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What begins as an interview for a companion position to an elderly woman takes a startling turn when Louisa discovers she's been brought there as a potential bride for the enigmatic Mr. Douglas Blackwell.
As Louisa navigates the intricacies of her newly elevated station, she soon realizes that Rosehaven Manor holds secrets far darker than she could have imagined. Mysterious cold spots and chilling drafts haunt the corridors, while wraithlike apparitions appear before her very eyes. But it soon becomes clear that the true danger lies not in the ghostly whispers of the past, but in the present machinations of those around her. When Douglas' cousin arrives, Louisa finds herself embroiled in a web of deception and betrayal that threatens to consume them all.
As the line between reality and illusion blurs, Louisa must summon all her courage to unravel the mysteries of Rosehaven Manor before it's too late. Will she uncover the truth in time to save herself and those she holds dear, or will the shadows of the past claim them all?
This story was originally published as Once Upon a Haunted Garden in the 2023 Dragonblade Anthology Once Upon a Haunted Romance.
Chasity Bowlin
Chasity Bowlin lives in central Kentucky with her husband and their menagerie of animals. She loves writing, loves traveling, and enjoys incorporating tidbits of her actual vacations into her books. She is an avid Anglophile, loving all things British, but specifically all things Regency. Growing up in Tennessee, spending as much time as possible with her doting grandparents, soap operas were a part of her daily existence, followed by back to back episodes of Scooby Doo. Her path to becoming a romance novelist was set when, rather than simply have her Barbie dolls cruise around in a pink convertible, they time traveled, hosted lavish dinner parties, and one even had an evil twin locked in the attic.
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