Free book excerpt from The House of Gentlemen by Kathy Hepinstall. And thus was a young life destroyed and remade, leaving Charlotte silent and alone, save for something that now grew inside of her.
Most wars eventually end.
But some continue to rage internally. Years later, in a world at peace, a friend's gift of pity brings Charlotte to a very special place in the woods. Every night, sad, damaged, overworked and unappreciated women make their way to the House of Gentle Men. Here they find the solace and chaste kindness they so desperately crave, administered by haunted men wishing to atone for the crimes in their pasts. But Charlotte's past is alive within these welcoming walls.