By C. J. Cooke
Review
Wow, I thought this was a fantastic read! I’m a big fan of novels that combine fact with fiction and the past with the present. C. J. Cooke does this brilliantly. As you read further into the book, you become increasingly unsettled — something at the chateau is seriously wrong. Emma can feel a malevolent presence.
I really enjoyed the historical aspects of the story and how the author intertwined the lives of the different women throughout the centuries — I thought it was very cleverly done. The sense of time and place was truly remarkable. This is an author who knows how to thrill and chill in equal measure. It was an excellent read and I’m excited to see what C. J. Cooke produces next.
Synopsis
Three women. Seven centuries. One unbreakable blood curse…
It began in fire…
Paris, 1307. When eleven-year-old Princess Isabella of France watches four men burn at the stake, a dying knight curses her bloodline: love will destroy everything she holds dear.
It was forged in madness…
Bedlam, 1865. Lois wakes in Bedlam Asylum with no memory of who she is – only a precious red stone and the growing certainty that something ancient is hunting her.
Can it end before blood is spilled?
Present day. Artist Emma Harris arrives at a crumbling French château for her wedding and the exhibition of her life. But the walls remember everything, and something has followed her here.
Seven centuries of destruction. One woman left to fight.
