Overview

An heiress with a haunted past enters a marriage of convenience with a man as tempting as the devil himself...and likely just as ruinous. After a scandalous debut sent her into recluse, heiress Margaret Greenbrier returns to the Louisville social circuit for the 1933 season. Laudanum prescription or no, Margot is not crazy. She's not. But perception is reality, and all the money in the world can't buy the illusion of sanity. Nor, apparently, can it convince even the most red-blooded of men to get into bed with her. Meanwhile, in the heartland of Kentucky, the Great Depression is sinking its roots into the Bluegrass. Prohibition has not been kind to the whiskey industry, and bourbon aristocrat Merrick Dravenhearst is feeling the squeeze. After a chance encounter with a beautiful heiress, sworn bachelor Merrick impulsively throws his hat in the ring for Margot's hand. Just the right hint of lust, money, and quiet desperation...the best society marriages have been staked on far less, after all. Upon arrival at Dravenhearst Distilling as a newlywed, Margot uncovers the legend of the Dravenhearst suicide brides-two generations of wives, both found dead on the grounds of the distillery. Her new manor home is teeming with ghostly glimmers of the women who lived there before her. And her brooding, beguiling new husband is unaware Margot has brought demons of her own to his estate, initiating a cataclysmic chain of events set to bring long-buried blood-tinged family secrets to the surface. The Dravenhearst Brides is a loose retelling of du Maurier's Rebecca and is set on a haunted bourbon distillery estate. With a marriage of convenience love story, a brooding Byronic hero, and ghost brides afoot, this book is perfect for fans of Isabel Canas and Crimson Peak.

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""A hauntingly beautiful gothic romance, Barrett's Dravenhearst Brides weaves a tale of love, obsession, and betrayal that had me spellbound from the very first page. The perfect next read for fans of Hester Fox and Diana Biller. "" -Jess Armstrong, USA Today bestselling author of the Ruby Vaughn Mysteries ""A beguiling, exquisitely disturbing treat of a novel, redolent with all the decadence of a Kentucky summer. Betrayal, loss, and generational trauma collide in a beautiful maelstrom of southern gothic horror that will have you leaving all the lights on. Glamorous and spine-chilling."" -Paulette Kennedy, bestselling author of The Witch of Tin Mountain ""In turns sensual, eerie, and deeply romantic, The Dravenhearst Brides enthralls from the first luscious page to its heart-stopping conclusion. As hazy and hot as summer in the Bluegrass-but with a gripping chill that keeps the suspense razor sharp-Lindsay Barrett's dark mystery is a true sensory indulgence. Clever plotting, glorious prose, and an incisive exploration of mental health breathe new life into a traditional gothic romance, all against the sweeping and swoony backdrop of Prohibition-era Kentucky."" -Erin Langston, New York Times celebrated author of Forever Your Rogue

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Lindsay Barrett is a Maggie and RWA award-winning author who crafts dark stories with lots of kissing. An avid world traveler, most of Lindsay's writing inspiration comes from perpetual wanderlust. When she isn't snowshoeing atop glaciers in Alaska, drinking bourbon in Kentucky, or binge eating tapas in Spain, she can be found in her home state of Maryland, where she lives with her husband and their tiny titan (read: prince) of a rescue dog.

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