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description: Mexican Gothic meets Outlander in this spellbinding atmospheric timeslip debut novel as a woman struggling with her mental health spends the winter with her cruel in-laws in their eerie haunting manor that sweeps her back through time and into the arms of her fianc's mysterious alluring 19th century ancestor.Traveling to be with her fiancs terminally ill mother in her last days Saoirse Read expected her introduction to the familys ancestral home would be bittersweet. But the stark thrust of Langdon Hall against the cliff and the hundred darkened windows in its battered walls are almost as forbidding as the woman who lies wasting inside. Her fiancs parents make no secret of their distaste for Saoirse and their feelings have long since spread to their son. Or perhaps it is only the shadows of her mind suggesting shes unwelcome seizing on her fears while her beloved grieves?As Saoirse takes to wandering the estates winding dreamlike gardens overgrown and half-wild with neglect she slips back through time to 1818. There she meets Theo Page a man like her fianc but softer with all the charms of that gentler age and who clearly harbors a fervent interest in her. As it becomes clear that Theo is her fiancs ancestor and the tenuous peace of Langdon Hall crumbles around her Saoirse finds shes no longer sure which dreams and doubts belong to the presentand which might not be dreams at all . . .Rich immersive and heartachingly romantic. B. R. Myers bestselling author of A Dreadful SplendorDelivers all the hallmarks of a classic Gothic novel told in a lyrical and hauntingly beautiful new voice. Hester Fox author of A Lullaby for WitchesThe novel tugs at the heart filled with yearning for a real love who sees you as you really are and the journey to step from the shadows to the sun. Kim Taylor Blakemore author of The DeceptionRichly drawn and evocativeMarielle Thompson is a writer to watch! Paulette Kennedy author of Parting the VeilA story about love in its many formsand the aches it sometimes brings. A Gothic daydream of a read! Briana Una McGuckin author of On Good AuthorityA story that is at once a haunting gothic novel a swoon-worthy romantic tale and an unflinching look at what it can be to live with mental illness. Alyssa Palombo author of The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel
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title: Where Ivy Dares to Grow
publisher: Kensington Publishing