Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. And as events grow more sinister, it will be up to Ivy to uncover the library's mysteries in order to reclaim her own story-before it vanishes forever.Lush, atmospheric and transporting, The Last Heir to Blackwood Library is a skillful reflection on memory and female agency, and a love letter to books from a writer at the height of her power. Rumors swirl in the village about the abbey's previous owners, about ghosts and curses, and an enigmatic manuscript at the center of it all. And she senses something else in the library too, a presence that seems to have a will of its own.

Despite cryptic warnings from the staff, Ivy feels irresistibly drawn to its dusty shelves, where familiar works mingle with strange, esoteric texts.

But there is a treasure waiting behind locked doors-a magnificent library. With nothing to keep her in London since losing her brother in the Great War, she warily makes her way to her new home.The abbey is foreboding, the servants reserved and suspicious. Ivy has never heard of Blackwood Abbey, or of the ancient bloodline from which she's descended. The Widow Of Pale Harbour: a thrilling gothic tale of intrigue, romance and murder perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley and Dinah Jefferies Paperback Import, 17 October 2019 by Hester Fox (Author) 294 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Constance Sayers, author of The Ladies of the Secret CircusIn post-World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful secrets.With the stroke of a pen, twenty-three-year-old Ivy Radcliffe becomes Lady Hayworth, owner of a sprawling estate on the Yorkshire moors. New York Times bestselling author Susanna Kearsley An atmospheric and heartbreaking tale of loss, dark magic and the power of love, this brilliant book will stay with you long after the last page. Weaves a spell of darkness that's mysterious and magical, and binds it with a knot of deathless love.

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