A Novel | Trade PB | Fiction / Gothic A mysterious suitor. A secluded manor. And a heroine’s quest to uncover the mysteries hidden within its haunted halls. England, 1840. The orphaned daughter of a white man and a Black woman—an outsider with no fortune or connections—Orabella Mumthrope never expected to marry, until Elias Blakersby, the scion of a fabulously wealthy family, arrives at her uncle’s home, declaring a deep desire to make Orabella his wife.  The new bride is quickly whisked away to Korringhill Manor, the Blakersby family estate, where she is shocked to find decay, skittish servants, and curt elders. Despite Elias’s assurances, Orabella becomes increasingly unsettled.