I have been in such a mood for gothic fiction lately! Grace, Adam, and their baby Millie move to a cozy [read: run down] cottage in a small village [read: a few houses and a pub] on the Yorkshire moors. A week later Grace finds Millie alone on the doorstep, still in her stroller. Adam is nowhere to be seen. 

A year later, Grace and Millie return to put the cottage in order and decide what to do next. Alone in the cottage with just her daughter, Grace finds herself caught up in the ghost stories at the same time she is trying to solve the mystery of where her husband went, and it doesn't take long before she is questioning herself, her thoughts, her reality. The large family of women that live up the hill seem nice, if a little weird. The man helping fix up the house is kind, though quiet. A grandfather clock that randomly stops in the night. Visions of black dogs. A locked cupboard that is really a cellar. Grace has returned to the cottage to find answers and closure. In the process, she unearths more than just her husband's secrets, revealing deceptions that are decades old.

I loved the way Grace held on so strongly to what she believed, fought so hard to do what she needed to for herself and Millie, even as everyone told her that she was going crazy. Despite the contemporary setting, the isolation of the village adds the urgency and loneliness that make this book so good! Add a few good snowstorms, and one might think there was no way to leave this town.

Thank you for the opportunity to read and review BENEATH THE SHADOWS by Sara Foster. Unfortunately, due to a chronic neurological condition (daily migraine headaches that intermittently interfere with my ability to read and/or write reviews), I was unable to read or provide a timely review of this book. I deeply regret any inconvenience caused by this situation and thank you again for the opportunity to read this book as well as your understanding.