House of Open Doors: A Dark Gothic Curse-Breaking Romance

By Ginger Willove

The house is silent. The leash is tightening. And love is the only thing left to set them free.

Lenora Whitcombe broke Hollowmere's oldest binding, but victory has become a new kind of prison.

The Builder is gone. The house is dormant. Gideon Crowe is no longer the hollowed-out lock the manor made him.

But the Hunger beneath Hollowmere has found a new cage.

Lenora and Gideon now share one heartbeat, a supernatural pulse that keeps the ancient darkness contained while tethering them both to the island. Every attempt to cross the causeway tears through their bodies. Every step toward freedom threatens to unravel the bond that saved them.

Gideon has reclaimed his name, his memories, and the man he was before Hollowmere stole more than a century from him. But he is still trapped in the place that turned his love into a weapon. Wounded, scarred, and desperate to give Lenora the life she deserves, he is willing to face the Hunger one final time.

Lenora refuses to let him become another sacrifice.

To leave Hollowmere alive, they must uncover what the house has been feeding all along: grief, blood, memory, and the terrible belief that love must be owned to endure. The dead are restless. The tide is rising. And the leash binding them to the island is beginning to fray.

If they break it wrong, the Hunger wakes.

If they leave it whole, they become Hollowmere's final walls.

In the breathtaking conclusion to The Anchor and the Lock trilogy, Lenora and Gideon must risk the bond that made them one to prove their love can survive as two free souls.

A dark gothic paranormal romance finale featuring a sentient haunted manor, a wounded supernatural hero, a fierce heroine, shared heartbeats, dangerous intimacy, curse-breaking, trapped ghosts, and a hard-won HEA beyond the haunting.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H8BBZGGN
• ISBN13: 9798186561330
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"