The Beguiling by Zsuzsi Gartner

The Beguiling by Zsuzsi GartnerBlurb: An electrifying debut from the Giller Prize shortlisted author of Better Living Through Plastic Explosives that takes readers for a wild ride with urban gothic flair and delectably wicked humour. Lucy is a lapsed Catholic whose adolescent pretensions to sainthood are unexpectedly revived. It all starts when her cousin Zoltan, in hospital following a bizarre incident at a party, offers her a disturbing deathbed confession. Lucy's grief takes an

They are known as Refusers

Nirrim must surrender her old life

her uncle gravely injured

I don’t even know how it happened–one minute we were at each other’s throats

and the only man I am powerless to deny

When her whole life collapsed

as she’s exposed to a side of London she never knew existed

with the trees growing wild and untamed

It was supposed to be a harmless kiss at a lavish debutante ball

A single dad with the most beautiful green eyes

flannel-wearing mountain man might be meant to do more than just share a baby—they might be meant to share a heart

My love is challenged