by Erica Ridley
Dark Surrender- Erica Ridley The story begins with the "unspeakable act" that involves Violet Whitechapel. Where the story becomes alive is when Violet arrives at Waldegrave Abby. Violet is running for her life and happens upon the Abby just as she is about to drop from exhaustion. She is taken i...
I received a digital copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I really enjoyed Dark Surrender, Erica is a very talented writer. Every word through the book felt more like poetry than a story and I felt that made her writing that much more detailed and vivid. The world surrounding her ch...
This was a wonderful gothic flavored historical romance. We start with the grown up on the streets waif, running from the law, stumbling over gravestones at an Abbey that is inhabited by Alistair Waldegrave. Inflicted by something horrible, he and his daughter are basically boarded up in the dark...
Violet, an art teacher at a school commits a crime that sends her running for her life. When she acts to save another from an unspeakable horror her future is marked and the gallows are following her. She is used to being afraid and alone, she is an orphan, left to survive on the streets until the s...
arc received from Intrepid Reads through netgalley tw: attempted child rape, mentions of abuse Violet Whitechapel, a teacher at an orphanage for girls, saves one of her charges from a brutal crime and, in doing so, murders the perpetrator. To avoid the gallows, she takes what little money she ha...