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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab

An instant no. 1 Sunday Times & New York Times Bestseller, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a twisting tale of power, immortality and the terrifying price of freedom from V. E. Schwab. Three women share one desire: to break the rules men use to bind them. 1532. Leon, Spain: Maria, wild and wily, knows beauty is her only currency. So when an alluring stranger offers her a dark alternative path, Maria makes a desperate choice. 1827. London: Charlotte lives a cloistered life, her heart full of impossible wants. Swept away by a beautiful widow's invitation, Charlotte discovers she can buy her freedom - if she sells her soul. 2019. Boston: Alice moved across the world to escape her past. But a one-night stand gives her a thirst for answers ... and retribution. Defying time and all odds, these women's fates become tangled like roots. This is a story about life: how it ends, and how it starts again. 'A rich, lush labyrinth of a book ... It had me by the throat from the first page.' - Emma Stonex. 'Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab.' - Jodi Picoult. 'I absolutely devoured it ... It's utterly absorbing, atmospheric and perfectly gothic.' - Bridget Collins.