“I saw the devil in these woods.” Sonia Wilson is a talented scientific illustrator—but she is only able to follow her dream because of her father’s reputation as a renowned scientist. Such is the lot in life for a woman in science in 1889. And after his death, she is ... more >
Dear KJ Charles, Most of the Wyckham family are not what one might call shining examples of humanity – except for Zebedee (Zeb) Wyckham. He tries to avoid his family wherever possible and for good reason. Zeb has what we would now call ADHD although there was no diagnosis in ... more >
Because Valerie Ford is tall with lion-like eyes and hair, her aunt chooses her to come to Troy Fenners to act as model for Aunt Loo’s latest heroine, Gloria. Valerie is expected to accomplish amazing feats—and to attend séances with a distant French cousin and a handsome, though poor, scholar. ... more >
A young woman is invited to a mysterious relative’s estate and winds up entangled in a murder investigation in this witty historical mystery that pits the gothic eeriness of Crimson Peak against the comic absurdities of Knives Out. Miss Marigold Manners may be steeped in the etiquette of her old-money ... more >
Two women disturb the dark history of a deceptively quiet postwar Cornwall village in a haunting novel by the bestselling author of A Feather on the Water and The Woman on the Orient Express. It’s winter 1947 when newlyweds Ellen and Tony Wylde move into an abandoned Cornish farmhouse overlooking ... more >
The Cleric Chih accompanies a beautiful young bride to her wedding to the aging ruler of a crumbling estate situated at the crossroads of dead empires. The bride’s party is welcomed with elaborate courtesies and extravagant banquets, but between the frightened servants and the cryptic warnings of the lord’s mad ... more >