#1NEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLER-Amodernmasterpiece,thisisaclassicGothicthriller-fantasyfrombestsellingauthorErinA.Craig,aboutdoomedlove,menacingambition,andtheghoststhathauntusforever.Inamanorbythesea,onesisterisstillcursed.DespitedreamsofadventuresfarbeyondtheSalannshores,seventeen-year-oldVerityThaumashasremainedatherfamily’sestate,Highmoor,withheroldersisterCamille,whiletheirsistershavescatteredacrossArcannia.WhentheirsisterMercysendswordthattheDuchessofBloem--wifeofacelebratedbotanist--isinterestedinhavingVeritypaintaportraitofherson,Alexander,Verityjumpsatthechance,butCamillewon’tallowit.Forcedtorevealthesecretshe’skeptforyears,CamilletellsVeritythetruthoneday:Verityisstillseeingghosts,shejustdoesn’tknowit.Stunned,VerityfleesHighmoorthatnightand--withnowhereelsetoturn--makesherwaytoBloem.Atfirst,sheiscaptivatedbythelush,luxuriouslandscapeandisquicklydrawntocharming,witty,andimpossiblyhandsomeAlexanderLaurent.Andsoon,tohersurprise,aromance...blossoms.Butit’snotlongbeforeVerityisplaguedwithnightmares,andthedarkersideofBloembeginstoshowthroughitssickly-sweetfacade....
CRAIG ALEXANDER Alexander HOUSE ROOTS YEAR
