‘Heartbreaking, atmospheric, and utterly absorbing. Wright weaves the past and present together with chilling precision.’
—Early ARC Review
When a little girl hums a twisted ballad no child should know, the past awakens.
Kevan watches her daughter, Frannie, skip in from the woods of the Ivymond estate, pockets full of treasures she’s found—a small carved bird she claims was hidden inside a hollow tree, left there by ‘Grace, the girl that lives here.’ Soon, Frannie’s drawings and Kevan’s dreams begin to reveal the same dark-haired girl, one who claims to live in an abandoned stone cottage—the place where secrets go to sleep.
But Grace isn’t just any teenager. She lived on the Ivymond plantation decades ago, before someone erased her story. She’s always believed that boys wear their horns well-hidden and holy men hide rot. Yet caught between innocence and awakening, she fell for the preacher’s son and uncovered something his father would do anything to keep buried.
As Kevan and her husband, Nathan, investigate the mystery behind their daughter’s strange new friend, they uncover traces of a history steeped in buried sins and holy men with hidden horns.
As past and present bleed together, one family’s search for truth will awaken what was meant to stay buried…
and reveal that not everything laid to rest is meant to sleep.
‘Grace’s story broke my heart. the ending stitched it back together. A stunning sequel that surpasses the first.’
—Early ARC Review
Genre: Mystery
—Early ARC Review
When a little girl hums a twisted ballad no child should know, the past awakens.
Kevan watches her daughter, Frannie, skip in from the woods of the Ivymond estate, pockets full of treasures she’s found—a small carved bird she claims was hidden inside a hollow tree, left there by ‘Grace, the girl that lives here.’ Soon, Frannie’s drawings and Kevan’s dreams begin to reveal the same dark-haired girl, one who claims to live in an abandoned stone cottage—the place where secrets go to sleep.
But Grace isn’t just any teenager. She lived on the Ivymond plantation decades ago, before someone erased her story. She’s always believed that boys wear their horns well-hidden and holy men hide rot. Yet caught between innocence and awakening, she fell for the preacher’s son and uncovered something his father would do anything to keep buried.
As Kevan and her husband, Nathan, investigate the mystery behind their daughter’s strange new friend, they uncover traces of a history steeped in buried sins and holy men with hidden horns.
As past and present bleed together, one family’s search for truth will awaken what was meant to stay buried…
and reveal that not everything laid to rest is meant to sleep.
‘Grace’s story broke my heart. the ending stitched it back together. A stunning sequel that surpasses the first.’
—Early ARC Review
Genre: Mystery