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  We are back in Regency England for Ella Matthews' historical romance, The Earl's Unlikely Bride.    One summer to make her his…   After four failed seasons, Emily Hawkins is tired of following the rules. Aside from crossing swords with her lifelong enemy, Freddie Dashworth, she is an exemplary member of Society. But after all this time, she’s yet to find a husband and life with her over-bearing mother is becoming intolerable. Freddie returns to his childhood home to help look after his orphaned niece. His neighbour, Emily, has been his nemesis for years. The infuriating miss is the only woman immune to his charms and there’s nothing he enjoys more than her disapproving glares. It’s a shame he can’t stop thinking about her, because she clearly despises him. One minor indiscretion later and everything in Emily’s ordered world changes. The one person on her side appears to be Freddie but can she trust her former antagonist? And what will happen to her when ...

The Forgotten Room by Ann Troup ** Weekend Blitz Review & Giveaway **

I'm loving being the next stop on the blog tour to celebrate the launch of Ann Troup's The Forgotten Room. There's also a great Giveaway for you to have a try. To be in with a chance of winning Ann's Winter Reading Bundle, find out how to enter at the end of this post. 

 Can the past ever be forgotten?


As soon as nurse Maura Lyle sets foot inside the foreboding Essen Grange, she feels shivers ripple down her spine. And the sense of unease only increases when she meets her new patient, Gordon Henderson.



Drawn into the Henderson family’s tangled web of secrets and betrayals, Maura can ignore the danger lurking behind every door no longer. Even the door she has been forbidden from opening...



Essen Grange is a house with dark and cruel intentions. But now that darkness has turned on her, can Maura escape before it’s too late?

My Thoughts

This turned out to be the ideal Hallowe'en read. It has the ultimate Gothic House, mysterious characters, secrets from the past and plenty of ghoulish happenings. Of course, Essen Grange is in fact the star of the show. It takes on a presence of its own and is in many ways, a hidden character in the story. It holds the key to the mystery and it is fitting that it takes pride of place on the cover.

    This is a book with a complicated plot. It was quite a challenge to keep up with the revelations but I think I managed to work it all out in the end. You realise that there are no superfluous references or peripheral characters. It is a complex web of intrigue and every ounce of the book counts. It is not for the faint hearted.

    I enjoy the way you get to see the story through different perspectives which adds interest and helps to move the plot along. As a reader, I like to be wrong footed by the writer and I think Ann Troup manages to do this several times in this book. You are never really sure which characters, if any, you can trust and certainly you can't take anyone at face value.

In short: Enter Essen House- if you dare...

About the Author

The Forgotten Room is Ann’s third book, following on from The Lost Child and The Silent Girls. She lives in Devon near the sea and spends her time either writing or dabbling with art. To see what she’s getting up to next follow on Twitter – @TroupAnn or Facebook at Ann Troup Author.
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