Yellow Jessamine
by Caitlin Starling
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Pub Date Sep 05 2020 | Archive Date Jun 30 2020
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Description
Shipping magnate Evelyn Perdanu controls the dying city of Delphinium with trade deals and secrets. But when mysterious sickness sparks death and obsession, all leading back to her, Evelyn’s brittle existence is strained to breaking. She retreats to her estate, amidst paranoia and poisonous secrets, intent on rooting out this plague before it destroys everything she has built.
Cover by Robin Ha
A Note From the Publisher
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Advance Praise
"Starling's tale is rich, unsettling, and bleakly beautiful—like the poison garden at its heart, both lovely and deadly." — Kate Alice Marshall, author of Rules for Vanishing and I Am Still Alive
"Atmospheric and gothicly dark—Caitlin Starling weaves a tale with deep roots that unfurls in unexpected and chilling ways. There’s no subject she can’t tackle and make her own, and I’ll be first in line for everything she puts out there." — Laurel Hightower, author of Whispers in the Dark
"A steely apothecary and her loyal assistant are stalked by the rhizomes of paranormal menace. If Daphne du Maurier had pushed into fantasy, you might get something as good as this claustrophobic, Gothic-tinged story." — C.S. Malerich, author of The Factory Witches of Lowell
“This story of witchery and death unfurls itself one petal at a time until you will be happy to lay yourself amongst its whispering tendrils and just breathe it in.” — Jordan Shiveley, Dread Singles
"Yellow Jessamine is rife with desire and bitter with revenge, all of it cloaked in shadows. A creepy read perfect for a stormy night." — Lara Elena Donnelly, author of Amberlough
“A dark delicacy about poisonous women, mercantile espionage, and the slow rot of guilt. The twists and turns will wrap around your heart tighter than ivy around a decaying manor.” — S.T. Gibson, author of Robbergirl
Marketing Plan
Successful Kickstarter campaign (ended March 20 at 5x goal - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davering/neon-hemlocks-2020-novella-series/description) for Neon Hemlock’s 2020 Novella Series, including Twitter panels “Expanding the Gothic” and “Families Lost and Found”
Promote author appearances at virtual conferences
Use social media platforms to connect the author’s many communities: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, friends and family.
Promote auxiliary material on author website, www.caitlinstarling.com
Outreach to local/national LGBTQ bookgroups, reviewers and book bloggers
Submit to local/national book awards.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781952086038 |
| PRICE | $12.99 (USD) |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Timothy W, Reviewer
With Yellow Jessamine, author Caitlin Starling manages in less than 150 pages what some authors fail to achieve in far longer creations: she does not merely convey the chilling events of her spellbinding tale, but she truly immerses the reader in the mind of her protagonist. As fascinating as Delphinium and its web of politics is, and as riveting as the events of this tale are, what truly sets this work apart is the steady view it gives into the mind of Evelyn Purdanu, a beautifully complex character who remains sympathetic despite a shipload of moral ambiguity. In revealing the story through her eyes, Starling truly brings her to life and compels the reader to experience the horror, the guilt, the uncertainty, and the vulnerability that Evelyn feels right along with her. The result is true involvement in the story, which is the true goal of fiction, and an impressive achievement within the context of so brief a work. I look forward to reading more of Caitlin Starling's work, and will encourage our library system to purchase this book as well as others she's written.
****NetGalley/SFWA Note**** - please feel free to remove the portion below from my public review:
P.S. In terms of editing, I did note a couple minor errors, which you might wish to have corrected prior to printing, if still possible:
p.22 "Nobody took ill until after they arrived had docked." (missing "and")
p.63 "It had started when she sixteen" (missing "was")
p.130 "The soldier had not grown these. Iris had not grown there." ("there" should be "these)
I also would encourage you to revisit the formatting of the e-book version, as it would not display in a readable format on two out of the three devices I attempted to use, even though I have used those devices to read other e-books through NetGalley without issue. The content was certainly worth the extra effort for me, but the issue should probably be addressed for the sake of those who might not have multiple devices to choose from.
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