Early nineteenth-century witch Herculine leaves her violent life in France for an uncertain future in America, where she enters into an erotic and desperate relationship with a beautiful slave and searches for her missing teacher, Sebastiana.
James Reese Libros
James Reese crea narrativas cautivadoras, sumergiendo a los lectores en mundos ricos en intriga y giros inesperados. Su escritura se distingue por agudas observaciones de la naturaleza humana y una evocación magistral de la atmósfera. Reese profundiza en temas de complejidad moral y los límites de la resistencia, lo que lleva a la reflexión sobre aspectos fundamentales de la vida. Su habilidad para crear suspense y su perspicaz exploración de la psicología de los personajes le han valido el reconocimiento de los lectores que buscan experiencias literarias inteligentes y cautivadoras.
Set against the backdrop of Victorian London, this novel intertwines historical figures like Bram Stoker, Walt Whitman, and Jack the Ripper within a thrilling narrative. The author skillfully blends fact and speculation, creating a gripping suspense story that captivates from the very first chapter. Renowned author Michael Connelly praises it as a mesmerizing thriller, highlighting its remarkable literary invention and relentless pace.
The Book of Shadows
- 623 páginas
- 22 horas de lectura
Alone among the young girls taught by nuns at a convent school in nineteenth-century France, orphaned Herculine has neither wealth nor social connections. When she's accused of being a witch, the shy student is locked up with no hope of escape ... until her rescue by a real witch, the beautiful, mysterious Sebastiana. Swept away to the witch's manor, Herculine will enter a fantastic, erotic world to discover her true nature -- and her destiny -- in this breathtaking, darkly sensual first novel.