Millicent Foxboro is haunted by her past, recently she was released from a mental ward due to an episode of traumatic amnesia. This has made it difficult to find work in the 1920’s, as a woman who is deemed tarnished by society. So when Millie is offered an assistant job working for a mysterious Professor in a decrepit mansion she turns caution to the wind and accepts the job.
Upon arriving at the gothic estate she is overcome with a sense of dread, but her curiosity prevails when she meets the elusive Professor Callum Hughes. Millie soon learns that Callum’s late wife has died following a series of cryptic events. As Millicent starts to see ghost like figures roaming the halls and a mystical laughter that echos in her dreams, she is determined to find out what happened to the late Mrs. Hughes. However, she is soon sidetracked by the unnerving chemistry she and the Professor have, leading to a slow burn gothic romance. Will she find out what happened to his wife, or will the same grave fate take her?

This book is Crimson Peak meets Diavola and I LOVED IT! To say I loved this book is an understatement. I felt intertwined with Millie as she struggled with the horror she faced but also the desire she felt towards her employer. Northwick does such an amazing job describing the atmosphere that I felt as though Millie and I were in on this adventure together. Northwick’s gothic styled romance was one I didn’t know I so desperately needed.

*Thank you to Bea Northwick, Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op
and Netgalley for the ARC copy. I am freely leaving my honest review.