A review by thegothiclibrary
With This Curse by Amanda DeWees

5.0

With This Curse tells the story of Clara Crofton, who as a young girl served as a chambermaid for the Blackwood family at their estate, ominously named Gravesend Hall. Despite having been warned that the estate is cursed, Clara enjoys her time there and indulges in a secret romance with Richard, the younger son of Lord Blackwood. But they are soon found out by Richard's mother and Clara is dismissed in disgrace. Struggling to make her way in the world, Clara works as a seamstress, first in a grueling factory and then in the theater as the personal modiste for a famed prima donna. The story picks up eighteen years later when Richard's twin, Atticus, reappears in Clara's life and proposes a sham marriage. Initially insulted by his request, Clara is forced to reconsider when she suddenly finds her career as a seamstress in a precarious position. Though she has no love for Atticus and Gravesend holds only memories of heartbreak and tragedy, Clara has no choice to return to that cursed hall. Only when the curse threatens her again does she realize that she still has something left to lose...

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