House of Roots and Ruin

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A modern masterpiece, this is a classic Gothic thriller-fantasy from bestselling author Erin A. Craig, about doomed love, menacing ambition, and the ghosts that haunt us forever. In a manor by the sea, one sister is still cursed. Despite dreams of adventures far beyond the Salann shores, seventeen-year-old Verity Thaumas has remained at her familys estate, Highmoor, with her older sister Camille, while their sisters have scattered across Arcannia. When their sister Mercy sends word that the Duchess of Bloemwife of a celebrated botanistis interested in having Verity paint a portrait of her son, Alexander, Verity jumps at the chance, but Camille wont allow it. Forced to reveal the secret shes kept for years, Camille tells Verity the truth one day: Verity is still seeing ghosts, she just doesnt know it. Stunned, Verity flees Highmoor that night andwith nowhere else to turnmakes her way to Bloem. At first, she is captivated by the lush, luxurious landscape and is quickly drawn to charming, witty, and impossibly handsome Alexander Laurent. And soon, to her surprise, a romance . . . blossoms. But its not long before Verity is plagued with nightmares, and the darker side of Bloem begins to show through its sickly-sweet facade. . . .