The Stolen Skin

Welcome to Englishtown, a rain-swept coastal outpost where the fog masks deep family secrets and the quiet streets hold a dark, unspoken history.

Toronto-born Audrey Fraser expects a much-needed exile when she arrives on the isolated island of New Cornubia, Canada. Moving into her grandmother's grand, ivy-choked mansard estate, she hopes to leave behind years of family upheaval and a lifetime of transient drifting across the globe. But the towering mansion feels less like a refuge and more like a garrison against the wild Atlantic. Within its dark-panelled halls lie bitter, generational tensions that her mother and grandmother strictly refuse to address. It is a house built entirely on silence.

When terrifying nightmares begin to bleed into her waking hours, and news of a local teenager's sudden disappearance shakes the insular island community, Audrey realizes that Englishtown is far from safe. Caught between enigmatic locals, unexplainable occurrences, and a buried legacy, she must untangle the truth of her bloodline before the darkness surrounding her family claims its next victim.

Gothic atmosphere, ancestral silences, and chilling suspense collide in this haunting, deconstructed Young Adult mystery, a fierce exploration of the psychological cost of survival, where every shadow holds a secret.