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Dressed in Black

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fiction gothic literary mystery romance victorian wattys2016

England, 1862. 

Catherine is tormented by grief and social restraint, and when she goes away to live with her new guardian, she realises that boundaries between fantasy and reality are not what she thought.All Rights Reserved

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The World Without Colour

When young Victoria Waters moves to a secluded Manor with her sick mother and withdrawn father she meets Alexander, the boy who was supposed to be dead for thirty years. She learns things thought to be impossible, uncovers secrets not known to man and creates an unlikely friendship with the dead boy.