Why we’re excited
A struggling couple in rural France learn that Catherine has an inheritance waiting, with two conditions: she has to collect it herself, and she has to be single. They fake a separation and head to a mountain town in Romania where the benefactor is not quite what he seems.
Amber V. Nicole has a dedicated romantasy readership from her Gods & Monsters books, beginning with The Book of Azrael. This appears to be a standalone with a gothic Romanian setting. For readers who like a married couple's lie going badly wrong in a dangerous place, it is a promising pick.
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What to know about A Dark Inheritance
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From the publisher
Catherine and Patrick St. Jameson are just an ordinary couple. Living in a small town in the heart of France, they make ends meet with Catherine’s work at her family's bakery and Patrick's odd-end jobs. Soon despair falls over the small family when Catherine’s mother falls ill.
Just when the medical bills threaten everything, including her mother’s life, Catherine receives news of an inheritance. The only problem? She must claim it in person and be unmarried.
Desperate for the money, Patrick and Catherine devise a plan to secure the inheritance before anyone discovers the true extent of their ruse. What they don’t expect is the mysterious benefactor who is not what he seems, and the quiet town in the mountains of Romania that may hold secrets neither of them will survive.
Description supplied by the publisher.
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