The Monstrous Kind

<p><b>The darkest secrets lie closest to home . . .</b><br><br><b>''GORGEOUSLY EVOCATIVE'' AVA REID</b><br><b>''ROMANTIC, CLEVER, DEEPLY EMOTIONAL'' ALLISON SAFT</b><br><b>''HAUNTING AND TENDER'' KYLIE LEE BAKER</b><br><br><b>An untpownable gothic historical fantasy romance, set in an Regency-inspired world and inspired by Jane Austen''s <i>Sense and Sensibility</i>.<br></b><br> Merrick Darling''s life is better than most. As the daughter of a powerful lord, she wants for nothing - yet she will never inherit her family''s Manor. Her only options are a smart marriage, or to live at the kindness of her practical and regimented elder sister, Essie.<br><br> Until the day her father dies in mysterious circumstances, and Merrick is torn from her glamorous New London society life to Norland House, her family''s mist-shrouded ancestral home.<br><br> But the Manor has changed while Merrick has been away. Once strong and capable, Essie is withdrawn and frightened, and with good reason. The borde