Where the Briars Sleep
by Emma Beaven
Genre: Gothic Suspense
Release Date: July 17, 2021
๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก-๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐๐ ๐, ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐’๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ.
๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐’๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐กโ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ โ๐๐, ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐๐. ๐ด๐๐ฆ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ . ๐ด๐๐ฆ๐กโ๐๐๐.
Arriving back at her home estate, the first thing Rose does is visit her stepsister Sarah’s grave, taking her younger sister, Maggie, along. After a forced retreat at the cousins', Rose looks forward to some normalcy and a return to routine. Not to mention the unexpected upcoming ball hosted by their elusive neighbors to introduce their son Henry, who has been away. Perhaps this mysterious Henry may become interested in Rose. Or most likely he would become her younger sister's fourth suitor and Rose would endure more “old maid” banter.
With the oppressive heat and unpredictable weather, Rose and Maggie are caught in a sudden severe thunderstorm. Maggie makes it back before the sky unleashes its fury, but Rose is caught behind. She really doesn’t mind, however, because she loves the rain and the wind and the gardens and could stay outside their stuffy mansion forever. Away from the wardrobe.
In the midst of the storm, Rose is cut by a briar and becomes caught in the mud. She sees a woman on their front porch. ๐๐ข๐จ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ?
“Help me, Maggie!” But the woman is gone.
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๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐จ๐ง, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐, ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก, ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง.
Emma Beaven grew up in a reputedly haunted house on Solomons Island in Maryland. She has been an avid reader and writer of horror since she discovered Andersen’s fairy tales as a little girl. Her love of books followed her throughout her life, as she studied English literature at the University of Maryland, College Park. And from there she has been on staff at the central Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore for over fifteen years, where she currently manages the Maryland Interlibrary Loan department and is surrounded by books all day.
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