![]() ![]() ![]() An adult fairy tale that draws you inside its glittering web and shields from the harm and hurt that lies just outside the gate. It is an opulent story so very well told it fascinates and compels. This is the land of fairy tales, glittering, gilded and sparkling with a gothic darkness that hovers just outside the door. It is like sinking into a world of opulence, surrounded by soft silk and fur, being caressed by everything that seeks to give the reader a sensuous experience. I was excited to read this book and from the opening pages it is so easy to lose yourself in the fabulous lush descriptions. ![]() For within the crumbling manor’s extravagant rooms and musty halls, there lurks the shadow of another girl: Azure, Indigo’s dearest childhood friend, who disappeared without a trace.Īs the house slowly reveals his wife’s secrets, the bridegroom will be forced to choose between reality and fantasy, even if doing so threatens to destroy their marriage. They exchanged gifts and stories and believed they would live happily ever after – and in exchange for her love, Indigo extracted a promise: that her bridegroom would never pry into her past.īut when Indigo learns that her estranged aunt is dying and the couple is forced to return to her childhood home, the House of Dreams, the bridegroom soon finds himself unable to resist. Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada. Publication: 16 February 2023 from Hodder & Stoughton ![]()
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