Piper Smythe
Piper Smythe is a writer, traveler, and lover of all things romantasy from Western Massachusetts. She holds a BA in English and Folklore Studies from Memorial University of Newfoundland.Piper previously worked at a wildlife education center, and thanks to her training in safely handling exotic animals, she is a bit overconfident about her hypothetical ability to tame a dragon.She adores thunderstorms, overly dramatic action movies, and brooding love interests.Piper is represented by Morgan Hughes of Fineprint Literary Management.
The eerie atmosphere of Caraval meets the pulse-pounding tension of To Cage a Wild Bird in PREY OF PARADISE—a YA romantic fantasy reimagining of The Most Dangerous Game.When the royal family calls for able bodies to hunt a vicious dragon on the high seas, eighteen-year-old Tabitha Ransom is determined not to miss her chance to escape debtor's prison and taste freedom once more—even if there's no guarantee she'll live long enough to cash it in.The mission seems simple, until the hunting party meets a monstrous ambush, and Tabitha wakes up on an eerily beautiful island with a dark secret. Their elusive dragon is actually one of a race of immortal dragon shifters with a penchant for luring greedy mortals to their deaths. The only way Tabitha can escape the island is by surviving the Nighthunt—a brutal three-day trial by combat where dragon shifters get their revenge by hunting mortals for sport.But when Tabitha dares to strike a bargain with a dangerously handsome dragon shifter, she finds herself torn between primal instinct and the traitorous whispers of her heart. With time running out and hunters closing in, she must decide just how much she's willing to sacrifice—and how much of a beast she's willing to become—to survive another sunrise.