The Hawk and the Crow
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[A Gothic Supernatural Romance].
They say the Corvus Family doesn't arrive; they haunt.
When a swarm of crows shatters the peace of a church, they come with a single, impossible demand: Bring us the Hawk.
Helena Hawkridge has spent her life navigating the shadows of the elite, but she is entirely unprepared for the Corvus Dynasty. Sent by Father Cecil to negotiate a peace she does not understand, Helena finds herself trapped in a gilded cage of class warfare and dark magic.
At the center of the storm is Corvan Corvus, a man who watches her with the eyes of a monster. To survive the lethal politics of the manor, Helena must submit to a dangerous forced proximity charadae, play the part of his beloved or become his prisoner.
Most secrets are meant to stay buried. But the Corvus secrets are alive, an in this slow-burn game of identity, they are coming out of the grave.
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