{"product_id":"hold-my-place-9781645481003","title":"Hold My Place","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Cassondra Windwalker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Black Spot Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Black Spot Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Horror - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Helen Kay Chapbook Award-Winning poet Cassondra Windwalker, an unsuspecting librarian falls head-over-heels for a married man, but when she finds herself caught up in a whirlwind romance, she discovers her new husband's past wives have all met early deaths--and some aren't ready to let go yet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eObsession never dies.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen librarian Sigrun falls head-over-heels for the sophisticated and very married Edgar Leyward, she never expects to find herself in his bed--or his heart. Nevertheless, when his enigmatic wife Octavia dies from a sudden illness, Sigrun finds herself caught up in a whirlwind romance worthy of the most lurid novels on her bookshelves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sigrun soon discovers Octavia wasn't Edgar's first lost love, or even his second. Three women Edgar has loved met early deaths. As she delves into her beloved's past through a trove of discovered letters, the edges of Sigrun identity begin to disappear, fading into the women of the past. Sigrun tells herself it's impossible for any dark magic to be at play--that the dead can't possibly inhabit the bodies of the living--but something shadowy stalks the halls of the Leyward house and the lines between the love of the present and the obsessions of the past become increasingly blurred--and bloody. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e Mixing lyrical prose with simmering terror, \u003ci\u003eHold My Place\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern gothic horror worthy of Shirley Jackson's nightmares and Daphne DuMaurier's dangerous lovers. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHold My\u003c\/i\u003e Place is a dark, sensuous tale about obliterating love, and Windwalker's superb prose fairly drips with beauty. You simply must read this haunting book.\" \u003cb\u003e--Mercedes M. Yardley, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Dead Red\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sinister undertones steadily build into a genuine sense of doom...as thought-provoking as it is harrowing.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With ethereal prose [\u003ci\u003eHold My Place\u003c\/i\u003e]'s departure from genre tropes will make it a favorite with gothic-horror and dark-romance readers.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A satisfying blend of romance and ghost story.... \u003ci\u003eHold My Place\u003c\/i\u003e is anything but ordinary or predictable, despite its firm roots in the horror world.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Midwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brimming with muted eroticism, \u003ci\u003eHold My Place\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark romance novel punctuated by longing, lingering spirits and love without end.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Foreword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Black Spot Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45148904095895,"sku":"9781645481003","price":1206.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781645481003.webp?v=1767911943","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hold-my-place-9781645481003","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}