Stars are born to burn.

Content to live overshadowed by my mother's personality, I spend my days happily sewing her extravagant gowns.

When one of her guests won't leave me alone at a party, I escape deep into the desert.

I knew better.

The desert is full of hungry monsters, and one misstep trying to escape a pack of sand wraiths has me falling down a crevice into Mictlan. There, I come face to face with the ruler of the spirit world, Tizoc. He'll let me go back to the land of the living if I can beat him in a sewing contest.

As time goes on, we grow closer and I realize that I don't want to leave this handsome ruler after all. If we don't figure out what's—or who—is stopping souls from finding rest, though, it won't be up to me.

Can we solve it together before Mictlan collapses, taking us all with it?

Of Fire and Fear is a low-stakes fantasy romance. It's a retelling of an old Mexican tale: The tailor and the devil mixed with Aztec mythology.