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Rawblood unfolds the tale of Iris and her father, the remaining heirs of the Villarca lineage, who are bound together by a fatal disease that keeps them secluded in a lonely Dartmoor mansion. The story delves into the family’s long‑standing curse, a shadow that has claimed generations. When Iris breaks her promise to hide from the outside world and opens herself to love, both she and her father confront the true horror behind the Villarca curse.
The novel blends gothic atmosphere with the unsettling reality of inherited illness and fragile family dynamics, offering a stark portrait of how hope and fear coexist in a house cloaked in darkness and isolated by the moor.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Horror/Gothic Horror
Authors: Catriona Ward
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