{"product_id":"9781399633178","title":"An Immaculate Deception","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE UNMISSABLE GOTHIC HORROR EVENT OF 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePernambuco, Brazil, 1877. Raised in a deeply religious household, Madalena knows Dante's Inferno by heart and fears her mother's reaction as much as she fears God. When she falls pregnant with a child conceived in sin, her mother issues a threat: marry or surrender the baby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfident that the father, the dashing Leandro Neves, will propose, Madalena sets off to his sprawling estate. After a storm wrecks her carriage, she awakens in Leandro's crumbling mansion, tended to by the magnetic Doctor Lobo. Leandro is there... but he is no longer the charming poet she knew. He's silent. Obsessed. Always watching. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrange perfume haunts a locked room. Pages vanish from books. Jewels lie untouched in a forgotten wardrobe. And mirrors begin disappearing after Madalena sees something - or someone - ghastly in the reflection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeandro is unravelling. Doctor Lobo may be hiding something even darker. Trapped in a decaying house of secrets, Madalena must uncover the truth before the men around her destroy her, and before the hell she fears becomes the one she's living in...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR\u003ci\u003e AN IMMACULATE DECEPTION\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A wild ride. Vivid and exhilarating, with a  breath taking twist, \u003ci\u003eAn Immaculate Deception\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning debut' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHEN TAO, AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE POET EMPRESS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Alluring, eerie, and impossible to put down, this book consumed me completely. And the twist left me reeling!' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCAROLINA FLaREZ-CERCHIARO, AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eBOCHICA \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Completely unforgettable, this is a book that  will stay with you long after you've put it down,  certain to haunt your dreams and creep into your waking thoughts' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDORIAN RAVENSCROFT, AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE WHITE NORTH HAS THY BONES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Transported me to a world of grand decay and  puzzle pieces that couldn't possibly fit - until they do. I loved every second of it' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBAR FRIDMAN-TELL, AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eHONEYSUCKLE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gollancz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57524935852405,"sku":"9781399633178","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781399633178.jpg?v=1787748197","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.pro\/products\/9781399633178","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}