Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

<p><b>An instant No. 1<i> Sunday Times</i> & <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller, <i>Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil </i>is a twisting tale of power, immortality and the terrifying price of freedom from V. E. Schwab.</b><br><br><b>Three women share one desire: to break the rules men use to bind them.</b><br><br><b>1532. Leó</b><b>n, Spain:</b> María, wild and wily, knows beauty is her only currency. So when an alluring stranger offers her a dark alternative path, María makes a desperate choice.<br><br><b>1827. London: </b>Charlotte lives a cloistered life, her heart full of impossible wants. Swept away by a beautiful widow's invitation, Charlotte discovers she can buy her freedom – if she sells her soul.<br><br><b>2019. Boston:</b> Alice moved across the world to escape her past. But a one-night stand gives her a thirst for answers . . . and retribution.<br><br>Defying time and all odds, these women’s fates become tangled like roots. This is a story about life: how it ends, and how it starts again.<br><br><b>* * * </b><br><br>'A rich, lush labyrinth of a book . . . It had me by the throat from the first page'<br><b>– Emma Stonex</b><br><br>'Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab'<br><b>– Jodi Picoult</b><br><br>'I absolutely devoured it . . . It's utterly absorbing, atmospheric and perfectly gothic'<br><b>– Bridget Collins</b><br><br>'Schwab has impressively woven a compelling character drama and feminist critique into a horror thriller . . . goes down as easy as that happy-hour cocktail'<br><b>– <i>The New York Times</i></b><br><br>‘Spanning centuries, this entrancing queer love story follows three women . . . Lyrical and immersive’<br><b><i>– Cosmopolitan </i></b><br><br><br><br><br><br>_{V. E. Schwab's <i>Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil </i>was a <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller w/c 16/06/2025}</p>