Her Little Flowers: A Spellbinding Gothic Ghost Story

By Shannon Morgan

Book Overview

Readers of Eve Chase, Kate Morton, and Anita Frank will devour this bewitchingly atmospheric, melancholy modern ghost story set in the lush hills of England's Lake District. There, a solitary women's quiet life spent in her crumbling ancestral manor house with the company of a child's ghost is dramatically interrupted when her estranged sister returns to share a horrific story of cruelty and desperation from decades earlier...

A Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee

"Atmospheric...a compelling supernatural mystery that will hold a reader's attention right up to the last page."-- Library Journal

Francine Thwaite has lived all her fifty-five years in her family's ancestral home, a rambling Elizabethan manor in England's Lake District. No other living soul resides there, but Francine isn't alone. There are ghosts in Thwaite Manor, harmless and familiar. Most beloved is Bree, the mischievous ghost girl who has been Francine's companion since childhood.

When Francine's estranged sister, Madeleine, returns to the manor after years away, she brings with her a story that threatens everything Francine has always believed. It is a tale of cruelty and desperation, of terror and unbearable heartache. And as Francine learns more about the darkness in her family's past--and the role she may have played in it--she realizes that confronting the truth may mean losing what she holds most dear.

As moving and poignant as it is chilling, Her Little Flowers is a story of grief and enduring love--and of the haunting regrets only forgiveness can dispel.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496743881
• ISBN13: 9781496743886
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

4.75 stars

HER LITTLE FLOWERS by Shannon Morgan A five hundred year old manor, a garden filled with beautiful but poisonous plants, a protagonist who sees ghosts, AND family secrets to uncover? Sign me up! I breezed through the second half of this within a few hours because I didn’t want to put it down. I kept turning the pages wanting to know more. The last few chapters were especially heart wrenching and I legit cried for all these characters. The prose is atmospheric and haunting. There’s a magical and paranormal element that felt so natural; not at all contrived or “woo woo”. I also loved how “the language of flowers” was incorporated into the story. This is not just a haunted house story, it’s about the love of family, dealing with grief and guilt, surviving tragedy and trauma… It’s heavy and dark and so beautifully written. Bree, Francine and their family will stay with me for a long while. Highly recommend, but check trigger warnings. Rating: 4.75/5 ⭐️