Hauntingly beautiful, Ashes of August Manor invites you in and doesn’t let you go.

Noelle has had a particularly tragic life, surrounded by death in her personal and professional life. Although easing hospice patients’ end of life moments is something she finds important, it’s hard to say no to an offer from a rich family tucked away in a manor in the cascades.

Blaine Daigle is a master of his craft. Truly. Each novel he writes is so unique in style and substance. You don’t get repetitive plots and characters, and yet each one is extremely well thought out and as good as the one before. Every story is completely fresh.

I have a particular soft spot for gothic horror and this take on a haunted manor is perfectly subtle and subdued. I could not put this down, the mixture of horror and humanity will get you every time.