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The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall
The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall: A Novel | J. Ann Thomas
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A young woman forced to live with ghosts in a mansion frozen in time must decide between forbidden love and the price of freedom in this gothic fantasy where Jane Eyre meets The Haunting of Bly Manor, perfect for fans of Starling House. At Thorne Hall, a grand estate nestled in the Berkshires, fifteen restless spirits roam, bound within the mansions walls since the Gilded Age. Elegy Thorne bears the weight of her familys curse to preserve the mansion as it was in the 1890s, using ancient folk songs to keep the spirits secret and silent in order to avoid deadly consequences. When a mischievous child spirit wreaks havoc on the manor, the Thorne family calls upon their trusted preservationist to restore the mansion. He brings along his son, Atticus a vibrant man full of life and ideas of modernization and Elegy is captivated by him, igniting a longing for freedom shes never dared to embrace. Torn between her desire to follow her heart and her duty to her family and its legacy, Elegy begins searching for a way to release the spirit collection back to the afterlife and set both herself and the ghosts free. With century-old secrets, peculiar magic, and spirits both whimsical and deadly, Thorne Hall will haunt and enrapture readersand you might just not want to leave.
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Elegy lives in the past. Thorne Hall was built 126 years ago and has stayed like this because the Thorne's need to keep their collection of ghosts happy. It's an extremely sheltered life under her father's thumb with only a few servants coming in during daylight hours and the spirits roaming the house.

A burst pipe brings a handsome handy-man, Atticus, into Elegy's life and for the first time she envisions ⬇️

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

julesG ... a future away from Thorne Hall. But how can she escape her fate; becoming the master of the spirits upon her father's death?

I enjoyed this gothic story of ghosts, a sinister family legacy and a young woman who wants to be free to make her own choices.
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