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A burned-out Pulitzer Prize-winning author flees his collapsing life and retreats to the fog-drenched cliffs of Whitby-a place caught between twilight and full dark, where gothic stories never truly end. He wants quiet. He wants anonymity. He wants something that feels real.
Instead, he meets her.
Elise-magnetic, unsettling, impossible to ignore-pulls him toward a world far more intoxicating than anything he's ever written. When she invites him to the ancient abbey at midnight, he follows... and the life he knew begins to unravel. Night by night, the line between desire and danger thins, and his own body betrays him in ways only a mutation can.
As he uncovers the truth behind a medieval blood-borne gene-and a ruthless biotech syndicate hunts anyone touched by it-he faces a brutal choice: return to the life that destroyed him, or surrender to the one force that finally makes him feel alive.
Whitby is a dark, hypnotic gothic novel about obsession, identity, and the cost of transformation. Atmospheric, intimate, and addictive, it's crafted for readers drawn to forbidden longing, shadowed desire, and the emotional pull of worlds where love becomes perilous.
Perfect for readers who crave:
Haunting, seductive, and impossible to shake-Whitby is for anyone searching for a dark, immersive, emotionally charged novel that lingers long after the last page, like a sun that never fully rises.
Alex Brown is the International No. 1 bestselling author of twelve books including the hugely popular Carrington’s series, The Great Christmas Knit Off, The Great Village Show, The Secret of Orchard Cottage and A Postcard from Italy. Her uplifting books are published worldwide and have been translated into twenty languages. She lives by the sea in
South East England with her husband, daughter and two very glossy black Labradors.
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