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The narrator recalls childhood and personal experiences in the manor, including love and near death, then shifts to a present moment of injury and emergency care. As the mansion burns, the narrator interprets the flames as release from the lifelong control of the house, while still acknowledging that dreams and haunting memories may endure. \u003C/p>","\u003Cp>[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Begin Reading  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Table of Contents  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>About the Author  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Copyright Page  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Thank you for buying this Tor Publishing Group ebook .  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>To receive special offers, bonus content, and info on new releases and other great reads, sign up for our newsletters.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Or visit us online at  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>[us.macmillan.com/newslettersignup](us.macmillan.com/newslettersignup)[ ](us.macmillan.com/newslettersignup)[For email updates on the author](For email updates on the author), click here.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>The author and publisher have provided this e-book to you without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied so that you can enjoy reading it on your personal devices. This e-book is for your personal use only. You may not print or post this e-book, or make this e-book publicly available in any way. You may not copy, reproduce, or upload this e-book, other than to read it on one of your personal devices.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Copyright infringement is against the law. If you believe the copy of this e-book you are reading infringes on the author’s copyright, please [notify the publisher at: ](notify the publisher at: us.macmillan.com/piracy)[us.macmillan.com/piracy](notify the publisher at: us.macmillan.com/piracy).  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>For Jay, the keeper of my darkest secrets  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Blackthorn is a gothic romance that contains dark themes and potentially disturbing content, including but not limited to graphic sex, noncon and dubcon sex, explicit language, possible harm toa child, human sacrifice, disturbing imagery, the occult, religion, violence, murder, horror, incest, blood, death, grief, and gore.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>PROLOGUE  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>If malevolence could be a place, it would be Blackthorn Manor.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Nestled in the tangled black woods beneath leaden skies filled with flocks of circling ravens stands the brooding, ancient house where I was born and raised. 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