'Hauntingandbeautifullywritten'EmmaBurstall
WhenheridenticaltwinLaureldies,seventeen-year-oldWillow'slifefallsapart.Withherparents'marriagefaltering,shefindsescapeatheruncleJoe'scottage.Butevenastheybegintoknoweachother,Willowisplaguedwithmemoriesofhersister.Then,Lucasarrivesinherlife-troubled,angryandwithadangerouspast.
Joe'scottageisidyllic,buttheforestisfilledwithsecrets.WhatisJoehidingfromher?WhateventshavebroughtLucastoherdoor?AndwhoistheSlaughterManwhostealsthroughWillow'ssleep?
Asthelinesbetweendreamsandrealitybecomeblurred,Willow'stormentdeepens.ItseemsasifheronlyescapelieswiththeSlaughterMan.
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'Adark,eloquentlycreepytale.Parkin'sprosequiverswithvisceralterror'CarolLovekin,AuthorofSnowSisters&Ghostbird
'Haunting,complexandbeautifullywritten.Areallycompellingread'EmmaBurstall,thetop10bestsellingauthoroftheTremarnockSeries