GOTHIC ROMANTASY.
Dark romantic fantasy filled with dangerous magic, haunted places and love that comes at a price.
WHAT THORNE HALL REMEMBERS: 2 OCT 2026
Dark romantic fantasy filled with dangerous magic, haunted places and love that comes at a price.
COMING 2 OCTOBER 2026
Three years ago, Raine lost every memory of the life she had before. Now she must spend seven days in a house that remembers her—and with a man who has never forgotten.
ENTER THORNE HALL
A gothic prequel to What Thorne Hall Remembers—a story of old bargains, inherited magic, dangerous houses, family secrets, and the choices made before everything burned.
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MEET THE AUTHOR
Elise has always been drawn to old houses, forgotten histories and objects that have already lived other lives. Her gothic romantasy novels are filled with dangerous magic, buried secrets, morally complicated characters and love stories that rarely follow an easy path.
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Intriguing, dark, well crafted prequel. Gives you the sense that each detail earned its place in the novella and is there for a purpose that will show itself in the upcoming novel.
A fresh voice and mystery in a sea of same, same sparkling romantasy.
Goodreads review —BEFORE THE ROSESREADER REVIEWS
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I loved this book! I finished this in a day and it kept me thinking for a long time afterwards.
The character portrayal is stunning; they are flawed, complicated and full of a tortured history. Watching them develop and unravelling the mystery of Thorne Hall kept me hooked the whole way through.
Goodreads review — WHAT THORNE HALL REMEMBERS