"Transplants the atmosphere of a Grimm fairy tale to a small town in Scotland, simultaneously evoking the antiquarian terrors of M. R. James and the golden era of dark fantasy."

?Maria J Pérez Cuervo, founder/editor of HELLEBORE.

"Helen Grant takes us on a chilling journey into the darkest of fairy tale origins against the backdrop of a modern-day Scottish village. The finely-drawn portraits of the locals and the mounting unease kept me turning pages?I finished it in a single sitting!"

?Lynda E. Rucker (Now It's Dark, You'll Know When You Get There)

Rowan Byrne hasn't stolen anything for ages?not since she started to straighten her life out after a personal tragedy. But the volume she's just picked up in the new bookshop in town seems to want her to steal it. The text is very persuasive. There's a book for everyone in Legends?a book that will encourage their worst impulses. Steal. Fear. Burn. Kill. It's not long before Rowan's small town, isolated from the outside world, is descending into mayhem. Assailed by her own demons, Rowan could try to cut and run. Or she could make a stand, and try to save the community she loves . . .