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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins

ISBN: 9780008775681

RRP: £16.99

PAGES: 400

PUBLICATION DATE:
October 22, 2026

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The House of Cursed Daughters

by C.J. Cooke

Three women. Seven centuries. One unbreakable blood curse…

It began in fire…

Paris, 1307. When eleven-year-old Princess Isabella of France watches four men burn at the stake, a dying knight curses her bloodline: love will destroy everything she holds dear.

It was forged in madness…

Bedlam, 1865. Lois wakes in Bedlam Asylum with no memory of who she is – only a precious red stone and the growing certainty that something ancient is hunting her.

Can it end before blood is spilled?

Present day. Artist Emma Harris arrives at a crumbling French château for her wedding and the exhibition of her life. But the walls remember everything, and something has followed her here.

Seven centuries of destruction. One woman left to fight.

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C.J. Cooke (Author)

C.J. Cooke is a poet and internationally bestselling Edgar- and ITW-nominated gothic novelist, who has been published in 23 languages. She takes inspiration from real women she discovers in detailed historical research, and her books have been critically acclaimed for their atmospheric use of time and place.

Born in Belfast, C.J. has a PhD in Literature and teaches creative writing. She has been selected as a Waterstones’ Book of the Month and BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick.

She lives by the coast with her husband, four children and a cocker spaniel.