Clara the Devil, Volume 1

Clara the Devil, Volume 1

• The devil has come to town. And he wants a library card. Star author Olivie Blake and artist Little Chmura kick off a deliciously dark graphic novel romance series withClara & the Devil, Volume 1.
  
  Clara has the rest of her life figured out. Shell graduate college with the support of her best friend, Jonah; marry her adoring boyfriend; take a full-time job at her local library; and settle down in her small seaside hometown. But when an unusual touristtall, dark, and infernalcomes to town, Claras careful plans quickly start to unravel.
  
  And even while the stranger, who openly calls himself the devil, strikes up a situationship with Jonah, he continues to tempt Clara with reckless talk of power, ambition, and lust. Over the course of one sultry summer, tensions between Clara, Jonah, and the devil mount to an intolerable degree, and Clara is forced to confront the desires shes kept secret her whole life, even from herself.
  
  This deliciously dark tale of Faustian bargains and seduction fromNew York Timesbestselling author Olivie Blake and fan-favorite artist Little Chmura kicks off a series that explores artistry and power through the temptation of the seven deadly sins.

  Olivie Blakeis aNew York Timesbestselling author of speculative fiction for adults, including theAtlas Sixtrilogy,Alone with You in the Ether,Masters of Death, the short story collectionJanuaries, and her novel,Girl Dinner. With Little Chmura, she is the cocreator of the graphic seriesClara & the Devil. As Alexene Farol Follmuth, she is also the author of the young adult novelsMy Mechanical RomanceandTwelfth Knight. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.
  
  Little Chmurais an artist whose illustration practice is focused on portraits, with an emphasis on intense, dramatic looks.Clara & the Devilis a graphic novel she cocreates withNew York TimesandSunday Timesbestselling author Olivie Blake. She cocreatedRopukas Idle Islandwith game developer Moczan. Though Chmura uses Little in her pseudonym, she is actually a full-scale human. She lives in WrocBaw with her husband and one-eyed cat, Piratka.

  Lyrical, steamy, and compulsively readable. An ethereal and perfectly-told comics story, one that tows the edge of erotic, but does so with purpose.The Beat
  
  Blake and Chmura offer a compelling meditation on power and temptation that is sure to hold strong appeal for fans of dark romance and supernatural fiction.Library Journal
  
  Moody, swirling, cant-turn-away watercolor-like illustrations . . . Where [Clara's] headed will leave readers desperately impatient for volume two.Booklist
  
  [Little Chmura's] art heightens the seductive qualities of Olivie Blakes story, which taps into the classic idea of the bad boy showing a good girl how to access the power that is capped by her propriety.The A.V. Club
  
  Visually stunning, darkly sexy, and just the perfect dose of weird.Clara & the Devilis a masterpiece of mystery, sensuality, and anticipation, with the kind of atmospheric, haunting artwork that simply wont allow you to look away. If you like to watch people give in to temptation and embrace their deepest desires, this is the story for you.Ali Hazelwood, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofBrideandThe Love Hypothesis
  
  Separately, Olivie Blake and Little Chmura are incredible; together, they're irresistible.Clara & the Devilis an artistic seduction of the highest order, an invitation to sin itself. I can't recommend it highly enough.Alix E. Harrow,New York Timesbestselling author ofStarling House
  
  A striking, sensual beauty,Clara & the Devilturns sin to dreamy splendor. Both story and art claw bone-deep and fever-hot.

• Blake, Olivie
• ISBN: 9781250365361