*Exclusive limited edition first print run with a foiled board design and beautifully designed endpapers. Pre-order while stocks last.* 'Cooke is known for her ability to craft spellbinding tales filled with dread and terror, but also beauty' Scots Magazine Three women. Seven centuries. One unbreakable blood curse. It began in fire. Paris, 1307. When eleven-year-old Princess Isabella of France watches four men burn at the stake, a dying knight curses her bloodline: love will destroy everything she holds dear.
It was forged in madness. Bedlam, 1865. Lois wakes in Bedlam Asylum with no memory of who she is - only a precious red stone and the growing certainty that something ancient is hunting her. Can it end before blood is spilled? Present day. Artist Emma Harris arrives at a crumbling French ch'teau for her wedding and the exhibition of her life. But the walls remember everything, and something has followed her here. Seven centuries of destruction. One woman left to fight.
* A chilling, gothic historical thriller based on a the real Queen Isabella of France, known as the She-Wolf. * C.J. Cooke is frequently praised for her beautifully haunting prose and impeccable research, filled with tension and chills. * Her books have previously been Independent bookshops Book of the Month, twice Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month, and a Radio 2 Book Club pick. * C.J. Cooke is an internationally bestselling author of gothic, fantastical historical fiction rooted in folklore and magic; she excels at reimagining the stories of real women lost in history * C.
J. Cooke is a growing brand, with high expectations for high street performance growth book-on-book * Competitive set includes Emilia Hart's WEYWARD (17k HB), Kate Foster's THE MAIDEN (4.5k HB), Jessie Burton's THE MINIATURIST (102k HB) and Elizabeth McNeal's THE BURIAL PLOT (5.5k HB) Competition: the; a; house of splinters; witching hour; witches of vardo; last witch; naked light; witches of scotland; burial plot; medlock; ward witch; hekate; sirens. bridget collins; laura purcell; kirsten miler; carly reagon; emilia hart; anya bergman; anna mazzola; sarah beth durst; s.g. hartnell; sarah painter.