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Starling House

by Alix E. Harrow (2023)

About this book

Eden, Kentucky, is just another dying coal town. Opal knows better than to get involved in the strange history of Starling House, a grotesque nineteenth-century mansion that seems to move on its own. But when she accepts a housekeeping job from its reclusive heir Arthur, the house begins showing her dreams of its dark roots.

Setting / LocationEden, Kentucky
Story EraContemporary Southern Gothic
Protagonist / CoreOpal & Arthur Starling

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