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Its 1852 and Margaret Lennox a young widow is offered a position as governess at Hartwood Hall She quickly accepts hoping this isolated country house will allow her to leave her past behind

Cut off from the village Margaret soon starts to feel theres something odd about her new home despite her growing fondness for her bright affectionate pupil Louis There are strange figures in the dark tensions between servants and an abandoned east wing Even stranger is the local gossip surrounding Mrs Eversham Louiss widowed mother who is deeply distrusted in the village

Margaret finds distraction in a forbidden relationship with the gardener Paul But despite his efforts to reassure her Margaret is certain that everyone here has something hide And as Margarets own past threatens to catch up with her she must learn to trust her instincts before its too late

The Secrets of Hartwood Hall is a chilling gothic mystery and an authentic and atmospheric love letter to Victorian fiction

I loved this fresh take on the gothic genre Vivid haunting surprising STACEY HALLS author of Sunday Times bestsellers The Familiars The Foundling and Mrs England

A fullblooded gothic mystery with bite great characterisation and heaps of atmosphere EMMA STONEX author of Sunday Times bestseller The Lamplighters

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