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Holly Cox

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One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)

by Rachel Gillig (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, fantasy, gothic, romance

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Mar 24, 2026 11:15PM

“And now, dear reader, the story is over. It is time for you to cross the bridge once more and return to the world you came from. This river, which is and is not the Thames, must continue flowing without you. You have haunted here long enough, and besides, you surely have rivers of your own to attend to?”
― Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River

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“Love is never a sin.’ What a beautiful sentiment.”
― Elizabeth Bell, Necessary Sins

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“There are stories that may be told aloud, and stories that must be told in whispers, and there are stories that are never told at all.”
― Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River

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“A curtain was drawn back in every man's inner theater and their storytelling minds got to work.”
― Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River

tags: storytelling

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“on a summer day winter always seems like something you have dreamt or heard spoken of and not a thing you have lived.”
― Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River

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