{"product_id":"our-gifted-hearts-isbn-9781836730194","title":"Our Gifted Hearts","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen she’s accused of witchcraft, Fortune must flee her village to spare her neck, marrying a man she barely knows. But is the man who promises to be her saviour all he seems? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFortune Blyth suffered the loss of a secret child when she was sixteen and vowed never to let another man touch her. Ten years later she is content with her beloved birds. But when witch hunters come to town it isn’t long before fingers are pointed at the spinster and she is forced to choose; stay and hang, or marry a man who can offer her safety far from home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe chooses marriage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer husband’s island home is not the safe haven she expected, with a surly housekeeper and an eccentric mother-in-law to contend with. And there is something else; secrets hiding in the walls, demons creeping in her nightmares. Something sinister in the concealed tunnels below the house. It turns out she is not his first bride... Perhaps she would have been better off hanging after all.\"\u003ci\u003eOur Gifted Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful yet unsettling Gothic story about grief and self-forgiveness, breathing new life and a feminist perspective to this classic horror tale.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Sunyi Dean\u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A gloriously gothic tale, yet \u003ci\u003eOur Gifted Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e still managed to surprise me. Creepy, mysterious and magical. I devoured it!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Jodie Robins\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Off-Season\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In the best gothic fairy tale tradition, Kennedy's \u003ci\u003eOur Gifted Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e offers readers a sumptuous retelling, with feisty heroine, Fortune, so much more than Bluebeard's latest wife (and his mother is something else!) The mysteries run dark and deep. Intriguing and compelling.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Megan Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eThe Therapist's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe Wait\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The slow, quiet horror of \u003ci\u003eOur Gifted Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e is so tense you’ll need to hide this book in the freezer to catch your breath (and then get it straight out again to discover what happens next). Beautifully written and powerfully compelling.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Dan Hanks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eCaptain Moxley and the Embers of the Empire, Swashbucklers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Way Up is Death\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Compulsively readable, romantic, and filled with fun and familiar tropes of the genre, \u003ci\u003eOur Gifted Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic gothic novel that nonetheless manages to offer something new due to its witchy touch.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Johanna Van Veen\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eBlood on Her Tongue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Dark and delicious, Jennifer Kennedy’s gothic tale of offerings, secret promises, and deep secrets rising to claim our hearts is a witch story for us all. This is new folklore at it’s finest – an incantation infused with the ghosts of grief, witchery, and family.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Caroline Hardaker,\u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eMothtown\u003c\/i\u003e“The slow, quiet horror of \u003ci\u003eOur Gifted Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e is so tense you’ll need to hide this book in the freezer to catch your breath (and then get it straight out again to discover what happens next). Beautifully written and powerfully compelling.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Dan Hanks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaptain Moxley and the Embers of the Empire\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSwashbucklers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Way Up is Death\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Compulsively readable, romantic, and filled with fun and familiar tropes of the genre, \u003ci\u003eOur Gifted Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic gothic novel that nonetheless manages to offer something new due to its witchy touch.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Johanna Van Veen\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood on Her Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A gloriously gothic tale, yet Our Gifted Hearts still managed to surprise me. Creepy, mysterious and magical. I devoured it!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Jodie Robins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eauthor of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Off-Season\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In the best gothic fairy tale tradition, Kennedy's Our Gifted Hearts offers readers a sumptuous retelling, with feisty heroine, Fortune, so much more than Bluebeard's latest wife (and his mother is something else!) The mysteries run dark and deep. Intriguing and compelling.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Megan Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Therapist's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Wait\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOur Gifted Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful yet unsettling Gothic story about grief and self-forgiveness, breathing new life and a feminist perspective to this classic horror tale.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Sunyi Dean,\u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dark and delicious, Jennifer Kennedy’s gothic tale of offerings, secret promises, and deep secrets rising to claim our hearts is a witch story for us all. This is new folklore at it’s finest – an incantation infused with the ghosts of grief, witchery, and family.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Caroline Hardaker,\u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMothtown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Kennedy \u003c\/b\u003ewas born and raised in Liverpool, England. Her love of reading started young and by age ten was immersed in the contrasting worlds of the Brontës and Stephen King. She went on to study English Literature at Manchester Metropolitan University. Drawn to the supernatural and mysterious it was inevitable that she would go on to write gothic fiction. She dreams of living in a haunted mansion on the moors, but until then is content in her tiny house with her son and their extremely black cat.","brand":"Angry Robot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233458172133,"sku":"NP9781836730194","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781836730194.jpg?v=1767734322","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/our-gifted-hearts-isbn-9781836730194","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}