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Fyneshade
A Horror Novel by Kate Griffin
Subgenres:
- Gothic,
- Haunted House,
- Victorian England,
- Governess,
- Dark Secrets
This book is for you if you're into...
- Gothic manors with silent servants and forbidden rooms
- Heroines wielding unsettling powers learned from their grandmothers
- Families hiding murderous secrets in crumbling English estates
From Little Stack
After learning she is to become governess to the daughter of Sir William Prichard, Marta travels to Fyneshade, an ancient, bleak and decaying house located in the wilds of Derbyshire. Isolated and eerie, it is the kind of place where the walls bleed malice and the air is thick for foreboding. And all is not well with Marta’s pupil, Grace, who she finds is unteachable.
This is a story of dark secrets, betrayal, temptation and the supernatural where the monsters don’t only lurk in the shadows, but in our own minds. Marta is the antithesis of the innocent, meek and trusting protagonist we often see in gothic fiction. She knows how to use her dark craft to play the game, making her more than a match for untrustworthy staff and a family hiding a murderous secret. Bewitching and disquieting, this is one I still think about years after reading.
Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade's dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and silent servants. But not I. For they have far more to fear from me...
On the day of her beloved grandmother's funeral, Marta discovers that she is to become governess to the young daughter of Sir William Pritchard. Separated from her lover and discarded by her family, Marta has no choice but to journey to Pritchard's ancient and crumbling house, Fyneshade, in the wilds of Derbyshire.
All is not well at Fyneshade. Marta's pupil, little Grace, can be taught nothing, and Marta takes no comfort from the silent servants who will not meet her eye. More intriguing is that Sir William is mysteriously absent, and his son and heir Vaughan is forbidden to enter the house. Marta finds herself drawn to Vaughan, despite the warnings of the housekeeper that he is a danger to all around him.
But Marta is no innocent to be preyed upon. Guided by the dark gift taught to her by her grandmother, she has made her own plans. And it will take more than a family riven by murderous secrets to stop her...
Perfect for readers of Laura Purcell, Jessie Burton and Stacey Halls, Fyneshade is a dark and twisted gothic novel unlike any you've read before...
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