All the Dead Lie Down

The Haunting of Bly Manor meets House of Salt and Sorrows in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s contemporary YA gothic romance about a dark family lineage, the ghosts of grief, and the lines we’ll cross for love.

The Sleeping House was very much awake . . .

Days after a tragedy leaves Marin Blythe alone in the world, she receives a surprising invitation from Alice Lovelace—an acclaimed horror writer and childhood friend of Marin’s mother. Alice offers her a nanny position at Lovelace House, the family’s coastal Maine estate.

Marin accepts and soon finds herself minding Alice’s peculiar girls. Thea buries her dolls one by one, hosting a series of funerals, while Wren does everything in her power to drive Marin away. Then Alice’s eldest daughter returns home unexpectedly. Evie Hallowell is every bit as strange as her younger sisters, and yet Marin is quickly drawn in by Evie’s compelling behavior and ethereal grace.

But as Marin settles in, she can’t escape the anxiety that follows her like a shadow. Dead birds appear in Marin’s room. The children’s pranks escalate. Something dangerous lurks in the woods, leaving mutilated animals in its wake. All is not well at Lovelace House, and Marin must unravel its secrets before they consume her.

Secrets and Lies: At the isolated Lovelace House on the coast of Maine, dead birds appear in the bedrooms and something dangerous stalks the woods, hinting at a truth the family will do anything to protect. Slow Burn Sapphic Romance: Marin is hired as a nanny, but it’s the alluring and mysterious older sister, Evie, who captures her heart—and pulls her deeper into the family’s cursed legacy. A Cursed Family Lineage: The Hallowell girls are peculiar and their acclaimed horror-writer mother is reclusive, but the secrets they keep are stranger and more deadly than any fiction. Perfect for Fans of Modern Gothic: A chilling, romantic YA novel that blends the suspense of a thriller with a beautifully dark, paranormal twist.