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In this queer body horror novel, Josephine looks to enamel love and passion while surviving capitalism in 1900s Canada.
Josephine is a budding cosmetic entrepreneur; she’s also a widow under suspicion of murder. Despite the unsavory allegations, she’s determined to create an empire of beauty. But when a wealthy socialite begins to frequent her shop, Josephine’s repressed desires are reignited and memories of her first love are unleashed to live anew. As their relationship turns into an erotic power play the cosmetic applications begin to take a dangerous turn. Josephine will need to choose what matters most in life: love or ambition.
Acquire: fifteen grams tragic backstory, half a teaspoon sweat pooling on your lover’s back, and two drops proprietary animalic secretion. Method: slap elements roughly with your palm and melt with the heat of blushing skin. Produce: a future classic from this golden age of queer horror.
A historical horror novel with illustrated advertisements, Enamoured is told in three parts that fit together like a mischievous puzzle. Lavigne tells the woes of the bondage of capitalism while reveling in the urge of the grotesque, crafting a balm that will leave readers tantalized.
"An atmospheric tale that pulsates with the emotional intensity of a romance novel, infused with the grisly undercurrent of a horror narrative." —Rue Morgue
"Enamoured is a sapphic tour de force that explores taboos, power dynamics, beauty standards, and the space between passion and obsession. Breathtakingly beautiful and compulsively readable, the lush prose and erotic scenes will have your cheeks blushing darker than Mlle. Corallie’s Love Match Rouge." —Emma E. Murray, author of Crushing Snails
"Enamoured really is the moistest thing I’ve read this year. You can feel at once the veneration of the vagina and the judgment that comes with having a womanly form. Lavigne’s prose is as proper as the content is lascivious, and I love the illustrations by Becca Snow!" —Charlene Elsby, author of Violent Faculties and The Devil Thinks I’m Pretty
"Grim, glorious, and violently erotic. What more could a reader want?" —Tim McGregor, author of Eynhallow
"Under the lovingly painted surface of Enamoured: A Triptych, Lavigne deftly explores class, power dynamics, and sexuality, all knotted in the fraught terrain of early twentieth century mores. Crack open all that beautiful enamel and you will find a heady convergence of science, lust, and determination that will keep you turning the pages until dawn." —J.A.W. McCarthy, Bram Stoker Award and Shirley Jackson Award finalist, author of Sleep Alone
"Shelley Lavigne’s Enamoured is deliciously diabolical! Equal parts titillating and upsetting, this triptych of tales celebrates women behaving badly, dangerous historical makeup practices, unbridled queer obsession, and characters who boldly and blatantly defy societal expectations. This novella made me squirm, sigh, and cringe in equal measure. As soon as I finished it, I wanted to read it again! Enamoured is a wolf wearing lipstick—feral and intimidating yet strangely alluring. Do yourself a favor and submit. Who doesn’t crave a little love bite from time to time?" —Tiffany Michelle Brown, author of How Lovely to Be a Woman: Stories and Poems and Co-host of the Horror in the Margins podcast
"Sink your teeth into strange flesh with Shelley Lavigne's Enamoured: A Triptych, a wickedly queer triple feature that blurs the line between the grotesque and the erotic until the reader no longer knows which is which. Perverse in the best possible way, this novella is a deliciously depraved descent into debauchery, body horror, and all-consuming desire. Readers of Eric LaRocca and Carmen Maria Machado will rejoice!" —Elliott Gish, author of Grey Dog
"Enamoured is a deliciously sexy and surreal novel with sumptuous writing and shocks of grotesquely delightful horror. Think Angela Carter meets Charlotte Bronte with a touch of Shirley Jackson. Unmissable." —Sophie White, author of Where I Begin"Kinky, creepy, clever, queer: this erotic gothic novella is everything my little horror-craving heart could desire!" —Johanna van Veen, author of My Darling Dreadful Thing and Blood on her Tongue
"Shelley Lavigne's Enamoured: A Tryptich is a sapphic fever dream that winds its way through obsession, transformation, and deadly allure. The prose is lush, every sentence drips with atmosphere, conjuring a world where femininity is both weapon and wound. Lavigne refuses to reduce their characters to victim or villain; instead, they allow each of them to inhabit the complicated, often contradictory space between. A haunting, heady read." —Jolie Toomajan, editor of Aseptic and Faintly Sadistic