num_pages: 484
description: A tale of unspeakable murder a doomed alliance and retribution from the beyondSometimes the tide sweeps us into a fog where dark forces are at worksuddenly good and evil become blurred. Powerless and defenseless we swim toward it and wonder if were going mad.Eva is born in the wrong era. In 1800s America women are required to obey their husbands without question and to submit to their presumed superiority. But Eva wants more. Willful and ambitious she considers herself equal to men. But the times are unrelenting and it is her curse to remain unheard.Rafe is a misogynist. Born of a demented mother who shattered his childhood and family he is forever tormented by a scathing mistrust of women.The tide brings them together at Owl Manor a place shrouded in darkness forsaken by the sun. A place where owls breathe in the very fabric of the walls and shadows wander the passages. Where good and evil blur.Will Eva make the right choice?Owl Manor  the Dawning the first in a trilogy of Gothic suspense novels is inspired by authors such as Daphne du Maurier (Jamaica Inn) Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Shadow of the Wind) Shirley Jackson (The Haunting of Hill House).Gothic was never like this in that Zita Harrison digs deeper and ranges farther. I think she may write with the spirit of Shirley Jackson peering over her shoulder.  Mallory A. Haws: The Haunted Reading Room Reviews
language: English
title: Owl Manor: The Dawning
publisher: Zealous Arts Publishing