Description

To marry is madnessTo escape is impossible

The Darlings of the Asylum by Noel OReilly grips like a vice Nicola Cornick

In 1886 a respectable young woman must acquire a husband But Violet Pring longs to be a professional artist and live on her own terms
When she turns down a desirable marriage proposal from an eligible Brighton gentleman her family have had enough of her independent streak Against her wishes they lock her away in Hillwood Grange Lunatic Asylum
Now at the mercy of the sinister Dr Rastrick she must keep her wits about her if she has any hope of escaping

This tantalizing Gothic novel from Noel OReilly tells a thrilling story of duty and desire madness and sanity truth and delusion from within a Victorian asylum

Praise for The Darlings of the Asylum

Always engaging and readable Sunday Times
The narrative rattles along irresistibly all the way to its suitably gothic climax Readers Digest
This darkly atmospheric psychological thriller oozes menace Womens Own
Wow I have been on the edge of my seat with this one The Darlings of the Asylum grips like a vice Nicola Cornick author of The Winter Garden
Gripping Alison Stockham author of The Cuckoo Sister