Yasmin’s new fantasy hit releases on March 3rd – but if you’re attending the Fab Fantasy event at the Summerville Book Festival, you’ll get it early on February 28th!
For fans of Sinners and Immortal Dark, a teen girl must uncover her family’s deadly secrets in order to save her best friend and her island in this heart-pounding YA debut.
Addae has spent her whole life on the Golden Isle, a private island off the coast of South Carolina that has been in her family for centuries. Island residents don’t really fraternize with mainlanders, and for good reason. Golden Isle was founded by the Kinfolk, descendants—including Addae and her Nana Ama, the island matriarch—of escaped enslaved Black people.
But the Isle and the Kinfolk have secrets that must be protected from the outside world. Secrets of spirituality, mythology that are deeply rooted in their West African culture, beliefs, and traditions. The Kin are bound to protect the Golden Isle and, in turn, it protects them.
When Addae’s best friend Naria goes missing and one of the Kin turns up drained of blood, Addae’s way of life is threatened. It looks like the work of the Adze, West African supernatural beings that drink human blood in order to survive—also known as vampires.
Believing Naira is alive, Addae travels to the mainland. But as Addae gets closer to finding Naria, she uncovers deep secrets about Nana Ama’s past, and about her own… secrets that could change how she feels about the Golden Isle and her lineage.
Torn between two worlds, Addae will have to decide how far she is willing to go—and who she is willing to cross—to save her best friend, and even herself.
Yasmin Angoe is the author of Her Name Is Knight and Not What She Seems. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American currently residing in South Carolina with her family. She has served in education for nearly twenty years and works as a developmental editor. Yasmin received the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award, was a Goodreads 2024 People’s Choice nominee for Mystery & Thriller, and was a finalist for the Library of Virginia’s People’s Choice Award for Fiction. She’s a member of several organizations like Crime Writers of Color, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers.
To learn more about the author and her work, visit her website (https: //yasminangoe.com) or follow her on X (@yasawriter) and Instagram (@author_yasminangoe)..