Keeper of the Bees

Meg Kassel

Jul 2022 · Black Bird of the Gallows Book 2 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Megan Tusing and Greg D. Barnett

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Keeper of the Bees is a tale of two teens who are both beautiful and beastly, and whose pasts are entangled in surprising and heartbreaking ways. Dresden is cursed. His chest houses a hive of bees that he can't stop from stinging people with psychosis-inducing venom. His face is a shifting montage of all the people who have died because of those stings. And he has been this way for centuries-since he was eighteen and magic flowed through his homeland, corrupting its people. He follows harbingers of death, so at least his curse only affects those about to die anyway. But when he arrives in a Midwest town marked for death, he encounters Essie, a seventeen-year-old girl who suffers from debilitating delusions and hallucinations. His bees want to sting her on sight. But Essie doesn't see a monster when she looks at Dresden. Essie is fascinated and delighted by his changing features. Risking his own life, he holds back his bees and spares her. What starts out as a simple act of mercy ends up unraveling Dresden's solitary life and Essie's tormented one. Their impossible romance might even be powerful enough to unravel a centuries-old curse.

About the author

Meg Kassel is an award-winning author of paranormal and speculative books for young adults. A New Jersey native, Meg graduated from Parson's School of Design and worked as a graphic designer before becoming a writer. She now lives in Maine with her husband and daughter and is busy at work on her next novel.

Megan Tusing is an actor and audiobook narrator based in New York City. She has appeared on stage, in films, and on such television programs as Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: CI, Blue Bloods, and Person of Interest. She holds a BA in theater from James Madison University and is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA.

Originally from a small mountain valley in Utah, Greg D. Barnett now resides in Los Angeles, working as an actor, teacher, coach, and narrator. He has been telling stories from as early as he can remember and has a passion for inspiring the next generation of storytellers.

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