The Tryst: The Red Thread Saga Book One

By L. Marie Wood

A moment in time... insignificant and fleeting for most, but for Nicole, Mark, and Eric, it is life-altering. Three strangers meet in a town they don't know in a place they hadn't expected to end up only to find that they are exactly where they were supposed to be... again.

Love always finds a way.

Through space and time, past and future, through lifetimes and storylines they were destined to find each other, love each other, lose each other - coordinates and weapons, scenarios and demographics be damned. A malfunction, to be sure. But when Ryan tries to tinker with his project, a weapon the likes of which has never been seen in all of the Galactic Collaborative, he finds out just how inexorable their link is... and how insidious.

The first book of a slipstream series that will challenge the way you think about love, life, connection, and purpose, The Tryst will catch you in its whirlwind and never let you go. Each book in The Red Thread Saga will combine mixture of urban fantasy, mystery, thriller, psychological horror, action, suspense, science fiction elements with romance as an undercurrent.

Love always finds a way.

But sometimes that way is paved with bones.
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"The Tryst has such a powerful undertone of not only romance, but it blended so well with the horror elements of the story that you were drawn in completely. L. Marie Wood weaves a tale of three people who drawn together to form something so powerful that the love and loss was palpable. Fate, a journey of self discovery, more? Each reader will take away some element from The Tryst that is different and memorable. But one thing is clear, L. Marie Wood leaves you breathless until the very last page is turned...."--Dahlia Rose, USA Today Bestselling Author

"This book has it all. Love, suspense, mystery, and it's a thriller of a story. Through everything, the love between Nicole, Mark, and Eric finds its way. L. Marie Wood is truly an artist at crafting an intriguing story, adding just the right amount of
romance and horror. --Cindy O'Quinn, four-time HWA Bram Stoker nominated writer. Rhysling and Dwarf Star nominated poet.

"The Tryst... is] something more and better and completely new-Blade Runner meets Anais Nin. The same insight that makes horror writer, poet, and critic L. Marie Wood able to put characters through the most horrific events imaginable and describe their reactions in a realistic way serves her well in creating a romantic and sexual relationship between three fascinating equals, even when their world turns into something neither they nor we the reader could ever have expected." --Lucy Blue, Author of The Devil Makes Three

"Reading the work of a writer who maneuvers story conventions in such a masterful way the reader isn't fully aware of the movement away from expectations is exhilarating. That realization hits viscerally long after you're done reading The Tryst by L. Marie Wood. You almost want to go back and start over again to catch all the nuance and hidden treasures-but you know in your dear little reading heart that you haven't missed anything. Instead, Wood bestowed the gift upon us seamlessly, without any fanfare, imbued with the subtle confidence of a storyteller who is completely unafraid to challenge the status quo through an expert wielding of intriguing and innovative ways to tell stories." --RJ Joseph, author of Hell Hath No Sorrow like a Woman Haunted

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1962353311
• ISBN13: 9781962353311
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Mocha Memoirs Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"