LETRAS

Tras la trágica muerte de su padre, C.K. Cole, el apreciado escritor de literatura pulp y creador del popular personaje guerrero Othan, a Helen Cole la llaman de vuelta a la enorme e ilustre finca de su abuelo: la Casa Wyndhorn. Marcada por la muerte prematura de su padre, y perdida en un nuevo y extraño mundo, una Helen siempre abrazada a una botella de vino siembra el caos al llegar. Sin embargo, sus caóticas costumbres empezarán a suavizarse cuando descubra toda una vida de secretos ocultos en la miríada de salas y pasillos de la enorme mansión. Pues fuera de sus paredes, en el bosque, esperan las legendarias aventuras que antes había hallado en las historias de su padre.

William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him—so when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano in his freshman year of college, it’s as if the world has lit up around him. With Julia comes her family, as she and her three sisters are inseparable: Sylvie, the family’s dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free-spirited artist; and Emeline patiently takes care of them all. With the Padavanos, William experiences a newfound contentment; every moment in their house is filled with loving chaos. But then darkness from William’s past surfaces, jeopardizing not only Julia’s carefully orchestrated plans for their future, but the sisters’ unshakeable devotion to one another. The result is a catastrophic family rift that changes their lives for generations. Will the loyalty that once rooted them be strong enough to draw them back together when it matters most?

Francine Thwaite has lived all her fifty-five years in her family’s ancestral home, a rambling Elizabethan manor in England’s Lake District. No other living soul resides there, but Francine isn’t alone. There are ghosts in Thwaite Manor, harmless and familiar. Most beloved is Bree, the mischievous ghost girl who has been Francine’s companion since childhood. When Francine’s estranged sister, Madeleine, returns to the manor after years away, she brings with her a story that threatens everything Francine has always believed. It is a tale of cruelty and desperation, of terror and unbearable heartache. And as Francine learns more about the darkness in her family’s past—and the role she may have played in it—she realizes that confronting the truth may mean losing what she holds most dear.