Ashveil Manor doesn’t just have history—it has eyes, and it’s watching your every move.
Delia Marsh returned to the village of Harrowgate believing she had finally done the work. After fourteen months away, she is composed, methodical, and determined to inhabit the version of herself she has spent a year building—a woman of intentionality who is no longer the "trouble" the village remembers.
But Ashveil Manor hasn't changed, and it hasn't forgotten.
As Delia is drawn back into the orbit of Marcus Vane—the man who once knew her best and left her for it—the cozy warmth of Harrowgate begins to crack. A series of unexplained deaths on the lane past the estate shifts the community's attention toward the woman who came back. Suddenly, Delia’s carefully constructed "growth" is tested by a village that pays its own kind of attention and a house that offers no absolution.
In this atmospheric "Small-Town Macabre" Gothic romance, the horror lives in the gap between the story Delia tells herself and the reality everyone else can see. Delia must decide if she is willing to be seen without the scaffolding of her own construction—or if the shadows of Ashveil Manor will claim her once again.
While this is the second installment in the Ashveil Manor Trilogy, it is written to be fully accessible and engaging for readers who haven't read the first book.
