Bram Stoker Award-winning author Sarah Read returns with a stunning new vision of gothic terror.
Aldane Manor is an ancient home of low-beamed ceilings, crumbling walls, poison gardens, and deadly secrets.When Alrick Aldane returns to his family's house, he expects to simply inherit his father's land and title.Instead, he discovers that he is also heir to the property's disturbing history—one full of witchcraft—and a ghostly mystery that could condemn him to a fate worse than death.