Secrets of Castle Negru

The children are too quiet. The doctor is too charming. And the handyman is not who he seems.

Transylvania, 1847. The road through the Carpathian mountains had warnings enough, the storm, the broken carriage wheel, the superstitious driver who abandoned them at the washed-out bridge. But with her companion injured and Castle Negru the only shelter for miles, Fiona Foster has no choice but to seek refuge within its walls of black stone.

A widow and nurse of independent means, Fiona expects to stay one night, see to her companion’s injury, and continue on their way. Instead she finds herself stranded at an eerie orphanage where the children move with uncanny precision, speak in identical flat tones, and look at her with eyes too empty for their age. The castle’s physician offers easy reassurances. Fiona is not certain she believes him.

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