The Three Bells Trilogy
A Dance With Death
book one in the series, Coming January 27th, 2026
Hauntingly beautiful, with lush prose, and a vividly creepy atmosphere, a dance with death is a compulsively juicy read that will wind its way into your psyche. Part horror, part magic - this is the love story you didn't know you were missing.
Corliss Bell would do anything to bring her older sister, Aven, back to life. She’d give up her dreams of being a professional ballerina. She’d resign herself to never leaving the small seaside town of The Pins. Hell, she’d even make a deal with a demon. After all, demons are masters of death.
When a town mystic tells Corliss there’s a demon living nearby who may be the key in returning Aven to life, she’s emboldened by the idea of getting her beloved sister back. Corliss sneaks into the demon’s dilapidated mansion to beg for his help. But instead of finding him, she discovers a pair of enchanted red ballet slippers and steals them. Under the strange, obsessive spell of the stolen shoes, Corliss is hailed as a prodigy and welcomed onto the stage of the prestigious Red Clover dance hall to rapturous applause. However, Corliss starts having unsettling nightmares and hearing voices. And she’s fairly certain someone—or something—is watching her.
The demon comes to reclaim what is his but finds Corliss and the slippers hopelessly intertwined. He imprisons her in his mansion, forcing her to dance for him every evening as punishment for stealing. Far from a helpless captive, Corliss begins working out a plan to bring Aven back to life, as soon as she can convince the demon—Orrin—to help her. But first, she has to prove that she’s not just some common thief. As she slowly realizes she may not hate Orrin nearly as much as she pretends to, she finds herself diving deeper into his strange, dark world.
(cover by faceout studios & Molly von Borstel)

Praise for A Dance With Death
“Absolutely spellbinding! linsmeier makes a name for herself with this sweepingly romantic, enchantingly gothic fairytale. a dance with death is both beautiful and haunting— a masterclass of love, loss, and sisterhood.”
—Skyla arndt, author of house of hearts and together we rot
“Atmospheric, swoony, and unputdownable, this dark fairytale retelling is about loss and love, revenge and redemption, and the desperate measures one woman will take to save her sister. Corliss and Orrin’s chemistry—framed by a haunting setting and beautiful prose—absolutely crackles off the page. An incredible first foray into adult fantasy!”
—Keshe Chow, Sunday Times bestselling author of For No Mortal Creature
“With a trio of charming sisters, a demon in the woods, and a cottage by the sea, Amanda crafts a curious world en pointe, balancing classic romance against artful twists you'll want to savor as they go dancing by! Perfect for fans of Practical Magic, and anyone who grew up desperate to dance in a pair of red shoes.”
—Maggie Rapier, USA Today BestSelling Author of Soulgazer
Content guidelines: discussion/depiction of stillbirth (in hindsight), spousal death, rumors of suicide, depression, grief, blood, vomiting, explicit sexual content, adult language, physical assault with implied intent to sa, murder, death, violence, forced captivity, intense scenes.
book two in the series, Coming june 2026
A Cry For The Deep
One, two, three. Three tears. Three girls. Three wishes. Three debts left to be paid.
Sélie Bell is perfectly content. Both of her sisters are back home; Corliss is getting married, and Aven is becoming more like herself every day. Plus, Sélie gets to spend nearly every day with her best friend, Pearl, working at the Bells’ Apothecaire.
But when a letter arrives for Sélie asking her to bring Pearl home to the nearby island of Salille, Sélie reluctantly agrees to accompany her friend on the voyage. And when they arrive, Sélie is shocked to find out that Pearl is actually Marguerite—Salille’s runaway princess.
Before she has the chance to process this news, Sélie finds herself face to face with a mermaid who claims that Sélie must repay her late mother’s debt to the sea witch. Sélie secretly begins completing a series of tasks before the painful new scales growing on her legs overcome her and she turns into a mermaid, losing not just her life on land but any chance she had at love with a certain beloved princess.
A Cry for the Deep is the highly anticipated sequel to A Dance With Death. This gothic sapphic mashup of The Little Mermaid and Rapunzel will lure you in from the first page.
(cover by faceout studios & Molly von Borstel)
Untitled book three in the series, coming February 2027
a passionate trip through grief, fate, and a second chance at love for the eldest sister in this SLEEPING BEAUTY meets SNOW WHITE enemies-to-lovers romance