A Dark Gothic Romance Murder Mystery standalone from Instant #1 New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author H. M. Wolfe
Welcome to Hollowmere Manor.Blood will be shed. Secrets will find the light. And after sixteen years apart, jealousy and obsession might kill them before the culprit can.
Cozette Devereux and Jens Valmont were once childhood sweethearts. Now, after sixteen years of silence, they are forced back together under the roof of Hollowmere Manor to gather with family, friends and business associates. Both are determined to make the other pay for the heartbreak they inflicted, neither know the full story.
But as their twisted games begin, a body is discovered. Detective Leroy Finch arrives at the manor to investigate just as a blizzard seals Hollowmere from the outside world. Everyone is a suspect, the dead begin to multiply, and as they race to uncover the killer, the manor’s surviving guests turn on one another.
Betrayals are uncovered, secrets fester in the shadows and beneath the family fortune lies a crime so monstrous someone has waited decades to avenge it. As they hunt for the murderer through locked rooms, hidden passages and candlelit corridors Cozette must decide what frightens her most:
The monster hiding inside Hollowmere, or the man who still knows exactly how to destroy her.
H. M. Wolfe’s Twelve is perfect for readers who crave the toxic, obsessive romance of Wuthering Heights, the locked in mystery of Clue and the corrupt family empire of Fall of the House of Usher
Genre: Historical Romance