The Lady of Rhuddesmere
Geraint, the bastard son of the wealthy and vengeful Baron of Wallestoke, is sent into service at the remote estate of Rhuddesmere. He is warmly received by Rhuddesmere's Lady and her family, and treated with a respect and kindness he has never known. But Rhuddesmere holds many secrets, and unbeknownst to Geraint, his father has sent him there as a spy. When he stumbles on a forbidden ritual and flees back to Wallestoke, he sets in motion a chain of events that unleashes a terrible fate on Rhuddesmere and all its people.
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Victoria Strauss
Victoria Strauss was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, and graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in comparative religion. She wrote her first novel when she was seventeen during a year off between high school and college. The author of The Burning Land, The Garden of the Stone, and The Arm of the Stone, Strauss lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her husband and three cats.

