Moonshadow

by Penelope Neri

Married for only a few hours, Madeleine arrives at Steyning Hall and feels as though someone has stepped on her grave. She wonders if it is caused by her longing for the ardent lover who had wooed her, or fear of the distant husband he'd become. Now, she hears voices calling and an infant crying, and knows not if she should flee for her life or open up her heart.

Genres: Historical Romance, Gothic, Romance

Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2001

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Don't let the cover fool you, there is way more exposition than exposed...ness.

[Paranormal Romance · Rating 3 out of 5]

Already madly in love with her new husband, she’s happy and looking forward to her new life. But when she sees his dark and scary estate, the heroine is hesitating to even enter the gothic manor. From the moment she steps inside the doors she’s hit by a brooding and cold feeling of being unwelcome inside the walls. She’s plaque by nightmares of a crying baby and by memories of the previous lady of the keep who met an untimely death. Slowly and bit by bit, the heroine’s sanity begins to dissolve under the pressure of the mystery and the loneliness of the distance growing between her and her new husband. Everyone around her becomes fearful for the heroine’s mental health until the climax proves the truth of the heroine’s visions and discovers but at the sever risk of her life. I liked the dark and tension atmosphere laced throughout the whole book but I felt like there should have been a whole different story to prequel this story. The characters are introduced as already in love so it left very little room for character development. Instead it focused mostly on their new problems putting a strain on their marriage. I did like this book and it was a nice Gothic romance novel full of mystery and intrigue.