A chilling Gothic novel set in 1700s America Perfect for fans of Daphne du Maurier, Kate Mosse, Stacey Halls and Emily Bront .Wyndspelle ... a blessed sanctuary or house of evil?New England, 1720 Desperately fleeing the fanatical Puritan community who would burn her for a witch, seventeen-year-old Adria Turner is forced to seek shelter at Wyndspelle. Shrouded in fog and perched on a crag above the rocky New England coast, the brooding manor is rife with old legends of hauntings, tragedy and dark deeds. But it offers Adria a safe haven - in exchange for marriage to a stranger, Sir Anthony Mordelle, the blind master of Wyndspelle. Now a prisoner of the house as well as its mistress, she finds the staff oddly hostile, and the house's menacing atmosphere and strange noises terrify her. But the friendship of handsome, irreverent Mark Welles helps to sustain her, and gradually new feelings begin to take hold - both for Mark, and for the man she now calls her husband. But is either man really who he says he is? As mysterious events begin to occur, Adria grows ever more uncertain of whom she can trust. And when she narrowly escapes an attempt on her life, a terrible plot begins to reveal itself... Are supernatural forces afoot in Wyndspelle? Or does human evil lie at the heart of the strange events?And when Adria's quest to unravel the mystery leads her into deadly danger, will anyone come to her aid?WYNDSPELLE is a classic dark Gothic paranormal romance thriller with a haunted house theme at its heart. It is the first book in the WYNDSPELLE GOTHIC TRILOGY: historical romantic mysteries with a fantasy twist.THE WYNDSPELLE GOTHIC TRILOGY: BOOK 1: Wyndspelle BOOK 2: The Bell Tower of Wyndspelle BOOK 3: Wyndspelle's Child
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