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Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A story you really live, wonderfully told... \u003cstrong\u003eAbsolutely compelling.\u003c\/strong\u003e' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A compelling and gripping story that will \u003cstrong\u003ehook you from the very first page\u003c\/strong\u003e... I highly recommend it.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eI cannot say how much I loved this book!\u003c\/strong\u003e It was wonderful... \u003cstrong\u003eI couldn't turn the pages fast enough.\u003c\/strong\u003e' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Just so delightful... Such a wonderful book and \u003cstrong\u003eeasily the best book I've read so far this year\u003c\/strong\u003e.' 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I can't wait to read more of Kathleen's novels.' - \u003cem\u003eEmma's Book Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Some secrets are best left buried... \u003cp\u003eResearching her family tree had been little more than a hobby - until Katie stepped onto Kingsley House's sprawling, ivy-strewn drive. The house may be crumbling today, but it was once the intimidatingly opulent residence of the St Clairs, Katie's ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArriving here two hundred years later, emotion stirs in Katie: a strange nostalgia for a place she's never seen before... and when Kingsley House comes up for sale, Katie is determined that her family must buy it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurrounded by the mysteries of the past, Katie's pastime becomes a darker obsession, as she searches through history to trace her heritage. But she soon discovers that these walls house terrible secrets. 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