Beautiful As A Blood Moon

When Eveline Ashbourne returns to Ashbourne Manor in the spring of 1891, she expects to confront the grief of her father’s death. Instead, she finds herself drawn into a house where memories have been buried, portraits concealed, and silence enforced by its enigmatic owner, Lucien Blackwood.

Lucien has one strict rule: Eveline must never enter the west wing. But a brass key, a crescent-shaped scar, and fragments of memories surrounding her mother’s disappearance lead Eveline toward secrets that her family has spent years trying to erase.

As she uncovers altered parish records, old diaries, and the traces of a pact made generations ago, Eveline begins to question everything she believes about her identity. The manor’s dark history is tangled with murder, betrayal, and a blood debt that may not have been paid. And as the blood moon approaches, the boundary between superstition and human cruelty grows increasingly difficult to discern.

To discover the truth, Eveline must face the past that others have tried to write for her—and decide whether the secrets binding her to Ashbourne Manor will determine her future.

In this Gothic tale of family secrets, forbidden rooms, and inherited guilt, the most haunting mysteries may be the ones people choose to keep alive.