Set in the same thrilling world as Genoveva Dimova's The Witch's Compendium of Monsters series, Ace Up Her Sleeve is a standalone, spoiler-free story featuring the fire witch Kosara, who must match wits with the Tsar of Monsters in a high-stakes card game that is equal parts magic, skill, and subterfuge . . .The first volume in Genoveva Dimova's The Witch's Compendium of Monsters series, Foul Days, is available now! Monstrous Nights, the next volume in the series, releases October 22, 2024 and is available to pre-order now wherever books are sold!At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Witcher meets Naomi Novik in this fast-paced fantasy rooted in Slavic folklore, from an assured new voice in genre fiction.Featured in Book Riot | Screen Rant | Paste Magazine | Polygon | io9 | Nerd Daily | Yahoo Entertainment | Winter is ComingAs a witch in the walled city of Chernograd, Kosara has plenty of practice treating lycanthrope bites, bargaining with kikimoras, and slaying bloodsucking upirs. There's only one monster she can't defeat: her ex, the Zmey, known as the Tsar of Monsters. She's defied him one too many times and now he's hunting her. Betrayed by someone close to her, Kosara's only choice is to trade her shadow—the source of her powers—for a quick escape. Unfortunately, Kosara soon develops the deadly sickness that plagues shadowless witches—and only reclaiming her magic can cure her. To find it, she's...