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The Third Wife of Faraday House

A Novel

by B.R. Myers
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"A deliciously chilling gothic mystery with a smart and resourceful heroine . . . What more could fans of Jane Eyre and Rebecca want?" — Carol Goodman, two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award winner

Two brides band together to unravel the secrets at the heart of a crumbling island manor in this delicious love letter to gothic fiction from the award-winning author of A Dreadful Splendor

'Til death do us part...

November 1816: Restless but naive Emeline Fitzpatrick is desperate to escape her stifling life in foggy Halifax. Her guardian is lining up repugnant suitors, but Emeline has her eyes set on a lieutenant in the British Navy. She just needs to persuade him to propose, or her one chance at happiness will be gone forever.

But when Emeline's hopes end in scandal, she finds herself with only one suitor left: the wealthy and enigmatic Captain Graves. Having already lost two wives to tragic circumstances, the widower is seeking a new companion in his cloistered seaside manor, Faraday House. Or at least that is what Emeline has been told, because when she arrives, she is horrified to discover that the second Mrs. Graves, Georgina, is still alive—though fading fast.

Emeline is only certain of two things: something ghastly is afoot at Faraday House, and no one is going to save her. She will have to rely on her own courage, her burgeoning bond with Georgina, and the aid of a handsome reverend with a mysterious past to shed light on a ghostly truth.

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    August 20, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9780063209886

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 27, 2024
      Myers (A Dreadful Splendor) delivers a classic Regency gothic with all the trimmings. Beautiful Emeline, the orphaned ward of a Halifax, Nova Scotia, judge and his wife, is old enough to make some rich and powerful man a lovely bride. Her sights are set on the dashing Lieutenant Fletcher of the British Navy, but before she can escape with him to his house in Bermuda, their affair is discovered. Emeline is promptly promised to the suitor least likely to have heard about the scandal, Captain Graves, and shipped off to Faraday House, his run-down, isolated manor on a private island, to become his third wife. Except his second wife, Georgina, is not yet dead, only very seriously ill. Emeline hatches a plan to keep Georgina alive, and herself therefore unmarried, until Lieutenant Fletcher can arrive to rescue her. But the more she learns about the two young wives whose place she is fated to take, the more it becomes clear that something terrible lurks in Faraday House—and if Emeline can’t save Georgina, she herself will be the next victim. Rural Nova Scotia delivers all the requisite atmospheric grimness, and Myers ensures that absolutely nobody can be trusted. This pushes all the right buttons. Agent: Jill Marr, Sandra Dijkstra Literary.

    • Booklist

      July 1, 2024
      For reasons of her own, Emeline Fitzpatrick agrees to become Captain Edgar Graves' third wife. There is just one problem: when Emeline arrives at Faraday House, she discovers that Captain Graves' second wife, Georgina, is still very much alive. While everyone at Faraday House believes Georgina's time left on earth is limited, Emeline is understandably more than a bit concerned. Given Captain Graves' past history with wives, will she become the next victim of the Faraday House curse? From the book's compelling first-person narration to its wonderfully wrought plot that neatly walks the line between suspense and romance, Myers' latest impeccably written book is a marvelous take on the classic gothic. Throw in a spooky old house, a hint of the supernatural, and a spunky heroine faced with two seemingly disparate romantic choices, and you have a bewitching novel that cleverly conjures up the literary spirit of Victoria Holt at her best.

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