The Gallagher family has called Deeprath Castle home for seven hundred years. Nestled in the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland, the estate is now slated to become a public trust, and book lover and scholar Carragh Ryan is hired to take inventory of its historic library. But after meeting Aidan, the current Viscount Gallagher, and his enigmatic family, Carragh knows that her task will be more challenging than she’d thought.
Two decades before, Aidan’s parents died violently at Deeprath. The case, which was never closed, has recently been taken up by a new detective determined to find the truth. The couple’s unusual deaths harken back a century, when twenty-three-year-old Lady Jenny Gallagher also died at Deeprath under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind an infant son and her husband, a renowned writer who never published again. These incidents only fueled fantastical theories about the Darkling Bride, a local legend of a sultry and dangerous woman from long ago whose wrath continues to haunt the castle.
The past catches up to the present, and odd clues in the house soon have Carragh wondering if there are unseen forces stalking the Gallagher family. As secrets emerge from the shadows and Carragh gets closer to answers—and to Aidan—could she be the Darkling Bride’s next victim?
Opening line:
"We have it on good authority, that Evan Chase-Gallagher, noted folklorist and author, has returned to England's shores following a sojourn of two and a half years in Ireland."
This book is beautiful. I loved the characters, the scenery, the castle, the mystery. I love stories that go between time, or eras, that build suspense and mysteries. This book did not disappoint!
With love and death in 1180, 1992 and 2015, this story takes twists and turns and startling reveals to new heights that I didn't guess. Especially the ending.
This is not a fast read, but a nice, slow burn, that is enjoyable and hard to put down.
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