𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 | Book Review

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

𝐁𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐒𝐭. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧’𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟏.𝟗.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒  𝐻𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑃𝑢𝑏 𝐷𝑎𝑦!

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What made this such a compelling gothic thriller was Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore. Her backstory alone was scandalous – it could have been a story all on its own. She survived being kidnapped as a child and then she buried four husbands. Nothing held Ruby down, and she racked up the millions as she went. 

Ruby was quite the queen of Tavistock, N.C., and she ruled from her family’s estate, Ashby House. But now that she’s gone, she has left everything, the money, the house, along with some dark secrets, to her adopted son, Camden.

Camden wants nothing to do with the inheritance or any part of the McTavish family, but his wife Jules would love to live the lavish life Ruby’s money could buy. Camden is forced to return to Ashby House when his uncle dies, and the details of Ruby’s will must be finalized. Cracks begin forming in Ruby’s illustrious veneer, revealing her true intentions.

Besides Ruby’s big, showy personality, her letters were probably my favorite part. And being true to a gothic thriller, Ashby House becomes a character all its own. I can’t say that this is my all-time favorite of Rachel Hawkin’s, but it was highly entertaining, with great characters. 

Thank you @stmartinspress for this gifted book. 

Thank you @macmillan.audio for the complimentary audiobook.

🏠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩, 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 (𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬). 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧? 

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 | Audiobook Review

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞

𝐁𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐱 𝐄. 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐓𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 / 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟏𝟎.𝟐.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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Thank you to @macmillan.audio for the gifted audiobook. 

I read Alix E. Harrow’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑦 and 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑂𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 and fell in love with her writing. I also think her books have some of the prettiest covers. 

In 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒, I found the same visceral and vivid prose that I had come to love. Being a fan of the gothic, I knew that I’d enjoy a plot centering around an old house and an author who disappeared.

But I found so much more. 

It’s about Opal and Arthur, their pasts, their families’ pasts. It also became about the town of Eden, Kentucky, and how we tell history. It involved nightmares and monsters, and at first, I thought, okay, this is just a horror story. But the more I thought about the trauma these generations had inflicted and endured – I wondered what the true nature of these monsters was. 

That’s the thing I love about Harrow: she weaves a beautifully spooky story, but lift the edges, and you’ll find a deep, thought-provoking narrative.

🗓️ 𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝓈 2024 𝓉𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓈𝑜 𝒻𝒶𝓇? 𝒮𝑒𝓉𝓉𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝓇𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓃𝑒𝓌?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 | Book Review

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬

𝐁𝐲 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧 / 𝐏𝐑𝐇 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟏𝟏.𝟐𝟖.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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I grabbed this one from @bookofthemonth because I love retellings. And thank you to my partners at @PRHaudio for the gifted audiobook. 

I love the story of 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑟. I even saw the ballet live years ago. So, I was excited for a retelling of this dreamy Christmastime story. 

Well, I must say this is not what I had envisioned. This gets dark, and it’s complex, even a little complicated. If you come with the vision of the Sugar Plum Fairy dancing through a festive atmosphere – you’ll be gravely disappointed. Johansen flips the narrative, and what was originally good is now wicked. 

Clara and Natasha were twins born on Christmas. But their godfather, Drosselmeyer, a sorcerer, blessed, um cursed, them – Clara to be light and Natasha to be dark. This sets off a battle between the sisters that eventually pulls them into the magical Kingdom of Sweets. Here, they meet the Sugar Plum Fairy, who seems sympathetic to Natasha’s plight. But the fairy is not what she appears to be. 

The premise is intriguing and very creepy. And as much as I loved the author’s descriptive writing, the story became too weighed down in the details for me. It lost some of its magical ambiance as I felt a big narrative was being penned.

🩰𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥? 𝐈𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐔𝐬 | Review & Tour Stop

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐔𝐬

𝐁𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐋𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐤

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐂𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟗.𝟓.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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Nurse Nellie Lester can’t escape death. Fleeing Chicago at the height of the 1918 Spanish flu, she takes a nursing job at a decrepit mansion on a desolate Michigan island, convinced the island holds the secret to her mother’s murky past. The only problem? Her dead mother seems to have followed her there. Nightly she’s haunted by a ghostly presence that appears in her bedroom. But is it her mother or something more sinister?

When the frozen body of the prior nurse is unearthed, Nellie suspects the nurse’s death and her family’s history are connected to a mysterious group that disappeared from the island twenty-four years earlier.

As winter closes in, past and present collide, resurrecting a lurid killer, hell-bent on keeping the island’s secrets. Will Nellie uncover her mother’s shocking past before the killer enacts his final revenge?

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This book was atmospheric, mysterious, and haunting. The setting was a character in itself – the cold, an isolated island, a strange mansion, a garden maze, and even a painting that appears to distort in appearance. It certainly has a classic gothic feel as ghosts, family secrets, murder, and even romance fill the pages.   

Thank you @suzyapprovedbooktours and @gaillukasik5 for a spot on tour and a gifted book. 

🖤 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖 “𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚌” 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍?

𝐂𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 || Book Review

𝐂𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬

𝐁𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐫

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟓.𝟑𝟎.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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Thank you @bookmarked for the gifted ebook.

📖 Years ago, yellow fever gripped the small lakeside town of Prosper, Arkansas. At the height of that summer swelter, in the wake of an unexpected storm, the dam failed and the valley flooded—drowning the town and everyone trapped inside.

The secrets of old Prosper drowned with them.

Now, decades later, when a mysterious locked box is pulled from the depths of the lake, three descendants of that long-ago tragedy are hurled into another feverish summer. Cassie: the reclusive sole witness to an impossible horror no one believes. Lark: a wide-eyed dreamer haunted by bizarre visions. June: caught between longing for a fresh start and bearing witness to the ghosts of the past. Bound together, all three must contend with their home’s complex history—and with the ruins of the town lost far beneath the troubled water.

🪲 🪦  📦

I’ll be honest; I’m still mulling this story over in my mind; it was not what I expected. A slow and haunting tale, to be sure, but I did get a bit distracted by the three POVs and their own stories. 

There are some big themes here: race and class inequalities and injustices, as well as grief and loss. But they kind of float in amongst the narrative and never gain solid ground. This does offer atmospheric Southern gothic fiction, with a touch of magical realism, and it’s based on a real town that suffered a flood in the 1950s.

🌊 𝙷𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 | Book Tour

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐢 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟓.𝟏𝟔.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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Thank you [partner] @bibliolifestyle @harperperennial and @saraiwalkerauthor for a tour spot and a gifted book.  

The highly anticipated second novel from Sarai Walker, following her “slyly subversive” (EW) cult-hit Dietland—a feminist gothic about the lone survivor of a cursed family of sisters, whose time may finally be up.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

INSTEAD IT WAS THE LAST.

Iris Chapel and her five elegant sisters, all of them heiresses to the Chapel firearms fortune, live cloistered in a lavish Victorian mansion. Neglected by both a distant, workaholic father and a mentally troubled mother—who believes their home is haunted by the victims of Chapel weapons—the sisters have grown up with only each other for company. They long to escape the eerie fairy tale of their childhood and move forward into the modern world, but for young women in 1950s Connecticut, the only way out is through marriage.

Yet it soon becomes clear that for the Chapel sisters, marriage equals death. 

When the eldest sister walks down the aisle, tragedy strikes. The bride dies mysteriously the very next day, leaving her family and the town in shock. But this is just the beginning of a chain of disasters that will make each woman wonder whether true love will kill her, too. Only Iris, the second-youngest, finds a way to escape—but can she outrun the family curse forever?

Sarai Walker, the acclaimed author of the cult-hit novel Dietland, building off the Gothic tradition of Shirley Jackson, brings to life this riveting, deliciously twisted feminist tale, a gorgeous and provocative page-turner about the legacy of male power and the cost of female freedom.

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Doesn’t this sound amazing? I’m drawn to this cover as well as the intriguing premise!

🍒 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 | Review & Tour Stop

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧

𝐁𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐲

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟐.𝟏.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑷𝒖𝒃 𝑫𝒂𝒚!

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I gravitate toward anything with “witch” in the title, but this book is so much more than broomsticks and twitching of noses.

I loved that it is a generational saga, set in an atmospheric town high in the Ozark Mountains. Gracelynn Doherty, in 1931, is helping her granny who is known for her tonics and natural cures-many call these two women witches. 

Granny and Gracelynn both have pasts that haunt them. 

When Josiah Bellflower, a traveling preacher, comes to town for his healing revival, Granny is gripped with fear. Granny made a promise to Josiah years ago, and now Josiah has come to collect on it. 

When the narrative jumps back to 1881, we also hear Deirdre Werner’s story. As the two timelines slowly converge, secrets are revealed, and we see the struggles and the pain these women have faced over the generations.

 I think I’m not out of step to say that through this bewitching story, the author focuses on the historical fight for feminism as well as not judging a person because they might live or love differently than you.

**There are quite a few TW so feel free to DM me if you have concerns.

Thank you @suzyapprovedbooktours and @amazonpublishing for a spot on tour and a gifted copy.

🌱 𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒆.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 | Audiobook Review

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞

𝐁𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞:𝟏.𝟐.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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The Blackhouse is my second of Carole Johnstone’s mysteries, and once again she has managed to unnerve me. The atmosphere of an isolated Scottish island and a woman struggling with mental illness and visions all set a gothic tone.

Maggie MacKay was only five when she claimed a man was murdered on the Isle of Kilmeray. It grabbed a lot of attention, but how would Maggie know such a thing, as she had never been to the island? 

Robert Reid moves his family to the small community of Kilmeray hoping to farm the land and for peace. But thoughts and memories of some past misdeed haunt him.

Now, as an adult, Maggie has come to Kilmeray determined to get to the truth, but the truth goes far deeper than she imagined. 

The setting alone is enough to send a few shivers up your spine: a remote island in the chilly Atlantic, with a very tight-knit community that is keeping some dreadfully dark secrets. Although the pace is unhurried, I found the elements of mental health, possible reincarnation, and locals-gone-rogue to be very interesting. Plus Maggie was a character that I found myself rooting for.

🎧If you want the full atmospheric experience, grab the audiobook, the narrator has a great accent!

Thank you @simon.audio for the complimentary audiobook and @bookclubfavorites for a gifted book.

😴 𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜? 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 | Book Review

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞

𝐁𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐊𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐤𝐞-𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐞

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐒𝐭. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧’𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟏𝟐.𝟔.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐

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After reading 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐬 by Rachel Kapelke-Dale, I knew she’d probably become a go-to author for me. Now, I can say that with certainty. 

In 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞, I was taken back to my hometown of Milwaukee, as Saskia returned to her home after the sudden death of her mother. She is shocked to find that her mother has bequeathed their beloved 19th-century, lakeshore mansion to Patrick, a fellow professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

As Saskia digs into why her mother would leave the family home to Patrick, the story jumps back to when Saskia was a youth – a piano prodigy. Slowly details tumble out of how Patrick and Saskia began an inappropriate relationship.

But there is so much more here, something far more sinister and dark. Saskia, now years later, discovers the truth. She has to ask herself, what is justice when someone steals away your innocence?

I love the writing here, with this air of foreboding throughout. The eerie house and Saskia’s mother’s fairytale writings play such a central role, giving it a gothic feel. Yet the themes of grooming, sexual abuse, and child pornography are the true focus, which was done with sensitivity. Of course, she throws me for a loop at the end, adding to the suspense and satisfaction.

Thank you @stmartinspress for a gifted copy and @macmillanaudio for a complementary audiobook. 

🎺🎹🎸 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤?

Within These Gilded Halls | Book Tour

Within These Gilded Halls

Abigail Wilson

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Pub Date: 10.4.2022

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Thank you @tlcbooktours and @tnzfiction for a spot on tour and a gifted copy.

📖 After studying art under Miss Drake, a renowned painter, Phoebe Radcliff is certain she can finally move beyond the childish mistake that’s kept her away from home. She is thrilled when Miss Drake employs her to complete a complicated ballroom renovation, believing it will lead to a new, happier future.

Everything changes, however, the moment Miss Drake is murdered. With her last breath she imparts the location of a clue to Phoebe. Can the biggest secret of Avonthorpe Hall be true—the rumored treasure real? Phoebe is tasked to finish her work in the ballroom by Miss Drake’s infuriatingly regimented yet all-too-handsome nephew, Lt. Graham Burke. Determined to fulfill the promise she made to her beloved teacher to find the treasure, Phoebe also works to uncover the truth about Miss Drake’s death—surely the two must be linked. If only she can do so before Lt. Burke leases the house.

But dark shadows line the gilded halls of Avonthorpe and soon enough, Phoebe realizes she’s not the only person who knows about the clues. What’s worse, she’ll need Lt. Burke’s help to stay ahead of whoever is hard on her heels. If only she weren’t so attracted to him. And why is she? She’s always had far greater plans for her life than settling into marital bliss.

Caught up in a deadly race for answers, Phoebe must find a way to breach the shroud of lies that surrounds every last resident in the house and, more importantly, face a past she’s been running away from for far too long.

🔎💕𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐡-𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬?