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'With prose as vivid as oil paints, Gibson creates a study in obsession, competition, and the cost of ambition. Darkly romantic and deliciously moody, Man, Muse, Monster will haunt you' - Allison Saft, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Dark and Drowning Tide

Make me your world, Harry Alexander.

For over a century, the Great Alexanders have been celebrated for their musical, literary and artistic talents. Harry Alexander, the last and youngest of the family, will do anything to be counted amongst them.

But Harry is a struggling art student and on the brink of losing his family inheritance and the Alexanders' ancestral home, Ashburn Hall. Greatness never felt further out of reach.

Then, he stumbles upon the source of his family's success: a muse. This supernatural being trapped in paint and canvas steps into Harry's life in the form of a handsome young man . . . as dangerous as he is beautiful, as capricious as he is inspiring.

As the artist and the muse grow ever closer, Harry's artistic reputation soars. But muses are made, not born, and Harry's has a dark and bloody origin. And when enemies begin to emerge from the shadows, hungry for fame of their own, Harry will finally have to confront the true cost of greatness . . .

Every masterpiece demands sacrifice in this devastatingly alluring dark academia horrormance about the torments of creative ambition and family legacies. Perfect for fans of Ava Reid, M.L. Rio and Leigh Bardugo.

Critics Review

With prose as vivid as oil paints, Gibson creates a study in obsession, competition, and the cost of ambition. Darkly romantic and deliciously moody, Man, Muse, Monster will haunt you.
Allison Saft, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Dark and Drowning Tide
Suspenseful and sexy, romantic and rewarding: fans of queer dark academia are in for a real treat with Man, Muse, Monster.
Johanna van Veen, author of Blood on Her Tongue
Gibson has painted a dark and simmering portrait of love, desire and the pursuit of perfection. Heightening the drama and the dread with every stroke of her pen. Asking whether greatness is worth the cost, to the artist or to anyone around them. You'll never look at a painting the same way again.
S. K. Horton, author of Gorse
Man, Muse, Monster is such a sumptuous brushstroke of dark academia, a perfect blend between Leigh Bardugo and Oscar Wilde, where you have absolutely no choice but to plunge into its pages and answer that divine calling all readers hear when their freshest obsession beckons.
Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
In Man, Muse, Monster, Gibson deftly weaves a gripping gothic mystery with a tender, tragic core. It's a haunting exploration of obsession, toxic ambition and twisted romance that will draw you in and hold you captive until the very end.
Hannah Mathewson, author of The Age of Blood and Magic
Naomi writes with an intense poetry and lyricism to her words that never fails to provide an atmosphere vibrating with gothic passion. Stepping into the Alexanders world was a dream I didn't want to wake up from. 
Emma Mason, author of Murder Most Haunted
A lushly rendered exploration of the lengths one will go to for artistic perfection, painted against the desperate bond between man and muse. The toxic, tragic story of Harry and Dorian is bittersweet, and their romance blooms with nuanced complexity.
Lyndall Clipstone, critically acclaimed author of Tenderly, I am Devoured

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