Kingdom of the Wicked
Kerri Maniscalco's Kingdom of the Wicked is a YA paranormal romance set in a 19th century Sicily that hides streghe, the witch families who quietly practice old magic in the shadows of Catholic Palermo. Eighteen year old Emilia di Carlo and her twin sister Vittoria run their grandmother's restaurant by day and study folk magic by night, until the night Emilia finds Vittoria ritually murdered, her chest cut open and her heart removed. Refusing to wait for a justice system that has no power over the supernatural, Emilia performs a forbidden summoning and accidentally calls Wrath, one of the seven Wicked, princes of Hell each named for a deadly sin. Wrath agrees to help her hunt Vittoria's killer in exchange for her cooperation in a darker political game in his own realm. Maniscalco threads slow burn enemies to lovers tension with a Sicilian setting full of cannoli, lemon groves, and tarot, and the result became a bestselling four book series adored by romantasy readers.
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Twin streghe Emilia and Vittoria run their family's Sicilian trattoria until Vittoria turns up dead. To find her killer, Emilia summons one of the Wicked, and ends up with a Prince of Hell named Wrath as her ally.
Kerri Maniscalco's Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy has three books: Kingdom of the Wicked, Kingdom of the Cursed, and Kingdom of the Feared. The trilogy is complete.
Kingdom of the Wicked has light romance with on-page kissing and tension; the spice ramps up significantly in book two, Kingdom of the Cursed, which most readers rate 4 to 5 out of 5.
Kingdom of the Wicked has light romance with on-page kissing and tension; the spice ramps up significantly in book two, Kingdom of the Cursed, which most readers rate 4 to 5 out of 5.
Kingdom of the Wicked was written by Kerri Maniscalco by Little Brown & Co.
Kingdom of the Wicked is 448 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Kingdom of the Wicked takes most readers 7 to 10 hours to finish.
Kingdom of the Wicked is a standalone novel by Kerri Maniscalco, not part of a series.
Kingdom of the Wicked is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
