The Silk House - The thrilling historical novel from the bestselling author of The Botanist's Daughter

''Exquisitely written, this vivid story may just bewitch you''Woman

''Utterly spellbinding'' Natasha Lester

''Exquisitely written, this vivid story may just bewitch you'' Woman''s Weekly

An enchanting mystery kept hidden for hundreds of years...

1700s

Rowan Caswell leaves her village to work at the home of an English silk merchant. Very soon, she finds herself thrust into a dangerous world, where her talent for herbs and healing starts to attract unwanted attention.

Mary-LouiseStephenson dreams of becoming a silk designer, a path that has remained largely forbidden to women. A length of fabric she weaves with a pattern of deadly flowers will have shocking consequences for all who dwell at the Silk House.

Present Day

Thea Rust arrives at an exclusive boarding school in the British countryside to look a