The Curse of Briarwood
(2025)(A book in the Haunted Season Cozy Gothic Mystery-Romances series)
A novel by E B Wheeler
Sorrow follows those who come to Briarwood.
Athena Ratliffe’s life is tainted by her father’s scandal, and she expects to live her life shunned by society and unwanted anywhere. When a stroll in a garden leads her to witness a murder, she suddenly becomes interesting to a killer and the man who is hunting him. A marriage of convenience may keep her safe, but it takes her to Briarwood—a place with its own scandals, including a curse, a ghost, and a mysterious baron. Only by untangling Briarwood’s secrets can she break the curse hanging over the house and her own life and find her happily ever after.
A no-spice historical Regency fairy tale retelling inspired by Beauty and the Beast.
Genre: Fantasy
Athena Ratliffe’s life is tainted by her father’s scandal, and she expects to live her life shunned by society and unwanted anywhere. When a stroll in a garden leads her to witness a murder, she suddenly becomes interesting to a killer and the man who is hunting him. A marriage of convenience may keep her safe, but it takes her to Briarwood—a place with its own scandals, including a curse, a ghost, and a mysterious baron. Only by untangling Briarwood’s secrets can she break the curse hanging over the house and her own life and find her happily ever after.
A no-spice historical Regency fairy tale retelling inspired by Beauty and the Beast.
Genre: Fantasy
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