Darkest Delights - Book Tour and Giveaway

​Don’t trust what lies within…
They don’t forgive, They destroy

Darkest Delights
by K.M Jenkins and Ben Merical
Genre: YA Horror, Dark Fantasy 
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Welcome to Medge Pond, a town where mischievous children go missing beyond the forest border. Something evil lurks within the forest, and those who enter are never seen again.

There are two rules you must follow: Do NOT enter the forest and never touch the berries. Ever.
If you break them, beware—not even your screams will save you.
 

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​I snatched up the book and skimmed through several pages. They had many creatures from nymphs, sprites, elves, and so much more. I almost lost interest when the last chapter opened up to a strange creature with black eyes. Oh my god, that’s it!
“Rob. Rob. Guess what I found?”
I ran back to the table and threw the book down in front of him. Then I pointed at the little creature. “There, see.” Rob looked at it and guffawed. After hours of sitting in the most uncomfortable chairs, we both practically did a happy dance.
“You found it,” he said excitedly.
“Shhh…don’t be so loud,” I whispered, looking over at the librarian.
Jessi didn’t raise her head or respond, thank goodness. I leaned in over the table to get a better look at the book and the details of the creature. It was a woodland animal. The thing looked borderline fairy mixed with a goblin. I could see the claws and teeth illustrated in the drawings on the page. My eyes scanned the words to find the name of the creature. I pointed it out as soon as I found it.
“There…it’s a guxleon.”

Ben and Katie tied the knot in September 2024 but not before putting pen to paper. Together they crafted their first horror story together titled: “Darkest Delights,” back in 2022. The loved stories like Goosebumps growing up and decided to create their own campfire story that would leave a little fright for the younger readers to enjoy. They plan to work on more in the future. Make sure to subscribe to K.M. Jenkins’ newsletter to get updates on books when they hit the stores: https://www.subscribepage.com/author_km_jenkins
 

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​​What inspired you to write this book?
 
The inspiration behind this story was our love for camp fire type horror books like Goosebumps growing up. Ben and I wanted to focus on a fantasy creature story for an anthology we were joining. The main topic was to have some type of mythical creatures.
 
We couldn’t shake the fact that we wanted to write something with horror in it. The idea was to create a forbidden area in a small town that held a deadly secret that the towns folks tried to not think about. But Gracie’s Aunt was the exception. The horror of the forest was always on her mind since she lives on the borderline. Just in the backyard, she can step from safety into a deadly zone that could be the end of her.
 
The problem comes to fruition when Aunt Margaret takes in Gracie. She is in her teens and likes to get a sense of adventure throughout her day. Gracie has trauma of her own with her mom dying so she is trying to get her mind on other things.
 
Kids are always wanting to go into the woods and see what magic it can hold. I was one of those kids when I was young. My dad would take me to the forest to walk around and see what animals we could find. We would do this for hours. This feeling of wonder and adventure was one of my reasons for choosing this background for the story.
 
I also had an enormous love for faeries growing up. My goal was to twist the stories of faeries that were evil or sprites that would live in the forest to taunt children. Also, I have pulled some inspiration from movies I have seen in the past. One, for example, was: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark. That was one of the horror movies that scared me with faeries.
 
A lot of elements inspired the story, but it all came together when Ben and I put our heads together. You should give it a read to see the ins and out of our writing on this project.

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