num_pages: 343
description: When librarian Poe Markham takes the job at Thornchapel she only wants two things: to stay away from Thornchapels tortured owner Auden Guest and to find out what happened to her mother twelve years ago. It should be easy enoughkeep her head down while she works in the houses crumbling private library and while she hunts down any information as to why this remote manor tucked into the fog-shrouded moors would be the last place her mother was seen alive. But Thornchapel has other plans for her... As Poe begins uncovering the houses secrets both new and old shes also pulled into the seductive elegant world of Auden and his friendsand drawn to Audens worst enemy the beautiful and brooding St. Sebastian. And as Thornchapel slowly tightens its coil of truths and lies around them Poe Auden and St. Sebastian start unravelling into filthy holy pleasure and pain. Together they awaken a fate that will either anoint them or leave them in ashes *** From the author of the USA Today bestselling New Camelot series comes an original fairy tale full of ancient mysteries lantern-lit rituals jealousy money murder sacred torment and obsessions that last for lifetimes... ***A Lesson in Thorns is the first of four books in the Thornchapel series.*** 
language: English
title: A Lesson in Thorns
publisher: None