The dead have been waiting for Minerva Ashworth. Now, they've finally brought her home.
Orphaned and destitute, Minerva inherits Cliff Cottage on the windswept Cornish coast from a cousin she's never met. It seems like salvation.
Until she discovers some inheritances demand a terrible price.
Her new home should be a sanctuary. Instead, floors creak where no one walks. Shadowed figures watch from the darkness. And vivid dreams haunt her nights. The dead want something from her, and they refuse to be denied.
Her nearest neighbor, brooding and enigmatic Dashiell Penrose, is a man of few words, followed by whispers that he is a murderer. He warns Minerva to leave Cliff Cottage while she still can, but she soon realizes he knows far more about the haunting and about her inheritance than he should.
As the dead draw ever closer and Cliff Cottage’s long-buried secrets begin to surface, Minerva must decide if Dashiell is her protector…or something far more dangerous.
For readers who crave haunted cottages, brooding heroes, slow-burn desire, and chilling ghostly mysteries, this standalone historical gothic romance will leave you breathless.
This is a Victorian gothic romance set in 1840s Cornwall, featuring a haunted heroine, a mysterious and morally gray hero, an isolated cottage, restless spirits, and long-buried family secrets. Tropes include: gothic mystery, slow burn, forced proximity, haunted house, dangerous attraction, cursed inheritance, morally gray hero, and heroine-with-a-secret. Sensual, atmospheric, and darkly romantic. Stand-alone in the Revenant Roses series.
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Praise for Eve Silver's Gothics:
"Silver expertly matches a brooding sense of atmosphere with a generous measure of suspense…"—The Chicago Tribune
"A dark and delicious gothic. I gobbled it up in a single sitting. Oh, how I have missed books like this!"—New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller
"Riveting! A dark, steamy and twisted tale!"—New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson
"With her ability to create the perfect chilling atmosphere, a dark, tormented hero and an intrepid heroine, Silver rises to the ranks of Victoria Holt and Daphne du Maurier…"—RT Book Reviews
‘…an outstanding tale about two wounded souls with so much feeling and emotion that there were times my eyes became a little misty…Eve Silver deserves praise for this complicated and moving story.’—Fresh Fiction
Genre: Paranormal Romance