Ogitchida Kwe's Book Blog : DEATHCAP by Bibiana Krall Blog Tour

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

DEATHCAP by Bibiana Krall Blog Tour

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the DEATHCAP by Bibiana Krall Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

About The Book:

Title: DEATHCAP (Winter Ghosts #2)

Author: Bibiana Krall

Pub. Date: September 21, 2025

Publisher: Black Calyx Books

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 258

Find it: Goodreads, www.books2read.com/deathcap

Glamour is a mask. Legend is real. And the forest never forgets.

1990 Supermodel of the Year, Zoey Jones boards a private jet bound for an exclusive alpine retreat, a glamorous detox for the world’s most beautiful and broken. A rebel from Brooklyn and best friend of Suki Murphy, the enigmatic front woman of L.A.’s cult-sensation band Synthwave Siren.

Zoey is no stranger to decadence… but nothing can prepare her for what waits in the shadow of the French Alps.
The chateau is a masterpiece of Gothic opulence, silk-draped halls, flickering candelabras, shuttered windows that tremble beneath a bruised sky. Isolated by a sudden storm and a total communications blackout, the retreat guests soon sense something is off. Whispers echo through the corridors. The forest presses closer. And in the flicker of candlelight, even their reflections seem unfamiliar. Then a guest disappears after a terrifying incident.

As the line between dream and nightmare dissolves, Zoey finds herself entangled in a sinister web of ancient folklore and ritualistic horror, where mushrooms bloom with sentient intent, the forest hides something feral and divine, and the house itself breathes with memories of the past.

When another guest stumbles upon a pagan monument hidden deep in the woods, an altar dripping with fungal dread...Zoey must decide: will she fight for the truth, or be consumed by the dark glamour that surrounds her?

A spellbinding collision of fashion, folklore, and femme power, Deathcap is a haunting supernatural thriller where the '90s pulse with danger, legends fester beneath haute couture, and nothing is what it seems.

Welcome to the retreat. Check your secrets at the door. You won’t be needing them where you're going…

Reviews:

“This supernatural thriller kept me on the edge of my seat, fearing the worst while hoping for their survival. Though I've loved every story by Krall, this well-crafted tale has become my favorite. I highly recommend “Deathcap” to anyone seeking a blend of glamour, mystery, and supernatural suspense.”—E. Denise Billups, multi-genre author

“If you enjoy spooky stories that are sensual and surreal with a touch of romance, then you will love Deathcap, Book2 in author Bibiana Krall’s Winter Ghosts series, which readers can also enjoy as a stand-alone novel.”—Amazon Review

“Author Bibiana Krall delivers so many twists and turns in this book that it is sometimes a spine-tingling plot. I enthusiastically endorse this classy taunting tale.” —Amazon Review

Grab book 1, BANSHEE on sale for $.99 on Amazon worldwide until November 10! http://www.books2read.com/thebanshee

Book Trailer:

Excerpt from Deathcap © by Bibiana Krall

(Chapter Two – The Beast) This is available in audio via House of Mirrors on YouTube read by the author. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baQ_BsG9JdQ

That very same afternoon, in the heart of the French Alps, a mysterious and elegant woman donned a crimson robe and wrapped her smooth neck in a silver choker adorned with a dramatic hunk of bloodstone.

She rubbed drops of sandalwood and rose oil into her scalp while brushing out her lustrous black hair, pondering her youthful reflection in the mirror.

Not bad for seventy-six. She didn’t look a day over forty and was proud to have never gone under the knife.

Ahh. But the spring was thirsty. The beast was restless. The clock was always ticking.

The same warning arrived annually as the leaves departed the trees and frost left glitter in the meadow.

The Berserkers would soon run amok if she didn’t feed the spring.

Once, and only once, she’d dared to ignore the signs. The scar it left across her abdomen was a stark reminder—a reminder she refused to surgically remove for the possibility of buying more fury for being human and indulging her vanity.

The rambling 12th-century abbey she called home had once been a place of religion and women's suffering. Now known as Bien Être, it was a name known only by the privileged few who indulged in minimalist spa cuisine, steamed out the toxins in the Balneae, or swam in the icy cascade below the Devil’s Arch.

Comtesse Odile Desmarais was the sole owner of this expansive universe, but the price of such privilege weighed heavily on her mind, particularly during the quiet moments upon waking.

The woods beyond her private château were a wilderness, but no more frightening or brutal than certain districts in Paris or Marseille. All the things a child fears roamed freely here, yet only one was its ruler and king.

Him.

She refused to utter his name, for he was a brute and a liar. The painful shift in their relationship had unraveled what was once a shared desire for eternity, replaced now by a desperate struggle for his complete control.

He had his ideas, and she had hers. The main issue was that her partner possessed thousands of years of wisdom, while the night creatures, many didn't even believe in them, were at his command.

The luxury of wealth had become her gilded cage, its opulence a twisted mockery of misguided affections.

With a defeatist sigh, she slipped on a pair of tall leather boots and stopped in the kitchen for an espresso. The elegant furnishings, exquisite artwork, and lavish amenities could not mask the darkness that reverberated within the very stones of this château.

Living this way was soul-crushing…

Thank you for your interest in ‘Deathcap!’

- Bibiana Krall

WWW.BIBIANAKRALL.COM

About Bibiana Krall:

Bibiana Krall, M.A., M.F.A. is a multi-award-winning author who spent years as an international travel expert and luxury insider in private aviation. She has lived the adventurous life she writes about in her edgy fiction, highlighting female protagonists in intuition-driven stories that empower and explore our mysterious world. She is currently working on her 3²ⁿd fiction title.

Winner of a ‘Pay It Forward Scholarship’ from Wilkes University CW, she has been graciously called, ‘A lyrical maven, the queen of paranormal and a literary wordsmith.’ Watch cinematic book trailers on YouTube and subscribe to her newsletter and creative blog, Imaginarium.