Coming August 18, 2026

The PoIson Daughter

In a walled-off city surrounded by vampire-infested forest, a vigilante FMC uses her poison kiss to murder abusive men in her community. Meet a man. Lure him in. Kill him with a kiss. It’s as easy as breathing. Until one night she kisses a mark and he doesn’t die.

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The Lost God

A GRIPPING DEBUT FANTASY ROMANCE SERIES

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Song of the Dark Wood

SONG OF THE DARK WOOD is a standalone gothic fairy tale fantasy romance that blends a fractured Red Riding Hood retelling with a hint of Hades and Persephone.

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A LEGACY OF STARS

When a witch is accidentally heart-bonded to her nemesis, she enters a brutal magical tournament to win a godly favor to break that bond & claim her true love’s hand. With rebel assassins lurking, her opponents out for blood, & her new bond proving a perilous liability, she must outwit gods & men before her foes claim the winning favor or her life.

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Sheila Masterson

Sheila Masterson is the USA Today Bestselling author of The Poison Daughter, a dark enemies to lovers romantasy standalone about a vigilante who uses her poison kiss to take revenge on abusive men in her community, until she’s unwittingly thrust into an arranged marriage with the only man immune to her magic. 

Her other works include the gothic fairytale fantasy romance, Song of the Dark Wood, the angsty epic romantasy quartet, The Lost God Series, as well as its next-generation standalone spinoff, A Legacy of Stars.

When Sheila’s not busy stabbing beloved side characters and dreaming up new ways to make her readers cry, you can find her browsing the shelves at local indie bookstores, drinking fancy cocktails with friends, or curled up reading books and tarot. She lives outside Philadelphia with a small army of underwatered houseplants that survive out of spite.

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Sheila Masterson, author, stands in front of a field at sunset.