A Blood Red Heart: Modern Gothic Fantasy: Slow Burn not Spice; More Heartbreak than Horror.

For some women, the greatest act of resistance is survival.Legend tells that every five hundred years, west of the Pennine Mountains, the Beloved is born - a woman chosen to bring balance to the secret world that exists alongside our own. The Beloved has now come again; but this time she has been born on the wrong side of the mountains. Her fate is not to bring peace, but storm - and blood.Lonely, exhausted and carrying a dark secret, Dr Charlie Hart can't remember her past - but it refuses to forget her. Chance brings Charlie to Rowans Holt, an ancient house owned by brilliant recluse Sally Marshall, where she finds unexpected friendship - and refuge. But when the manipulative Marcus Rosendale threatens to destroy everything, Charlie's secret awakens, and she learns the heart-rending cost true magic demands.Woven with Northern mythology, complex female characters and the power of female friendship, A Blood Red Heart is the first book in the Blood Red Trilogy: a modern Gothic fantasy of magical tribes and two extraordinary families - divided by the Pennine Mountains and a thousand years of feuding. Perfect for readers of Deborah Harkness's All Souls Trilogy and Sara Water's Gothic fiction, A Blood Red Heart intricately builds a rich world of ancient Magic and modern conflicts; a landscape redolent with atmosphere, psychological depth and Northern England's dark and blood-soaked history.