalones”-forest witches who beguile and entrap men-she will quickly realize a stunning secret that threatens everything she retains dear. And when the terrifying truth about her personal family is revealed, it will change her forever . if she falls under its spell.

Mesmerizing and addictive, The Wildalone is usually a thrilling blend of the modern and the great. Krassi Zourkova produces an atmospheric world filled with rich characters as exciting and compelling as those of Diana Gabaldon, Deborah Harkness, and Stephenie Meyer.