Category: Adults, Horror, LGBT, Lesbian
Language: EnglishKeywords: Adult Fantasy Fiction Gothic Horror Lesbian Paranormal Queer Thriller
Written by Johanna van Veen
Read by Jess Nesling
Format: M4B
Spirits are drawn to salt, be it blood or tears.
Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see. Ruthâstrange, corpse-like, and dead for centuriesâis the light of Roos’ life. That is, until the wealthy young widow Agnes Knoop visits one of Roos’ backroom seances, and the two strike up a connection.
Soon, Roos is whisked away to the crumbling estate Agnes inherited upon the death of her husband, where an ill woman haunts the halls, strange smells drift through the air, and mysterious stone statues reside in the family chapel. Something dreadful festers in the manor, but still, the attraction between Roos and Agnes is undeniable.
Then, someone is murdered.
Poor, alone, and with a history of ‘hysterics’, Roos is the obvious culprit. With her sanity and innocence in question, she’ll have to prove whoâor whatâis at fault or lose everything she holds dear.
“A Sapphic seance of preternatural proportions, My Darling Dreadful Thing summons a stunning new literary voice to be reckoned with. Johanna van Veen reaches beyond the veil to conjure up a gothic shocker like no other.”âClay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters
Spirits are drawn to salt, be it blood or tears.
Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see. Ruthâstrange, corpse-like, and dead for centuriesâis the light of Roos’ life. That is, until the wealthy young widow Agnes Knoop visits one of Roos’ backroom seances, and the two strike up a connection.
Soon, Roos is whisked away to the crumbling estate Agnes inherited upon the death of her husband, where an ill woman haunts the halls, strange smells drift through the air, and mysterious stone statues reside in the family chapel. Something dreadful festers in the manor, but still, the attraction between Roos and Agnes is undeniable.
Then, someone is murdered.
Poor, alone, and with a history of ‘hysterics’, Roos is the obvious culprit. With her sanity and innocence in question, she’ll have to prove whoâor whatâis at fault or lose everything she holds dear.
“A Sapphic seance of preternatural proportions, My Darling Dreadful Thing summons a stunning new literary voice to be reckoned with. Johanna van Veen reaches beyond the veil to conjure up a gothic shocker like no other.”âClay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters