"The murder mystery dinner party is one of my favorite staples of the detective genre, and to see someone take the format and the style of such a story and instead apply it to a tense urban fantasy tale makes me kick myself for not thinking of such an arrangement earlier." —Readers' Favorite

"A chilling epic of the occult, with satisfying character depth and a cliffhanger ending."  —BookLife by Publishers Weekly

"A well-written, conceptually dense fantasy that's demanding in its details." —Kirkus

"M.L. Blackbird's ambitious dark fantasy A WISH TOO DARK AND KIND has a strong voice and a provocative structure." —IndieReader

Among the immortals that inhabit our world, Arnaud Demeure is known as the man who can fulfill your one true wish or who can also conjure your worst nightmares.

Eight invitations are sent to eight immortals, and when Arnaud Demeure hosts a party, no one refuses his request. Why have they been summoned? Is it for a celebration or does a sinister fate await them? After all, in the ways of Magick, a party can also be a ritual to end the world.

As the mystery deepens, the attendees must overcome their personal grudges to unravel the threads of Demeure's grand plan that has been centuries in the making. But, with one of the guests secretly working with their host to sabotage the group's every move, it seems impossible to look behind the curtain to learn Demeure's true intentions.

With each guest hiding dark secrets and darker intentions, will they be able to uncover Demeure's mysterious motives or will the party prove to be the deadly nightmare that they each fear?

Author Bio:

Born and raised in Sicily, M.L. spent most of his early life inventing stories and believing he could live in them. In high-school, he spent way too much time watching B movies, playing video games and reading everything he could get his hands on, provided it wasn't recommended by any authority figure. M.L. spent most of his college years and adult life writing in languages only machines can understand until he decided to put some of his stories on the page. After a few years spent in Scotland, now M.L. lives in Seattle with his wife, his cat and a large assortment of books. When not writing, he still enjoys playing video games and explaining board games' rules to his friends. You can follow M.L. on: https: //mylittleblackbird.com. M.L. also writes as Sebastiano Merlino.